- Title: VM-911
- Summary: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS:
- Description:00:01:00 - SUBMARINE TEST - CREW SEALED 60 DAYS IN UNDERSEA CRAFT. MS- SUBMARINE 'HADDOCK' SITS TIED UP TO PIER WITH CREW SEALED UP INSIDE TO DETERMINE THE HUMAN FACTOR DURING LONG PERIODS SUBMERGED ON ATOMIC SUBS. 00:01:09 - MS- CREWMEN PLAY CARDS, WRITE LETTERS AND HANG PICTURES OF PIN-UPS. MS- NAVY DOCTORS EXAMINES AND TALKS TO THE MEN 00:02:24 - EXPLODING AMMUNITION TRAIN IN INDIANA - MONTAGE- DESTROYED BUILDINGS AND SCATTERED DEBRIS IS ALL THAT REMAIN OF A VILLAGE. 00:02:46 - LS- MILITARY GUARDS PATROL THE AREA AS LIVE AMMUNITION LIES SCATTERED AROUND. LS- HARDLY A HOUSE REMAINS INHABITABLE. VILLAGERS WERE HAVING A TOWN MEETING ON THE OPPOSITE PART OF TOWN AND ONLY 8 WERE INJURED IN THE BLAST. 00:03:25 - MS- MR. AND MRS. HENRY COOK CELEBRATE THEIR 75TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. THEIR SON AND HIS WIFE CELEBRATE THEIR 50TH AT SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA. 00:03:57 - MS- GUEST AT WEDDING IS GOVERNOR EARL WARREN WHO ENJOYS A PIECE OF CAKE WITH THE COOKS, THEIR CHILDREN AND GRAND-CHILDREN. 00:04:00 - LS- THE FOUR WAVE FROM THEIR CONVERTIBLE AS THEY GO OFF FOR THEIR 2ND HONEYMOON.'JUST MARRIED' SIGN ON THE TRUNK OF THE CAR. 00:04:18 - SPRING FASHIONS ON PARIS MOVIE SET - MS- MODELS POSE FOR A MOVIE PRODUCTION CREW AND CAMERA. PROP MAN HOLDS FAN BLOWING TOWARD MODEL TO GET EFFECT. MS- MODELS POSE IN PIERRE VALMAIN DESIGNS. 00:05:43 - GRAND NATIONAL RACE IN AIMSTREE,ENGLAND - 'EARLY MISS' WINS AS ONLY 5 FINISH. 00:05:47 - LS- 250,000 FANS WATCH THE RACE WHICH DETERMINES THE IRISH SWEEPSTAKES. 00:06:30 - LS- THE FIELD OF 31 STARTERS BEGIN TO THIN OUT AS HORSES AND RIDERS TAKE SPECTACULAR FALLS AT THE HURDLES. LS- HORSE MAKES A SUDDEN STOP AND THE RIDER FLIES OVER THE OBSTACLE. 26 HORSES FAIL TO FINISH. 00:07:54 - KOREA - BATTLES RAGE ON KEY HILLS GUARDING SEOUL. 00:08:08 - MONTAGE- UN TROOPS POUND THE HILLS WITH MORTAR FIRE. MS- HEAVY VEHICLES GET MIRED IN DEEP MUD. 00:08:50 - MS- HEAVY AWKWARD UNIFORM MAKES A CHINESE PRISONER LOOK OBESE. 00:09:13 - NEW AIR FORCE RESEARCH - LS- THE BELL X1A IS DROPPED FROM HUGH BOMBER AT HIGH ALTITUDE. IT TRAILS A COLUMN OF VAPOR WHEN IT'S ENGINE IS TURNED ON. 00:09:43 - LS- FLAMES SWEEP THROUGH AN ATLANTIC CITY LANDMARK HOTEL. THE TURN OF THE CENTURY HOTEL IS LEFT IN SMOLDERING RUINS. 00:10:12 - CU- GENERAL JAMES VAN FLEET STANDS AT ATTENTION AS TROOPS MARCH BY HONORING HIS RETIREMENT. 00:10:38 - LS- THE SAMUEL GOMPERS MEMORIAL CLINIC IN ARIZONA IS DEDICATED TO THE GREAT LABOR LEADER. MS- GOVERNOR PYLE OF ARIZONA GIVES A SPEECH. 