- Title: VM-908
- Summary: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS:
- Description:00:01:02 - INDO-CHINA - WOUNDED EVACUATED FROM DIEN BIEN PHU LS- AMERICAN BOMBERS WITH FRENCH PILOTS TAKE-OFF AND BOMB RED POSITIONS . MEDICAL SUPPLIES ARE DROPPED BY PARACHUTE ON SURROUNDED FRENCH TROOPS AT DIEN BIEN PHU. 00:02:24 - MONTAGE- WOUNDED FRENCH SOLDIERS ARE CARRIED OFF HELICOPTERS IN STRETCHERS AND FLOWN TO A HANOI HOSPITAL. 00:02:54 - MS- PRESIDENT IKE IS PRESENTED WITH A REPLICA OF A SERIES'E' BOND, MADE IN FLOWERS BY MRS.HUBERT HUMPHREY. 00:04:11 - MS- GENERAL MAXWELL TAYLOR MEETS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WILSON AT SEOUL,KOREA AIRPORT. 00:04:30 - FORT LEE CELEBRATES IT'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY AND ALSO IT'S ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY. MS- PEOPLE LINE UP TO SEE THE 'GLEN MILLER STORY' AT LOCAL THEATER. 00:04:42 - MS- AS THE 'DIRECTOR ROLLS THE FILM BY HAND,THREE LADIES MODEL 1900'S BATHING SUITS. 00:04:55 - MS- 3 LADIES SIT ON FLOOR AND SIMULATE ROWING A BOAT.MS- PLAQUIE COMMEMORATING 1ST MOTION PICTURE CIRCA 1910, IS PRESENTED TO THE MAYOR OF FORT LEE. 00:05:22 - KIDS IN SPORTS - 6 YEAR OLD MOTORCYCLIST. MS- MOTHER OF BOY ADJUSTS HIS HELMET AND WIPES HIS NOSE. 00:05:40 - MONTAGE- 6 YEAR OLD SPEEDS THROUGH HIS OBSTACLE COURSE IS KISSED BY YOUNG GIRL AT FINISH LINE. 00:06:10 - ANNUAL JUNIOR RODEO IN JOHN JAY,OREGON. YOUNG GIRL HOLDS ON TO DEAR LIFE AS SHE RIDES A BRONCING CALF. MONTAGE- GIRLS AND BOYS ARE THROWN BY YOUNG BULLS AND PONIES. 00:07:31 - CU- PRESIDENT IKE MAKES A SPEECH ABOUT AID TO KOREA. 00:08:56 - SAAR ACCORD - FRANCE,GERMANY COAL DISPUTE NEARS END. MS- GERMAN CHANCELLOR ADENAUER ARRIVES AT MEETING AS DOES DEGASPERI OF ITALY AND SPAAK OF BELGIUM.LS- ADENAUER ADDRESSES DELEGATES 00:09:57 - MONTAGE- NEW BOEING 707 IS TESTED. WORKERS RIDE OUT TO THE RUNWAY AFTER THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED BEFORE TAKE-OFF.. 00:10:50 - MONTAGE- AIR FORCE SCIENTISTS COLLECT INSECT SPECIMEN IN A COLVERT IN KOREA TO COMBAT PLAGUE. CU- INSECT AS SEEN UNDER MICROSCOPE. 00:11:25 - LS- PLANE SPRAYS INSECTICIDE OVER KOREAN FIELD TO NIP THE EPEDEMIC IN THE BUD. 00:11:35 - MS- TEACHER OF THE YEAR - PRESIDENT IKE SHAKES HANDS WITH WILLARD WEATHERBURGH AS TEACHER'S 4 CHILDREN AND WIFE LOOK ON. 00:12:08 - LS- MONTE CASINO IN ITALY- IS RESTORED AFTER DESTRUCTION DURING WWII.MS- WOMAN POSES WITH LARGE BASKET OF LAUNDRY ON HER HEAD, AS LITTLE CHILDREN PLACE FLOWERS ON MONUMENT TO GIS WHO DIED THERE. 00:12:52 - BOXING - 12,00 FANS WATCH INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR BOXING AT CHICAGO STADIUM. LS- U.S.BOXER KNOCKS OUT BELGIAN WITH ROUNDHOUSE PUNCHES 00:13:49 - HORSE RACING AT PIMLICO,MARYLAND - MS- FBI DIRECTOR J.EDGAR HOOVER,HOUSE SPEAKER MARTIN AND MARYLAND'S GOVERNOR MCKELDON ARE THERE. 