- Title: VM-899
- Summary: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS:
- Description:00:00:49 - OIL BLAZE AND BLASTS SWEEP TOWN IN WHITING,INDIANA 00:00:51 - AERIAL- HUGE COLUMN OF BLACK SMOKE RISES FROM OIL REFINERY. (AS SEEN FROM THE DISTANCE IN TOWN) AS EXPLOSIONS FROM THE FIRE HURL SECTIONS OF STEEL ONTO THE TOWN DESTROYING BUILDINGS. 00:01:09 - MS- NORTH KOREAN MEDICS CARRY BODY OF U.S.AIRMAN SHOT DOWN AFTER STRAYING INTO NORTH KOREAN TERRITORY. TWO RED CROSS NURSES ACCOMPANY ANOTHER AIRMAN,HIS HEAD COMPLETELY COVERED IN BANDAGES. 00:02:45 - MONTAGE- ROYAL FAMILY INCLUDING,QUEEN ELIZABETH, PHILIP,PRINCE CHARLES AND PRINCESS ANNE ASSIST IN SELLING AT A CHURCH BAZAAR IN SCOTLAND. 00:03:22 - MONTAGE- INVENTIONS- TECHNICIANS MAKE LAST MINUTE ADJUSTMENTS ON WORLD'S 1ST VIDEO-TELEPHONE WHICH SHOWS YOU AND YOUR PARTY ON A VIDEO SCREEN. 00:04:12 - FASHIONS FOR CHARITY AT A CHATEAU IN CALIFORNIA. 00:04:20 - MONTAGE- FURS FOR FALL AND WINTER ARE MODELED IN A SWANKY SETTING USING NEW CARS AS PROPS. 00:04:47 - MS- COUNTESS GAMBINI, WHO HOSTS THE EVENT IS GIVEN A CORSAGE FOR OPENING HER HOME AND HEART TO CHARITY. 00:05:16 - TENNIS- DAVIS CUP MATCH BETWEEN U.S. AND AUSTRALIA IS WON BY THE AUSSIES AS U.S.'S VIC SESIUS AND TONY TRABERT LOSE THE DOUBLES MATCH. 00:06:17 - WATER SKIING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN CYPRESS GARDENS, FLORIDA. MS- 8 YEAR OLD MARTHA ANNE WILLIAMS SHOWS HER STUFF. 00:06:43 - LS- WATER SKIER WILLA MCGUIRE DEFENDS HER TITLE IN DAZZLING FASHION. 00:06:43 - LS- BUTCH ROSENBERG SKIS HIGH OVER THE WATER PLATFORM FOR A WORLD RECORD 125 FEET. 00:07:38 - USS FORRESTAL - FAULTY BEARING MARS SUPER CARRIERS TEST RUN. LS- FORRESTAL LIES IN HARBOR IN NEWPORT. 00:08:39 - MONTAGE- AN ENTIRE TRIBE OF BERBERS SURRENDER TO FRENCH IN MOROCCO DESERT. CU- ANCIENT RIFLES LIE ON DESERT SANDS. 00:09:25 - LS- ACTOR, WAR HERO AUDIE MURPHY RIDES IN MOTORCADE AS HE IS HONORED BY VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS. 00:09:40 - MS- MURPHY ARIVES AT PREMIERE OF MOVIE 'TO HELL AND BACK'. 00:09:56 - HORSE RACING - 'NASHUA' VS 'SWAPS' IN A 2 HORSE RACE IS WON BY 'NASHUA' WITH EDDIE ARCARO ABOARD. 00:11:20 - LS- HUNDREDS OF SWIMMERS RUN INTO THE WAVES FOR THE 24TH 'ROUGH WATER' SWIM AT LAHOYA.MS- DAVE RADCLIFF WINS FOR MEN AND JUDY CONRADES WIN FOR WOMEN. 