U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses a gathering at the 200th anniversary of the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. President Roosevelt is the guest of honor at the university's anniversary. The President is flanked by dignitaries, academicians and professors at the university. A large crowd of students gathered for the event. President Roosevelt addresses the crowd on the occasion. He begins by thanking the university for the honor. He says that, instead of having chosen 1740 for the foundation of the university, if the year was 1739, the 200th anniversary would have fallen in an election year. A huge applause from the crowd. The President says that even the period in which the university was founded was a strange period of relapse in the history of civilization of the world since in some lands it had been a custom to burn books of scholars and use government decree to derive morality and culture and education. And how, in the world today, people think clearly of the hard work their predecessors put in to attain the liberty and freedom they enjoy today.
Sailboat racing regatta, over a fixed course, in a bay, in Florida, United States.. Large number of two-handed sloops compete. The sail boat course is marked by flags attached to anchored dinghies. Clouds in view in the sky. Trees along the shore.
The annual contest of motorcycle race at Stinson Beach, California, United States. A man flags off a motorcycle race on the Stinson Beach in California. The motorcyclists begin the annual contest of motorcycle race on the beach. The racers wearing goggles ride on a sandy course on the beach. The motorcyclists on the motorcycles racing in high speed.
A volcano cap being blasted for releasing ore, in Colorado, United States. Men carrying crates on their shoulders move down the side of a hill in a line and enter a tunnel. A man operating a lever and another bearded man giving instructions to him. The man presses the lever and a dynamite being blasted in a volcano cap. Huge smoke rises from the blast. Men stand and watch.
Stirling Moss drives the experimental MG at the Bonneville Flats in Utah, United States. Stirling Moss, Britain's top racing driver wears helmet and gets into MG car. He drives the experimental MG. Operators at the electronic timing device as they take the speed records.
A Football match at Indiana,United States. Football match between team Iowa Hawkeyes and Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Spectators cheer their teams. Team Iowa Hawkeyes wins the match against Notre Dame Fighting Irish by a score of 21-13.
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