This black and white film is one of the episodes of “Yesterday’s Newsreels”, an early 1950s TV show made from the General Newsreel collection. It features eight segments of historic highlights. Golden Eaglets 1919-1950. Girl Scouts in uniform show their allegiance hand gesture. Founder Juliet Low looks up at the camera in 1919. An early group of Girl Scouts march in formation. A Girl Scout blows a bugle in front of tents. Girl Scouts weave baskets. The Girl Scouts have their camping gear inspected before going on a hike. Girl Scouts wear alternative uniforms of white blouses, dark skirts and hose, and a sash. A Girl Scout receives the Golden Eaglet badge. 1920. Mrs. Coolidge tries a Girl Scout cookie on the White House lawn. Girl Scouts bring gifts to crippled children. Mrs. Nicholas Brady, Girl Scout executive, is shown. 1925 Mrs. Coolidge, Mrs. Hoover, and Juliette Low award prizes to top Scouts, all wearing Girl Scout uniforms. 1929 Mrs. Hoover attends a New York Scout exhibit. Scouts learn to bandage and make hospital beds, cook, and bathe a baby. 1937 Eleanor Roosevelt talks to a group of Girl Scouts (:40-4:44). Australia’s Bull Whip 1925. Australian Charlie Miller demonstrates his bull whip skills, knocking a cigarette out of a man’s mouth, wrapping the whip around the assistant’s neck and then around his legs, shown in slow motion (4:45-5:52). Personalities 1925. Vice President Charles Dawes smokes his upside-down pipe next to his wife wearing a very tall cloche hat. Actress Mary Mayberry has a long fox tail wrapped around her neck. 1931 Actor Paul Lucas and actress Carmel Myers sit together (5:53-7:04). Fire on Governors Island 1927. A raging fire destroys the Army’s 2nd Corps area. The burned out area is shown the following day (7:05-8:02). Good Skates! 1922. The Central Park Mall is full of ice skaters. Races held in Central Park include scooters, push cars, and tricycles (8:03-9:06). Aviation 1931. Ruth Nichols achieves a new world’s flight record for women at 30,000 feet. She is shown in her plane and on the ground. (9:07-10:06). Fashions of the Day 1921. Beauty Pageant contestants are showcased in a car parade down Venice Avenue. Some wear 1920 swimsuits and carry umbrellas. The winner wears a dress of silk and ermine. Jack Dempsey congratulates winners (10:07-10:55). Sports 1926. The June 22, 1926 horse race at the Latonia Derby is shown (10:56-12:24).

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