00:12:05 - LS- SLEEK HYDROPLANES RACE IN SILVER CUP RIGATTA IN DETROIT RIVER. MS- A SMALL DUCK IS NARROWLY MISSED BY A SPEEDING HYDROPLANE. LS- 'TEMPO 7' WINS CUP. 00:12:38 - 'ICE CAPADES' OF 1956 - LS- SKATERS FORM A WHIPPING CIRCLE. THE END SKATER LETS GO AND LANDS INTO THE AUDIENCE AT HIGH SPEED 00:13:41 - LS- SKATER DONNA ATWOOD DOES'PETER PAN' SOLO. 00:14:30 - CONVERTIPLANE - RISES LIKE COPTER FLIES LIKE PLANE 00:14:57 - LS- THE PLANE HAS COPTER ROTORS ON BOTH WING ENDS. 00:15:24 - MONTAGE- DAVID'S PARADE - BOY WHO STARTED PARADE BY HIMSELF THE YEAR BEFORE IS GIVEN A FULL TIME PARADE BY MAYOR OF TOWN. 00:16:27 - MS- THE MAYOR TRIES TO CROWN A LITTLE GIR QUEEN OF PARADE BUT THE GIRL REFUSES TO WEAR CROWN, SHE FINALLY RELENTS. 00:16:27 - MS- AN ADVANCED CAR IS SHOWN AT SHOW AND GIVEN A ROAD TEST ON CITY STREET. 00:17:00 - MONTAGE- TRAILER PULLED BY A BUS TRANSFORMS INTO A HOTEL ON WHEELS AS WALLS ARE PULLED OUT FORMING A DINING ROOM AND SLEEPING QUARTERS FOR 12. 00:17:49 - FASHIONS- 'FRENCH LOOK' IS KEYNOTE FOR 1956 STYLES 00:17:57 - MONTAGE- MODELS SHOW DRESSES DESIGNED BY CHRISTIAN DIOR, BALMAN AND OTHERS. 00:19:54 - SPORTS - BULLFIGHTING CLASES IN CARACAS,VENEZUELA. 00:20:00 - MS- STUDENT HOLDS BULL HORNS TO HIS HEAD AND CHARGES ANOTHER STUDENT HOLDING A CAPE. 00:20:11 - LS- STUDENT FIGHTS A REAL BULL IN RINK THE STUDENT RUNS AWAY AND JUMPS INTO THE STANDS FOLLOWED BY THE BULL WHO ALSO JUMPS INTO THE STANDS. 00:21:22 - PRISONERS FREED - 2 GIS FREED BY RUSSIANS ARE JOINED BY A MYSTERY MAN THAT NO ONE KNOWS. 00:22:23 - MONTAGE- 1/3 OF CHICAGO'S FIRE APARATUS IS USED TO TO FIGHT CHICAGO'S WORSE INDUSTRIAL FIRE. 00:22:25 - LS- FLAMES RISE FROM FACTORY BUILDING AS FIREMEN POUR WATER ON IT. 00:23:09 - LS- MORE THAN 100,000 ARGENTINIANS CARRYING FLAGS AND PLACARDS FILL BUENAS AIRES SQUARE FOLLOWING THE SUDDEN RESIGNATION OF JUAN PERON. 00:23:29 - MS- JUAN PERON TALKS TO THE MASSES FROM A BALCONY. 00:23:38 - PRIME MINISTER EDEN OF ENGLAND EXAMINES PLANE AT BRITISH AIR SHOW. NEW MODELS ARE FLOWN. 00:24:39 - LS- EJECTION SEAT IS TESTED. PLANE FLIES AT 150 MPH AND THE PILOT IS SAFELY EJECTED. 00:24:45 - FASHION SHOW AT THE RAINBOW ROOM OF ROCKEFELLER CENTER 65 STORIES UP. MS- M0DELS SHOW FASHIONS BY BEN REED AS THEY LOOK OUT AT THE MANHATTAN SKYLINE. 00:25:38 - 2 MODELS JOIN ANOTHER AT DINNER TABLE IN CENTER'S RESTAURANT. 00:26:04 - SPORTS - FATHER AND SON ASSEMBLE A SIDE BY SIDE BICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO.TWO NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS TAKE BIKE OUT FOR A TEST RIDE. 00:26:37 - MONTAGE- DIRT TRACK MOTORCYCLE RACING IN BERLIN. 