USS San Francisco (CA-38) returns to San Francisco, California. The ship returns from the Battle of Solomons through the Golden Gate. Sailors wave from the deck of the ship. U.S. Navy Admiral E. J. King presents the Congressional Medal of Honor to a 31-year old commander of the cruiser. (World War II period).
Runners running on wet roads in the 63rd Boston Marathon. 153 runners start their course from Hopkinton, Massachusetts to Exeter Street, Boston. Record holder John Kelley is shadowed by Eino Ilmari Oksanen, a Helsinki Police detective from Finland. Eino Oksanen wins the Boston Marathon and is cheered by a crowd.
A ship accident in Delaware River, Delaware. A navy tanker hits a freighter. Smoke rises from the navy tanker stationary on water. View of the freighter. Injured men are rescued by tugs. The side of the ship reads 'Corps of Engineers U.S. Army'. Men aboard the ship. Wounded men are assisted.
Milwaukee Braves and Cleveland Indian baseball teams train in Bradenton, Florida. The coach, players and rookie pitcher Juan Pizzaro on the ground. Various players of Milwaukee Braves practice. Team members of Cleveland Indians pose. The players practice.
American aviator Howard Hughes is greeted by a large crowd in Chicago after his round the world flight. Hughes’s Lockheed 14 Super Electra airplane lands in Chicago. People run towards the parked airplane. Hughes emerges from the airplane and is greeted by a large crowd. Cameramen record the event. Hughes is acclaimed during the parade towards the City Hall.
After completing his flight around the world, aviator Howard Hughes reaches his hometown Houston, Texas. Exterior views of Hughes Tool Company. A man works at machine inside the building. A man closes the main gate of the company. Hughes' Lockheed 14 super electra aircraft lands in Houston, following his record-setting round-the-world flight. Hughes gets off the plane and is greeted by people and a cowboy with a cattle steer. Hughes shakes hands with people.
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