An international ballet competition held in the United States. Flags of various countries. A woman performs ballet. A woman speaks about 35 nations participants in the ballet competition. Audience seated in a hall. A group performs on a stage. An announcer speaks. A pair performs ballet. A contestant of the competition speaks. The prize is given to the winner.
Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in the Great Depression to build better cities in Massachusetts, United States. Shows playground activity. Children play on playground. Near Murphy Park, children swim at a swimming pool area known as the Greenfield Municipal Swimming Pool, on the Green River in Greenfield, Massachusetts. They dive from a high diving board, enjoy low dives and slides, and learn swimming and life saving skills in the water. Two boys practice wrestling and compete in a wrestling contest as other boys and an official look on. Boys at Marble Head build ship models out of wood and show off their creations for the camera.
The Pendleton Round-Up, a rodeo in Pendleton, Oregon. Grand entry parade and Indians in tribal regalia. Spectators sitting in the stadium. In bucking contest, horse riders come out from the chute and perform on ground. Cattle come out from chute. Several riders fall down on the ground from the cattle.
Twins compete at convention held in Huntington Beach, California. Identical twins descending a set of stairs. Children descend the stairs together. An African American man and woman accompany three pairs of girl twins. Large crowds gather for the contest and cheer the entrants. Twin sets of infants, girls and boys participate.
Jim Londos retains wrestling championship after defeating challenger, Jim McMillen, at the Madison Square Garden in New York City.. Large crowd of spectators gather at the Madison Square Garden. The wrestling match between Jim Londos and McMillen begins. At one point both wrestlers fall out of the ring into the spectators seated at ringside and the referee and spectators help them back into the ring. Londos picks McMillen up in an aerial pinwheel maneuver and throws him to the mat, where, under the watchful eye of the referee, who is lying on the mat next to the contestants, Londos finally manages to pin McMillen and successfully defend his title.
An amateur clowns' show at the Madison Square Garden in New York. Mrs. Claire Manley, a female clown contestant, pulls out a hen from a pot. A group of clowns perform their act. A father and sons clown group pull out a small, featherless chicken from a huge pot. A little clown emerges from the pot. Judges watch the acts and give their decision. The judges, which includes Coco the Clown (Michael Poliakoff, son of the famous Nikolai Poliakoff who shares the same moniker), announce Claire Manley as the winner. Coco the Clown congratulates Clair Manley.