00:27:14 - LS- DIRT FLIES INTO THE AIR AT THE TURNS. 00:27:17 - MS- SPECTATORS DO A QUICK HEADS RIGHT AS THE BIKES SPEED BY. 00:28:13 - MOSCOW PARLEY - P.O.W.ISSUE STALLS RUSSO-GERMAN TALKS. MS- GERMANY'S ADENAUER SHAKES HANDS WITH SOVIET'S BULGANIN. 00:28:49 - MANEUVERS - NATO TROOPS HOLD WAR GAMES IN ITALY 00:29:56 - MS- IKE SITS DOWN FOR BREAKFAST WITH 48 REPUBLICAN STATE CHAIRMEN IN DENVER. 00:30:39 - MS- CROWN PRINCESS BEATRIX AND HER FATHER ARRIVE IN FLUSHING,N.Y. TO CHRISTEN A DUTCH DESTROYER. 00:30:55 - LS- BEATRIX GETS A BIG LAUGH AS THE CHAMPAGNE SPLASHES SOME GUESTS. 00:31:19 - MISS AMERICA CONTEST - COLORADO BEAUTY SHARON CAMBRIDGE IS CROWNED BY 1955 MISS AMERICA LEE ANN MERRIWEATHER. 00:32:07 - NATIONAL COLLEGE QUEEN CONTEST - PRETTY GIRLS FROM 35 STATES VIE FOR TITLE. MS- CATHERINE ROGERS FROM MISSISSIPPI WINS. 00:32:45 - SPORTS- 29 DISTANCE SWIMMERS COVER THEMSELVES WITH GREASE AS THEY ATTEMPT TO SWIM ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO IN CANADA. 00:33:11 - MONTAGE- SMALL BOATS FOLLOW ALONG WITH SWIMMERS AS MANY PULL OUT BECAUSE OF FRIGID WATERS. 00:33:28 - LS- AFTER 20 HOURS IN ICY WATERS, CLIFF LUNDSEN OF TORONTO FINISHES, BUT HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE WATER AND RUSHED TO A HOSPITAL. 00:33:51 - TENNIS- TONY TRABERT OF U.S. DEFEATS KEN ROSEWAL OF AUSTRALIA AT DAVIS CUP MATCH. 00:35:03 - SCHOOL FOR SURVIVAL - VOLUNTEERS ARE SUBJECTED TO HARSH TREATMENT SUFFERED BY POWS IN KOREA. 00:35:23 - MONTAGE VOLUNTEERS ARE SUBJECTED TO YELLING GUARDS,SIGHT OF A HANGMAN'S NOOSE AND CONFINEMENT IN COFFIN LIKE UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS.. 00:35:52 - MS- A VOLUNTEER IS PLACED IN AN UPRIGHT COFFIN FOR HOURS UNDER THE BLAZING SUN. 00:36:05 - MONTAGE- JAPANESE CROWDS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST THE EXPANSION OF A U.S.AIRBASE.POLICE CHARGE THE CROWD WHICH IS JOINED BY AREA FARMERS WHO FEEL THEIR LAND IS THREATENED. 00:36:42 - MS- A YOUNG WOMAN RINGLEADER ANGRILY ELBOWS HERSELF THROUGH THE POLICE AND THE CROWD. 00:37:05 - ANNUAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AT THE WILL ROGERS HOSPITAL IN SARANAC LAKE,N.Y. 00:37:16 - MS- DR. MCREARY USES POINTER TO SHOW CLUB MEMBERS CHEST X-RAY OF TB PATIENTS. 00:37:33 - A DAY WITH THE ROYAL FAMILY OF BRITAIN. MS- INFORMAL SHOTS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II PRINCE PHILIP AND TWO CHILDREN, CHARLES AND ANNE WALKING IN FIELDS AROUND THE CASTLE IN SCOTLAND. 