View of Christ Episcopal Church (now Christ and Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, 560 W Olney Rd, Norfolk, VA 23507, United States) at 560 West Olney Road, Norfolk, Virginia. (The church is notable because, the Very Reverend Harold Dobson-Peacock, Dean of this church was an innocent participant in a hoax perpetrated by Norfolk boat builder, John Hughes Curtis, during the search for Charles Lindbergh's kidnapped son. Curtis fabricated a story about being contacted by kidnappers who held the child on a yacht. His hoax put officials and Lindbergh, himself, in a fruitless search for the phantom boat.)
Waterfront near facilities of Norfolk boat builder, John H. Curtis, who perpetrated a hoax during the search for Charles Lindbergh's kidnapped son. (Curtis falsely claimed he was contacted by kidnappers who held the child on a yacht.) A wooden motor cabin boat is seen docked. The camera pans along the river past boats and a Security Storage building in the background. it focuses on the Curtis building and boatyard. A sign identifies it as "J.H. Curtis Boat & Engine Corp."
Archbishop of New York and Cardinal Priest Patrick Joseph Hayes dies at the age of seventy in Saint Joseph, New York. Cardinal Hayes with children in a room. Young children sit in groups on chairs. Several nuns in the room. The Cardinal gives a speech.
A pilot seated in the wheelhouse on a craft approaching Ellis Island in United States. Men stand at a rail of a ferry boat. Buildings in the background. A tug boat and a barge underway in Hudson River. Policeman seated with two civilians on deck of ferry. The boat approaches Ellis Island. Hospital buildings in view. A sign reads 'cables crossing'. Detention building in view. Deckhand ties up ferry boat at slip. People going ashore at Ellis Island immigration center from ferry. A man carries goods on a cart.
Stuffing of popcorn in packages at a plant in New York. The popcorn pops out of a machine at the factory. A man with a small container puts the popcorn in a package. Lamps on a table and hanging in the factory. Men put popcorn in the lamps to prevent the breakage of fragile and delicate lamps. Packed lamps on a table. A man puts popcorn in a package.
Billy Cannon of Louisiana State University gets the Heisman Trophy in New York. During the presentation ceremony U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon is seated at a podium. People seated in the hall include his parents and wife. Vice President Nixon speaks into a microphone and presents the trophy to America's top collegiate football player of the year. People applaud. Scenes recall one of the seasons most spectacular plays. Nixon shakes hand with Billy. Billy on the stage holding the trophy.
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