Ceremony of "Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day" at Yankee Stadium in New York. Trophies and a frame on which "Don't Quit" is written, lying on a table. A large crowd of baseball fans in the stadium. Seventh Regiment Band marches during the ceremony. Dignitaries and members of the 1927 Yankees World Championship team attend the ceremony. An official of the New York Yankee team makes an announcement on Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day. Lou stands in front of a microphones. Cameramen take photos. Other team members stand in the background. Joe McCarthy makes a presentation. George Herman Ruth, Jr. (Babe Ruth) talks to an official. Babe Ruth, dignitaries and other members stand and pose.
A strike of garment workers in New York. Thousands of garment workers shout 'we want strike' at a meeting to vote for the strike. A man speaks into a microphone. A large group of workers gathers to vote for the strike.
A rocket airplane fails in the 1st mail test in Greenwood Lake, New York. A rocket designed to carry mail at a tremendous speed, is prepared for a launching. 'Gloria' written on the rocket. Men work with fueling tanks. The rocket on a ramp for launch. German-American rocket scientist, Willy Ley, wearing protecting gear, ignites the rocket. The rocket starts and flops on snow covered ground.
Lockheed Hudson bombers sink at a pier in Staten Island, New York during World War II. Two American built Lockheed Hudson light bombers loaded on barges await shipment to England for the Royal Air Force. The bombers are damaged as the barges spring a leak and sink.
N.J. Blumberg is chosen as the pioneer of the year in New York. Motion picture pioneers and Hollywood movie studio executives gather for their jubilee dinner, welcoming sixty mew members. They take their dinner at a dining table. Many representatives of financial world, civic affairs and entertainment world attend the program. N.J. Blumberg, the chairman of the board of Universal -International Pictures, is awarded the pioneer of the year. Mr. Blumberg delivers a speech.
March of Dimes fashion show is presented for charity in New York. A polio affected girl is walked. Audience seated at a dining table in the background. Stage and screen personalities including Irene Rich and Bea Lillie walk on the ramp to help swell polio fund.
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