- Title: VM-870
- Summary: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS:
- Description:00:00:28 - FORMOSA THREAT - U.S. HOPES FOR PEACE BUT READY WITH AID 00:00:35 - U.S. WARSHIPS PATROL FORMOSA STRAITS AS CHINESE & U.S. MARINES MANEUVER ON QUEMOY 00:02:00 - SMALL DRONE PLANES USED FOR TARGET PRACTICE BY RADAR CONTROLLED GUNS 00:02:51 - CROWDS OF ITALIAN PEOPLE & CAMERAMEN VIEW MARRIAGE OF FERRYBOAT ENGINEER TO DAUGHTER OF BRITAIN'S ANTHONY EDEN ON ISLE OF ISCHIA, OFF NAPLES 00:03:23 - FASHION GETS THE BOOT - BOOTS MODELED BY WOMEN 00:03:54 - WOMEN IN FURS MODEL DIAMOND-STUDDED BOOTS 00:04:15 - SPORTS - RODEO AT OKLAHOMA STATE PRISON 00:04:32 - CROWD WATCHES INMATES IN STRIPED PRISON PANTS GET THROWN FROM BUCKING BRONCOS & BULLS 00:05:10 - CLOWNS TORMENT BULL WHO CHARGES & KNOCKS INMATE DOWN 00:05:28 - ROY CAMPANELLA TAKES POSITION BEHIND PLATE IN FILM TAKEN BEFORE HIS CRIPPLING ACCIDENT 00:05:43 - ROY ARGUES VEHEMENTLY AFTER CONTROVERSIAL PLAY AT PLATE WHEN RUNNER WAS CALLED SAFE 00:06:06 - SMILING UPBEAT CAMPANELLA HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE SEATED IN WHEELCHAIR AT CLINIC VOL 31 REL 74 00:06:53 - FORMOSA STRAIT - 7TH FLEET CONVOYS QUEMOY SUPPLIES 00:07:31 - U.S. DESTROYER REFUELED BY CARRIER AS THEY SAIL ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER. PLANES TAKE OFF FROM CARRIER DECK 00:08:22 - AERIAL: RESCUE SHIPS GATHER UNDER DRAWBRIDGE OVER NEWARK BAY AFTER COMMUTER TRAIN PLUNGED INTO IT 00:08:30 - PASSENGER CAR DANGLES OVER EDGE OF BRIDGE AS RESCUE WORKERS TAKE OFF SURVIVORS 00:09:16 - WINSTON CHURCHILL WEARS LARGE 10 GALLON COWBOY HAT AS HE CELEBRATES 84TH BIRTHDAY WITH LADY CHURCHILL 00:10:11 - BRITAIN'S NEW V-BOMBER DEMONSTRATED & FLIGHT TESTED 00:10:57 - ANCIENT 12 CENTURY SHIPS ON LAKE CUOMO IN ITALY AS FEUDAL TOURNAMENT BETWEEN MILAN & CUOMO IS REPLAYED 00:11:06 - QUEEN SITS ON THRONE SURROUNDED BY COURT IN 12TH CENTURY COSTUMES 00:11:07 - TWO MEN FIGHT WITH LANCES UNTIL ONE IS KNOCKED OFF PLATFORM & INTO WATER 00:11:20 - BOTH CONTESTANTS FALL INTO WATER FROM PLATFORM 00:11:26 - MEN ON PASSING BOATS FIGHT WITH LANCES, ONE KNOCKED INTO WATER 00:11:43 - QUEEN CROWNS WINNER WITH HEAD WREATH 00:11:44 - SPORTS - HORSE RACING U.N. HANDICAP IN ATLANTIC CITY 00:13:00 - "CLEM" BEATS OUT "ROUNDTABLE" IN CLOSE RACE VOL 31 REL 75 00:13:18 - QUEMOY BLOCKADE - RED BARRAGE STILL CHOKES OFF SUPPLIES 00:13:26 - QUEMOY NATIVES EXIT BOMB SHELTERS WITH CHILDREN 00:13:38 - NURSES TEND CHILDREN IN HOSPITAL BEDS 00:14:38 - F-104 FIGHTER PLANE ON FORMOSA 00:15:09 - U.S. AMBASSADOR ARRIVES IN WARSAW, POLAND TO MEET WITH CHINESE AMBASSADOR ABOUT FORMOSA 00:15:54 - FRENCH MOTORCYCLE POLICE ESCORT GERMAN CHANCELLOR ADENAUER IN FRANCE 00:15:58 - GEN DEGAULLE GREETS ADENAUER WHO EXITS LIMO 00:16:24 - PEOPLE EXAMINE BULLET-RIDDLED CAR OF FRENCH MINISTER JACQUES SOUSTELLE WHO NARROWLY EXCAPED ASSASSINATION BY ALGERIAN NATIONALISTS IN PARIS 00:16:45 - CU HOLE IN SOUSTELLE'S COAT IS SHOWN BY POLICE 00:17:10 - HOLLAND LAUNCHES ITS NEWEST LINER "ROTTERDAM" 00:17:15 - QUEEN JULIANA USES SMALL AXE TO CUT LINE FOR LAUNCHING OF "ROTTERDAM" 00:17:45 - 13TH U.N. ASSEMBLY - MALIK NEW PRESIDENT, DULLES BLASTS REDS 00:17:51 - DELEGATES SIT IN AUDITORIUM OF GEN ASSEMBLY 00:17:54 - DR. CHARLES MALIK OF LEBANON SITS AT HIS SEAT PRIOR TO BEING ELECTED PRESIDENT OF GEN ASSEMBLY 00:18:31 - JOHN FOSTER DULLES MAKES SPEECH BLASTING REDS VOL 31 REL 76 00:19:43 - QUEMOY CRISIS - NO LET-UP SEEN, MORE U.S. ARMS TO FORMOSA 00:19:45 - WOUNDED FROM QUEMOY CARRIED OFF PLANE IN FORMOSA 00:20:12 - U.S. JETS PATROL FORMOSA SKIES 00:20:34 - SHERMAN ADAMS RESIGNS 00:20:41 - ADAMS WALKS TO HELICOPTER WITH PRESIDENT IKE AFTER RESIGNING FOR ACCEPTING GIFTS 00:21:20 - NAVY'S REGULUS II MISSILE TESTED OFF CALIFORNIA COAST FROM SUBMARINE 00:22:01 - FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY BIDS FAREWELL TO TROOPS AT NATO. GEN NORSTAD SHAKES HIS HAND 00:22:40 - LEADERS OF ALGERIA'S NATIONALIST REBELS MEET IN CAIRO, EGYPT 00:23:03 - U.S. THOR MISSILE SHROUDED IN CANVAS COVER ARRIVES AT BRITISH BASE 00:23:38 - SPORTS - FOOTBALL (COLLEGE) UCLA VS PITTSBURGH 00:23:40 - PITTSBURGH UPSETS UCLA IN SEASON OPENER 00:24:51 - MAMIE & IKE ABOARD SUPER DESTROYER "MITCHER" WATCH SAILBOATS "SCEPTER" & "COLUMBIA" RACE OFF NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND VOL 31 REL 77 00:26:05 - DEGAULLE TOURS - RALLIES FRANCE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL BALLOT 00:26:10 - DEGAULLE WALKS AMID PEOPLE & SHAKES HANDS 00:27:04 - DEGAULLE RAISES HANDS HIGH IN MAJESTIC GESTURE AFTER SPEECH FROM PODIUM 00:27:29 - LEBONESE LEADER (?) REVIEWS HONOR GUARD UPON HIS ARRIVAL IN MOTORCADE. HE SPEAKS TO LAWMAKERS 00:28:03 - FRENCH SCIENTISTS SET HUGE DYNAMITE UNDER LAKE IN MOUNTAIN REGION (NO SOUND) 00:28:28 - CU SCIENTIST LOOKS THROUGH SCOPE OF SURVEYORS TRANSIT 00:28:32 - SCIENTIST PRESSES BUTTON & SETS OFF HUGE EXPLOSION IN LAKE 00:28:54 - MOTORCYCLE POLICEMAN ESCORTS HUGE TRACTOR, DRIVEN BY HARD HAT, THROUGH TOWN STREETS 00:29:04 - CU HUGE WHEELS OF TRACTOR DWARFS DRIVER 00:29:42 - 25 YEARS AGO TODAY (NO SOUND) 00:29:49 - VIP (?) SIGNS BILL (PROHIBITION?) 