- Title: VM-912
- Summary: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS:
- Description:00:00:41 - THE ROAD HOME - EXCHANGED YANKS ON 1ST LAP HOME. AERIAL- CONVOY OF AMBULANCES AND TRUCKS GO BOTH WAYS ON ROAD. ONE TAKING YANKS HOME, THE OTHER RETURNING RED POWS. 00:01:19 - MONTAGE- BARELY ALIVE, WOUNDED GIS ARE TAKEN OUT OF AMBULANCES ON STRETCHERS.MS- A SOUTH KOREAN POW, DRESSED IN A WHIT UNIFORM IS GIVEN A FRESH NEW OUTFIT AND HIS WHITE ONE DISCARDED. 00:01:59 - MS- PRIEST PRAYS WITH GI WEARING MEDICAL MASK AS OTHERS EAT THEIR 1ST HARDY MEAL. 00:02:24 - AIR STRIKES - AERIAL- U.S.PLANES STRAFE AND BOMB SUPPLY DUMPS AND ROADS. AS SEEN FROM PLANES CAMERA. 00:03:37 - MS- ERIC JOHNSTON,MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION CHIEF PLAYS HOST TO DISTINGUISHED VISITORS FROM BRAZIL AT THE STORK CLUB IN NEW YORK 00:04:09 - MS- CLAIRE BOOTH LUCE, NEW AMBASSADOR TO ITALY, ARRIVES IN NAPLES BY SHIP TO A CHEERING CROWD. LS- WOMAN WAVES HER JACKET IN GRETING. 00:04:28 - MONTAGE- FRENCH SCIENTISTS BUILD A GIANT MIRROR MADE UP OF 500 PIECES ATOP PYRANEES MOUNTAIN IN FRANCE. IT COLLECTS SOLAR RAYS PRODUCING 5000 DEGREES. 00:04:33 - LS- SCIENTIST CLIMBS LADDER IN FRONT OF MIRROR; HE HOLDS A BOARD IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR WHOSE RAYS INTENESLY BURN THE BOARD. 00:05:23 - PIPE SMOKING CONTEST AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - MS TOBACCO IS WEIGHED IN PACKETS AND DISTRIBUTED TO CONTESTANTS. 00:05:25 - LS- CROWD OF STUDENTS LIGHT UP THEIR PIPES. THE IDEA IS TO KEEP THE PIPE LIT AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. ONLY 2 MATCHES PER CONTESTANT. 00:05:40 - CU- PIPE SMOKING STUDENT POSES FOR CAMERA. MS- A DOG ALSO SMOKES A PIPE. MS- STUDENT SMOKING A WATER PIPE WINS. 00:06:01 - 'WOOD MEMORIAL'HORSE RACE AT JAMIACA - 'NATIVE DANCER WINS THE CLASSIC. 00:07:26 - TRUCE HOPES - INDIA MAY BE KEY TO PRISONER DISPUTE MS- GENERAL HARRISON,UN SENIOR DELEGATE, AND GENERAL NAM IL OF NORTH KOREA MEET AT PANMUNJON. 00:08:10 - MONTAGE- HUGE CROWD IN SEOUL IN NEAR RIOTOUS STATE PROTEST ANY TRUCE EXCEPT ON THEIR TERMS. 00:08:32 - OCEAN GRAVE - 81 TURKS PERISH AS U.S.SUB SINKS. 00:08:43 - MS- RESCUE SHIPS STAND BY MARKER BUOY WHERE SUB WAS RAMMED BY SWEDISH SHIP AND SUNK. 2 SURVIVORS, THROWN CLEAR, RECOUP IN HOSPITAL. 00:09:07 - MS- DEEP SEA DIVER IS HOISTED ABOARD RESCUE SHIP. AFTER HIS HELMET IS REMOVED, THE DIVER REPORTS 'NO HOPE'.MS- TURKISH SEAMEN STAND AT ATTENTION AS A FLORAL BOQUET IS THROWN OVERBOARD TO MARK THE SPOT. 00:10:11 - CU- PROSPECTOR CHECKS STONE FOUND IN THE HILLS OF FEDERAL CITY COLORADO, WITH A GEIGER COUNTER.THE CITY WAS NOTED DURING THE GOLD RUSH DAYS. URANIUM IS FOUND IN LARGE QUANTITIES. 