The joint city state federal private project on rehabilitation at Manhattan, New York. Demolition crews at work during the rehabilitation program at a cluster of adjacent old-law tenements on East 5th Street (nos. 633–637) just south of Tompkins Square. They take out floors, walls, and windows of a run down building in the lower east side. The prefabricated ("prefab") kitchens and baths are lowered through the roof. Sign describes the project as "Instant Rehab. A demonstration of rapid rehabilitation." Former residents of the building are seen in front of the apartment building. Narrator says 11 families had lived in the tenement, and 15 apartments now are ready for their return. Group of officials including New York Mayor John Lindsay stand near the project. Keys of the new apartment building units are seen hung on a board. A woman enters one of the new apartments and opens a cabinet in the new kitchen.
A fashion show in Florence, Italy. Models display the ready to wear garments at the Pitti Palace (Piazza de' Pitti, 1, 50125 Firenze FI, Italy). Models wear oversized sunglasses. A model walks down the catwalk wearing a velvet gown by Pino Lancetti. A model with a hooped coiffure wears a coat by Emilio Pucci. Two Italian women talk to each other while watching the fashion show. A model displays a coat by Gregoriana, an Italian fashion brand. A model walks with a dog on the ramp. Models wear corkscrew hats.
Amateur clowns participate in a circus 'Biggest Big Show' competition to win a one week stint with the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus at Madison Square garden in New York. A woman and the men and boys of a family dressed as clowns participate in an open audition for clown formation. The judges at work. People wait for the result. The judges with two other people dressed as clowns stand on stage. Mrs. Claire Manley being declared as the winner. She comes on the stage and receives the prize.
The American Canoe Association's Eastern Championship on the Mascoma river in New Hampshire, United States. The participants row through the rough water of the river. The winner of the competition is Wick Walker. The winner will represent the United States at the world contest in Czechoslovakia.
A training film on M-16 rifles starts. Three men seated inside a room in a conversation, after which they leave. A soldier hidden in a foxhole in a forest area, carrying an M-16 rifle, setting target. Another soldier joins him. Silhouette of a man walking in the forest, man is shot and then is carried away. Six soldiers standing in a line, carry M-16 rifle in hands, set targets and shoot.
A training documentary on M-16 rifles for USAF (United States Air Force). A group of U.S. airmen seated in a training room. Instructor demonstrates aim-sight of M-16 rifle. Various views through aim sight.
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