00:30:02 - CU BARTENDER & TUXEDOED WAITER MIX COCKTAIL & POUR IT INTO GLASS 00:30:08 - PARTYGOERS IN NIGHTCLUB OFFER TOAST 00:30:13 - FARMERS PASS BY MOUNTAIN OF CORN NO LONGER NEEDED TO MAKE ALCOHOL 00:30:17 - FARMER PUMPS ALCOHOL INTO CAR GAS TANK WITH SIGN: "ALCOHOL WORKS FINE" 00:30:25 - VINTAGE CAR SWERVES OUT OF CONTROL ON WET ROAD, BARELY MISSING PARKED CARS 00:30:33 - FARMER FEEDS 2 DONKEYS AN EAR OF CORN 00:30:43 - FARMER THEN CLIMBS INTO CAR WHICH IS PULLED BY THE TWO DONKEYS 00:30:58 - GIANT BASEBALL TEAM POSES FOR FILM OUTSIDE DUGOUT AT WORLD SERIES GAME 00:31:26 - BABE RUTH TAKES SEAT IN STANDS TO WATCH GAME 00:31:35 - FDR WATCHES GAME & JOKES AROUND FROM BOX SEAT 00:31:49 - PLAYER HITS BALL, RUNS TO SECOND BASE, & STOPS AS CONTROVERSY TAKES PLACE. CROWD STANDS & OBJECTS 00:32:04 - CU YANKEE OWNER JUDGE LANDIS WATCHES FROM SEAT AS PLAYER IS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO HOME PLATE VOL 31 REL 78 00:32:26 - WINDS TAKE TOLL - EASTERN U.S., JAPAN HIT BY STORMS 00:32:39 - HIGH WINDS BLOW AT PALM TREES & HUGE WAVES RIP BEACH AS HURRICANE HEENE HITS EAST COAST 00:32:45 - TOP OF HIGH VOLTAGE POLE LIES PRECARIOUSLY BENT & READY TO FALL OFF 00:32:54 - FALLEN TREES ARE BATTERED BY WINDS 00:32:59 - STOPLIGHTS SWING IN WIND 00:33:10 - DAMAGED ROOFTOPS & BUILDINGS BATTERED BY WINDS 00:33:25 - PALM TREE LIES ACROSS ROOF OF HOME 00:33:40 - FLOODWATERS COVER ROADS & STREETS IN JAPAN CAUSED BY TYPHOON HEIDA. TROLLEY PASSES BY 00:33:47 - JAPANESE MAN BENDS OVER COVERED BODY IN RUBBLE AND PRAYS 00:33:53 - DEVASTATED HOMES COVER LARGE AREA 00:33:59 - JAPANESE SOLDIERS STAND HELPLESSLY BY AS BODIES ARE CARRIED OUT OF RUBBLE 00:34:21 - VOTING POSTERS COVER WALLS OF BUILDINGS IN FRANCE FOR DEGAULLE'S PROPOSED NEW CONSTITUTION 00:34:30 - PRESIDENT RENE COQUEE CASTS HIS BALLOT 00:34:58 - 33 WESTERN NEWSMEN IN ARMY HELMETS TOUR QUEMOY COAST WHICH IS CONSTANTLY SHELLED BY RED CHINA 00:35:10 - NEWSMEN SEE HOLES IN BUILDINGS CAUSED BY SHELLING 00:35:35 - SMALL CHILDREN CLIMB INTO UNDERGROUND SHELTER 00:35:55 - BRITISH JET PLANE COMES IN FOR LANDING ON BRITISH CARRIER, ROLLING TOO CLOSE TO EDGE & FALLS INTO SEA 00:36:07 - AERIAL PILOT TRIES TO OPEN HATCH TO GET OUT OF PLANE AS HELICOPTER HOVERS ABOVE. HE FAILS & PLANE SINKS TO BOTTOM. PILOT DROWNS 00:36:46 - SPORTS - SCEPTER CHALLENGES COLUMBIA FOR AMERICAS CUP IN SAILING AT NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND. COLUMBIA WINS 00:37:24 - 3 FANS PEER THROUGH BINOCULARS AS CREW OF COLUMBIA WAVES TO FANS ON SHORE 00:37:47 - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - SMU VS OHIO STATE 00:37:48 - AERIAL: SMU KICKS OFF TO OHIO STATE 00:37:50 - AERIAL: DON PARKS SLAMS OVER RIGHT GUARD & RUNS IN FOR A TD FOR OHIO STATE 00:38:12 - AERIAL BILLY DUNN TOSSES PASS TO DON MEREDITH FOR A TD FOR SMU 00:38:30 - AERIAL: BOB WHITE BARELY CARRIES OVER A TD AND OHIO WINS 23-20 VOL 31 REL 79 00:38:51 - QUEMOY STANDOFF - CONCESSIONS BARRED BY BOTH CHIANG & REDS 00:39:12 - CHINESE WORKERS THROW BAGS OF FLOUR INTO BARGES WAITING ALONGSIDE SHIP OFF QUEMOY 00:39:30 - CHIANG KAI SHEK HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE ON FORMOSA 00:39:43 - ENORMOUS