A documentary titled 'Sports' in Detroit in the United States. Spectators seated on stands around the swimming pool at the National Outdoor AAU Diving Championship in Detroit. View of the spectators seated in rows. Gaby Tobian, the defending champion, dives from the platform int the pool. Five other contestants dive into the pool from the platform. Gaby Tobian takes another dive, winning the championship. Gaby Tobian smiling.
National Trout Derby on the Yellowstone River in Livingston, Montana. Participants in the Childrens' event are seen seated at the bank of the Sacajawea lagoon. The three young boys fishing together in the second scene are Jack, Raymond, and Elroy Birkeland, and are holding fishing poles. Men in waders are fishing in the center of the river. A woman at the edge of the river tries to catch a fish. A boy holds up a fish he caught. View of fish that were caught being weighed. The winner of the fishing contest, with a 4lb fish, is Hank Fabian of Livingston.
Tennis star Althea Gibson, from New York City, USA, is seen in the final seconds of her contest with Darlene Hard, in the Ladies' singles final at Wimbledon, England,on July 6, 1957. She is the first African American to win at Wimbleton. After shaking hands with Hard, she is seen receiving the ladies' Wimbledon tropy "Rosewater Dish," from Queen Elizabeth, II. Althea Gibson displays the sterling silver salver, as she poses next to Darlene Hard.
French civilian spectators fill a grandstand and ground in front of it to watch a French military track meet (with some American participation) during World War 1. Longer distance runners are cheered by some spectators as they cross the finish line, one by one, in front of the grandstand. contestants run a shorter race with a close finish. The winner is congratulated by a French military officer. Scene shifts to closeup of Lieutenant Paul Rene Fonk, French Air Ace credited with over 59 enemy planes. He stands in center of stadium, being recognized by the crowd. An American officer is seen standing behind him. Next, a large group of youths perform calisthentics in unison for the crowd. Lieutenant Leonard, of the U.S. Air Service (in athletic garb) converses with Lieutenant Fonk. Other athletes, another U.S. flyer, and a French civilian official stand with them. As they move away, Lieutenant Fonk and other French officers remain to confer with the French civilian official. Another race is seen, next, as runners come past in single file around the track.
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.