00:10:24 - MS- 60 NEW YORK BLIND CHILDREN, SPECIAL GUESTS OF WONDERLAND FARM ZOO, FEED GOATS AND SHEEP THROUGH FENCE.CU- SMALL BLIND BOY FEEDS CALF WITH A BABY BOTTLE.CU- BLIND BOY HUGS A LAMB. 00:11:21 - RELIGION - 1ST BAHIA HOUSE OF WORSHIP IN WILMINGTON, ILLINOIS. CU- PHOTO OF ABDUL BAHA, GRANDSON OF FOUNDER. 00:11:51 - PASTA EATING CONTEST - CU- (PAN) WOMEN EAT SPAGHETTI WITH THEIR MOUTHS,IN CONTEST WHERE HANDS CANNOT BE USED. MS- WOMAN STICKS HER FACE IN DISH AND COMES UP WITH A MOUTH FULL OF PASTA. WINNER IN SWIM SUIT HOLDS UP EMPTY PLATE. 00:12:22 - LS- AFTER BEING CROWNED QUEEN, ANOTHER CONTESTANT HITS HER OVER THE HEAD WITH A FRYING PAN AND THE TWO GET INTO A HAIR PULLING FIGHT. 00:12:38 - BACK HOME - FAMILIES WELCOME WAR PRISONERS AS THEY ARRIVE BY PLANE AT TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA. 00:13:26 - LS- MOTHER OF BLACK POW HUGS HER SON AS HE EXITS PLANE IN NEW YORK. WIFE,MOTHER AND BABY HUG HIM. 00:13:38 - MS- CROWD OF CAMERMEN TAKE PICTURES OF A GI WITH CRUTCHES WHO IS MET BY MOM AND DAD. 00:14:38 - LOYALTY PARADE - EX-POWS WATCH PARADE ON 5TH AVENUE AS GUEST OF HONOR EDDIE RICKENBACKER RECEIVES AWARD. 00:15:47 - LS- RUINS OF 3 HOUSES BUILT OVER AN OLD RAILROAD TUNNEL WHICH COLLAPSED IN MANCHESTER,ENGLAND KILLING 5 RESIDENTS. 00:16:11 - MS- PRESIDENT IKE POSES WITH 23 LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN REPRESENTING 14 NATIONS.IKE SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS. 00:16:58 - MONTAGE- CROWD OF SUBJECTS LINE UP IN HOLLAND TO WISH QUEEN JULIANA A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 00:17:19 - LS- HUGE CROWD GATHER IN PALACE GROUNDS TO WISH EMPEROR HIROHITO OF JAPAN A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.LS- HE WAVES FROM BALCONY. 00:17:46 - FASHIONS - SPRINH TOGS FOR JUNIOR SMART SET - MS- YOUNG BOY AND GIRL MODELS WALK OUT ON PLATFORM IN AUSTRIA AND MODEL OUTFITS FOR TOTS. 00:18:30 - MS- YOUNG BOY IN AUDIENCE GIVES A SIGH AS GIRL MODEL PASSES. 00:18:56 - KENTUCKY DERBY - IN UPSET 'DARK STAR' NOSES OUT FAVORITE. 00:19:05 - MS- MEN AND WOMEN FANS PASS THROUGH TURNSTILES AT CHURCHILL DOWNS. TWO ELDERLY WOMEN SIT IN SUN AND READ THEIR SCRATCH SHEETS, OTHER WOMEN SHOW THEIR FANCY HATS. 00:19:43 - CU- STARTER PRESSES BUTTON, HELD BEHIND HIS BACK, TO START RACE. 00:20:55 - LS- SLOW MOTION FILM SHOW 'NATIVE DANCER' FAILING TO CATCH UP WITH 'DARK STAR'IN CLOSE FINISH. 00:21:16 - APPLE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL - NEICE OF PRESIDENT IKE IS CROWNED 'MISS SHENANDOAH' BY GENERAL VAN FLEET IN WINCHESTER,VIRGINIA. 