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At the Yankees Baseball stadium in New York City, Lou Gehrig announces his retirement, and explains that his disease has taken a toll on him. Yankees fans fill all the seats in the crowd and applaud for Gehrig. In Germantown PA, the town has a freckle contest. Whoever has the most freckles is awarded a trophy. Some kids try and draw freckles on their faces. A fifteen year old boy wins the contest. The clip concludes with a U.S.A. aircraft flying from California to New York in nine hours. At the time, this was record timing.