Inter-City Golden Gloves tournament being held at Madison Square Garden in New York. People gather around a boxing ring. They cheer and applaud. Vince Shomo of New York and Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) of Chicago win. Clay wins against Gary Jawish of New York.
Film begins showing allegorical statue of woman named "Brooklyn" by sculptor Daniel Chester French, on granite pedestal at Brooklyn side entrance to the Manhattan Bridge in New York City. Scene shifts to Police directing traffic of motor vehicles and horse-drawn wagons on the Manhattan Bridge in New York City. Barges and ships seen below the Manhattan bridge on which electrified train is running. Burns Brothers Coal loading facility on the river's edge. Point of view shot from first car of electrified railroad train traveling over the Manhattan bridge with dual tracks. Another train is approaching on the other track. A roadway is seen rising up parallel to the railway, on the right of the screen. Several cars on it are heading through the Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade. Side view of the Manhattan Bridge over the East River in New York City. Docks are seen at river edge, below. The Brooklyn Bridge is seen dimly in the background. Commercial traffic of horses and wagons, cars, and trucks along road beside East River piers. Many appear to be food purveyors. The Manhattan Bridge crosses the entire area in the background. Several pedestrians are seen strolling near the Manhattan bridge Arch and Colonnade. Top of Manhattan Bridge seen in closeup.
Prohibition agents take axes to beer barrels during Prohibition. Beer gushes out as agents destroy the bootlegged barrels. The "We Want Beer!" Parade in New York City demonstration against the 18th Amendment. Marchers carry signs that read "Taxation for Beer" View of the Statue of Liberty from below. Men look out windows in the head of the Statue of Liberty. Flood lights set to light up the Statue of Liberty. The Great Beer Parade in New York City at night. Aerial view of New York City in evening.
Models display designer travel bags aboard the Italian luxury cruise liner Andrea Doria in New York. Models with various travel bags by Josef. A model opens a bag, displays the interiors and takes out a booklet from the same. New York port in the background. The bags are made of the finest Italian leather. They are of varied sizes for all purposes. Models with bucket bags, hooded bags, and tortoise shell bags.
A Christmas party for homeless children and orphans in New York. Francis Cardinal Spellman talks to the children of the New York Foundling Hospital. Cardinal Spellman sits on the base of a large Christmas tree surrounded by children. Santa Claus greets the cardinal and distributes presents. Santa Claus talks to orphans. Children open the presents. A boy blows a small trumpet. The Saint Vincent Parish Boys choir sings a Christmas carol. A toddler whining. A girl cries. Young children dance. A little girl snatches a toy from a boy.
Disabled veterans of World War 2 are trained as watchmakers at a school in the Woodside suburb of Queens, New York City. Disabled veterans enter the Joseph Bulova School of Watchmaking (40-24 62nd St., Flushing, NY 11377). Doors with electric eye controls open school doors automatically for students in wheel chairs. The school also includes a wheelchair ramp. Disabled veterans in wheelchairs enter the school, followed by others walking. Faculty teach the men in a group. Some of the veterans were formerly employed as truck drivers, a chef and a music teacher. Veterans work on various equipment and manipulate small parts of watches. Veterans in a class receive training to receive new jobs as watch makers.
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