'$6,500,000 Pier Fire'. A raging fire rakes a railroad pier at Weehawken in New Jersey. Huge fire seen at the harbor. A cameraman takes pictures. Ambulances maintain vigil. In Tokyo, Japan, flames destroy the enlisted men's mess at the Palace Heights housing community. Enlisted men and their families flee from, from their Quonset type homes while the fire was being fought. People run to save their belongings.
The 1947 college football Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, between the University of Georgia and the University of North Carolina. Huge crowd gathered to watch the game. Players seen on the field in the rainy weather. Players seen in line of scrimmage. Georgia Bulldogs wins North Carolina Tarheels. Final score is 20-10.
A Curtiss Tractor biplane on field at Hammondsport New York. Pilot John Cooper and another man seated at controls.
Huge crowd in New Orleans celebrate in the Mardi Gras Fete. The crowd marches and celebrates in Royal Street in the French Quarter during the Carnival. The floats in the parade are carried by mules. A man dressed like a king ride one of the grand floats. The floats are elaborately decorated. A couple with missing teeth laughing.
An angry property owner locks his automobile to a tree in an effort to halt a pipeline ditch in New York City. The ditch is being dug through his plot. The workmen burrow around his automobile. The owner is forced to abandon his blockade.
A model car that drives itself is demonstrated at a research center at Princeton in New Jersey. Technicians raise the hood of the model automobile to show circuitry inside that guides the cars movement. A Charlie McCarthy doll with a cigarette in its mouth is in the drivers seat. The automobile automatically stops or passes other cars to avoid collisions by means of a wire guide installed below it. Another toy car is seen on the test track to demonstrate collision avoidance.
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