U.S. army transport ship leaves the harbor in Brooklyn, New York. USS Hunter Liggett docked at the harbor. Men boarding the ship. The ship leaves the harbor for Hawaii. People waving.
Mays department store (owned by J.W. Mays) distributes garments to needy people in Brooklyn, New York, during the Great Depression. People lined up outside the shop. Buildings in the area. Traffic on a street. Some people in the line are unruly and police work to restrain a woman. People get clothes.
Dramatization: Shipping room of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. U.S. workers packing up art. Several paintings and art subjects. German guard supervises. Man brings in box to be stenciled. It reads 'Brooklyn museum of Art.' Box stenciled with destination address 'ReichsMarschall Hermann W. Goring..."
United States Army Air Service personnel demonstrate parachute jumps at Mitchel Field in New York. A sergeant on a plane with a parachute on his back. The sergeant jumps from the aircraft. He opens the parachute and lands without mishap. A view of the sergeant dropping from the aircraft. The second jump from the aircraft. A delay in opening of the parachute. The sergeant lands safely.
Scene of crowd gathered at Bellevue Hospital, New York. William Ahern, the psychiatric patient threatens to jump from the 9th floor ledge of the hospital. Fireman T J Kehoe comes at the last moment and with the help of some others saves the patient.
The 1964 World Series moves to a filled Yankee Stadium in New York with the Yankees and Cardinals tied one game apiece. In the ninth inning, Yankee great Mickey Mantle comes to the plate as fans cheer, and blasts the first pitch into the right-field stands for a game-winning home run. Teammates congratulate him as he crosses home plate. In game 4, Yankees take early 3-0 lead until Cardinals third baseman Ken Boyer (seen in closeup) hits a home run with the bases loaded to put Cardinals on top 4-3, the final score. Game 5, still at the stadium, Cardinals lead 2-0 in ninth inning but outfielder Tom Tresh blasts homer to tie the game and send it into extra innings. Announcer notes this has been a superb World Series as Tresh seen rounding bases. Shot of scoreboard showing tie score. In top of 10th inning, Cardinals catcher Tim McCarver, seen in closeup, hits a three-run homer to put Cardinals back on top. In the bottom of the 10th, Yankees' Roger Maris hits a popup which Ken Boyer catches leaning into the stands to make the final out. Cardinals lead the series three games to two, would go on to win it in seven.
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