Swimmers wear their dresses during 200 m Butterfly event in AAU Women's Championship in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. All the players dive in swimming pool as the event starts. Becky Collins from indianapolis set new world record for 200m Butterfly swim in2:32.8. Becky Collins with her lucky toy bear. Women players dive in pool during 10m platform diving event and Barbara McAliister wins.
Man pushes a steam car with no gear shifts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. George Mershon works on the car, his new invention, which is powered by coal. Smokestack on the hood of the car. Mershon drives away the car on the road.
Liberty Bowl game between Syracuse University and the University of Miami in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Syracuse beats Miami 15-14.
Rocky Marciano stands, with bandage strip on his head in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pictures show a boxing match between Rocky and Jersey Joe Walcott for the World heavyweight title, won by Marciano.
The Bryn Mawr College for young women in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Girls at a traditional celebration at the Bryn Mawr College. Girls speak different languages as Spanish or French study in separate group on a table with different lecturer. Girls of geological studies on a trip outside the college examining a rock formation. A girl student sits and talks with children. Political science students during a lecture. A meeting of The International Relations Club of the college, together with male members of the club from nearby Haverford College. A male student smoking a pipe, a female student smoking a cigarette as they talk during the meeting. Students act during a stage play, again combining students from Bryn Mawr and Haverford College.
The Bryn Mawr College for young women in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fine arts, sculpture and painting studies at various classes. Students in chemistry, biochemistry and physics laboratories. Girls riding bicycles, a girl practicing archery, girls playing tenns. A girl dives into a swimming pool from a diving board. Class student government representatives during a meeting. (Here the narrator mentions the students planning assistance for relief operations in Europe...a clue to the estimated 1948 date of this footage). The student government members meeting with a faculty member. Couples dancing at a school dance. Girls study books and notes for final exams preparation. Professor guides a student of archeology. Girls practice concerts in chorus for graduation ceremony. Girls sitting on the lawns and outdoor patios of Bryn Mawr College, reading, talking, an knitting.
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