Ingemar Johansson wins the Hickock Belt in Rochester, New York. At the Annual Charity Dinner many sports players, writers and broadcasters have gathered for the presentation of the Hickock Award to Ingemar Johansson, a Swedish boxer and heavyweight champion. S. Rae Hickock awards the Hickock Belt for the professional athlete of the year to Johansson.
Players of different teams play bowling during National Bowling Congress in Rochester, New York. Players bowl balls on lane to down the pins.
Telephone poles and lines scattered across a country side in United States. The New York-Chicago telephone cable is joined at a celebration. Employees work at the long distance headquarters in New York.
American traders and other officials at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, United States. Traders on the exchange floor. Image of stock ticker tape runs across. People and officials gathered at the Stock Exchange. Discussions among the people. A clock strikes 10. An official starts trading, speaking from the balcony of the exchange. Traders hurry around the busy, exchange floor, packed with people. People trading. Officials gathered around in several groups.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh being acclaimed in Washington D.C., United States upon his return to the United States, following his historic solo transatlantic aircraft flight from New York to Paris. Charles Lindbergh disembarks from the U.S. Navy Cruiser, USS Memphis (CL-13). Avenue, Washington D.C. Lindbergh and his mother, in an open car, with military escort. Their car is surrounded by newsmen and photographers, and guarded by several U.S. Army soldiers. View of Pennsylvania Avenue looking towards the Capitol. A military color guard marches across the avenue. Spectators line the sidewalks. The Lindbergh car moves along Pennsylvania Avenue. Sign on building reads: "Colonial Ice Cream." Mounted cavalry follow the car. View from above of a huge crowd in an open area. Scenes from Lindbergh's arrival in New York City, on June 13, 1927. He rides in an open car, from the Battery, in downtown, Manhattan, escorted by mounted policemen. People rush all around his car and ticker tape and confetti fill the air in a ticker tape parade.
Close up images of Thomas Alva Edison amidst a crowd. People shake hands with Edison as they enter a building. The event is likely an October 20, 1928 recognition event honoring Edison, during which he received the Congressional Gold Medal from President Calvin Coolidge. Thomas Edison poses in a workshop. He operates a device. Electric light bulb invented by Edison is shown. A timecard of Edisons from September 1912 showing 112 hours worked that week. Edison with his wife, Mina (Miller) Edison. Smoke stacks emit smoke at an industrial plant. Crowd of workers gathered inside the plant listening to a speaker. The American flag flutters atop the plant's building. Night view of city streets at Times Square, New York City. Neon signs and advertisements on buildings and shops, all evidence of applications of Edison's inventions. Signs include advertisement at Mayfair Theatre for "The Spirit of Notre Dame" and "Finest Talking Pictures." Edison amidst crowd at recognition ceremony. Edison's light bulb turns off. Edison with Henry Ford. Thomas Edison greets stream of well-dressed guests entering a building. A large wreath is carried in by some of the guests.
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