- Title: VM-906
- Summary: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS:
- Description:00:00:52 - INDO-CHINA - U.S. SPEEDS UP AIDE AS CRISIS NEARS 00:01:13 - MS- A FRENCH SOLDIER 'FEELS' THE GROUND FOR MINES WITH HIS KNIFE AS ANOTHER USES A MINE DETECTOR. 00:01:25 - CU- HAND HELD KNIFE LIFTS A LAND MINE BUT IT EXPLODES SERIOUSLY WOUNDING THE SOLDIER. 00:01:41 - IN THE AGE OF THE ATOM - DOCTORS IN TOKYO EXAMINE FISHERMAN 'EXPOSED' DURING THE ENEWITOK H-BOMB TEST. CU- FISHERMAN HAS THE SAME TYPE OF BURNS ON HIS FACE SUFFERED BY THE VICTIMS OF HIROSHIMA. 00:02:30 - MS- TUNA FISH KILLED DURING THE TEST ARE CHECKED FOR RADIO ACTIVITY AT A PORT IN SAN FRANCISCO. CU- FEDERAL AGENTS RUN GEIGER COUNTER ACROSS FISH CARCASS. 00:03:04 - LS- TROOPS OF THE 1ST ARMY SIT ON GROUND AS A SIMULATED A-BOMB EXPLOSION USING TNT SENDS UP A MUSHROOM CLOUD. TROOPS WEARING GAS MASKS RUSH INTO THE SMOKING ARES FOLLOWING THE EXPLOSION 00:03:42 - LS- 1ST AIRPLANE EJECTOR SEAT IS TESTED IN SKY OVER LAKE HURST NEW JERSEY. 00:04:16 - MS- PRESIDENT IKE RECEIVES CROSS OF THE HOLY SEPULCHER FROM ARCH BISHOP MICHAEL OF GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH. MS- IKE ALSO RECEIVES A COWBOY HAT. 00:04:56 - MONTAGE- A LEAST 1000 REFUGEES A DAY FLEEING FROM RED TYRANNY REACH TEMPORARY HAVEN IN BERLIN. 00:05:10 - MS- ESCAPEES ARE SCREENED, HOUSED AND FED IN LARGE DINING HALLS. 00:05:18 - IWO JIMA RELIVED - TOKEN FORCE OF U.S. TROOPS STORM IWO BEACHES USING BLANK BULLETS. 00:06:19 - BOXING - NEW YORK VS CHICAGO FOR INNER CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS AT MADISON SQUARE GARDENS. 00:06:47 - MS- CHICAGO 175 POUNDER KNOCKS OUT NYC CHAMP IN 1ST ROUND. MS- SPECTATOR PUFFS HEAVILY ON A CIGARETTE. 00:08:05 - INCA BABY - PRESERVED 500 YEARS IN ANDES SNOW. FULL SET OF FINELY BRAIDED HAIR ON CHILD'S HEAD AND THE BODY IN NEAR PERFECT STATE OF PRESERVATION. CU- FOOT IS ENCASED IN AN EMBROIDERED MOCCASIN. 00:09:10 - MONTAGE- CRUSHING CROWD GREETS TURKISH PRESIDENT AT ISTANBUL, AFTER HIS RETURN FROM VISIT WITH PRESIDENT IKE IN THE U.S. 00:09:39 - MONTAGE- QUEEN ELIZABETH VISITS AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES OF THE BUSH COUNTRY. THE UNIQUE LOOKING NATIVES PUT ON A COLORFUL DANCE. 00:10:10 - ANNUAL HUMANITY AWARDS BANQUET - VARIETY CLUB'S INTERNATIONAL BRING THEIR CONVENTION TO DALLAS. 00:10:25 - ACTRESS BARBARA STANWICH PRESENTS HEART CITATION TO CLYDE WAXMAN. DR. CARL MEYER OF UCLA RECEIVES THE HUMANITARIAN AWARD FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE. 00:10:50 - MS- AMERICA'S OLDEST TRIPLETS ARE 86 YEAR OLD LADIES. FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY ARE ALL WIDOWS AND ALL FROM MASSACHUSETTS. 