- Title: VM-913
- Summary: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS:
- Description:00:00:57 - OATIS BACK HOME - NEWSMAN FREED BY REDS AFTER TWO YEARS. HE WAS BRAINWASHED INTO MAKING A CONFESSION IN CZHECKOSLAVIA. 00:02:01 - PRESIDENT IKE GETS A DEGREE IN VIRGINIA. MS- HONOR GUARD IN COLONIAL ARMY UNIFORMS AT WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE STAND AT ATTENTION FOR IKE AND MAMIE 00:02:30 - LS- CEREMONIAL HOOD IS PLACED OVER IKE'S CAP AND GOWN AND ONTO HIS SHOULDERS. 00:02:54 - MS- NEW YORKS MAYOR IMPELLITERI AND CARDINAL REVIEW PARADE OF MEN AND WOMEN OF THE SERVICES 00:03:24 - MS- SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WILSONAND MILITARY BRASS REVIEW PARADE BY MEN AND WOMEN OF THE SERVICES IN WASHINGTON,D.C. 00:03:33 - MONTAGE- BEAUTIES IN SWIM SUITS POSE TO BENEFIT 1953 DAMON RUNYAN CANCER FUND IN NEW YORK. WINNER WINS A SCREEN TEST. MS- DESIGNER FLORENCE LUSTIG CROWNS THE WINNER. 00:04:16 - MONTAGE GUIDE DOGS WALK BLIND PEOPLE THROUGH OBSTACLE COURSE AT SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND. MS- TWO BLIND MEN ARE WALKED ACROSS A BUSY INTERSECTION BY THEIR DOGS. 00:04:54 - MS- (PAN) BLIND PERSONS POSE WITH THEIR DOGS. 00:05:07 - SPORTS - 13TH CILISEUM RELAYS IN LOS ANGELES. LS- BEEDIE SANDFIELD OF THE GRAND STREET BOYS WINS THE 100 YARD DASH IN 9.7 00:05:37 - LS- JACK DAVID OF SOUTHERN CAL WINS THE HIGH HURDLES. LS- DENIS JOHANNSEN OF FINLAND WINS THE 'MIRACLE MILE' IN 4.07.7. 00:06:33 - INTERNATIONAL FROG JUMP IN CALIFORNIA. MS- MAN FONDLES HIS GIANT FROG BEFORE START OF CONTEST. 00:06:47 - LS- GIRL STAMPS HER FOOT TO GET THE FROG TO JUMP OUT OF THE CIRCLE. LS- MAN JUMPS LIKE A FROG TO GET HIS FROG TO JUMP LIKE A MAN.HE HOLDS HIS FROG CLOSE-UP TO CAMERA. 00:07:45 - INDO-CHINA - RED ADVANCE IN LAOS IS STEMMED. MONTAGE- FRENCH TROOPS HIKE SINGLE LINE THROUGH JUNGLE STREAMS AND BRUSH. LOW FLYING PLANES DROP SUPPLIES. 00:09:12 - LS- SECRETARY OF STATE DULLES ARRIVES IN EGYPT AND MEETS WITH GENERAL NAGIB. 00:09:39 - MS- SON OF SENATOR TAFT,WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT III, ARRIVES IN IRELAND TO TAKE THE POST OF AMBASSADOR AND MEETS WITH PRESIDENT O'KELLY OF IRELAND. 00:10:08 - MS- CRATES OF BABY CLOTHING CONTRIBUTED BY THE AMERICAN RED CROSS OF BROOKLYN ARRIVE IN KOREA. 00:10:21 - MONTAGE- KOREAN NURSES AND MOTHERS DRESS THE TOTS IN THE DONATED CLOTHING. 00:11:08 - ANIMAL ANTICS - CHILDREN WATCH AS MONKEYS PUT ON A CIRCUS ACT AT THE ST.LOUIS ZOO. MONKEYS RIDE UNICYCLES AND TRICK VEHICLES AND DO BALANCING ACTS 00:11:20 - CU- MONKEY HUGS AND KISSES A LITTLE BOY. 00:11:29 - 'THUNDER BAY' USHERS IN ERA OF WIDE SCREEN MOVIES. LS- MARQUEE OF LOEW'S STATE THEATER AT TIMES SQUARE TELLS OF PANAROMIC FULL STAGE SCREES. 00:11:42 - LS- INSIDE THE THEATER,THE SCREEN DWAFTS THE WORKING MEN. LS- HUGE CROWDS WATCH AS VIP'S OF STAGE AND SCREEN ARRIVE,INCLUDING MARGARET TRUMAN. 00:12:35 - MS- ACTOR BORIS KARLOFF ARRIVES FOLLOWED BY TONY CURTIS AND WIFE JANET LEIGH. XAVIER CUGAT AND WIFE ABBIE LANE ARE THERE AS IS JIMMY STEWART THE STAR OF 'THUNDER BAY'. 