A man plays pocket billiards. Various views of shots being made. Audience watches in the background. Men at desk watch. Winner, Jimmie Caras, is presented with prize. Audience claps for the Caras. Other experts put on demonstrations for the audience. Player tries trick shots using two cues. Audience surrounds the player and table. Man hits the ball without using cue. Close view of player smiling.
Scenes from the Harvest Moon Ball Amateur Dance Championship held in 1943 at Madison Square Garden, New York City. A Viennese Waltz performance is shown first, with dancing pairs waltzing. Audiences enjoy the different performances. A band plays music. Dancing couples in the Lindy Hop Division perform next. Many scenes of jazz and swing era Lindy hop dancing with acrobatic swings, dips and twists.
Winter sports held in United States. Several events such as ice skating, barrel jumping contest and speed skating contest. Judges mark the contestants. Spectators cheer for their favorites.
1980s travelogue of Pacific Northwest regions of the United States and Alaska. Map highlights Pacific North West regions. Pictures show people and sites located in Mid West regions. View of oncoming Amtrak passenger railroad train approaching camera position as it crosses a bridge. Coast line views of ocean and inland views of waterfall. Elevated view of coastal areas in Washington state. A small waterway by a coastal village. A child is helped in reeling in a salmon fish catch on a boat. Ship crew nets the salmon. View of fresh salmon fish being grilled on barbecue grill. Views of ferry and ship in harbor at Seattle. View of space needle tower in Seattle. A lumber man competition shows hatchet or axe throwing contest, a two man sawing contest to cut a felled tree. Two young men in a log rolling contest in water. Ag group of people river rafting on rapids. Sled dogs running in snow pulling a sled. View from sled position of dogs pulling sled. View of Mount McKinley or Denali peak as seen from across a lake (possibly Wonder Lake). A group of native people, possibly eskimo, perform a traditional dance. View of a totem pole, two grizzly bears running on a shore line, big horn sheep in a herd, a passenger ship passing near a calving glacier. Passengers observe the glacial landscape. A glacier breaking (calving) and dropping a large piece into water. Orca or "killer whale" lightly breaching the surface of the water. View of a harbor with boats and low mountains in distance behind a bay area in Alaska. Wide view of a passenger bus traveling on a road in Alaska with a glacier in the distance behind. Yellow flowers close-up. A passenger ferry ship slowly moving on a bay of water.
Contestants pose at 1954 Miss America pageant at the Boardwalk Hall (2301 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States) in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Contestants in swimsuits walk on the ramp. Twenty-year-old Evelyn Margaret Ay of Pennsylvania wins the contest and is crowned Miss America.
Gymnastic events held in Germany. German contestants and Soviet contestants participate in the competition. Champions show their finest performances in each event. A huge crowd cheers the participants. German gymnasts hold Soviet contestants to a narrow six point margin.