00:11:18 - MONTAGE- GALS FROM NEW PLYMOUTH TEACHERS COLLEGE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE CARRY CANOES UP A SNOWY HILL THEN GET IN AND SLIDE DOWN THE HILL. 00:11:57 - MS- ACTOR CHILL WILLS AND 'FRANCIS' THE HORSE POSE FOR PHOTOS FOR THE ANNUAL PATSY AWARD. 00:12:17 - CU- WALTER MANTZ, CREATOR OF 'WOODY THE WOODPECKER' POSES WITH A 'WOODY' DOLL. 00:12:34 - SPRING HATS IN PARIS - DESIGNS FROM THE SALON OF SUZANNE TOLBERT ARE SHOWN. 00:13:34 - CIRCUS COMES TO THE BIG TOWN - ANIMALS DEBARK FROM TRAINS AT A FREIGHT YARD IN NEW YORK CITY TO AN AUDIENCE OF CHILDREN. 00:14:06 - LS- LONG LINE OF ELEPHANTS PARADE DOWN A STREET WITH THEIR TRAINERS RIDING THEM AND CROWD OF CHILDREN WATCHING. 00:14:24 - MS- REAR ENDS OF ELEPHANTS WALKING DOWN AVENUE. 00:14:55 - H-BOMB - AWFUL DESTRUCTION IS REVEALED IN TESTS. 00:15:05 - MONTAGE- PREPARATION AND FINAL EXPLOSION OF BOMB INCLUDE COUNTDOWN, EXPLOSION, SHOCKWAVE AND HUGE MUSHROOM. 00:18:15 - LS- THE NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE IS SUPERIMPOSED ONTO THE EXPLOSION TO SHOW THE SCOPE OF AREA AFFECTED. 00:19:51 - FASHIONS IN HOLLYWOOD - MS- ACTRESS MAMIE VAN DOREN WALKS OFF A TRAIN AND MODELS HER OUTFIT FOR THE CAMERA. MS- RUTH HAMPTON, KATHLEEN HUGHES AND COLEEN MILLER MODEL THEIR OUTFITS. 00:20:38 - MS- MARA CORDAY POSES WITH HER DOG OTHER ACTRESSES POSE IN SWIM SUITS BY THE POOL. 00:21:38 - VOL 27/558 00:21:52 - INDO-CHINA - AIR STRIKES AID BELEAGUERED FRENCH. 00:22:22 - FRENCH FLYING BOXCARS DROP PARATROOPS AND SUPPLIES ON SURROUNDED TROOPS AT DIEN BIEN PHU. 00:22:59 - MONTAGE- POLICE IN BEIRUT TURN HOSES ON AND BATTLE RIOTERS. POLICE FIRE INTO FRENZIED MOB. 00:23:47 - JAPANESE AMBASSADOR AND WIFE IN GEISHA DRESS UNVEIL MONUMENT COMMEMORATING CHERRY BLOSSOM TREES IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO OPEN CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL 00:24:19 - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - LS- NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL PLAYERS RUN ONTO THE FIELD FOR SPRING TRAINING. 00:24:27 - MS- PLAYERS (PAN) WATCH COACH TERRY BRENNAN SKETCH PLAYS ON A BLACKBOARD. MS- DOUBLE LINE OF PLAYERS RUN THROUGH A ROPE OBSTACLE COURSE. 00:24:36 - LS- PLAYERS SIMULTANEOUSLY KICK DOZENS OF FOOTBALLS INTO THE AIR. 00:24:54 - DOG SHOW - CU- DOG WEARING GLASSES, HAT AND SAILOR SUIT. 00:25:25 - 108TH GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE IN ENGLAND - 'ROYAL TAN' WINS AS RACE KILLS 4 HORSES. 00:25:47 - LS- HUGE CROWD FILLS PARK. MONTAGE- BOOKMAKERS HAWK THE TRACK AND MAKE THEIR HAND SIGNALS. CU- WOOD BLOCKS ON BOOKIES SHOES TO MAKE THEM TALLER. 00:26:20 - MONTAGE- HORSES TAKE-OFF AND JUMP HURDLES; MANY TRIP GOING OVER. 4 ARE KILLED. 