CROWD OF RED CHINESE DEMONSTRATE IN STREETS CARRYING BANNERS 00:40:35 - AERIAL VIEW OF TREMENDOUS CROWD IN PEKING 00:40:51 - CHOU EN LAI LOOKS DOWN ON CROWD FROM BALCONY AS THEY SHOUT PROPAGANDA SLOGANS 00:41:33 - SUN'S RAYS, CAPTURED BY HUGE MIRROR-LIKE STRUCTURE, CREATES ENORMOUS HEAT THAT CAN VAPORIZE STEEL 00:41:57 - MARINE SKYDIVERS BOARD PLANE TO TEST SKYDIVING FOR MILITARY REASONS. DIVERS FREEFALL OUT OF PLANE 00:42:47 - WORLD SERIES - NY YANKEES VS MILWAUKEE BRAVES 00:42:57 - YANK'S MANAGER CASEY STENGEL SHAKES HANDS WITH BRAVES MANAGER FRED HANEY 00:43:06 - BRAVES' PITCHER WARREN SPAHN SHAKES HANDS WITH YANKEE PITCHER WHITEY FORD. OVER 46,000 FANS WATCH GAME AT BRAVES' STADIUM 00:43:10 - CU MOOSE SKOWRON UP AT THE PLATE IN 4TH INNING BLASTS HOMER FOR HANKS. HE CIRCLES BASES 00:44:00 - HANK BAUER ALSO HITS HOMER WITH WHITEY FORD ON BASE. THEY BOTH COME IN TO SCORE 00:44:34 - AERIAL BILLY BROOTEN OF BRAVES HITS DOUBLE WITH 2 ON TO WIN GAME FOR THE BRAVES 00:45:09 - CU SENATOR MALONE REPORTS TO VOTERS OF NEVADA IN SPEECH VOL 31 REL 80 00:46:18 - STROKE FELLS PIUS XII 00:46:24 - POPE PIUS XII TALKS TO CROWD FROM BALCONY BEFORE HIS ILLNESS 00:46:32 - CARDINAL SPELLMAN OF NEW YORK LOOKS UP FROM ST. PETER'S SQUARE & APPLAUDS POPE AS CROWD DOES 00:46:46 - SPELLMAN KISSES POPE'S RING & CHATS WITH HIM 00:47:23 - SMALL FLOTILLA OF WARSHIPS GREETS A-SUB "SEA WOLF" AS IT EMERGES FROM SEA OFF CONNECTICUT AFTER 60 DAYS OF SUBMERGED SAILING 00:48:11 - GEN. DEGAULLE WALKS AMID CROWD OF CITIZENS IN ALGERIA 00:48:41 - AERIAL CROWD OF WORSHIPPERS FILL OPEN FIELD IN WASHINGTON, DC TO COMMEMORATE MIRACULOUS VISION OF ST. BERNADETTE 00:48:58 - REPLICA OF LADY OF LOURDES SHRINE VIEWED BY CROWD 00:49:28 - RAILROAD TRACKS HANG ACROSS BRIDGE AFTER SUPPORTS WASHED AWAY BY FLOODS IN FRANCE 00:49:44 - CAR STANDS GROTESQUELY ON ITS FRONT WHEELS WITH REAR FACING SKY 00:49:51 - CU MAN SCOOPS 2 HANDS FULL OF MUD FROM INSIDE HIS CAR 00:49:57 - YOUNG GIRLS SLOSH THROUGH MUD UP TO THEIR ANKLES AS WOMAN SHOVELS MUD AWAY FROM HER CAR IN DRIVE 00:50:03 - CHILDREN & WOMEN CARRY BUCKETS OF WATER OUT OF BASEMENT FILLED WITH WATER UP TO THEIR KNEES 00:50:11 - FOOTBALL - 76,000 FANS WATCH MICHIGAN STATE VS UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT SPARTAN FIELD 00:50:40 - MICHIGAN STATE'S DEAN LUCK TAKES KICK-OFF AND RUNS LENGTH OF FIELD FOR A TD 00:51:17 - PENN STATE KICKS OFF TO ARMY AT WEST POINT 00:51:41 - AFTER 8 PLAYS ARMY'S DAWKINS RAMS THROUGH FOR A TD 00:52:14 - AFTER RECOVERING A PENN STATE FUMBLE, ARMY'S DAWKINS CRASHES THROUGH FOR ANOTHER TD 00:52:25 - AERIAL ARMY'S CALDWELL TOSSES A TD PASS TO CARPENTER & ARMY WINS 26-0
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1958
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-870