- Title: VM-901
- Summary: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS:
- Description:00:00:45 - MS- PRESIDENT IKE AND MAMIE ARE VISITED AT HOSPITAL BY PRESIDENT CASTILLO ARMAS OF GUATEMALA. 00:01:17 - MS- IKE RECEIVES A KNITTED PRESIDENTIAL SEAL DONE BY NUNS IN A GUATEMALAN CONVENT. 00:01:35 - MOROCCANS PAY HOMAGE TO RETURNING SULTAN BEN YOUSEEF. MS- ARAB LEADERS,IN NATIVE WEAR, MEET WITH THE SULTAN. 00:02:31 - MONTAGE- JAPANESE VILLAGES LOOK ON IN AWE AS THEY WATCH AN 'HONEST JOHN' MISSILE BEING TESTED. 00:03:07 - MS- AMERICAN GIS WHO DEFECTED TO THE OTHER SIDE AFTER BEING CAPTURED BY THE REDS ARE FREED AT FORT BAKER, CALIF. FOLLOWING A SUPREME COURT DECISION. 00:03:40 - MS- VICE PRESIDENT NIXON IS GIVEN A FIREMAN'S HAT AS HE MEETS THE WHEEL CHAIRED MUSCULAR DISTROPHY GIRL DURING A FUND DRIVE. 00:04:02 - CU- PORTRAIT OF STALIN HANGS IN SOVIET EMBASSY WHERE A GALA VODKA AND CAVIAR PARTY CELEBRATES THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE REVOLUTION. GUESTS PARTAKE IN MOUTH WATERING DELICACIES. NO U.S. GUESTS ARRIVE. 00:04:49 - MS- DONALD CAMPBELL RIDES HIS JET PRO[PELLED BOAT 'BLUEBIRD' IN 2ND TRY TO BREAK SPEED RECORD ON LAKE MEADE. 00:05:25 - AUDIENCE AWARDS - PRESIDENT OF MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION,ERIC JOHNSTON MAKES SPEECH ASKING FANS TO VOTE THEIR FAVORITES. 00:07:31 - IKE RETURNS - THOUSANDS HAIL HIM AT CAPITAL. VICE PRESIDENT NIXON AND FORMER PRESIDENT HOOVER ALONG WITH 5000 PEOPLE GREET IKE AND MAMIE AT THE AIRPORT. IKE SPEAKS. 00:09:20 - CROWD OF FLAG WAVING CHILDREN LINE THE STREETS OF GETTYSBURG TO GREET THE MOTORCADE.TOWN'S PEOPLE SING 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MAMIE. 00:10:10 - MS- THE B-52 BOMBER GOES INTO SERVICE WITH THE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND AT CASTLE AIR FORCE BASE IN CALIFORNIA. LS- B-52 TAKES A TRIAL RUN. 00:10:40 - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - UCLA 19 - WASHINGTON 17 00:11:00 - LS- JONES OF WASHINGTON INTERCEPTS A UCLA PASS AND TAKES IT 64 YARDS FOR A TD. UCLA'S STEVE ROTE TOSSES TO HERRING IN THE END ZONE FOR A TD. 00:11:44 - LS- CROWD MOBS THE CALIFORNIA FIELD AS UCLA JIM BECKER KICKS THE WINNING FIELD GOAL. 00:11:54 - PRINCETON 14 - YALE 0 LS- 46,000 FANS WAVE HANDKERCHIEVES. NEW JERSEY'S GOVERNOR IS THERE WITH MARGARET TRUMAN. 00:12:46 - MICHIGAN STATE 42 - MINNESOTA 14 00:13:28 - MICHIGAN STATE'S KOWALCHEK'S HELMET IS RIPPED OFF AS HE TRIES TO RUN BY TACKLERS. 00:14:23 - BLAZE RAZES LOS ANGELES RUG FACTORY - LS- DESPITE FIREMEN EFFORTS THE FIRE RAGES OUT OF CONTROL. 00:14:57 - MS- BLOODIED FIREMAN IS HELPED BY HIS BUDDIES. LS- ENTIRE SECTION OF THE PLANT COLLAPSES. 