00:28:22 - VOL 27/559 00:28:43 - NATO IN ACTION - AIR-SEA FORCES STAGE MANEUVERS. 00:29:48 - LS- HUGE CROWD OF SPANIARDS WAVE HANDKERCHIEVES AT SHIP BARING 280 SPANIARDS HELD BY THE RUSSIANS SINCE WWII.HYSTERICALLY CRYING KIN HUG THEIR LOVED ONES. 00:30:24 - MONTAGE- TRUCK LOADS OF GOATS, RABBITS AND OTHER LIVE STOCK ARE AIRLIFTED TO KOREA. 00:31:29 - MS- FEDERAL AGENTS EXAMINE A CACHE OF DRUGS SMUGGLED INTO THE U.S. BY RED CHINA. CU- A MAGAZINE WITH THE CENTER CUT OUT HOLDS A PACKAGE OF DRUGS. 00:32:15 - MS- SCIENTIST IN A PROTECTIVE SUIT CRAWLS INTO AN INFLATED PLASTIC TUNNEL WHICH HAS A SLIP INTO PLASTIC SUIT AT THE END WHICH ALLOWS HIM TO WORK IN AN ATOMIC INFESTED ROOM. 00:33:04 - PRESIDENT IKE AND SECRETARY DULLES ATTEND THE COMMEMORATION OF A NEW POSTAL STAMP WHICH CONTAINS FOR THE 1ST TIME, A RELIGIOUS MESSAGE. 00:33:35 - MS- A TINY 13 POUND COLT IS BORN ON A HORSE FARM 00:33:47 - YO YO CRAZE - HUNDREDS OF SCHOOL KIDS IN JACKSON HEIGHTS, NEW YORK, SIMULTANEOUSLY PLAY WITH THEIR YO-YOS'.MONTAGE- EACH KID INCLUDING A POLICEMAN SHOW THEIR SKILL WITH THE YO-YO. 00:34:25 - 7TH ANNUAL WATER SKI TOURNAMENT IN CYPRESS GARDENS, FLORIDA. GIRLS SHOW THEIR PRECISION SKIING AS TOP SKIERS SHOW THEIR STUFF AT BREAKNECK SPEED 00:35:10 - VOL 27/560 00:35:34 - BRITISH SPEED ATOMIC RESEARCH - LS- PLUTONIUM PRODUCING PLANT IN BRITAIN. MS- WORKER WEARS PROTECTIVE MASK AND SUIT WHILE HE WORKS WITH RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE 00:36:32 - MS- MEN SCRUB THEMSELVES IN WASH ROOMS AT END OF DAY'S WORK, THEN PLACE THEIR HANDS IN A HIGHLY SENSITIVE MONITOR.. 00:37:01 - MONTAGE- A U.S. TRAINER TEACHES TURKISH, DUTCH AND SPANISH PILOTS HOW TO FLY U.S. JETS AT MUNICH AIRBASE. 00:37:32 - LS- 25 YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS OF A KOREAN CHILDREN'S CHOIR ARRIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR A NATION-WIDE MS- U.S. AND KOREAN KIDS EXCHANGE LEI'S AND FLAGS 00:38:15 - MS- AUSTRALIAN LEADERS LINE UP AT DOCKSIDE TO BID FAREWELL TO QUEEN ELIZABETH AND PHILIP WHO BOARD THEIR SHIP. 00:38:58 - SUSAN BALL WEDS - STAR WHO LOST HER LEG TO CANCER PUTS HER CRUTCHES ASIDE TO WED. 00:39:11 - MONTAGE- CROWD GATHERS OUTSIDE CHURCH TO WATCH 'STORYBOOK' WEDDING BETWEEN HOLLYWOOD STARS SUSAN BALL AND RICHARD LONG. MS- JEFF CHANDLER IS THERE 00:39:57 - KIDS 'FISHING DERBY' IN SEATTLE - LS- CROWD OF KIDS WITH FISHING POLES RUN TO GET THEIR SPOT AT SEASIDE. CU- SMALL BOY CROUCHES TO BAIT HOOK WHILE ANOTHER BOY SITS PATIENTLY FOR A BITE. 00:40:08 - BOXING- ANNUAL BOXING EVENT AT ANNAPOLIS BETWEEN KIDS OF NAVYMEN. MS- WITH BOXING GLOVES ALMOST AS BIG AS HE IS, A LITTLE BOY IS WEIGHED-IN. 00:41:30 - MONTAGE- BRAVE LITTLE BOXERS THROW ROUND HOUSE PUNCHES AT EACH OTHERS. 