- Title: VM-900
- Summary: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS:
- Description:00:00:38 - FLOODS AGAIN WREEK HAVOC IN NORTHEAST 00:01:14 - AERIAL CAVED-IN BRIDGES,DERAILED FREIGHT TRAINS. 00:01:30 - POLICEMAN STANDS HELPLESSLY ON CORNER AS FLOODED STREETS MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO CROSS. 00:01:43 - MONTAGE FLOODED CITY STREETS,ABANDONED CARS. RESCUE WORKERS IN BOATS HELP PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES AS CONNECICUT BECOMES A DISASTER ZONE. 00:03:01 - BAKERS DELIVER 22 EXTRA BIRTHDAY CAKES TO PATIENTS IN FITZSIMMONS HOSPITAL WHERE PRESIDENT IKE IS RECOVERING AND SPENDING HIS 65TH BIRTHDAY 00:03:30 - PRESIDENT IKE WAVES FROM ROOF TOP OF HOSPITAL TO FELLOW PATIENTS BELOW. 00:03:35 - BRITAIN'S DONALD CAMPBELL CLIMBS INTO HIS JET SPEEDBOAT ON LAKE MEADE IN ATTEMPT TO BREAK WORLD SPEED RECORD. 00:04:27 - CAMPBELL IS RESCUED FROM BOAT AFTER MISHAP CAUSING THE BOAT TO SINK. 00:04:36 - COLLEGE FOOTBALL: MICHIGAN STATE 21-NOTRE DAME 7 00:04:57 - MICHIGAN'S CLARENCE PEETE BREAKS THROUGH FOR 1ST TOUCHDOWN OF GAME. AUBREY LEWIS INTERCEPTS A MICHIGAN PASS & ON NEXT PLAY PAUL HORNUNG THROWS FOR A TD. 00:05:47 - MICHIGAN'S KOWALSKI'S RUNNING PLAYS AND A TD GIVES MICHIGAN THE UPSET. 00:05:57 - PRO FOOTBALL: N.Y. GIANTS 10-CHICAGO CARDINALS 0 AS GAME IS PLAYED IN MUD AND RAIN. 00:06:01 - CU GIANT'S PLAYER IS TACKLED & LANDS FACE DOWN IN MUD. WITH UMBRELLA OVER THEIR HEADS PHOTOGS TAKE SHOTS IN POURING RAIN 00:06:24 - PLAYERS PICK UP EXTRA YARDAGE SLIDING IN THE MUD WITH A BIG SPLASH AS THEY HIT THE GROUND. 00:06:56 - FRANK GIFFORD OF GIANTS RUNS IN WITH THE GAME'S ONLY TOUCHDOWN. 00:07:34 - MEG & PETER: WORLD AWAITS THE MARRIAGE VERDICT 00:07:47 - CROWD AND POLICE FOLLOW PETER TOWNSHEND AS HE CALLS ON PRINCESS MARGARET. 00:08:43 - BOEING STRATO-LINER LANDS IN NEW YORK AFTER FLYING FROM SEATTLE IN 3 1/2 HOURS. PILOT TEX JOHNSON IS GREETED BY BOEING VP ALLEN & GENERAL MOORE OF MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND. 00:09:19 - INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW IN PARIS MONTAGE CROWDS GET A GLIMPSE OF SLEEK BEAUTIES FROM 5 OF THE LEADING MANUFACTURING NATIONS. 00:09:40 - MONTAGE FANCY FRONT GRILLES OF VARIOUS NEW MODELS. 00:09:55 - NEW STYLES IN LEATHER HANDBAGS MODELS ARRIVE AT NEW YORK AIRPORT SPORTING THE LATEST STYLE HANDBAGS. 2 WHITE POODLES BARK AS MODELS WAVE GOODBYE FROM AIRSIDE. 00:10:58 - SPORTS MUSCLE MEN OF 24 NATIONS COMPETE IN MUNICH, GERMANY FOR WORLD'S WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS. 00:11:35 - RUSSIAN WEIGHTLIFTER PRESSES 290 POUNDS TO WIN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS. MONTAGE STRAIN SHOWS ON LIFTERS' FACES AS THEY STRUGGLE TO LIFT. 00:12:09 - HEAVYWEIGHT PAUL ANDERSON LIFTS TOTAL OF 1030 POUNDS FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE. 00:12:31 - COLLEGE FOOTBALL: MARYLAND 27 - NO.CAROLINA 7 00:14:29 - SAAR VOTE: EUROPEANIZATION PLAN IS REJECTED. 