00:15:26 - LANDSLIDE - PART OF CANADIAN TOWN IS BURIED AS AN UNDERGROUND RIVER IN NICOLETTE UNDERMINED AN AREA OF TOWN 1000 FEET WIDE AND 40 FEET DEEP. 00:15:55 - LS- LARGE HOUSE LIES IN A HUGE HILE IN THE GROUND. 00:16:40 - MONTAGE- DEFENSE MINISTER OF GERMANY ADDRESSES 1ST GROUP OF ARMY PERSONNEL AS A NEW GERMAN ARMY IS FORMED. 00:17:13 - LS- ADLAI STEVENSON ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENTIAL TICKET IN 1956. 00:17:18 - MS- STEVENSON CHATS WITH CHICAGO MAYOR DALEY 00:17:30 - INVENTION- LS- SMALL PONTOON BOAT WITH HELICOPTER BLADES,BEING TOWED BY A SPEEDBOAT AT HIGH SPEED TAKES OFF INTO THE AIR. 00:18:20 - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - NOTRE DAME 27 - NO.CAROLINA 7 00:19:40 - SPEED RECORD - LS- DONALD CAMPBELL RIDES HIS JET BOAT AT 216 MPH ON LAKE MEADE,ARIZ0NA FOR RECORD. 00:21:13 - MOROCCO UNREST - RETURN OF SULTAN FAILS TO HALT RAIDS. AERIAL- SULTAN'S CAR IS MOBBED BY ADORING ARABS AS HE TAKES THE THRONE. 00:22:32 - AIR CRASH - 2 MINUTES AFTER TAKE-OFF AN UNSCHEDULED AIRLINER CRASHES IN SNOW-BOUND WOODS NEAR SEATTLE KILLING 76,INCLUDING 65 GIS RETURNING FROM KOREA. 00:22:57 - LS- CHARRED REMAINS OF HOUSE DESTROYED BY CRASH. 00:23:09 - FASHIONS - MODELS SHOW HATS AND DRESSES OF LEADING DESIGNERS AT THE JOHN HANDCOCK HALL IN BOSTON. MS- WIDE BRIMED BONNETS ARE FEATURED. 00:23:53 - MS- THE MODEL HAS TO RAISE HER HEAD TO SEE UNDER THE FLOPPING WIDE BRIM. 00:24:09 - MS- GIRL MODELS HAT NEXT TO A NEW 1956 CAR. 00:24:12 - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - UCLA 17 - USC 7 AS 100,000 FANS WATCH AT MEMORIAL COLESIUM. 00:24:23 - LS- USC'S JOHN ARNETT TAKES THE KICK-OFF 97 YARDS FOR A TOUCHDOWN BUT THE TD IS NEGATED BY A PENALTY 00:24:45 - LS- UCLA'S SAM BROWN FAKES A PUNT AND RUNS FOR A LONG GAIN, HE FOLLOWS IT WITH A TD RUN. 00:25:24 - YALE 21 - HARVARD 7, AT SNOW COVERED NEW HAVEN STADIUM. CU- YALE'S MASCOT BULLDOG WATCHES GAME. 00:25:35 - MS- FAN UNDER CNOW COVERED UMBRELLA. 00:26:17 - OHIO 17 - MICHIGAN 0, AT ANN ARBOR STADIUM. 00:27:31 - AERIAL- MICHIGAN FANS RUN ONTO THE FIELD AFTER THE GAME IN AN ANGRY MOOD. LS- ONE FAN PUNCHES ANOTHER IN THE FACE. 00:28:06 - BACK IN HARNESS - PRESIDENT IKE HOLDS CABINET MEETING FOLLOWING HIS DISCHARGE FROM HOSPITAL. 00:28:32 - MS- NELSON ROCKEFELLER ARRIVES WITH OTHERS AT IKE'S CABIN IN CAMP DAVID. MS- IKE ARRIVES WITH DULLES,HENRY CABOT LODGE AND NIXON. 00:29:29 - TRAIN WRECK - MASSIVE DESTRUCTION OF BRITISH EXCURSION TRAIN AFTER JUMPING TRACK 45 MILES OUTSIDE LONDON. 