Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) soldiers and officers march in New York for Memorial Day parade, together with veterans of World War 1 and other American conflicts. Elevated view of Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Riverside Park on Manhattan Island, decorated in patriotic bunting. Hudson River visible in background. View changes to parade route immediately beside the monument in Riverside Park. Marchers carry U.S. flags in hands. Ground level shot captures boots and lower legs only marching along. Veterans of World War 1, some missing limbs and using crutches, march in the parade. Also seen are National Guard units in uniform. Elderly veterans of the American Civil War are seen in the reviewing stands. An honor guard in German Army uniforms passes with three uniformed German soldiers carrying the French flag, American flag, and Imperial German War flag (Reichskriegsflagge or Empire War Flag, flown by some German nationalists in the 1920s and 1930s in protest of the Weimar Republic). American Civil War veterans seen marching together in the parade, arms linked.
Immense rush of pedestrians, cars and vehicles causes traffic congestions and jams on roads of Manhattan, New York City. Groups of men talk to each other in groups on the sidewalks. Two young women in dresses walk by as group of men look on and admire them. Man in suit drops newspaper in trash can; next man walking behind him takes the newspaper back out and walks on. Rush of 1930's cars, trucks, buses, and other vehicles on city streets. A man attempts to cross the street on foot but cannot find a break in the traffic. A man escorts a young child across busy street. Two women run across street toward a Chop Suey restaurant. Pedestrians pause in middle of road and prepare to finish crossing busy street. All vehicles stopped in a traffic jam on city streets. Close view of a taxi cab meter continuing to run during traffic jam. Another taxi meter view (made by Pittsburgh taximeter company). Impatient man in a taxi stands up and looks through open sun roof at jam of cars. Fare continues to escalate in taxi cab. Man exits cab in middle of jammed street and pays driver. Huge masses of pedestrians moving on sidelwalks and crossing streets, and exiting tall office skyscraper buildings. A giant crowd of men in hats beneath an elevated subway track and heading toward subway entrance. Police officer directs traffic on streets. Automated signal light with moving sign arms is seen. Various police officers directing cars and pedestrians. Many street sign messages shown close up. Man smokes cigar as traffic passes by. Another smokes a cigarette. Mass of traffic and pedestrians.
Newsreel entitled "Babe Gets a New Bat." Shows American baseball legend Babe Ruth playing golf at a St. Petersburg Florida golf course in 1930 with his wife, the former Claire Hodgson. The couple exit clubhouse with unidentified man; pose for camera on a breezy, sunny day; Claire holds up flowers for Babe to smell; Babe takes first shot while others in the background watch; the Ruths walk across golf course. (NOTE: St. Petersburg was where Ruth's team, the New York Yankees, held spring training most of the time between 1925 and 1960.)
Detroit's Professional football team, the Detroit Lions, beats the New York Giants by 26 to 7 to capture the Inter-sectional playoff. Vintage footage of the two NFL teams playing football in the mid 1930s. At end of clip, fans in stands are shown tipping back liquor flasks and bottles of whiskey alcohol to drink on the cold day.
Huge crowd of people fills New York City street during the Great Depression, in 1930. Some carry signs reflecting economic woes. One reads:"$25.00 a week for UNEMPLOYED."Others read: "No work, No rent;" "Down with Vagrancy Laws;" and "Join Unemployees Council." Scene shifts to Police arriving and arresting a woman and a man whom they escort into a Paddy Wagon. Police advance toward group of demonstrators, outside City Hall, holding signs. One reads: "Vote Communist." Another reads: "Food and Clothing for Unemployed," and one reads:"Fight the Speed UP SYSTEM." One reads: "We demand unemployment insurance."Several women are in the group, which retreats as the police move toward them. One man is lifted by others, above the group, in front of an entrance to the City Court. He stands on rung of an iron fence by the sidewalk. Defiant demonstrators exchange words with police officer. More signs are seen reading: "Down with Fake Employment Agencies" and "Down with Police Brutality." The crowd moves along, some taunting the policemen as they pass. A phalanx of several policemen press against the demonstrators. A woman, with a sign, falls to the ground and another helps her up. Scene shifts to an intersection of Manhattan streets, completely blocked in all directions by cars and demonstrators.
Clarence DeMar is victorious in the 6th Annual Marathon against 100 starters in Port Chester, New York. Spectators lined up along sidewalks. Clarence DeMar crosses the finish line to win 385-yard race from Central Park, New York City to Port Chester.
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