00:10:57 - MS- ACTRESS LORRAINE DAY ASSISTS CEREBRAL PALSY YOUNGSTER AT NEW CLINIC. MS- YOUNG GIRL CEREBRAL PALSY VICTIM WALKS BRISKLY ON CRUTCHES AS NURSES CARRY SMALLER KIDS INTO CLINIC. 00:11:32 - CU- YOUNG GIRL PINS A POPPY ON PRESIDENT IKE'S LAPEL. IKE PAYS HER ONE DOLLAR FOR THE POPPY MADE BY DISABLED VETS. 00:11:55 - MS- OLD TIME ACTRESS MARY PICKFORD SIGNS UP PRESIDENT IKE IN THE BOND-A-MONTH CLUB AS MAMIE LOOKS ON. CU- PHOTO OF MARY PICKFORD SELLING BONDS DURING WWI. 00:12:16 - FISHING - FISHERMEN CAST THEIR LINES IN STREAM AT THE FINGER LAKES AREA OF NEW YORK. MS- ANGLER HOLDS UP 2 LARGE RAINBOW TROUT. MS- BIGGEST TROUT OF ALL ESCAPES NET OF ANGLER. 00:12:58 - RINGLING BROTHERS CIRCUS - MONTAGE- ELEPHANTS RIDDEN BY PERFORMERS, GROTESQUE CLOWNS AND TRAPEZE ARTISTS PERFORM. 00:13:23 - LS- TIGHTROPE ARTIST BALANCES HIMSELF ON WIRE WITH ONE FOOT AS HE THROWS CUPS AND SAUCERS ONTO HIS HEAD AND BALANCES THEM. 00:13:41 - MOTORCYCLES IN MUD - MS- AN 11 YEAR OLD BOY JOINS A 17 YEAR OLD AND 2 GIRLS AS DOZENS OF BIKERS TAKE-OFF. 00:14:00 - MONTAGE- CYCLES GET STUCK IN MUD AND WATER ON COURSE AND SEVERAL FALL;ALL GET MUDDIED. 00:14:22 - CU- GIRL WIPES MUDDY FACE AT END OF RACE. 00:14:48 - KOREA - UN HAMMERS REDS DESPITE TRUCE HOPE. AERIAL- UN JET DROPS BOMBS ON ROADS AND ENEMY POSITIONS. ENEMY FIGHTER IS HIT.(AS SEEN FROM JET'S CAMERA). 00:15:53 - CU- WEST GERMAN CHANCELLOR ARRIVES IN NEW YORK ON SUPER LINER 'UNITED STATES'. 00:16:10 - MS- SIR MICHAEL BALCOMB,BRITAIN'S LEADING PRODUCER, POSES WITH HIS WIFE, AS HE ARRIVES ON LINER QUEEN ELIZABETH.HERE TO DISCUSS HIS PRODUCTION 'THE CRUEL SEA'. 00:16:20 - CU- RETURNING FROM HIS MOTHER'S(QUEEN MARY) FUNERAL, THE DUKE OF WINDSOR IS ALSO ON THE LINER 00:16:31 - MS- PRESIDENT IKE AND SECRETARY OF STATE DULLES APPOINT BOLIN AS AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA. IKE ALSO APPOINTS CLAIRE BOOTH LUCE AS AMBASSADOR TO ITALY 00:17:13 - MS- YOUNG TEEN GOES DOOR-TO-DOOR COLLECTING SHOES FOR KOREAN REFUGEES. THE TEEN PULLS HIS SHOE LADEN WAGON UP TO A MOUNTAIN OF SHOES COLLECTED BY OTHERS. 00:17:29 - MS- NAVY SAILORS EXAMINE SOME OF THE SHOES DEPOSITED AT THE NAVY YARD. MS- BOY IS AWARDED A BIKE FROM A BUSINESSMAN AS THE BOY'S NAVY FATHER LOOKS ON. 00:17:47 - EGG ROLLING CONTEST ON WHITE HOUSE LAWN - 20,000 KIDS SHOW UP FOR THE TRADITIONAL EVENT SPONSORED BY PRESIDENT IKE AND MAMIE. MONTAGE- LITTLE KIDS SIT ON LAWN AND ROLL EGGS 00:17:50 - MS- PRESIDENT IKE'S GRAND CHILDREN JOIN IN THE EGG ROLLING. CU- A LITTLE GIRL EATS THE HARD BOILED EGGS WITH GUSTO. 