00:37:52 - PRINCE PHILIP PUSHES PRINCE CHARLES HIGH ON A SWING AS THE QUEEN AND PRINCESS WATCHES. 00:38:20 - MS- CHARLES AND ANNE PETS TWO PONIES. CHARLES RUNS HIS PONY HOLDING TO THE LEASH. 00:38:53 - PAGAENT OF FORMAL WEAR FOR MEN - LS- MAN WEARING A CAVEMAN OUTFIT RUNS INTO A HOTEL HOLDING A CAVE WOMAN BY THE HAIR AND DROPPING HER ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF A COSTUMED AUDIENCE. 00:39:19 - MONTAGE- MEN AND WOMEN MODELS SHOW COSTUMES FROM DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS,SHAKESPERIAN,GAY 90s TO PRESENT. MS- MEN SHOW FORMAL WEAR. 00:40:24 - SPORTS - TUNA FISHING CONTEST - 12TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CUP MEET OFF NOVA SCOTIA. 00:40:35 - CU- MAN PLACING A MULLET ON HIS LARGE HOOK AS BAIT AS FISHING GETS STARTED. 00:40:48 - MS- HIS ROD SHOWS THE STRAIN AS A VENEZUELAN HOOKS A 227 POUND TUNA AND BRINGS IT IN. 00:41:03 - LS- AN AMERICAN HOOKS A WHOPPING 585 POUND TUNA WHICH WINS THE CONTEST. CU- THE LARGE FISH'S EYES LOOK INTO THE CAMERA. 00:41:53 - PERON OUSTED - RESIGNATION FORCED IN NEW REBELLION. MONTAGE- HUGE CROWS RUN THROUGH STREETS OF BUENAS AIRES AS RIOTS BREAK OUT. 00:42:40 - MS- PERON SPEAKS TO HIS CABINET MEMBERS TO NO AVAIL. 00:42:52 - RED CHINESE FREE AMERICAN CIVILIANS - FATHER RIGNEY, LONG TIME MISSIONARY WALKS ACROSS A BRIDGE FROM CHINA TO HONG KONG AFTER SPENDING 3 YEARS IN PRISON. 00:43:15 - MS- FORMER FLYING TIGER PILOT ROBERT BEUHL WALKS ACROSS BRIDGE AFTER 5 YEARS IN PRISON ON TRUMPED UP CHARGES. 00:43:59 - MS- ICE SKATING QUEEN BARBARA ANN SCOTT WALKS UNDER CANOPY OF TORONTO'S ROSEDALE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN HER WEDDING GOWN. 00:44:23 - MS- BARBARA KISSES HER NEW HUBBY, PUBLICIST TOMMY KING. 00:44:56 - MONTAGE- BOYS AND GIRLS IN ON THE ISLAND OF MARKUM,ON THE ZIDER ZEE, DRESS IN GIRLS CLOTHING UNTIL THEY ARE SIX YEARS OLD. 00:45:11 - MS- BOYS AND GIRLS ALSO WEAR LONG HAIR MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH BOY FROM GIRL. 00:45:27 - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - GEORGIA TECH 14 - MIAMI 6 00:46:08 - GEORGIA'S PAUL RUTTENBURY TAKES A MIAMI PUNT ALL THE WAY FOR A TOUCHDOWN. 00:46:49 - GEORGIA'S JIMMY MORRIS INTERCEPTS A MIAMI PASS AND TAKES IT IN FOR A TD. 00:47:00 - PENDLETON ROUNDUP - RODEO - MS- INDIAN SQUAWS RIDE IN PARADE PRIOR TO THE RODEO. 00:47:05 - MS- YOUNG INDIAN BOYS AND GIRLS DO AN INDIAN DANCE.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1955
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-899