Military recruitment and draft: Young men registering and answering questions at Flushing High School and Haaren High School in New York. Clerks filling out draft papers and issuing cards. Card being held by registrant. Men entering and leaving the High School. Sign above doorway "Registration for the Draft". One man pauses at a doorway to look at his new card.
Academic procession entering the Butler Library during declaration of Dwight D Eisenhower as 13th President of Columbia University in New York. General Alfred E Grunther, General Carl Spatz, Admiral Thomas C Kinkaid, General Hoyt Vandenberg, General James H Doolittle. Admiral William D Leahy, General Omar N Bradley and Secretary William Stuart Symington. Eisenhower's wife with son and daughter-in-law. Eisenhower's wife and son. President Dwight D Eisenhower and unidentified academician on the way to Library after installation.
People during Benediction, as Dwight D Eisenhower becomes the 13th President of Columbia University in New York. Guests seated in front of the memorial library. Spectators singing. Scene of crowd. Scenes of various buildings of the University.
United Nations meeting going for approval of Israel as UN member in New York. Discussions going on between member country representatives. Representatives raise hands to vote.
A passener airplane crashes in East River in New York, while en route from Boston to New York. A boat and a helicopter come to rescue passengers and crew. A wing of the plane seen in the river.
Models showcase different types of cotton wear in New York. A man presents trophy to a model chosen as National Cotton Jersey Queen.
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