Thousands of mummers parade the streets of Philadelphia on New Year's day. Revelers dressed in amusingly elaborate costumes exhibit a sparkling show. Various decorative displays and movable scenery can also be seen. People gather in number across streets and witness the colorful event. Some men dressed as women (in drag). A costumed pair are announced with a banner that reads 'Marie Antoinette...Louis XVI' while another vignette in which crude dentistry is mimed is identified by a sign on a car that reads, 'Duke and Duchess of Winsores Arrive for Big Yank' Many performers are seen in blackface.
Korean farmer Kim nails new steel shoes to his bull Abdul's hooves.Kim poses in elation for the camera. Old Korean farmer sits idle in his field.
Heavily crowded street scenes during Tet (New Year) festival with celebrants dressed up for the occasion. This temple known as Lang Ong, is located about 5 kilometers north-east of Saigon center. Vehicular traffic includes cars, two-wheelers, and cycle-rickshaws. Many Vietnamese civilians enter a Buddhist temple. Buddhist Vietnamese lighting incense sticks. They pray and offer incense inside the temple. People gather in a circle to witness the traditional lion dance performed by two artists. (Vietnam War period).
Shows American battleships USS Texas,USS New York, USS Kentucky and USS Kansas anchored at the Firth of Forth near Scotland during World War I.
Shows U.S. Navy personnel testing their new amphibious vehicle, LVTUX2 (Landing Vehicle Track Utility Experimental Model 2) in Seattle, Washington. The LVT(U)X2 Goliath carrying navy personnel and a U.S. Army tank enters water. Its crosses the water body and successfully reaches the shore. The tank debarks from the LVT (U) X2 Goliath.
Shows construction work on the new Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, which is being carried out by builders of ten nationalities. Interior Secretariat which is already up and running. Telephonists at work on switchboards. A meeting of League's Economic Committee. Shows a post room and post van leaving. Treasurer Seymour Jacklin. View of press office, journalists at desks, telephone booths and reporters telephoning in report. Under Secretary Frank Walters phones Radio Nations. He poses for camera. Views of Radio Nations building and Palais des Nations in Geneva.
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