Baseball's St. Louis Browns hold spring training in San Antonio Texas, March 1938. Players play catch, throwing baseballs to each other, as they lean out open windows of their hotel. One of the baseballs falls to the ground. One player gets doused with water by players in window above. Several players warm up their throwing arms on the field, where trees and outfield wall ads are seen in background. Two young women field grounders gently bunted by a player with a bat, standing several feet away, on home plate. Close up shot of Browns manager Gabby Street. Shot of unidentified Browns players. Players take practice swings from batting cage.
Safety glass ensures better vision in Toledo, Ohio. Girls read a book through a safety glass as it makes reading easier. A technician helps them out. Safety glass being removed to demonstrate the difference in original vision and the one through a safety glass. Girls look at a picture through the safety glass. Models display different styles of clothes at a fashion show. Models wearing gowns and swim suits on the stage during the show.
Annual ocean swim in La Jolla, California. Nearly 100 swimmers take to sea at the annual ocean swim competition in La Jolla, California. Participants swim through the rough sea. Walter Stewart reaches the finish line to win the competition. Among the women, Florence Chadwick touches the finish line first.
U.S. open tennis tournament in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Men's doubles finals where Adrian Quist- John Bromwich take on Hopman-Crawford. Quist and Bromwich win the title. The duo being presented with the trophies. Women's doubles finals where the pair of Alice Marble and Sarah Palfrey Fabyan win the title.
Cockatoos birds perform stunts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The birds on a miniature giant wheel as one of them operates it to demonstrate the way they used to entertain Allied soldiers in France during World War I. The birds enjoy a merry go round ride. They climb up and down a ladder. A bird hoists an American flag.
A building on fire in Chicago, Illinois. View from ground of fire and smoke at the eighth story level of the building on fire. Traffic on the street as smoke comes out from the building. A victim jumps from floor eight into a net held by rescuing firemen to save his life. After the man jumps from the burning building, fire fighters are seen around the emergency staircase. A firefighter climbs onto a ladder to get to the eighth floor of the burning building.
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