Archers at Point Mouillee in Michigan catch carp fishes during a fishing contest. Hundreds of contestants on their outboards, equipped with bows and arrows catch fishes. The winner with his fish poses for the camera.
National Motorcycle Championship held at Loconia in New Hampshire, United States. Several riders crash at a turn. A rider crashes into a woman spectator. The winner takes the checkered flag.
Snow covered streets in New York City. People walk past shops on 5th Avenue. People do window shopping. Leather bags , costumes and hats on sale inside the shops. Snow covered on cars parked along the side of a street in New York City. Snow covered areas and leafless trees.
American baseball superstar Willie Mays signs a two-year contract with the San Francisco Giants at a reported $130,000 a year, then a major league record. Cameras, reporters seen covering the event as Mays talks with Giants' officials and journalists. Scenes of Mays playing baseball with Giants, including a steal of second base, his famous over-the-shoulder catch in game 1 of the 1954 World Series, and hitting a record-tying four home runs in one game against the Milwaukee Braves early in the 1961 season. Last shot is Mays with Giants' owner Horace Stoneham.
Scenes of race riots in Newark, New Jersey. Houses on fire. Policemen patrols the area. An armored personnel carrier moves down the street at night. Destroyed shops and cars in the African American ghetto district. Police, State Troopers and National Guardsmen exchange shots with rooftop and window snipers. Stores are wrecked burned and looted. Troops make several arrests.
Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during and immediately following bombing by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. Harbor installations and warships burn from attack by Japanese aircraft. Many US Navy ships seen burning in harbor. View from a high point overlooking the harbor. Camera pans and black smoke is seen rising from many burning ships. Destroyed planes in hangar. Finger points upward and then USS Arizona (BB-39) is struck and explodes. Black smoke rises from USS Arizona as it burns in the harbor. Burning U.S. Navy warships partially submerged. Capsized USS Oklahoma (BB-37). Fire boats spray water on the burning ships.
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