00:18:40 - EARRING FASHIONS - A FEMALE ARTISAN USES TORCH TO SOLDER EARRINGS. CU- MOBILE EARRINGS HANG FROM MODELS EARS. 00:19:42 - VETS GET BIG TOWN WELCOME - TROOPSHIP STEAMS UP NEW YORK HARBOR AS GIS ABOARD WAVE TO STATUE OF LIBERTY. 00:20:09 - LS- FIRE FIGHTING TUG BOATS SHOOT STREAMS OF WATER SKYWARD AS CROWD AT DOCKSIDE LOOK OUT FOR LOVED ONES. 00:20:31 - MONTAGE- GIS ARE MET WITH HUGS AND KISSES BY OVERJOYED FAMILIES. LS- THE VETS ARE PARADED TO NEW YORK'S CITY HALL. 00:21:50 - AERIAL TENTS AND PRE-FABRICATED BUILDINGS RISE TO ACCEPT WOUNDED POWS RELEASED BY REDS. NURSES AMBULANCES AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES AWAIT EVENT. 00:22:58 - UN CARES FOR WORLD'S CHILDREN - MEMBERS OF UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE EMERGENCY FUND (UNICEF) MEETS AT UN BUILDING IN NEW YORK. 00:23:19 - MS- HUNDREDS OF NURSES SIT IN FOREIGN COUNTRY'S CLASSROOM SPONSORED BY UNICEF. THEY ARE TRAINED TO WORK WITH CHILDREN IN DEPRESSED AREAS. 00:23:49 - MS- DOCTORS EXAMINE CHILDREN IN LATIN COUNTRY. 00:24:15 - MS- NEPTUNE BOMBERS RETURN HOME AFTER 6 MONTHS TOUR IN KOREA. WIVES AND KIDS AWAIT THEIR LANDING FLYER HUGS AND KISSES HIS WIFE AND KID.. 00:24:45 - LS- OCEAN LINER CARRYING 4000 JAPANESE INTERRED IN CHINA AFTER WWII, RETURN HOME TO EMOTIONAL FAMILIES. 00:25:30 - MS- SEAGULL WITH AN ARROW PROTRUDING THROUGH HIS BODY LANDS ON CALIFORNIA SHORE. THE BIRD SHOWS NO ADVERSE EFFECTS. 00:25:58 - HAIR STYLISTS COMPETE IN PARIS - MONTAGE- CLOSE-UP VIEWS OF THE MANY STYLES ARE MODELED. 00:26:45 - BASEBALL - NEW MILWAUKEE BRAVES, FORMERLY THE BOSTON BRAVES, ARE MET AT TRAIN BY HUGE CROWD IN MILWAUKEE. 00:26:54 - MS- CLUB OWNER LOU PERINI IS MET BY MILWAUKEE MAYOR AS A RED CARPET IS ROLLED OUT FOR THE TEAM MANAGER CHARLIE GRIMM LEADS THE PLAYERS OFF TRAIN 00:27:15 - 200,000 FANS LINE WISCONSIN AVENUE TO GREET THE MOTORCADE OF PLAYERS. 00:27:40 - MONTAGE- MOTORCYCLE COPS IN CALIFORNIA PUT ON A PRECISION DISPLAY OF CYCLE RIDING AND DRILL. 00:28:19 - CU- ACTOR TYRONE POWER GIVES A PITCH FOR CANCER. 00:30:16 - POW EXCHANGE - AGREEMENT SIGNED TO RETURN WOUNDED MONTAGE COMMUNIST KOREANS AND UN LEADERS MEET AT PANMONJUN TO SIGN AGREEMENT. 00:31:25 - MS- 9 AMERICAN NEWSMEN TALK AT A NEWS CONFERENCE AFTER RETURNING FROM A TRIP BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN IN EUROPE. 00:32:21 - ORDINANCE EXPERT EXAMINES AND TESTS A NAVY SHELL CU- EXPERT HOLDS SHELL IN HANDS AND EXAMINES IT CLOSELY. THE SHELL IS PLACED IN A SEALED BIN AND COVERED WITH SAWDUST THEN DETONATED. 00:32:47 - CU- AFTER DETONATION THE PARTICLES ARE SIFTED AND EACH PARTICLE IS PLACED ON A TABLE. LS- THE SHELLS ARE TESTED ON A FIRING RANGE ALONG WITH MISSILES. 