Crowds gather to watch on the river banks as Gar Wood performs for charity in a water carnival and tries to break the record of his British rival. Cars are seen parked in lines on the bank. In driftwood littered Harlem, Gar Wood pilots the 'Miss America IX' speedboat. Miss America VIII follows. Signboard reads 'Lehigh Valley' at the finish point.
The AAU championships at Randall's Island. Hal Davis, fastest man in the world, wins 100 meters. Bill Cummins wins 110 meters hurdles from Joe Batiste. Al Blozis wins the Shot, and Cornelius Warmerdam wins the Pole Vault . The winners seen. Huge crowd gathered to watch the event.
First Graduation ceremony of United States Military Academy during World War 2. General George C. Marshall, Army Chief of Staff, awards diplomas. U.S. flag seen. General Marshall gives a speech and reviews graduates. The graduates marching.
USS New Jersey battleship used as bomb targets for Army bomb tests. Water shot high enveloping the ship. Fire on after part of the ship. Stern of the ship seen. Ship on its side in water. Keel seen as ship flips completely over and sinks below waves.
USS Virginia takes direct bomb hit on after part. Hit tumbles main mast. Ship enveloped in black smoke. Extensive damage seen. Ship starts sinking and flips over. The keel is exposed. Portion of bow seen as it plunges below surface. A ship seen in background.
Spectators gather to watch a civilian building contractor use a war surplus Sherman tank to demolish an old house in New Jersey. (Narrator incorrectly identifies the tank as an M47 Patton.) The tank demolishes the old frame house in three sweeps. Rubble of the wrecked house seen.
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