World War I draft dodger Grover Cleveland Bergdoll arrives at the New York Harbor in New York. He is seized by military officials as he ends his 20 year exile in Germany. A steamer underway. Bergdoll with his wife and child.
The International Chef's food show at the World's Fair in New York. Chefs from different countries display their skills. Chefs standing at a table. Decorated dishes consisting of meats and pastries on the table.
The Golden Jubilee Motorboat Show is held in Kingsbridge Armory (Kingsbridge Armory W Kingsbridge Rd, Bronx, NY 10468, USA) in the Bronx, New York. New boats of all sizes and types are on display. Women posing on a motorboat. A vintage mahogany motorboat “Lillian Russell” (built in 1905) is on display. Steam engine of the “Lillian Russell”. A woman dressed in Edwardian style dress cranks a manual engine of a 1908 motorboat. Woman pushes the button of an electric motorboat. A model in swimsuit sits behind the driver’s seat of a modern motorboat. People gather to view motorboats.
Inter-City Golden Gloves tournament being held at Madison Square Garden in New York. People gather around a boxing ring. They cheer and applaud. Vince Shomo of New York and Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) of Chicago win. Clay wins against Gary Jawish of New York.
American aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York after completing his solo flight around the world in a just under 8 days. People gather in a large number to welcome him. They gather around his aircraft. Scene shifts to streets of New York City where Wiley Post is honored with a ticker tape parade for his Around The World achievement. The aviator seated aboard a jeep passing by. People celebrate and greet him. He is bestowed with the Medal of Valor by New York City Mayor John P. O'Brien. Next segment shows plane of American aviator Roscoe Turner landing, after his record-setting flight from New York to Los Angeles in 10 hours and 5 minutes flying his Wedell-Williams Model 44 (WW-44) aircraft. This won him the 1933 Bendix Trophy. Close view of Roscoe Turner smiling from the cockpit of his aircraft. From a November 10, 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
Film begins showing allegorical statue of woman named "Brooklyn" by sculptor Daniel Chester French, on granite pedestal at Brooklyn side entrance to the Manhattan Bridge in New York City. Scene shifts to Police directing traffic of motor vehicles and horse-drawn wagons on the Manhattan Bridge in New York City. Barges and ships seen below the Manhattan bridge on which electrified train is running. Burns Brothers Coal loading facility on the river's edge. Point of view shot from first car of electrified railroad train traveling over the Manhattan bridge with dual tracks. Another train is approaching on the other track. A roadway is seen rising up parallel to the railway, on the right of the screen. Several cars on it are heading through the Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade. Side view of the Manhattan Bridge over the East River in New York City. Docks are seen at river edge, below. The Brooklyn Bridge is seen dimly in the background. Commercial traffic of horses and wagons, cars, and trucks along road beside East River piers. Many appear to be food purveyors. The Manhattan Bridge crosses the entire area in the background. Several pedestrians are seen strolling near the Manhattan bridge Arch and Colonnade. Top of Manhattan Bridge seen in closeup.
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