West Point Cadets in flight suits, with goggles, prepare for flight at Mitchel Field, Hempstead, New York. Officer gives instruction to the cadets standing at attention. Building in the background. West Point cadets leave building. Others sit on steps of building. West Point cadets, wearing seat-pack parachutes, march down flight line. Row of parked United States Army Air Corps B-6A bomber aircraft. Cadets stand in front of the aircraft, parked with engines running, on the airfield. Cadets climb into B-6A aircraft. Interior of the Cockpit. Cadet and pilot look at map. Nose section of B-6A. Cadet in nose gunner position aims through machine gun sight. Cadet in rear radio operator-gunner position speaks into microphone. Pilot at controls checks engines and instruments. Ground crewmen remove wheel chocks and the aircraft taxi in formation to the runway, and takeoff, one at a time. Aerial view of B-6As in formation flight over Long Island, New York.
Aerial view of Mitchel Field, Hempstead, New York, with line of B-6A bombers and O-1D observation aircraft taxiing for takeoff. They circle to avoid construction work at center of airfield. Highways and surrounding areas of the airfield are visible.
Christening of Japan Air Lines (Japan Airlines) new transpacific DC-7 aircraft in San Francisco, California. A Shinto priest performs a blessing for aircraft. The Shinto priest leave offering. San Francisco's Mayor George Christopher's wife (Tula Sarantitis) christens Japan Air Lines new transpacific Douglas DC-7 transport aircraft. Mrs. Tula Sarantitis-Christopher scoops from a wooden bucket with melted snow from Mount Fuji using a Chōzubachi dipper. Mrs. Sarantitis-Christopher ritually purifies the new Japan Air Lines aircraft.
The Western Title of the National Football League (NFL) at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco. 60,000 spectators gathered at the Kezar Stadium (670 Kezar Dr, San Francisco, CA 94118, United States). NFL game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Detroit Lions begins. Yelberton Abraham Tittle (better known as Y.A. Tittle) passes the ball. San Francisco leads in the first half. Hugh McElhenny breaks away and goes screaming through the Detroit Team. Spectators cheer for the players. The Detroit Lions defeat the San Francisco 49ers.
Children aid Saint Nicolas in Santa Claus, Indiana. Cars parked outside buildings. A man hands a bag to another man. A sign board outside a building reads 'Post Office'. A man at work in the office. He marks seal on the letters. Children enter a building with painted walls. Children dressed up like Santa Claus make toys at a workshop and aid Saint Nicolas.
The U.S. Tennis Open Doubles Final in Massachusetts. A large crowd of spectators gathered at a tennis court. U.S. National Doubles Final begins. Mexican tennis players Rafael Herrera Osuna and Antonio Palafox play against Chuck McKinley and Richard Dennis Ralston. The spectators cheer for the players. The Mexican players win the finals.
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