00:33:30 - LS- 8 DESTROYERS RETURN FROM KOREAN WATERS VIA EUROPE. ARE MET TO TUMULTUOUS WELCOME BY FAMILIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 00:33:44 - CU- SAILOR RUNS TO HIS WIFE'S ARMS AND THEY KISS SENSUOUSLY. MS- WITH A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE, A SAILOR CARRIES HIS INFANT BABY. 00:34:18 - ROYAL NUPTIALS - LUXEMBOURG PRINCE AND BELGIUM PRINCESS WED IN A 17TH CENTURY CATHEDRAL IN LUXEMBOURG. FORMER KING LEOPOLD IS IN BRIDAL PARTY AS IS QUEEN JULIANA OF THE NETHERLANDS. 00:35:15 - MS- POLICE HOLD BACK CROWD AS THEY TRY TO GET A GLIMPSE AT THE ROYAL MOTORCADE. MS- HAPPY FACES WAVE TO THE COUPLE ON A BALCONY. 00:35:30 - BOXING TOTS - NAVAL ACADEMY AT ANNAPOLIS. MS- SMALL SONS OF NAVY MIDSHIPMEN LINE UP FOR WEIGH-IN FOR ANNUAL BOXING TOURNAMENT. 00:35:47 - MS- LITTLE BOYS WITH OVERSIZED GLOVES SWING AT EACH OTHER AFTER BELL RINGS. BOXER KEEPS HITTING HIS OPPONENT UNTIL HE FALLS. 00:36:46 - CU- BOY BOXER RETURNS TO HIS CORNER CRYING. 00:37:15 - PEACE CHALLENGE - PRESIDENT IKE AIMS HIS SPEECH AT NEW MOSCOW REGIME. IKE SPEAKS AT DINNER FOR AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEWSPAPER EDITORS. 00:39:12 - MONTAGE- FARMERS ON DUTCH ISLAND CLEAN THEIR EQUIPMENT WITH PRESSURE HOSES AFTER WINTER STORMS CLAIMED HUNDREDS OF LIVES. 00:39:20 - ROUGH WATERS BATTER THE SHORES OF THE ISLAND AND BREAK THROUGH DIKE OPENING A WIDE BREECH. MS- PEOPLE TRY TO STOP THE BREECH WITH SANDBAGS. 00:39:50 - MIAMI AIRLINES PLANE CRASH - AERIAL- HELICOPTER FLY OVER SITE OF CRASH IN CASCADE MOUNTAINS. MS- (PAN) TAIL SECTION AND HALF TO THE PLANE LIES AMID THE SNOW COVERED PINES. 00:40:00 - MONTAGE- SURVIVORS LIE AMID THE RUINS AS RESCUE WORKERS CARRY THEM OUT AND TREAT THEM AT THE SCENE CU- SURVIVOR WITH SWOLLEN EYE PEERS INTO CAMERA. 00:40:31 - MS- WORLD'S VETERAN ASSOCIATION PAYS TRIBUTE TO TRYGVE LIE, THE 1ST SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UN. 00:40:54 - BLOOD DRIVE - RED CROSS SETS UP BUNKS AT SANFORD UNIVERSITY'S BASKETBALL COURT. LS- HUNDREDS LIE ON THE BUNKS AND GIVE BLOOD. 00:41:20 - ANIMAL ANTICS - MONKEYS AT MIAMI ZOO ENTERTAIN KIDS FOR CHARITY. MONKEYS RIDE ON MERRY-GO-ROUND AND FERRIS WHEEL. 00:41:43 - HARNESS RACING AT YONKERS RACEWAY - 30,000 WATCH 'WILMINGTON STAR' WIN IN PHOTO MS- ACTRESS/SINGER MAGGIE MCNELLIS MARKS HER SCRATCH SHEET. 00:42:27 - MS- VETERAN ACTOR CHARLES COBURN PRESENTS TROPHY TO WINNING HORSE'S OWNER. 00:42:58 - MOTORCYCLE RACE - FRANCE VS ENGLAND OVER GRUELING MOUNTAIN COURSE. MONTAGE- CYCLISTS BECOME AIRBOURNE AT THE HILLTOPS. FRANCE NOSES OUT ENGLAND. 