Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in New York, United States. Spectators stand to watch the race. Horses on track. Few Spectators seated in the stand. The race starts. Women look through binoculars. A young girls looks at the race through binoculars. War Admiral wins the race despite a injury in the heel and breaks the record of Man o' War. Jockey on the horse back. Jockey being awarded the winner's trophy.
USS Constellation in New York, United States. Constellation ship on fire at the Navy yard. Smoke rises due to fire. Fire killed 50 people and caused a damage worth millions. The reconstruction of USS Constellation mightiest fighting ship in the world. The widows and relatives of the dead board the ship. Amongst the guest is astronaut Allen Shefford.
People gathered at the Lee theater in Fort Lee, New Jersey for a double anniversary celebration. The 50th year of New Jersey Borough and commemorating the country's first permanent motion picture studio. The Glenn Miller Story being shown at Lee theater. A banner put up for the event from May 23 to 29. Cameraman photographing turn of the century bathing models with a hand cranked camera. People watch the models. Mayor Louis F Botjer presents an anniversary plaque to a theater person. Bess Myerson, Miss America 1945 looks at the plaque. Cars on the road.
Sailors aboard the USS Leviathan (formerly the Vaterland) in New York harbor, during World War 1, when she was serving as a troop ship. They are seen practicing emergency drills, including lowering lifeboats over the side and actually rowing them away. They also launch rubber rafts over the rails. U.S. Army soldiers from a lower deck, then descend to the rafts, using the lines from above. They are seen steping into the water-filled rafts and from there, into the lifeboats. Closeup of one soldier swimming in full uniform, with aid of floatation gear. He also relaxes in the water, suspended entirely by his life vest. View from above of a lifeboat crewed by sailors and filled with soldiers in uniform. They row away, pulling a raft, from which they help a few more soldiers into the lifeboat. Sailors row the filled lifeboats away from the ship, each towing a raft behind them. (WWI. WW1)
Camera slowly pans from bow to stern along a large troop ship in New York harbor during World War 1. U.S. Army troops and emergency lifeboats, rafts, and gear fill the upper deck of the ship. The ship is docked at one of a line of berths. As the camera covers the stern of the ship, ferry boats can be seen plying the waters, and a tug boat approaches the ship's stern. The ship is in camouflage paint. Buildings can be seen lining the waterfront across the water, in the background. (WWI. WW1)
A U.S. troop ship underway as she departs New York harbor, carrying troops during World War 1. The two-stacker ship is painted in camouflage colors. A ferry boat passes going the opposite direction. Buildings and boats are seen along waterfront in backgroud. (WWI. WW1)
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