Cars drive on West Side Manhattan street. The street is lined with trees on one side as it winds up hill. Water beside. Buildings on other side of road.
Scene of 'Presidente Sermiento', the training ship. Cadet on the net of the ship. Cadets standing in position. Navy Officers posing and cadets exercising on the net on the ship.Cadets marching with guns in hands.
27th Infantry Division march through gate. Troops on horseback march up 5th Avenue. Crowd assembled.
A film titled 'Panorama Water Front and Brooklyn Bridge from East River'. East River shoreline and piers of lower Manhattan seen. Several ocean-going sailing vessels are docked. Piers and docks are crowded with ships and boats of all kinds. Steam tugs, ships and ferries seen docked. Loaded wooden barrels can be seen. View of the water front. Sign on Pier 20 reads 'Mallory Line'. Brooklyn Bridge seen. River traffic of tugboats and barges passing under the Brooklyn Bridge. Brooklyn Heights visible.
A film titled 'Panorama of Blackwell's Island, N.Y.'. Shore of Blackwell's Island seen, from boat . The lighthouse, at extreme Southern end of the island. Smoke from the Island's power plant stacks is visible. Sea wall built by inmates. Insane Asylum, including octagonal Lunatic asylum for women; Large Workhouse. Piers for construction of the Queensboro (59th street) Bridge. The Penetentiary Warden's home nearby; and the Penetentiary, itself. Finally, we see the Charity Hospital.
A film titled 'A street Arab'. A boy acrobat demonstrates his abilities on the street , in front of the camera. He performs various acrobatic stunts, demonstrating remarkable flexibility and strength. He does handsprings, and other similar stunts. He stands on his head and twists around like a top.
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