Ten horses of the U.S. Olympic horse jumping team are loaded aboard a Pan American World Airways DC-6 Cargo Clipper in New York City. They are bound for Stockholm, Sweden. A trainer is seen leading a horse up a long ramp, into the aircraft cargo hold. Members of the U.S. Olympic Team: Frank Chapot, William Steinkraus (Team Captain), Hugh Wiley, and Warren Woffard. pose in front of the aircraft: View inside the aircraft, as the horses are being secured in their stalls.
Hollywood actress Grace Kelly leaves New York from Pier 84 for her wedding to Prince Rainier. Actress Grace Kelly at the New York port surrounded by friends and crowd at Pier 84. Newsmen and photographers surround her. She answers questions from pressmen regarding her wedding. Kelly boards the SS Constitution and leaves for Monaco.
Formal Commissioning Ceremony for USS Saratoga at Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York. 'USS Saratoga (SVA-60)' written with an insignia. Robert Joseph Stroh, Captain of the ship, laughs and poses. Decorated deck of the ship. A sailor sits on a sofa inside a cabin aboard the ship. Many ride the huge elevator up to the flight deck. People seated at the ceremony. Formations of Navy aircraft fly over the ship.
German Zeppelin Hindenburg (D-LZ129) airship in flight over Manhattan Island, New York City. Swastika visible on tail of airship as it flies over Manhattan skyscrapers. Hindenburg Captain Ernst Lehmann and officers seen on bridge. Captain Lehmann speaking on radiophone. Hindenburg releases water ballast and descends to dock. She drops landing lines. Suddenly the Hindenburg crashes and in engulfed in flames. Rescuers run to the burning ship. Heavy dense smoke rises. Firefighters pour water on the burning wreck. Navy officers and ground crews surround the wreck in efforts to help survivors. Commentator calls this the worst disaster in aviation history.
Stuffing of popcorn in packages at a plant in New York. The popcorn pops out of a machine at the factory. A man with a small container puts the popcorn in a package. Lamps on a table and hanging in the factory. Men put popcorn in the lamps to prevent the breakage of fragile and delicate lamps. Packed lamps on a table. A man puts popcorn in a package.
People eat donuts during the Donut Dunking Week in New York. Men seated around a table dip donuts in coffee and eat. A man grabs and eats a doughnut. Another man eats donuts with both hands. One man tries to eat his donut suspended from a string like a tea bag. Another man comically guards his donut from prying hands and eyes as he eats it.
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