00:21:49 - MS- THE APPLE BLOSSOM QUEEN AND HER ENTOURAGE OF PRETTY DEBS PARADE THROUGH APPLE BLOSSOM GROVE. 00:22:04 - MS- ARTHUR GODFREY, GRAND MARSHAL OF PARADE, RIDES IN MOTORCADE AS HOP-ALONG CASSIDY RIDES HIS HORSE ALONGSIDE THE 'QUEENS' FLOAT. 00:22:57 - STATE VISIT - CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER ARRIVES IN WASHINGTON,D.C. AIRPORT AND IS MET BY VICE PRESIDENT NIXON AND JOHN FOSTER DULLES. 00:23:40 - MS- PRESIDENT IKE SITS AND CHATS WITH PRIME MINISTER ST.LAURENT AT WHITE HOUSE. 00:23:47 - AIR AND GROUND ACTION IN KOREA - MS- CAPTAIN MCCONNELL GETS INTO HIS F-86 JET. HE JOINS RANK OF U.S.ACES WITH 9 KILLS. AERIAL- PICTURES FROM HIS JET'S CAMERA SHOW HIM SHOOT DOWN A MIG FOR HIS 10TH KILL. 00:24:56 - AERIAL- AS U.S. FIGHTERS LAY DOWN A PROTECTIVE BARRAGE A U.S. TANK RESCUES ANOTHER TANK DAMAGED BY REDS. 00:25:26 - MONTAGE- 20,000 TONS OF TIRES GO UP IN BLACK SMOKE AND FIRE IN ONE OF FRANCE'S WORSE DISASTERS. LS- SPECTATORS WATCH THE WALL OF ROLLING SMOKE AND THE FIREMEN FIGHTING THE BLAZE. 00:26:20 - MONTAGE- PLASTIC IS USED TO KEEP POWDER DRY AS A TEAM OF ARMY GUNNERS DEMONSTRATE THE FIRING OF A RECOILESS RIFLE AT A PROVING GROUND IN NEW JERSEY. 00:26:43 - LS- HELIUM GAS IS USED TO FILL PLASTIC BALLOONS WHICH ARE RELEASED AND DRIFT OVER COMMUNIST COUNTRIES WITH LEAFLETS. 00:26:55 - MS- A TRUCH RUNS OVER 5 GALLON BOTTLES TO DEMONSTRATE THE TOUGHNESS OF THE PLASTIC. 00:27:11 - FASHIONS - MODELS WALK 2-BY-2 DOWN SPIRAL STAIRCASE IN FORMAL GOWNS BY STEEL CHAPMAN. MS- BARTENDER POURS CHAMPAGNE AS MALE MODEL IN FORMAL TUX PICKS ONE UP FOR HIMSELF AND HIS GIRL. 00:27:48 - CU- THE COUPLE CLICK GLASSES AND DRINK. 00:28:12 - TWO KINGS CROWNED IN NEAR EAST.KING FAISAL II IN IRAQ AND KING HUSSEIN OF JORDAN.MS- BEARDED ARAB SHEIKS ATTEND THE EVENT. 00:28:26 - AERIAL- RUNNING CROWD JAMES THE STREETS OF BAGHDAD TO GET A GLIMPSE OF FAISAL. 00:29:09 - LS- KING HUSSEIN STANDS BY HIS THRONE IN JORDAN AND READS HIS PROCLAMATION. 00:29:57 - SEA IS CHEATED - 500 SAVED AS FERRY 'DUKE OF YORK IS SLICED IN TWO BY AN AMERICAN OIL TANKER WHICH SHOWS DAMAGE TO BOW. 00:31:07 - RELIGIOUS CULT RIOTS IN CANADA - DOUKHOBORS PUT 16 HOMES TO TORCH LS- FLAMES RISE FROM ROOFS OF HOMES SET AFIRE BY CULT. 00:31:18 - MS- SHIRTLESS SECT MEMBERS WATCH FIRE WHICH LEFT SCORES HOMELESS. 2 ELDERLY FAT WOMEN WATCH. 00:31:47 - MS- CULT MEMBER SITS ON HIS PORCH WITH HIS RIFLE AND HIS DOG BY HIS SIDE. 00:31:59 - LS- DOUKHOBORS CONDUCT OUTDOOR SERVICE. ALL FALL TO THEIR KNEES AND BOW TO THE GROUND. 00:32:18 - MOM STOCH CAR RIDER - MRS. BARBARA COMACHE RIDES OFF IN HER STOCK CAR AFTER KISSING HER KIDS GOODBYE. 