Nearly 150,000 new citizens being administered an oath of allegiance at Central Park on 'I am an American Day.' Military Service heroes from World War 2 being greeted at the stage by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. Judge Learned Hand administers the oath to new citizens in New York City.
World War 2 period newsreel titled "Maritime hero day." A large number of mariners and citizens gather at a ceremony outside the Federal Hall Sub-Treasury building on Wall Street in New York City to pay tribute to Maritime service. Widow of Albert Fentris being presented the Mariners medal at the ceremony. A wreath is cast in the sea to commemorate dead heroes. U.S. Merchant Marine sailors train and parade in a ceremony at the U. S. Maritime Service Training Station facility at Sheepshead Bay, New York.
Bethlehem Steel workers protest during a strike and throw pickets at the plant in Lackawanna in New York. Workers clash with the police. Police on horses carry billy clubs and move horses against the crowd, and beat back at labor protestors with clubs to control the crowd. Members of the management team seen in an office as they discuss the 3 point plan at the Office of Production Management which ends the strike.
Seven persons including a Congressman die as a luxury airliner crashes into Pine forest in Morrow in Georgia. Wreckage of the crashed plane is seen. Dead being carried away from the accident site. Airline President Edward V. Rickenbacker suffered serious injuries in the crash.
Teams from Chicago and New York compete at a skating competition in Chicago in Illinois. Boys and girls spill while skating on the track and are carried away by others.
A large number of people gather in Miami in Florida to witness the Widener Challenge Cup Classic horse race. Edward Mooro's entries 'Big Pebble' and 'Get Off' secure first and second positions at the race.
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