00:15:44 - AERIAL HUNDREDS OF JET FIGHTERS SIT LINED UP AT YUMA, ARIZONA BASE. MONTAGE-JETS FIRE AT TARGETS BEING TOWED BY B-29 BOMBERS. 00:16:39 - BASEBALL: CASEY STENGEL AND THE NEW YORK YANKEE TEAM ARRIVE IN TOKYO AIRPORT AND ARE WARMLY GREETED BY THE JAPANESE FANS. 00:16:52 - MONTAGE THOUSANDS LINE THE STREETS AS NEW YORK YANKEE MOTORCADE IS SHOWERED WITH TICKER TAPE. 00:17:22 - COLLEGE FOOTBALL: UCLA 33 - IOWA 13 00:19:07 - OHIO 26-WISCONSIN 16 00:21:16 - THE PRESIDENT: 1ST PICTURES OF IKE SINCE HIS ILLNESS. IKE IS WHEELED OUT ON A WHEELCHAIR ONTO THE ROOF OF FITZSIMMONS HOSPITAL BY NURSES. POSES WITH HOSPITAL STAFF. 00:22:09 - QUEEN JULIANA & PRINCE BERNHART OF HOLLAND ARRIVE BY BOAT AT THE DUTCH WEST INDIES FOR ROYAL VISIT. THEY ARE GREETED BY FLAG WAVING NATIVES. 00:22:35 - QUEEN JULIANA PLAYS RING-AROUND-THE-ROSY WITH THE NATIVE CHILDREN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SQUARE. 00:22:54 - NEW HIGH SPEED MINI-TANK WITH HUGE RECOILLESS RIFLE ON TOP IS TESTED. TANK ROCKS BACK & FORTH AS THE HUGE GUN IS FIRED. 00:23:30 - FALL FASHION PARADE: DESIGNER CHARLES GELAT 26, SHOWS HIS STYLES. 00:24:33 - MODELS SHOW GELAT OUTFITS ALONGSIDE A SNAZZY CONVERTIBLE IN A PARK. 00:24:33 - MODELS WEARING HIGH STYLE EVENING DRESS PULL UP IN A CONVERTIBLE AND STEP OUT. 00:25:25 - SPORTS: DUCK HUNTING IN CALIFORNIA. 00:25:33 - HUGE SWARM OF DUCKS FILL THE SKY AS THEY TAKE OFF FROM LAKE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. 00:25:47 - HUNTERS PLACE DECOY DUCKS & WAIT IN THE BRUSH WITH THEIR RIFLES. HUNTER TAKES AIM & FIRES; A DUCK DROPS TO THE WATER. 00:26:30 - COLLEGE FOOTBALL: PITTSBURGH 26 - DUKE 7 00:26:44 - DUKE FANS JUMP UP & DOWN AS DUKE'S JORGENSON UNCORKS A TD PASS TO BRAINEY 00:28:18 - DEADLOCK: EAST-WEST TENSIONS STYMIE GENEVA MEETING FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS FLY IN FRONT OF CONFERENCE BUILDING IN GENEVA. 00:28:44 - MONTAGE ARAB AND ISRAELI MINISTERS ARRIVE BY AIR IN GENEVA. AERIAL SECRETARY OF STATE DULLES SITS ACROSS FROM SOVIET'S GROMYK AND OTHERS AT A SQUARE TABLE. 00:29:27 - MONTAGE NEW RADIOLOGICAL DEFENSE LABORATORY DEDICATED TO MEDICAL ATOMIC RESEARCH IS OPENED IN SAN FRANCISCO. 00:29:38 - MONTAGE SCIENTIESTS WEAR PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND MASKS AS THEY WORK WITH RADIOACTIVE DETECTION EQUIPMENT. 00:30:10 - MONTAGE CALIFORNIA SHERIFF DEPUTIES INSPECT 21 YOUNG MEMBERS OF DOODLE-BUG CLUB AS THEY STAND BY THEIR MOTOR BIKES. 00:30:13 - MONTAGE UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF THE DEPUTIES, THE BOYS PUT ON A DAZZLING DISPLAY OF PRECISION RIDING. 4 DEPUTIES LIE FACE DOWN WITH A BOARD ACROSS THEIR BACKS AS THE BOYS RIDE OVER THEM. 00:30:44 - PILOTLESS PLANE IS MOUNTED WITH A CAMERA & FLOWN OVER "ENEMY" TERRITORY WHERE IT TAKES PICTURES. 