Alpine soldiers enjoy skiing in Passo Rolle, Italy. Alpine troops make a beautiful formation as they ski along a mountain slope on Dolomite Alps. Soldiers ski down the slope as they carry machine guns and other equipment down the slope. Soldiers fall but they get up and continue to ski down the hill.
From a documentary about American Contralto, Marian Anderson, one of the leading classical singers in America. Marian Anderson accompanied by a pianist appears on the stage during a concert and sings the song "Oh What a Beautiful City." The concert hall roars with applause from the audience. Marian sings several songs while the pianist plays. Close-ups of Marian Anderson singing during the concert. Entire audience mesmerized with her voice. She also sings "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" and "Crucifixtion" (He Never Said a Mumblin Word), followed by reverent silence in the audience.
Convention of Beauty Culturists ban short hair in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A group of women (still in flapper era from the 1920s) with short hair or bob hair display various hair styles. A barber trims hair of a chimpanzee named Bridget seated in a barber chair. A woman files her nails. The barber removes excess hair with a brush and shows a mirror to the chimpanzee.
Civilian Conservation Corps men leave basic training camp by railroad train. At their destination, they step from the train, unload their supplies and equipment from baggage car into a truck, and board Army trucks that carry them through a town and out to a rustic camp in a pine forest, where tents are set up and buildings are under construction.They commence work on the unfinished structures. Views of completed barracks buildings and smooth dirt roads. View of white tents pitched in neat rows on hillside. Trucks loaded with CCC workers leaves a camp. View of a CCC camp out west, with large cactus ,and rugged mountain landscape. CCC men setting up picnic tables and benches at a park, by a lake surrounded by mountains. an encampment with row of tents and several utility buildings, in a canyon surrounded by beautiful mountains. (Great Depression period)
The famous British dramatist and satirist, George Bernard Shaw, strolls into a garden on shore of Lake Maggiore, in Italy, where his friend, Prince Paulo Troubetzkoy, and wife, Elin Sundström Troubetzkoy, are seated. Shaw kisses her hand, shakes hands with the Prince, and introduces a gentleman accompanying him. The four sit and chat, while petting one of the Prince's two white dogs. (The Prince loves animals greatly and is, accordingly, a vegetarian, as is his friend GB Shaw.) Closeups of Shaw conversing with Troubetzkoy. The Prince points out beauty spots of famed Lake Maggiore. Mountains and clouds in background. Shaw poses while sculptur Troubetzkoy works on a bust of him. Mrs. Troubetzkoy approaches and Shaw turns to speak to her, and smiles when the Prince chastises him for breaking his pose. This happens again. The prince and Shaw look at the bust and seem to be satisfied with the likeness.
Church going in the U.S. People enter various churches. President Lyndon B Johnson, Nelson Rockefeller,Richard Nixon and Barry Goldwater speaking. The funeral of slain President John F. Kennedy, shows flag-draped casket on carriage and Kennedy family members walking behind it. Mourners at Arlington Cemetery, as military men from all services hold flag over bier. Washington Monument in Washington DC, and as seen across the Reflecting Pool, from step of the Lincoln Memorial. The Jefferson Memorial and his Statue, inside. The Lincoln Memorial and Statue of Lincoln, inside. The Capitol Building. Shoreline and mountains in the background as seen from water. Yosemite National Park. Scenic views of American landscape with rolling fields, and hills and mountains.Snow covered mountains. Snow covered evergreen forests. Choir sings 'America the Beautiful'