Women sell thrift stamps in Venice, California. They pose with two elephants. A poster reads "help win the war". A large crowd gathers at the shop.
A film titled 'Old war tanks feats thrill spectators in final maneuvers' shows old war tanks in a drill at night in Fort George G. Meade in Maryland. A number of tanks in a field. A tank marked 17 moves over shrubs, tree and a house. Soldier driving the tank wipes his face.
A film titled 'Water tennis makes a bow as aquatic sport,' shows girls playing a game of tennis in a pool in Venice, California. One of the girls writes down score on a board, as another one judges the game.
Scenes from reopening festivities in 1948 for the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, following its closure (usage as a government medical facility) in World War 2. Famous men and women pose for photographs. Closeup of Mrs. Fulton Cutting Junior. View of Winston Guest with his wife C.Z. Guest (formerly Lucy Douglas Cochrane) standing with John Simms Kelly ("Shipwreck" Kelly) and his wife Brenda (formerly Brenda Frazier). Dolly Dorelis wearing sun glasses. Mrs. Byron C. Floyd. Then Congressman John F. Kennedy poses with his sister, Kathleen ‘Kick’ Kennedy.
Golf scenes on the course of The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Players including celebrities present for the reopening of the resort after its closure during World War 2. Four players stand together in front of the golf country club building then known as "The Casino." They include Railway industrialist Robert R. Young (host of the event), British filmmaker J Arthur Rank (a then business partner of Robert Young in their Eagle-Lion Films endeavor), Britain's Duke of Windsor, and former U.S. Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana. Several scenes of the four men playing golf, including shots with the Duke of Windsor putting, with pipe in mouth, and J. Arthur Rank putting on the green.
Ben Hogan tees off in celebrity golf tournament that includes Bing Crosby and other notables. Bing Crosby has fun and jokes around, giving advice and pretending to have a lower score than he shot. He puts successfully and is applauded by his companions. We see numerous tee shots by players and aerial views of the course. Large number of spectators are present to watch the players in action.
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