The World Series of Motorboating, the Gold Cup Race, held in Seattle, Washington. Men seated in a motor boat. The motorboat gets underway and moves through water. People watch the race. The motorboat 'Quicksilver' submerges in water and the racers die in the accident.
A football match played between the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy teams in Philadelphia. A large crowd gathered at a stadium to watch the match. Cadets and midshipmen march on the ground. The crowd cheers. The match in progress. People cheer and applaud. The navy team wins the match 14-2. Aerial view of the stadium and the cheering middies.
John Ederer, a polio victim and a Boy Scout, is honored in Seattle, Washington. 'Children's Orthopedic Hospital' written on a wall of a hospital building. Boy Scouts of America members walk towards the hospital. They arrive at the hospital. John seated in a wheel chair for his Court of Honor. He is awarded the Star rank badge by his Scoutmaster, and presented with a robe that has his merit badges sewn on it. The other Scouts in his troop salute him and he shakes hands with them.
A football match between the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy teams in Philadelphia. Cadets and midshipmen stand in formation on a field. A large crowd gathers at the municipal stadium. Officials and dignitaries seated in the stadium to watch the match. The match in progress. The crowd cheers and applauds. The army team wins the match 20-7.
A football match between the Notre Dame University and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. A large crowd gathers at a stadium to watch the match. The match in progress. The crowd cheers and applauds. The Notre Dame University team wins the match 48-14.
A 1943 American feature film titled 'This is the Army' depicts dancer Jerry Jones, played by George Murphy, as he receives a draft letter during a Follies performance during World War I. Dramatize scenes: Uncle Sam is depicted on a poster in New York that reads: 'I Want You for the U.S. Army Enlist Now'. Buildings along a side of a street. Camera zooms to newspaper headline that reads, "Huns Boast No American Troops Will Reach France." A woman in uniform sings in the street.. She sings and men play musical instruments. Exterior of a building. A banner outside the building reads: 'US Army Recruiting Station'. 'Follies' written outside a theater. Interior of the theater. Performance of singer and dancer Jerry Jones in the theater, played by actor George Murphy. Jerry Jones sings and girls dance in colorful costumes. People watch them. A woman watches the performance of Jerry Jones. A man arrives near her and gives her mail for Jerry Jones from the office of the President. The woman reads the mail. The mail is a draft letter to Jones, inducting him into the U.S. Army.
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