00:42:04 - VOL 27/561 00:42:27 - INDO-CHINA - REDS GO ALL-OUT AS GENEVA PARLEY NEARS. MONTAGE- FRENCH REPAIR RAIL LINES DESTROYED BY REDS AS THEY TRY TO KEEP SUPPLY LINES OPEN TO HANOI. 00:43:27 - MS- FRENCH TROOPS LITERALLY LAY DOWN RAILS BY HAND 00:44:00 - LS- TEENAGE SONS OF U.S. CITIZENS ARE RE-UNITED WITH THEIR PARENTS AFTER BEING HELD FOR 7 YEARS IN COMMUNIST ROMANIA. 00:44:16 - MONTAGE- NEW BRITISH TANK 'CONQUEROR' IS ADDED TO EUROPEAN ARMY. 00:44:37 - MS- FRENCH FIRE FIGHTERS DEMONSTRATE ALL-ALUMINUM SUIT TO FIGHT FIRES CLOSE UP. MS- SPECTATORS WATCH AS FIREFIGHTERS WALK INTO BLAZING FIRE. 00:45:32 - CANAL BOAT LIVING IN BERLIN - BERLINERS FISH, PLAY CARDS AND HANG CLOTHES ON CLOTHES LINES. 00:46:00 - SPONGE FISHING IN GREECE - SPONGE FISHERMEN CLEAN HUGE SPONGES AND PREPARE THEIR BOATS FOR THE SEASON. 00:46:18 - MS- GREEK BISHOPS AND PRIESTS BLESS GATHERING BOATS BEFORE THEY DEPART FOR THE 7 MONTH PERILOUS VOYAGE TO GATHER SPONGES. 00:46:49 - BASEBALL - BALTIMORE CHEERS OLD TIME ORIOLE PLAYER AS THEY RIDE IN MOTORCADE. VICE PRESIDENT NIXON IS THERE. LS- FANS RUSH TO GET AUTOGRAPHS OF THE NEW TEAM WHO ARE ALSO IN THE MOTORCADE. 00:47:51 - MS- ANIMAL ANTICS - YOUNG COWBOY USES A THIN STICK TO TRAIN HIS PONY DON TRICKS. THE PONY PLAYS DEAD AND THE BOY PLACES HIS HEAD ON HIM. MS- BOY AND PONY EAT CEREAL OUT OF DISHES ON TABLE. 00:48:43 - LS- 8 YEAR OLD COWBOY DOES ACROBATIC TRICKS ON PONY AT FULL GALLOP 00:48:59 - VOL 27/562 00:49:21 - INDO-CHINA - FRENCH RE-INFORCED AS CRISIS MOUNTS. LS- PARATROOPS DROP TO GROUND AND GO IMMEDIATELY INTO ACTION NEAR ENCIRCLED DIEN BIEN PHU. 00:50:29 - MS- POLICEMAN EXAMINES UNEXPLAINED PITS AND POT MARKS ON PEOPLES WINDSHIELDS IN SEATTLE. MS- PEOPLE COVER THEIR WINDSHIELDS WITH SHEETS AS PNEUMONIA SPREADS TO OTHER AREAS INCLUDING CANADA. 00:50:57 - SCIENTISTS EXAMINE PARTICLES UNDER MICROSCOPES, SUSPECTING INDUSTRIAL ASH AND A-BOMB FALLOUT. 00:51:05 - MINIATURE VILLAGE OF MIDURADAM IN HOLLAND - HALF MILLION PEOPLE VISIT DUTCH VILLAGE,'THE LILLIPUT OF THE LOWLANDS',COMPLETE WITH MOVING MINIATURE CARS AND A GIANT GULLIVER. 00:51:46 - MS- THE TROOP TRANSPORT'GENERAL GRAY' DOCKS IN NEW YORK PORT WITH TROOPS OF THE 45TH DIVISION, HOME FROM KOREA. MONTAGE- FAMILIES GREET THE GIS' WITH HUGS AND KISSES.. 00:52:55 - MONTAGE - YOUNG PRINCE CHARLES, PRINCESS ANNE AND THE QUEEN MOTHER ARRIVE AT ROYAL YACHT BRITANICA AT DOCKSIDE. 00:53:27 - FASHIONS - SPRING COLLECTION OF PARIS DESIGNER JACQUES PAS IS SHOWN AT A SCENIC BACKDROP IN HOLLAND. 00:54:41 - A SPRING TONIC AT THE LONDON ZOO - MS- ZOO KEEPER POURS HALIBUT OIL ON FEED FISH AND FEEDS IT TO PLAYFUL SEALS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1954
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-906