Joe Louis wins the world heavyweight boxing championship in Chicago, Illinois. A large crowd and a large number of vehicles are on the road in front of Comiskey Park. Police gathered at the stadium for the bout. Stadium sign : 'Comiskey Park, Home of the White Sox'. Spectators enter into Comiskey Park. View of enthusiastic celebration among a throng of people in Harlem on news that Joe Louis, AKA the Brown Bomber, had defeated James Braddock. Pan view from feet to head of Joseph Louis Barrow (Joe Louis), the heavyweight boxing champion of America, after winning the world championship crown on June 22, 1937 against James J. Braddock (opponent) in round 8 in Chicago. View of James Braddock (nicknamed "Cinderella Man") seated with his family in an interview after he defeated Max Baer for the title, but before the fight with Louis. Braddock asks his son, "Now that Daddy is champ, what do you want him to get for you." His son replies that he'd like a bike. Braddock answers, "A big bicycle" and his son says yes. View of Braddock alone, with a bandage on his left ear. (Audio present at end of clip only during Braddock interview.)
Wedding ceremony of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. and Ethel Du Pont in Wilmington, Delaware. Relatives and guests of both family attend the wedding ceremony at Dupont Estate, "Owl's Nest". The bridegroom, U.S. President's son, Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. and the bride, an heiress, Ethel Du Pont walk together. Photographers and cameramen take photos. Ethel gets off a car and climbs up a flight of stairs. Views of Ethel. People wave at her. Roosevelt, Jr. and Ethel stand together. U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt with the guests.
President Roosevelt halts steel strike for peace in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Water main is dynamited. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt calls on the Chief Information Officer (CIO) to halt strike violence, insisting that the public is tired of the steel unrest. The White House. People standing on a road near a factory. Motor cars arrive.
A woman wins against a man in a log rolling competition in St. Helens, Oregon. A woman and a man stand on a log in the water. They try to stay on the spinning logs. The man falls into water. The woman wins. The woman after winning.
Winter sports in mid summer at Mount Lassen in California. Skiers fish trouts after racing over the snows at Lake Helen. A group of skiers skis. A skier jumps from a slope. Women stand with ski boards. The skiers ski during the winter sports.
U.S. Navy Female Yeomen are assembled in formation on the deck of the wooden battleship, "Landship Recruit" at Union Square in New York City. They adjust their formation and, in response to command from Navy officer, all point toward a Navy recruiting sign held aloft by a sailor. City buildings and street traffic, including street cars, are seen on street in background. Pedestrians walk past the site. Change scene: Momentary glimpse of British King George V decorating a sailor, aboard a ship.
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