The college basketball team from City College of New York (CCNY) wins a basketball game in New York City against the University of Oregon. Teams of CCNY and Oregon playing the basketball game; various plays shown. Spectators watch the match and cheer for the players. The team from CCNY wins the game. Some ambient sound of the crowd cheering is heard.
Film notes 35th anniversary of Wright Brothers' first flight and reviews history of transportation and advances in transportation brought about by railroad and aircraft. An animated map of the United states before the advent of mechanized transport methods. It illustrates the difficult and long overland journey to travel from the East Coast to the West Coast. Travel by horse and wagon over the Santa Fe Trail in 1849 is recreated in a brief film clip. Next, a locomotive is shown pulling a passenger train at high speed along a railroad at the base of a mountain. Animated map charts fairly direct path from Coast to Coast, taking only 4 days by railroad. Next a nearly straight course is traced across the map illustrating the path of an airplane taking only seven and a half hours for the journey. Change of scene shows aerial view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 Super Electra Special, Model 14-N2 ( NX18973), christened "New York World's Fair 1939," in flight over New York harbor with the skyline of Manhattan, New York City in the background. Camera follows the plane as it passes over lower Manhattan. The Empire State building is seen prominently with other skyscrapers below the aircraft. This was filmed, on July 14, 1938, as Hughes and his crew were returning from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Floyd Bennett Field, on Long Island, at the conclusion of their around-the-world flight (circling the Northern Hemisphere) from July 10 - July 14, 1938.
New York Yankees win game four to clinch the 1938 World Series. 60,000 baseball fans cheer during the game. The Yankees' Frankie Crosetti hits triple to score two runs in 2nd inning. Cubs' Phil Cavaretta doubles. In 8th inning, Cubs' Ken O'dea hits two-run homer. Yankees' Myril Hoag hits double to score Lou Gehrig. Crosetti hits double to score two runs. Crowd walks on field after end of game.
Husky dogs being trained at a farm in Wonalancet, New Hampshire. Huskies being trained to pull a sled with the help of a merry go round. Dogs pull a sled with a couple seated in the sled. Dogs eat and relax.
National Motorcycle Championship held at Loconia in New Hampshire, United States. Several riders crash at a turn. A rider crashes into a woman spectator. The winner takes the checkered flag.
Canoe racing in the Mascoma River near Lebanon, New Hampshire. The American Canoe Association Eastern Championship begins. Rowers paddle their canoes against the water current. Wick Walker wins the race.
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