- Title: VM-898
- Summary: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS:
- Description:00:35:13 - NORTHEAST DEVASTED BY FLOODS - MONTAGE- SWOLLEN STREAMS RUN AMOK THROUGH THE MOST POPULACE INDUSTRIAL SECTIONS OF THE NATION. 00:35:36 - AERIAL- FLOODED CROPS,COLLAPSED BRIDGES AND WASHED OUT RAILROAD ROAD BEDS AND MANY HOMES. 00:36:45 - LS- WRECKED AUTO LIES AGAINST A DEVASTATED HOME. 00:37:25 - LS- PLOW PUSHES THROUGH MUD IN THE CENTER OF TOWN. 00:37:33 - 1,000 DEAD IN MOROCCAN UPRISINGS. 00:38:58 - MS- PRESIDENT IKE LEANS ON HIS GOLF CLUB AS HE WATCHES HIS YOUNG GRANDSON DAVID SWING AT BALL. 00:39:10 - MS- IKE TEACHES HIS GRANDSON FLY CASTING IN STREAM. IKE WATCHES AS DAVID BITES INTO A HOTDOG. 00:39:39 - INVENTION- MONTAGE - INVENTER DEMONSTRATES HIS 'FLYING MATTRESS'OR BALLOONER PLANE AS HE CALLS IT. 00:39:54 - WITH AIR INFLATED RUBBER WINGS THE PLANE TAKES OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. 00:40:06 - SPORTS - CUBAN INDURANCE SWIMMER JOSE CORTINA SWIMS FROM ALCATRAZ TO THE MAINLAND IN HANDCUFFS. 00:40:55 - AMERICAN DERBY AT WASHINGTON PARK - CU- WOMAN RACING FAN HOLDS CIGARETTE IN AND BINOCULARS TO HER EYES WATCHING 'SWAPS' BARELY BEAT 'TRAFFIC JUDGE'. 00:42:00 - FLOOD RELIEF - PRESIDENT IKE INSPECTS AREA AND SPEEDS AID. 00:42:10 - MS- IKE MAKES AERIAL TOUR OF DEVASTATED NORTHEAST 00:42:26 - LS- A TWO STORY HOUSE LIES ON ITS SIDE.MS- TOWN STREET IS TORN UP AS IF HIT BY A BOMB.MS- NATIONAL GUARDSMEN LOOK FOR LOOTERS. 00:43:01 - MONTAGE MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN LINE UP FOR AID. MS- NURSES ADMINISTER INJECTIONS AGAINST DISEASE. 00:43:27 - REBELLION SPREADS IN NORTH AFRICA. MS- ARAB PRISONERS RUN ALONG ROAD WITH THEIR HANDS ON THEIR HEADS. 00:43:54 - MS- FRENCH SOLDIER CHECKS A TRUCK DRIVER'S CREDENTIALS. MS- DEAD BODIES ARE LAYED OUT ON THE GROUND. 00:44:41 - MONTAGE- HUGE INDUSTRIAL AREA IN THE SAAR VALLEY WITH SMOKING CHIMNEYS AS GERMANY AND FRANCE FIGHT BITTERLY FOR ITS CONTROL 00:45:35 - TRAIN CRASH - TANK CAR LIES IN RIVER AFTER CRASHING WITH BOSTON TO MONTREAL TRAIN. PASSENGER CAR HANGS PRECARIOUSLY OVER THE RIVER. 00:45:55 - MS- MARINE TEST ANTI-TANK TANK HAVING 6 LARGE ANTI-TANK GUNS MOUNTED ON TOP. SMOKE COMPLETELY ENGULFS THE TANK WHEN IT FIRES IT'S GUNS. 00:46:25 - PRO FOOTBALL - N.Y.GIANTS 29 - SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS 17 LS- 49ER'S Y.A.TITTLE THROWS A PASS TO BILLY WILSON WHO AVOIDS TACKLE AFTER TACKLE TO SCORE A TD. 00:47:09 - LS- GIANT'S DANIEL WEBSTER TAKES A HAND-OFF TO BREAK THROUGH FOR A LONG GAIN; ON NEXT PLAY WEBSTER TAKES IT IN FOR A TD. 00:47:39 - INTERNATIONAL DRAGON CUP RACE ON HOLLAND'S ZIDER ZEE RIVER. LS- 50 SAILBOATS FROM 11 COUNTRIES PARTICIPATE.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1955
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-898