Draft and WWI mobilization activities for American men in 1918. Draftees under the Selective Service system get their documents checked by officials. Doctors examine the draftees for military recruitment. Men carry their baggage and move away in a train. Military recruits at a receiving station, lined up. They are seen carrying rifles and marching, beginning their drills, though still dressed in civilian clothing. View of the men marching and Statue of Liberty seen in the distance on the horizon.
At the end of the harness racing season in Yonkers Raceway, a moving car carries mobile starting gate with harness racers aligned across the track behind it. The gate folds up and the starter car speeds away allowing the race to get underway. Spectators in the stands are seen dressed warmly on this cold, damp December day. The horses, and drivers in sulkies,race around the water-covered track. Narrator comments that horses were meant to run, not swim.
Views of unemployed African American men on the streets of East Harlem. A group of African American men seated on a bench by a roadside. A man seated on the stairs of a building. A sign on a building reads, 'JOIN Luis Munoz Rivera Job Preparation Center' Men and women learn to make dentures as part of their dental technician training.
The life and career of U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower up to the time of his appointment as the Supreme Commander of the NATO ( North Atlantic Treaty Organization). General Eisenhower with his wife after his retirement from the U.S. Army. He is chosen as the President of Columbia University. People gather outside the building of the university for the ceremony. The General arrives at a building. He gets off his car. Photographers click his photographs. He enters the building. He is appointed as the chief of the NATO forces in Europe.
A woman writes a letter to her mother. The woman writes about the various courses offered at the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). Young women at a YWCA swimming pool. Young women swimming in the pool. An African American woman seated at the edge of the pool, instructing the girls. Women learn backstroke swimming. The swimming instructor talks to the girls, demonstrating a swimming stroke.
Cadet Jack Kramer, Alice Marble, Lieutenant Don Budge and Mary Hardwicke standing together. Spectators seated in stadium of Madison Square Garden to watch a tennis match. Cadet Jack Kramer pairs with Alice Marble to play the match with Lt. Don Budge and Mary Hardwicke. Cadet Jack Kramer pairs with Alice Marble to down the other team by a 6 to 4 score.
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