U.S. and other allied military officers in London, England shortly before the Invasion of France by Allied forces. A soccer (football) match played near London. The match in progress. A large number of people gathered to watch the match. U.S. Army officers and British officers seated in a stand as they watch the game of soccer. An officer smokes a cigar as he watches the game. A wounded soldier with bandaged face watches the game. (World War II period).
Living conditions aboard U.S. Navy destroyer USS Saufley (EDDE-465), underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Officer's bunk room as officers file reports and documents. Sailor assists another in checking out a football from the ship's combination athletic locker room and book library. Sailors play a card game in mess hall. A sailor writes a letter. Sailors being shown a movie in mess hall. The film projector is seen running and projecting the movie image on a wall. Sailors sleeping in bunk beds packed closely together. Sailors disembark from the ship.
What appears to be a fortress, with flag flying over it and a very tall steel tower standing in front of substantial buildings near the water's edge. Egyptian fishing boats docked at breakwater in Port-Said, with Statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps in the background. Camera pans along the waterway, photographing a steamship and more fishing sail boats in the vicinity of the Lesseps monument. Scene shifts to the land, where local people are going about their routine workaday activities. It appears to be late in the day, with lengthened shadows and most shops closed. View changes to looking down from a fortress where visitors are going up stairs. Then a view from high up on a cross bridge where visitors have a view of rock outcroppings and excavations and a cave related to Suez canal construction. Another scene depicts several historic-looking buildings and a deep basin so large that Egyptian youths are playing football (soccer) in it. (Note: the film is reversed.)
Notre Dame and Carnegie Tech play college football at South Bend, Indiana, United States. The Notre Dame team triumphs over Carnegie Tech with a score of 21-7. Huge crowd gathered at the stadium to watch the game.
Exterior building views of University of Maryland, Georgetown University, George Washington University and American University. United State military personnel go through a rifle drill. Man on diving board doing backward somersault into a swimming pool. Group of U.S. military soldiers play billiards and also watch a movie. Couples dancing in the early 1950s, including some swing dancing moves. Football game being played between Bolling Air Force base and Quantico Marine base teams.
Performance of the Gaonas family trapeze artists during a Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus show. Views of the act and of the audience watching the show. Interview of Tito Gaona by the show host, in Spanish. Tito Gaona playing soccer (football) with other circus performers on a team he organized with fellow circus performers from all over the world.