00:14:09 - CU- A SAILOR CHECKS HIS SCRATCH SHEET.LS- 'HASTY ROAD' BEATS 'CORELATION' BY A NOSE. 00:16:02 - RAIL BATTLE - TYCOON, ROBERT YOUNG CLAIMS NEW YORK CENTRAL CONTROL. MS- NEW YORK CENTRAL SPECIAL ARRIVES IN ALBANY WITH YOUNG ABOARD. HE GIVES VICTORY SIGN AS HE GETS OFF. 00:16:40 - MS- THE SAFE BEARING THE PROXY VOTE IS PLACED IN AN ARMORED CAR BY WORKERS. MS- STOCK HOLDERS ENTER THE WASHINGTON AVENUE ARMORY, VOTES ARE TAKEN AND PLACED IN BALLOT BOX. 00:17:44 - MONTAGE- MARIE DIONNE OF THE FAMED QUINTUPLETS, TAKES THE VOWS AS A NUN AS HER PARENTS AND SISTERS WATCH. 00:18:00 - LS- CONVENT OF THE SERVANT OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT IN QUEBEC HAS MASS FOR MARIE. 00:18:40 - LS- LINER 'UNITED STATES' SAILS INTO PORT WITH EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE OF ETHIOPIA AND FAMILY ABOARD. SELASSIE WAVES TO STATUE OF LIBERTY IN NEW YORK HARBOR. 00:19:19 - LS- PRESIDENT IKE GREETS EMPEROR SELASSIE AT WHITE HOUSE STEPS. 00:19:35 - ARGENTINE WOMAN RIDES 16,600 MILES FROM ARGENTINA TO CANADA ON HORSEBACK. LS- WOMAN ON HORSEBACK IS FOLLOWED BY A BURRO CARRYING HER BELONGINGS ALONG THE HIGHWAY TO NEW YORK. 00:20:14 - MS- GI IN GERMANY RECEIVES A LETTER FROM HIS FIANCEE WHICH IS NEARLY A MILE LONG. (PAN)OF THE CALCULATOR TAPE IS UNRAVELLED AND SPREAD OUT. 00:20:46 - AIRCRAFT CARRIER BLAST - SCORES DIE AS FIRE SWEEPS THE 'BENNINGTON'. LS- AS CARRIER HEADS FOR PIER, SAILORS ASHORE PREPARE STRETCHERS AND GURNEYS FOR THE WOUNDED AND DEAD. 00:21:25 - MONTAGE- COVERED BODIES OF SAILORS,MANY BURNED BEYOND RECOGNITION, LIE ON STRETCHERS. 00:21:42 - MS- SAILOR SITS WITH HIS HEAD BETWEEN HIS KNEES AS HE WEEPS. CU- SAILOR POSES WITH BLACKENED FACE. 00:22:31 - CU- NEWSMAN JOHN DALY MAKES PITCH FOR THE KOREAN FOUNDATION AS SCVENES OF KOREAN WAR ARE SHOWN. 00:22:53 - LS- KOREAN PEASANT WALKS ALONG ROAD CARRYING SACKS OF CLOTHING ON HIS BACK.MS- LITTLE BOY WALKS ATOP RUBBLE OF DESTROYED BUILDING BARELY KEEPING HIS BALANCE. 00:22:56 - MS- KNEELING KOREAN WOMAN CRIES ALONGSIDE THE BODY OF A LOVED ONE. 00:24:07 - TOT KIDNAPPED - ABDUCTOR CAPTURED, 4 YEAR OLD RESCUED. CU- HEADLINES OF SAN FRANCISCO NEWS TELLS STORY. 00:24:44 - MS- LITTLE GIRL POSES WITH HER POLICE RESCUERS. GIRL'S MOTHER HUGS HER AS GRAND PARENTS WATCH HAPPILY. 00:25:12 - MS- KIDNAPPER,IRVING ARNOLD, WHO BOARDED WITH VICTIMS FAMILY, PEERS AT CAMERA FROM BEHIND BARS. 00:25:26 - MS- POPE SA LO TAC A VIETNAMESE RELIGIOUS SECT LEADER, ARRIVES AT FRENCH AIRPORT IN HIS UNIQUE COSTUME AND IS MET BY HIS VIETNAM FOLLOWERS. 00:25:57 - MS- OFFICIALS CUT RIBBON FOR A NEW MOVING PEOPLE CONVEYOR BELT FOR NEW JERSEY COMMUTERS MOVING THEM TO TRAINS CROSSING THE HUDSON RIVER. 00:26:37 - ANNUAL HEN DERBY IN FONTANA,CALIFORNIA - HEN PRODUCERS ENTER HENS IN EGG PRODUCING CONTEST. 00:26:47 - MS- LONG LINE OF HENS IN A LONG CAGE LAY EGGS THAT ROLL DOWN RACK, PICKED UP BY JUDGES CHECKING PRODUCTION. CU- HEN JUMPS OUT OF BOX AND LEAVES BEHIND A HUGE EGG. 00:27:57 - BLOCK STACKING CONTEST - MEN AND WOMAN SIT AT PICNIC TABLES AND STACK BLOCKS. 00:28:04 - FASHIONS - STYLES IN SUITS AND SUDS.MS- MALE MODELS SHOW SUITS AS THEY DRINK BEER AT BAR. 00:29:12 - JUMPING GROG JUBILEE AT ANGEL'S CAMP, CALIFORNIA. MS- DAD HOLDS BABY IN ONE ARM AND A HUGE FROG IN THE OTHER . 