Wiley Post touches down at Edmonton for refueling his airplane. Wiley Post arrives at Floyd Bennett Field Municipal airport after his record breaking globe circling solo flight in 7 days, 18 hours and 49 minutes. 75,000 people come to greet the famous aviator.
Two thousand members of Citizens Military Training Corp march in review in a contest to determine the best drilled companies of the concentration in Camp Dix. Winning troops are bestowed with Ribbons of Honor.
U.S. army recruits two giant boys one is six feet five inches tall where as the other is six feet six inches tall at Fort Totten. Both boys are recruited for the 62nd Coast Artillery. Two average soldiers of the 62nd Coast Artillery pose with the two tall boys. Both tall boys lift the two soldiers. A soldier gets up on the car. The two soldiers take measurements with a tape of the tall boy. The tall boy lifts one of the soldiers.
Blaze of fire sweeps over the dry grass and shrubby undergrowth in Farmingdale. Aerial view of the fire that threatens the homes of the community residents. Thick smoke billows upwards.
Entertainment by the Music War Committee in World War II. Men seated around conference table discuss music. Fred Ahlert chairman of the committee ask to Volunteer to sing song, helpful in winning war. Bob Sour raises hand and ask to sing and for help in music. Ray Henderson speaks and plays piano. Sour sings "West of Tomorrow". Listeners clap in reaction. Plaque: Victor Herbert 1859-1924.
Baseball newsreel slate says "Yankees' Submerge Cubs' Pennant Hopes" but footage is of game 2 of the 1932 World Series at Yankee Stadium. Wide shots of 50,000 spectators in crowd. Shot of Cubs' Billy Herman leading off game with double. Shot of Yankee pitcher Lefty Gomez throwing. Shots of Cubs Kiki Cuyler reaching first on error and Riggs Stephenson hitting fly ball to score Herman from third base. Shots of Cubs' pitcher Lon Warneke walking Earle Combs in bottom of 1st inning. Closeup of Yankees' Babe Ruth in dugout. Warneke walks Joe Sewell, strikes out Ruth, gives up run-scoring single to Lou Gehrig. Shots of Cubs' Riggs Stephenson hitting double in top of 3rd, scoring on single by Frank Demaree. Shots from Yankees in bottom of third: Babe Ruth walks, goes to second on single by Gehrig; minutes later, Babe Ruth runs home on base hit, followed by Lou Gehrig, who slides into home plate. Shots of Yankee stadium from outfield stands. Fans in stands, mostly men wearing hats, stand up for various plays. At end of game, won by Yankees 5-2, happy, celebrating fans spill onto field and many paper game programs are seen floating in the wind and on the field.
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