A huge ticker tape parade welcomes Earhart back to New York. Thousands of New Yorkers gather on streets and join the parade. Ticket tapes being showered on the parade. Earhart with New York Mayor Jimmy Walker. Holding flowers she christens a car.
Passenger liner S.S. Chicago, of the French line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique CGT, leaves New York harbor. Men aboard the ship. The ship getting underway toward the ocean. Other ships in the background.
From a short documentary film entitled, "Neptune's Realm" depicting a shellback initiation ceremony aboard the USS Indianapolis in November 1936. In this clip, slates provide background on the ceremony. Then there are scenes of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) in New York. The ship leaves the dock with Statue of Liberty in the background. Kingfisher floatplanes visible on the ship's deck. The ship is decorated with flags, on its way to pick up President Franklin Roosevelt in South Carolina before proceeding to South America. A fleet of ships underway. Some scenes from a shellback initiation. A Polliwog looks through binoculars. Sailors dressed in costumes act during the Shellback ceremony.
Famous Italian paintings from the Uffizi Museum on exhibition in New York. Exterior view of vertical sign for the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Personnel look at a painting on the wall. Another painting of a mother with her child. Officials read a document in hand. Men carrying the painting 'The Birth of Venus' (Sandro Botticelli). Man views the “The Madonna and child” by Giacomo Palma the Elder. The “Madonna della Seggiola” by Raphael. Bronze statue David by Andrea del Verrocchio.
A dog show in New York. American bred dogs on display. Five worthy champions receive awards in the dog show. Dogs with their owners on stage. Terrier, poodle and other dogs on display. Woman stands with her beagle dog.
A basket ball match at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Long Island University Blackbirds and the Mid-westerners playing on the basketball court. The Blackbirds wins the game 34-25.
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