00:29:48 - MS- ALASKAN NATIVES OF THE ALASKAN NATIONAL GUARD RECEIVE NAVY WINGS AT PENTAGON FOR A DARING RESCU OF 11 NAVY FLYERS WHOSE PATROL PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN BY RUSSIAN MIGS. 00:30:08 - MS- AWED CHILDREN WATCH MONSTER PARADE IN SEATTLE WITH GROTESQUE RUBBER FIGURES,INCLUDING POPEYE OLIVE OYL AND A LARGE RUBBER SPIDER. 00:30:28 - LS- A 20 FOOT RUBBER BALLOON SEA MONSTER IS CARRIED DOWN STREET. 00:30:55 - MS- STEVE ALLEN GETS '1955 PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR 'AWARD FROM THE THE WASHINGTON,D.C.VARIETY CLUBS. 00:31:53 - FASHIONS IN AN ORIENTAL MOOD - FASHIONS OF A FAR EASTERN INFLUENCE ARE SHOWN AT A JAPANESE RESTAURANT IN NEW YORK. 00:32:52 - NATIONAL BOAT SHOW IN SEATTLE - MONTAGE- MODELS SHOW KITCHEN AND LIVING AREAS ON BOATS. MS- MODEL WEARS PLAID SWIM SUIT TO GO WITH HER PLAID WATER SKIS. 00:33:36 - CU- MECHANICAL DUCK STICKS HEAD IN WATER. 00:33:38 - CU- ZOO KEEPER IN MADRID POURS A PAIL OF WATER INTO THE HUGE OPEN MOUTH OF A HIPPO AS ANOTHER WASHES THE HIPPO'S BACK. 00:33:51 - MS- LITTLE BOYS WATCH IN AWE AS KEEPER POURS PAILS FULL OF FOOD INTO THE HIPPO'S OPEN MOUTH. 00:34:00 - CU- THE GIANT HIPPO SPREADS ITS ENORMOUS JAWS AS 2 KEEPERS SCRUB IT'S MOUTH AND TEETH WITH A BRUSH MS- HALF OF THE KEEPERS BODY IS IN THE HUGE MOUTH AS HE PERFORMS HIS CHORES. 00:34:54 - CHICAGO FIRE - CITY GETS ITS REVENGE ON MRS. O'LEARY AS THE LEGENDERY HOUSE IS PUT TO THE TORCH TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW BOULEVARD. 00:35:04 - AERIAL- CHICAGO CITYSCAPE. MS- HOME OF MRS. O'LEARY WHOSE COW STARTED THE CHICAGO FIRE OF 1871 00:35:20 - MONTAGE- PAINTINGS DEPICTING THE FIRE. 00:35:28 - MS- FIREMEN DEMONSTRATE AN OLD PUMPER OF THAT PERIOD. 00:36:02 - LS- HUGE PYRAMID SHAPED BLOCKS ARE DROPPED FROM A BRIDGE INTO THE VOLGA RIVER BY RUSSIANS TO PERMIT CONSTRUCTION OF A DAM. 00:36:36 - MONTAGE- VETERENARIANS INJECT SULPHUR DRUGS INTO A MANATEE TO CURE WOUNDS MADE BY A SPEAR FISHERMAN IN THE PALLAU ISLANDS 00:37:30 - LS- TRACTOR TRAILERS,BUSES AND CARS GO THROUGH AN OBSTACLE COURSE AT AIR FORCE BASE TO TEST THEIR DRIVING SKILL BEFORE JUDGES. 00:37:48 - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - ARMY 14 - NAVY 6 MONYAGE- ARMY CADETS AND NAVY MIDSHIPMEN MARCH SMARTLY ONTO THE FIELD.MS- NAVY'S MASCOT RAM IS THERE. 00:38:10 - MS- GENERALS TAYLOR AND MCAULIFF ARE THERE FOR ARMY, ADMIRAL RADCLIFF FOR NAVY. 00:38:51 - LS- NAVYMEN SHOW THEIR APPROVAL AS WELSH TAKES ONE OVER FOR A TD. MS- CADETS GO WOLD AS ARMY SCORES A TD.HUNDREDS OF CADETS RUN ONTO THE FIELD AS ARMY SCORES AN UPSET. 00:39:52 - USC 42 - NOTRE DAME 20 IN LOS ANGELES STADIUM.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1955
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-901