00:32:24 - LS- OFFICIAL WAVES CHECKERED FLAG TO START RACE INCLUDING BARBARA. 00:32:59 - CU- MARY BROWN 72, IS THE ONLY LADY IN A CLASS OF 600 LEARNING AUTO MECHANICS AT THE GREER SCHOOL, CHICAGO. 00:33:27 - MONTAGE- FRENCH GALS MODEL SWIM SITS AT A CABARET SPONSORED BY SINGER GABRIELLO. 00:34:19 - ANNUAL CONVENTION OF TRIPLETS AT PALISADES PARK, NEW JERSEY - CU- CRYING FACES OF YOUNG TRIPLETS. 00:34:53 - MS- THIRSTY THEODORE THINKS HE IS SEEING TRIPLE WHEN HE TAKES A DRINK OF BOOZE AND SEES A PARADE OF TRIPLETS PASS BY. 00:35:40 - OLD AIRCRAFT END SERVICE IN FIRE TEST - SLOW MOTION FILM RECORD HOW FIRES ARE STARTED ON PLANES. LS- OBSOLETE PLANE SKIDS ALONG THE GROU ND CAUSING THE FEUL TANK TO RIP OPEN AND BURST INTO FLAMES. 00:36:15 - LS- WITH FIRE CONTROL EQUIPMENT INSTALLED, THE SAME PLANE DOES NOT BURST INTO FLAMES. 00:36:55 - WIND OF DEATH - 118 DIE AS TORNADOES LEVEL CITIES IN TEXAS. 00:37:16 - MONTAGE- HUNDREDS OF WORKERS SIFT THROUGH THE DEVASTATION CAUSED BY TORNADOES IN WACO, TEXAS. MONTAGE- HUNDREDS OF HOMES AND CARS ARE FLATTENED AS THOUGH BY A GIANT FIST. 00:38:14 - MS- (PAN) THOUSANDS OF BEETLES LIE DEAD AND DYING AS FARMERS IN BRITANNY,FRANCE USE CHEMICALS TO FIGHT THE ONSLAUGHT 00:38:24 - MS- FARMER PLOWS HIS FIELD WITH AN OXEN THEN LOOKS UP AT AHELICOPTER SPEWING CHEMICALS OVER TREES AND SWAMPY AREAS. 00:38:58 - MS- AN AMERICAN BUSSINESSMAN AND 6 MISSIONARIES ARRIVE IN NEW YORK AFTER BEING IMPRISONED BY NORTH KOREA. 00:39:22 - MS- HELICOPTER WITH TWIN MESHING ROTORS MAKES ITS DEBUT 00:40:20 - MONTAGE- SNOWPLOW SHOOTS SNOW INTO THE AIR AS IT CLEARS A PATH IN 18 FOOT DRIFTS FOR AUTO TRAFFIC AT SHANOOK PASS IN CASCADE MOUNTAINS. 00:40:31 - MS- FRENCH SCIENTIST LOOKS THROUGH MICROSCOPE TO ANALYSE COAL AS FRANCE LOOKS TO COAL FOR OIL PRODUCTION.MS- AN EXPLOSION OCCURS AT TESTING GROUNDS AS COAL DUST IS DETONATED SEVERAL TIMES. 00:41:12 - FASHIONS PARADE - MAGGIE MCNELLIS ANNOUNCES LATEST STYLES. LS- MODELS POSE WITH JOCKIES AT BELMONT PARK SHOWING SHOES BY GELLMAN. 00:41:52 - MONTAGE- CLOSE-UP LOOK AT SHOES AS MODELS WALK DOWN STEPS AT RACE TRACK. 00:42:26 - CELEBRITIES TEE OFF FOR SWEET CHARITY - LS- YANKEE OWNER DAN TOPPING TEES OFF AT GOLF COURSE AT PRO CELEBRITY TOURNAMENT IN WESTBURY,N.Y. 00:42:38 - MONTAGE- ALSO TEEING OFF ARE INDUSTRIALIST ROBERT R. YOUNG,COMEDIAN BOB HOPE AND THE DUKE OF WINDSOR. MS- BOB HOPE CLOWNS AROUND GETTING A WIDE GRIN GROM THE DUKE. BOB IS AWARDED A PLAQUE WHICH HE KISSES AND RUBS HIS FACE ON IT.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1953
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-912