00:29:29 - MS- CONTESTANT PLACES FROG IN CENTER OF CIRCLE AND THE JUDGES MEASURE THE DISTANCE HE JUMPS OUT. MS- LITTLE GIRL STAMPS HER FEET DOWN HARD CAUSING THE FROG TO LEAP. 00:30:08 - 1ST NEGRO BASEBALL UMPIRE, EMMETT ASHFORD, PUTS ON A DEMONSTRATION FOR THE FANS. 00:30:17 - MS- EMMETT SWEEPS HOME PLATE WITH A FLAIR AND CALLS THE PLAYS IN A COLORFUL MANNER. 00:31:08 - SAINT PIUS X - MILLIONS REJOICE AT CANNONIZATION. 00:31:24 - MONTAGE- BODY OF POPE IS CARRIED THROUGH HUGE CROWD IN ROME'S PIAZZA SAN PIETRO.POPE PAUL XII BLESSES THE CROWD AS HE IS CARRIED THROUGH THE CROWD ON HIS THRONE. 00:32:41 - INDO-CHINA - FRENCH WOUNDED ARE EVACUATED FROM DIEN BIEN PHU ON STRETCHERS AFTER THEIR RELEASE BY REDS. 00:33:14 - FRENCH NURSE, JENVIEVE DE GALLARD,'THE ANGEL OF DIEN BIEN PHU' WHO REFUSED RELEASE TO STAY WITH THE WOUNDED, IS HONORED AS SHE ARRIVES IN FRANCE. 00:33:37 - LS- NAVY'S NEW 'POGO STICK' PLANE TAKES-OFF VERTICALLY. 00:34:20 - MONTAGE- ROYAL CANADIAN F-86 SABRE JET LANDS AFTER 62 OF THEM COMPLETED TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT. 00:34:43 - ANIMALS- 3 SEA OTTERS CAPTURED ON SISKA ISLAND IN THE ALEUTIANS, ARE 1ST IN CAPTIVITY.HEAD FOR ZOO. SMALL LIVE CRABS ARE FED TO THE OTTERS. 00:35:33 - MONTAGE- MEMBERS OF ANNAPOLIS GRADUATING CLASS PARADE BEFORE 'COLOR GIRL OF 1954' 00:36:04 - 175TH EPSOM DOWNS DERBY - AMERICAN COLT WINS IN BRITISH CLASSIC. LS- QUEEN ELIZABETH ARRIVES AT STADIUM. MS- AMERICAN JOCKEY JOHNNY LONGDEN RIDE AN IRISH HORSE. 00:37:19 - LS- AMERICAN HORSE 'NEVER SAY DIE' WINS DERBY. 00:38:08 - GENEVA IMPASSE - BIG 5 CONFER ON STRAYEGY IN ASIA. 00:39:03 - MS- U.S.ADMIRAL JOHN CARNEY MEETS WITH MILITARY OF NEW ZEALAND,AUSTRALIA AND BRITAIN TO CONSIDER GROUP ACTION IN INDO-CHINA. 00:39:20 - FASTEST MAN ON EARTH - LT.COLONEL JOHN STAT RIDES A ROCKET SLED ON A METAL TRACK TO TEST SAFETY EQUIPMENT. VEHICLE SPEEDS AT 421 MPH. 00:40:03 - CU- CAMERA VIEW SHOWS STAT'S FACE DISTORTION AT THAT SPEED. 00:40:40 - MONTAGE- FRENCH GENERAL COTY JOINS AMBASSADOR LODGE AT CEMETERY IN NORMANDY WHERE 9800 GIS FELL DURING WWII INVASION. SOLDIERS WALK AMID THE MANY CROSSES, CHILDREN HOLD BOQUETS OF FLOWERS. 00:41:10 - MARSHALL TITO OF YUGOSLAVIA IS RECEIVED IN ATHENS GREECE BY KING PAUL, DURING 'GOOD WILL' VISIT. 00:41:50 - 'TRUE VOW KEEPERS CLUB' HOLD IT'S 29TH ANNUAL MEETING IN KANSAS. COUPLES MARRIED 50 YEARS OLD OR OVER MEET.THE CLUB BOASTS OVER 100,000 MEMBERS 00:42:09 - MONTAGE- ELDERLY COUPLES SPORT COLORFUL HATS IN A PAPER HAT CONTEST. 00:42:35 - LS- LS- DEPUTY DEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT ANDERSON GIVES OUT DIPLOMAS TO GRADUATION CLASS AT ANAPOLIS.20,000 WATCH AS MIDSHIPMEN FLIP THEIR HATS. 00:43:03 - SPORTS- WES SANTEE RUNS MILE IN 4.06 MINUTES. 00:43:51 - MONTAGE- 200 WILD HORSES OWNED BY RANCHER IN GERMANY ARE DRIVEN INTO A CORRAL WHERE DOZENS OF MEN TRY TO PHYSICALLY CATCH THE 1 YEAR OLD HORSES 00:44:10 - 6 MEN GRAB A HORSE AS ONE OF THEM GRASPS IT'S TAIL. THESE ARE THE ONLY WILD HORSES IN EUROPE AND ARE OWNED BY ONE FAMILY FOR 600 YEARS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1954
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-908