00:31:16 - COLLEGE FOOTBALL: NOTRE DAME 27 - NAVY 7 00:31:28 - PAUL HORNUNG CRASHES OVER NAVY LINE FOR A NOTRE DAME TOUCHDOWN. 00:32:24 - GEORGIA TECH 27 - DUKE 0 00:33:13 - GEORGIA'S JOHNNY LINGER INTERCEPTS A DUKE PASS & TAKES IT 49 YARDS FOR A TOUCHDOWN. 00:33:27 - HORSE RACING: 44,000 FANS WATCH GORDON STAKES IN NEW JERSEY FOR RACING'S RICHEST PURSE AT $280,000 00:33:40 - WOMAN FAN SCREAMS ENCOURAGEMENT FOR HER HORSE AS LONGSHOT (24-1) "PRINCE JOHN" WINS BY A NOSE. 00:34:56 - AIR DISASTER: 44 DIE AS PLANE EXPLODES IN AIR. WORKERS REMOVE THE DEAD FROM THE RUINS. CRANE LIFTS SECTIONS OF THE DEMOLISHED PLANE. 00:35:24 - TAIL SECTION OF THE UNITED AIRLINES PLANE LIES IN A FIELD. 00:35:38 - GENERAL MAXWELL TAYLOR PINS A MEDAL ON GENERAL WILLIAM DEAN IN SAN FRANCISCO. DEAN WAS IMPRISONED BY REDS IN KOREA FOR 3 YEARS. 00:36:07 - THE ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE IS FORMALLY DEDICATED IN NEW YORK CITY. EINSTEIN'S SON ACCEPTS PLAQUE HONORING HIS FATHER 00:36:51 - MONTAGE EXCITED ARAB CROWD IN CASABLANCA CELEBRATE THE RETURN OF THE SULTAN OF MOROCCO, BEN YOUSEEF AFTER HIS 2 YEARS IN EXILE. 00:37:23 - EMPEROR HIROHITO AND HIS EMPRESS MAKE RARE PUBLIC APPEARANCE VISITING HOME OF UNWANTED CHILDREN OF U.S. GI FATHERS. 00:38:03 - HOME-MADE SUBMARINE, DESIGNED FOR UNDERWATER EXPLORATION IS LAUNCHED AT LOS ANGELES TERMINAL ISLAND. THE ODD-LOOKING SUB SMOOTHLY ENTERS THE WATER WITH A 3 MAN CREW AT THE CONTROLS. 00:38:32 - 67TH NATIONAL HORSE SHOW AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN HORSES JUMP HURDLES;IRISHMAN WINS CONTEST. 00:39:37 - PRO FOOTBALL: CHICAGO BEARS 31 - LA RAMS 20 00:39:49 - RAM'S NORM VANBROKLEN AVOIDS TACKLERS BUT FALLS DOWN BY HIMSELF AFTER A LONG RUN. 00:40:35 - BEARS' BLANDA THROWS A TD PASS TO HILL. HE AGAIN THROWS A 40 YARD TD PASS TO WIN GAME. 00:41:58 - THE VIENNA STATE OPERA BUILDING LIT UP AT NIGHT. OPENS AFTER 17 YEARS OF NAZI OCCUPATION. 00:42:24 - SECRETARY OF STATE DULLES, CLARE BOOTH LUCE, HENRY FORD II & MANY MORE NOTABLES ATTEND THE OPENING. MONTAGE INSIDE VIEWS OF OPERA HOUSE 00:43:00 - FLOODS RAGE ON CANADA'S WEST COAST.FIREMAN PLACES SAND BAGS ON CITY STREET AS TRAFFIC ROLLS THROUGH SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER. 00:43:29 - RUBBLE IS ALL THAT'S LEFT OF A PAVED STREET. A MAN CARRYING HIS BELONGINGS PLOWS THROUGH SEVERAL INCHES OF MUD COVERING A CITY STREET. 00:44:15 - CU TRIBAL MARKINGS ON FACES OF SURINAM NATIVES. QUEEN JULIANA VISITS THE DUTCH COLONY. 00:44:34 - NATIVES LAY RUGS IN PATH OF QUEEN AS SHE WALKS 00:45:08 - FASHIONS: WINTER STYLE NOTES FROM TURIN ITALY. MONTAGE HIGH FASHIONS ARE MODELED. FUR COATS ARE FEATURED ALONG WIH GOWNS AND HATS. 00:46:22 - COLLEGE FOOTBALL: TULANE 27 - ALABAMA 7 00:47:24 - ILLINOIS 25 - MICHIGAN 6 IN UPSET
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1955
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-900