Many samples of handicrafts are exhibited by young girls and boys in Bird House building contest. Group of boys holding bird houses they made. Few boys pose with their bird houses. View of two girls holding bird houses pose as winners. 14 year old Donald Greeger wins with his Purple Martin house, which is admired by Walter Hastings, wildlife photographer of the state conservation department.
Finalists from different countries parade at '1963 Miss Universe' contest at the Miami Beach Auditorium (Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Ctr Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139, United States) in Miami, Florida. Miss Denmark, Miss Brazil, Miss Ireland, and Miss USA walk in the runway. Miss Brazil Iêda Maria Vargas takes title from 15 finalists. Outgoing Miss Universe Norma Nolan of Brazil crowns the winner with the Sarah Coventry Crown. Close view of Miss Brazil Iêda Maria Vargas. Runners-up Miss Denmark Aino Korva, Miss Ireland Marlene McKeown, and Miss Philippines Lalaine Bennett, standing with Iêda Maria Vargas.
Several young women participate in a contest in Luther, Washington. They saw big pine trees with professional skill and strength. Snow on the grounds. Men seen in background. The winners with a saw in their hands.
A doll contest in Long Beach, California. A line of little girls carrying their dolls in prams with numbers. One of the prams has a design inspired by the Red Cross and carries a doll with the United States flag. Girls pushing their prams to parade their dolls. A girl pushes her Red Cross-inspired pram with a patriotic boy doll. Two little girls cradle their dolls. A girl snuggles her doll. A child leads a small dog with a carriage carrying a doll attached to it. A boy carries his doll from its leg.
German glider pilots with sailplanes compete in the Rhön gliding contest at the Wasserkuppe Hill in Germany. Baron Von Freyberg is seen settling himself at the controls of a Harth-Messerschmitt glider. Next, the glider is launched and those pushing it off duck for cover as it ascends. It flies well but fairly low above the ground. Another scene shows the glider with men holding each wing tip as they run to launch it. But the glider doesn't develop enough speed and lift, to make it off the ground. Views of another glider, the Besenstiel (Broomstick), built by Schoolmaster Ferdinand Schulz, using bed sheets and broomsticks.The camera pans around the glider showing details of its construction. (It was judged too fragile to be allowed in the competition.) Another glider is launched and appears to fly quite successfully. Teams of participants are seen pulling gliders back up the hill after flights.
Woodchoppers pit their skills in Skytop, Pennsylvania. Woodchoppers on raised beams. They chop wood with axes. A large crowd of spectators at the contest. Men, women and children watch the event. Woodchoppers sit on thick wooden logs and chop them away. The chips strewn all over. Men in boots on the logs. Woodchoppers with axes seated on a log. A man smiles. A woodchopper saws wood with a buck-saw. People sit around and watch. A woman saws a log. She poses with her bucksaw.