00:43:33 - MONTAGE- RAFTS, ROWBOATS AND KAYAKS RUN THE RAPIDS OF THE MACKENZIE RIVER OF OREGON. 00:44:25 - YANK POWS FREED - AMERICANS REJOICE AT FIRST EXCHANGE. 00:44:55 - MS- RED PRISONERS, SOME WITH CRUTCHES, EXIT LST'S AND CLIMB INTO BUSES FOR THEIR TRIP TO EXCHANGE POINT. CU- GRIM FACED REDS ARE CAMERA SKY. 00:46:00 - TWISTERS - STORM KILLS 11 AND INJURE HUNDREDS AS TORNADOES HIT SOUTH; ARKANSAS, GEORGIA AND ALABAMA ARE HIT. MONTAGE- TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION(PAN) IS LEFT BY 100 MPH WINDS. 00:46:14 - LS- SCHOOL WHICH CLOSED EARLY IS ROOFLESS WITH DEBRIS LYING ON CHILDREN'S DESKS. MS- CAR TURNED UPSIDE-DOWN. MS- LITTLE GIRL PICKS UP DOLL FROM DEBRIS. 00:47:08 - CU- LESTER PEARSON, PRESIDENT OF UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ATTENDS CELEBRATION OF ISRAEL'S 5TH BIRTHDAY. 00:48:16 - MS- U.S. AIRMAN REESE LEEMING RECEIVES A MEDAL FROM BRITISH HOME SECRETARY FOR HIS HEROIC RESCUE WORK DURING NORTH SEA STORM. 00:48:46 - MONTAGE- HUGE PILE OF EMPTY SHELL CASINGS ARE LIFTED BY DERRICK AT REPROCESSING PLANT. MS- LIVE AMMO IS CAREFULLY PICKED OUT OF PILE BY WORKERS BEFORE EMPTIES ARE PLACED IN THE FURNACE. 00:49:10 - MONTAGE- THE METAL IS MELTED AND MADE INTO SLABS AND RETOOLED INTO NEW AMMO. 00:49:31 - MS- CROWN PRINCESS OF HOLLAND RIDES HORSE IN COMPETITION. 00:50:08 - AUTO SPEED RECORD SET - MS- EIERO TURUFFI OF ITALY IN HIS CAR RESEMBLING TWIN TORPEDOES SPEEDS DOWN APIAN WAY AT A RECORD SPEED OF 102 MPH. 00:51:25 - PRISONERS EXCHANGED - GENERAL MARK CLARK IS THERE TO SUPERVISE THE EXCHANGE. LS- U.S. POWS WEARING HEAVY CLOTHING ARE HELPED OUT OF AMBULANCES; ONE IS HUGGED BY A GI. 00:53:13 - MONTAGE- 3 AMERICANS AND ONE TURK ARE CARRIED ON STRETCHERS OTHERS HAVE A SHOCKED LOOK ON THEIR FACES. HELICOPTERS MOVE THE MORE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED. 00:54:56 - LS- GENERAL CLARK PERSONALLY GREETS THE POWS AS THEY EXIT AMBULANCES AT 'FREEDOM VILLAGE'. 00:55:33 - MS- ANIMATED MODEL OF 1ST PASSENGER CONVEYOR SUBWAY DESIGNED TO MOVE PASSENGERS FROM GRAND CENTRAL STATION TO TIMES SQUARE ON SHUTTLE SYSTEM. 00:56:09 - MONTAGE- DAREDEVIL MOTORCYCLISTS TACKLE A 425 FOOT STEEP HILL IN SEATTLE. LS- MANY DON'T MAKE IT WITH THEIR CYCLE TURNING UPSIDE-DOWN.. 00:56:54 - PRESIDENTIAL YACHT TAKES VETS ON A CRUISE ON THE PATOMAC. MS- WOUNDED VETS, SOME WITH MISSING LEGS BOARD THE YACHT, INCLUDING RED CROSS NURSES. 00:57:54 - CU- A PAMPERED GI PUFFS ON HIS CIGARETTE AND LIES DOWN IN AN EASY CHAIR ON THE DECK.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1953
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-911