Practice session with mechanized dummy in Ventura, California. The Los Angeles Dons, an American football team gets training under President Don Ameche and Coach Jim Phelan. President Don and Coach Phelan watch the team members during the training. Team member tackles a dummy. Squad learn to tackle moving mechanized dummies (the Tikker Blocking Dummy). Mechanized dummy with wheels. Team members practice with a dummy on ground.
Football match between Princeton and Yale in Connecticut, United States. Match in progress. Crowd cheer and applaud. Princeton takes the Big Three Ivy title, defeating Yale 27-21.
Football match between the New York Grid Giants and the Cleveland Browns in the Yankee Stadium in New York. A large crowd gathers in the stadium to watch the match. Match in progress. Crowd cheers and applaud. The Giants win the match.
Streets of Manhattan New York City crowded with pedestrians prior to World War II. Views of Americans at work: miners; farmers; factory workers; office workers. A drafting room. Montage of inventions in America: lightning rod atop roof; cotton gin in operation; telegrapher using a key; anesthetists in operating theater; rotary newspaper printing press; a telephone; an arc welder; early incandescent lamp; early submarines; steam turbine; 4-engine high wing airliner; early X-ray tube; gyroscope compass; singer sewing machine; early television; farmer hooks cows to mechanical milking machine, cat expresses dismay at not getting milk; architectural draftsmen at work; rows of apartment buildings; automobiles crowding roads; sanitation street sweeper truck at work; eggs and dairy products in refrigerated case; Surgical team in an operating theater; Scenes in a modern U.S. hospital; children being cared for, and in schools and colleges; Soldiers marching during World War I; U.S. soldiers marching in World War II; people relaxing on crowded beach; recreational hunting and fishing activity; A football game in progress; a baseball game; horseracing; track & field events; a rodeo; a basketball game; golfing; Ten pin bowling; boys play marbles; frog jumping contest; skiing; springboard diving; motorboat racing; water skiing;ice skaters with sails; Joe Louis boxing with Max Schmeling in 1938; auto racing with cars crashing; Railroad timetables in a rack; Henry Dreyfuss Commodore Vanderbilt New York Central locomotive and interior of dining car; 1935 Chevrolet sedan pulling a trailer; Road sign "Arizona welcomes you"; Motorcycle policeman pulls driver over; roadside motor hotel; girl serving at drive-in diner; signs for hot dogs, beer, cheesburgers; workers preparing sandwiches, pancakes,bacon and eggs, coffee and coca cola, using some machinery; Customers eating at a lunch counter; Welcome sign at Van Nuys California with symbols for Kiwanis, American Legion, Rotary; a Delta Sigma Phi fraternity building. Scene of a person's hand signing a membership certificate document for the Calibou Lake Mountain Club.
A recruitment film of the U.S. Navy about interest of high school students in navy in the United States. Sailors aboard a swift boat. POV wake of swift boat. African-American sailor on swift boat talking into radio handset. Young African-American sailor interviewed regarding his Navy experience and travels. Seagulls in wake of swiftboat. Young sailors interviewed about joining the Navy. High School students debate joining the military. High School student Mike McGrill interviewed regarding his decision to join the Navy. High School students walking in hall of high school. Teacher at chalkboard during class. High School student Mike McGrill eating dinner with his family at home. Navy sailors at cafeteria mess hall food line. Navy sailors eating at cafeteria mess hall table and interviewed about Navy. Brief shots of 1970s dancing with a band in a bar. Young men playing football. Couple in sailboat at sunset.
A United States Marine Corps film about option of vocations at U.S. Marine Corps. The film is titled 'Learn the Leatherneck Way'. Teachers and students in a marine training class. Students get personalized instructions by the teacher. A radio instructor trains a representative group. Students get training of automobile and aviation. They are trained about engines of airplanes. A training of construction work and communication. Telegraphy and training on a radar. Students work with cameras for still and motion picture training. Men get counseling for choosing the courses in classification interviewing room. Marines stand in a line and get payment. A marine looks at his uniform. Men play football. A marine in uniform and in civil dress.