Coverage of three college football games by Army-Navy Screen Magazine. American college football game of Army vs TD Command, Kentucky. Players of both teams on the field and begin the game. Features plays by Army players Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard. Army cadets of West Point watch the game in the audience. Spectators cheer the players. Army team wins over TD Command Comets. Second segment is American college football game of Dartmouth versus Holy Cross, played at Hanover Memorial Field. Announcer in this 2nd segment is Red Barber. Players of both teams playing the game. Holy Cross Crusaders win over Dartmouth "Big Green". Third segment is American college football game of Navy vs. Villanova, where Navy wins over Villanova.
Scene is football field, set up in the in field of the city racecourse at Tsingtao (Qingdao) China, in 1946. The unusual thing is there are no goal posts. U.S. Marine and Navy spectators stand around the field, and some occupy a small viewing stand. Various multistory buildings are seen in the far background, as the camera pans about,following the play on the field. Players wear football uniforms, and leather helmets. One team (probably Marines) wears Khaki jerseys and the other (probably Navy) wears white. As the film begins, one Khaki team player is being helped as he walks off the field, while others attend to a player lying on the ground. Play resumes with a play in the Khaki end zone, followed by a Khaki kickoff to white, who return the ball. Camera stops there and switches to another Khaki kickoff. White seems unable to overcome Khaki defense on the ground and resorts to a long pass that is intercepted by Khaki. The rest of the film shows glimpses of plays on the field. A White team player is seen on the ground attended by sailors. Play resumes again, with Navy punting. As the game ends, players of both teams walk off the field and are greeted by Marine and Navy spectators respectively. Camera shows view of the much larger racecourse area that encompassed the playing field. U.S. military trucks begin driving over the field. Scene shifts to view from a grandstand at far end of the racecourse, near buildings in downtown Tsingtao. Marines and sailors are leaving the field. Camera pans over the large racecourse infield where marines and sailors are cleaning up the playing field. Change of scene shows U.S. Army Lieutenant General Albert C. Wedemeyer, Navy Admiral Charles M. Cooke, and a Rear Admiral, sitting with Madame Chiang Kai-shek. She is examining an American football, as the Rear Admiral explains it to her. Scene shifts to more shots of the football game including several fumbles. It ends with Khaki team huddle.
Football Team from University of Notre Dame plays football on snow covered field in South bend, Indiana. Players of Notre Dame run. Coach of Notre Dame, Francis William Leahy. Players do physical exercise. They push wooden horses on snow to practice blocking. Frank Leahy talks to an official. Players play football. A player catches football in mud.
Lieutenant Raymond Morse and other pilots playing football while in training at Moffett Field. Pilots standing near planes in flight line. View of pilots in football gear. Lieutenant Raymond Morse and other pilots playing football. Pilots pushing the wings of a moving plane as part of exercise.
U.S. Naval Academy football players "Middie Gridders" train under Coach Rip Miller in Annapolis, Maryland. View of a football with 'Navy 1931' written on it. Midshipmen on field, run, exercise and undergo training for the football season. Coach Rip Miller gives instructions to the team. Tackle and blocking practice using dummies.
Fans at Stanford University's football stadium turn red and white cards in an orchestrated way showing school spirit. The Stanford University Band, a scramble or scatter band known as the LSJUMB, performs a field show together with the Stanford cheerleaders. The Stanford football team takes the field. Views of the football game, the fans in the bleachers, and the band.
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