Film titled 'Social Class in America' about factors influencing vertical social mobility in United States. Newborn babies in nursery at Morristown Memorial Hospital in New Jersey. Three babies are introduced named Guilford Ames, Theodore Eastwood and David Benton from different classes (upper, middle and lower). Different roles are shown for the husband and father in each family. Father of the upper class boy is a business man wearing a suit, shown working at his executive desk with a woman secretary seated nearby taking notes. Father of the middle class boy shown doing book keeping at his office. Father of the lower class boy is shown working as an unskilled worker, pours liquid from a bucket at a factory. Exterior views of the houses for the different family types is shown, including an estate, a single family home, and a row house.
Five women holding the minute hand of the huge clock standing in a queue. Two of the artisans seen carrying the minute hand of the clock. The minute hand is cast in a solid bar of aluminum, weighing 87 pounds, and is 120 inches long. Artisans seen installing the minute hand on the clock face at the top of the 22-story city hall. Camden City Hall with a new clock. Powerful lights behind the dial would make the numerals visible at three miles. A person setting the timings of the clock at 3:14 which further shows time till 3:45.
A benefit basketball game between the skilled and comedic Harlem Globetrotters versus Philadelphia Sphas, held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Globetrotters put on their hilarious show. Meadowlark Lemon and Wilt Chamberlain break up audience with humor during the game that confuses the opposing team and the referees. Roy Campanella, the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team catcher, is seen in the crowd wearing a neck brace while recovering from a car accident. Large crowd of over 18,000 spectators gathers to watch the game.
Football Match between Cornell and Yale at New Haven, United States. The match in progress. A large crowd gathers to watch the match. They cheer and applaud. Cornell defeats Yale by 48-14.
Children practice baseball in New York. A man guides them. As he squats his pants show a humorous rip in the fabric. The boys exercise and warm up before playing an early spring game. Many of the boys wear oversized baseball uniforms, including many Chicago White Sox uniforms. Building in the background. Cars parked in the background. Baseball bats on the ground. Children take the bats. Elevated view of boys playing sandlot baseball game in Hell's Kitchen. Closeup view of tther children watching the game. A boy makes a hit and rounds the bases, sliding into home base.
Anti Nazi marchers parade down Fifth Avenue in New York City, demonstrating against German leader Adolf Hitler and Fascism, in a rally and protest organized by the American Jewish Congress. American flags carried. Empire State Building seen in background. Protestors demonstrate against Adolf Hitler.and the Nazis. Jewish war veterans of World War 1 are seen, some in World War I uniforms. They parade through Washington Square Park.
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