Food rationing in New York, United States, during World War 2. Interior of King Kullen Grocery store: A housewife buys rationed canned goods. A sign: 'Official Table of Point Values for Processed Foods'. A hand takes counts out ration stamps from a sheet of stamps. The housewife buys vegetables. A food market clerk places a bag of apples in a cart. The housewife talks to the clerk. Signs : 'Please Do Not Ask for Butter Today' and 'Sorry No More Pineapple'. A Federal Offense sign reads, "Let's share the food and help win the war! It is a federal offense to violate any provision of the Food Rationing Act." Additional signs read : 'All Rationed Foods Are Marked', and "We Are Temporarily Out Of Beef'. Exterior of King Kullen Grocery store shows people walking away with packages.
The National Tournament marble game held in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Spectators watch boys playing the game. 14 year old Robert Rerzlaff of Alabama wins the game and is crowned.
A posthumous award ceremony for U.S. Sergeant Raymond Taylor in New York, United States. Commander of the First United States Army Withers A. Burress awards posthumous Silver Star Medal to the mother of Sergeant Raymond Taylor for his gallantry and action in the Korean War.
An elephant water skis up the Hudson River in New York, United States. The elephant is driven out of a truck and is made to walk along a pier. The elephant walks up on a water ski. Spectators watch the elephant. A girl and the elephant on the ski being pulled behind a motorboat on the Hudson River.
Sword Dancer, horse of the year, wins Grey Leg Handicap horse race in a photo finish at Aqueduct race track in New York, United States.
Opening scene shows deck of the Swedish ocean liner M.S. Gripsholm, as it is departing Jersey City, New Jersey, with Japanese Nationals and Issei (First generation Japanese) aboard, who are being repatriated from the United States to Japan, during World War 2. The Swedish First Mate is seen on deck speaking with two Red Cross women dressed in white. The Swedish flag is seen in the background. A very small Japanese boy squats on the deck and watches several Lehigh Valley Railroad barges passing nearby, including one containing a house. Glimpse of the Gripsholm's Captain and a sailor on deck. Japanese women walk about on the deck and join other passengers and some crew who are looking across the Hudson River at the Manhattan, New York City skyline.
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