Excerpts from the 1940 National Invitation Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal game already underway between Oklahoma Aggies and DePaul at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Numerous scoring scenes are shown in the course of the film, many of them involving long set shots. (Oklahoma won 23 to 22 and advanced to the Semifinals.)
Film opens showing fans filling the Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas, Texas. Next. opposing teams are lined up on the line of scrimmage. A running play gains some yardage before ball carrier is tackled. Referees mark the location and the teams set up on another line of scrimmage. Closeup of a Texas fan wearing a beat up cowboy hat and ill-fitting eye glasses. More views of play on the field. Final view shows crowd (of 45,507) in the stands. The game was a cliffhanger, with final score: Texas 13 and Fordham 12
Opening Slate “Snowshoe Carnival”. The “Snow Queen” of the first Snowshoe Carnival after the end of World War II in Lewiston, Maine holds two large keys marked “Congres International”. Crowd gathers to watch the first snowshoe marathon of the Carnival after the end of World War II in Lewiston, Maine. Snowshoe marathon contestants jump through hurdles. Snowshoe marathon contestants run toward the finish line. The winning contestant, Pierre Chalato, crosses the finish line.
Prohibition agents take axes to beer barrels during Prohibition. Beer gushes out as agents destroy the bootlegged barrels. The "We Want Beer!" Parade in New York City demonstration against the 18th Amendment. Marchers carry signs that read "Taxation for Beer" View of the Statue of Liberty from below. Men look out windows in the head of the Statue of Liberty. Flood lights set to light up the Statue of Liberty. The Great Beer Parade in New York City at night. Aerial view of New York City in evening.
Pedestrians walking in front of a supermarket in New York. Bottles of beverages are seen from store windows. A blond woman and other shoppers inside a supermarket. Packaged and prepared grocery items such as Old London Melba toast, Campbell’s Soup, Knorr Beef Noodle Soup in the aisles of the supermarket. Woman takes cans of Campbell’s Soup from shelves. She also picks up a pack of paper napkins, kitchen sponges, Woolite, and dishwashing soap and puts them in her shopping cart. Shopper picks up a tray of Sara Lee Apricot Danish pie from the frozen food section. Various products at the frozen food freezer in the grocery store.
View, from passing ferry boat, of the Statue of Liberty, on Bedloe's Island. Scene shifts to view from ferry boat, approaching the slip at the Battery on the tip of Manhattan. Skyscraper buildings in the area are seen clearly.
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