Golden Gloves Boxing Semi-Finals at Sunnyside Garden on Long Island, New York. Vince Shomo and Jimmy Howard show style and power in the boxing ring. Jimmy Howard wins the championship. Huge crowd gathered to watch the boxing championship. People cheer.
Firemen in an annual meet in Long Beach, New York. Firemen lay out hoses quickly from speeding fire engines. Firemen spray water from hoses. Firemen climb ladders deployed quickly to reach a test platform.
A film about means of transportation from ancient times to the modern in the United States. An electric railroad train moves along a heavily electrified track in Long Island, New York. The train pulls up at a station. Passengers gathered at the station.
Spectators during the Harness Race event at the Roosevelt Raceway in Long Island, New York. Race starts. Messenger Pacing Stakes racing. Crowd cheers. Horse Henry T. Adios takes a lead among eight other horses. Henry T. Adios wins the race. Yankee Express is in second place. Tarport Jimmy wins third place and Lang Hanover in fourth. Adios Don makes a comeback and wins fifth place.
The history of famous airplanes. A Curtiss airplane in Long Island, New York. The aircraft is parked on an airfield. Hangars in the background. Men stand near the airplane.
A 1946 re-enactment showing Dr. Albert Einstein's letter to U.S. President being typed on August 2, 1939, in Long Island, New York. A typist types Einstein's letter concerning atomic bomb to U.S. President Roosevelt. The letter references recent work by doctors Fermi and Szilard on producing a nuclear chain reaction, and its possible use as a weapon in an atomic bomb. He urges that the administration be watchful and ready for quick action on the subject.
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