00:13:21 - SAILING SEASON OPENS - FLEET OF SAILBOATS TAKE TO THE SEA. 00:14:50 - TORNADO - 5 DIE IN TWISTER ON CANADIAN BORDER. MS- A TREE LIES ATOP ACRUCHED AUTO. WORKERS CHOP BRANCHES OFF DOWNED TREE. WORKERS SIFT THROUGH A PILE OF DEBRIS THAT WAS ONCE A HOUSE. 00:15:59 - LS- B-47 BOMBERS LINED UP ATMCDILL AIR FORCE BASE IN FLORIDA. MS- GENERAL CURTIS LEMAY, CHIEF OF STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND, GIVES THE FLYERS A PERSONAL BRIEFING.LS- THE B-47'S TAKE-OFF AND ARE FUELED IN MID-AIR 00:17:17 - MS- CAPTAINS JOSEPH MCCONNELL AND MANUEL FERNANDEZ, BOTH AIR FORCE ACES ARRIVE AT TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE IN CALIFORNIA.THEY HAVE 30 KILLS BETWEEN THEM. 00:17:47 - MS- CAPTAIN MCCONNELL WALKS WITH HIS WIFE AND KISSES HER. 00:18:00 - MS- MISS UNION LABOR BEAUTY PAGEANT - MS- SWIM SUIT CONTESTANTS PARADE BEFORE THE JUDGES. 00:18:28 - HORSE RACING - HORSES PARADE TO THE GATE AT THE 'PREAKNESS', FOLLOWING THE KENTUCKY DERBY. WINNER OF DERBY 'DARK STAR' IS THERE AS WELL AS 'NATIVE DANCER'. 00:19:59 - LS- 'NATIVE DANCER BEATS OUT 'JAMIE K' IN SPINE TINGLING FINISH. 00:20:23 - OUTDOOR DOG SHOW - THE 'MORRISON OUTDOOR KENNEL CLUB MIXTURE' HAS PEDIGREE DOGS OF ALL TYPES. 00:20:36 - MS- GREAT DANE LICKS THE FACE OF A BABY.CLOSE-UP SHOTS OF BASSET HOUNDS,SHEPHERD,BLOOD HOUND GREAT DANE AND BULLDOG. 00:21:03 - OWNER TROTS FIELD WITH ENGLISH SETTER WHO RAN FOR 'BEST OF SHOW AWARD, BUT 'CATHY' THE WELSH TERRIER WINS. 00:21:46 - MUD IN KOREA - HELICOPTERS TAKE OVER AS TRUCKS BOG DOWN.TRUCKS AND JEEPS PLOW THROUGH A RIVER OF WATER ON THE ROADS. 00:22:37 - LS- GIS HOOK A LOAD OF SUPPLIES TO THE LANDING GEAR OF THE HELICOPTER WHICH HOVERS JUST ABOVE THE GROUND. 00:23:00 - LS- PLANE CRASH - A PARIS BOUND AIRLINER LIES IN FIELD, SPLIT IN TWO, AFTER CRASH LANDING NEAR AMSTERDAM.MS- DESTRUCTION INSIDE THE PLANE MAKES IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT ALL SURVIVED. 00:23:36 - LS- SPAIN'S FRANCISCO FRANCO AND PORTUGAL'S FRANCISCO LOPEZ RIDE IN MOTORCADE DOWN MADRID AVENUE,FLANKED BY FRANCO'S MOORISH GUARDS ON HORSEBACK. BOTH LEADERS WATCH COLORFUL PARADE . 00:24:24 - MS- WOMAN WHOSE HUSBAND CONTRIBUTED 2 ARTIFICIAL LEGS TO KOREAN ORPHAN, MEETS THE BOY AT U.S AIRPORT. MS- AFTER BEING CHECKED BY CUSTOMS, THE BOY IS OFF TO HIS NEW HOME, FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOY'S TOWN IN OMAHA. 00:24:49 - MONTAGE- PRESIDENT IKE AND MAMIE PLAY HOST TO WOUNDED GIS IN WHEEL CHAIRS ON WHITE HOUSE LAWN. 00:25:11 - MS- VICE PRESIDENT NIXON AND WIFE PAT ARE ALSO THERE WITH MEMBERS OF THE CABINET. MS- THE GIS ARE SERVED PLATES OF FOOD. 00:25:40 - MS- MEMBERS OF THE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND TAKE JUDO LESSONS IN JAPAN AS PART OF THEIR TRAINING. JAPANESE TOP JUDO EXPERTS SHOW TRAINEES HOW TO FLIP AN OPPONENT. 00:25:53 - RADIO CONTROLLED LAWN MOWER - MS- GIRL LETS GO OF THE LAWN MOWER WHICH PROCEEDS IN CUTTING THE LAWN ON ITS OWN. MS- AS THE GIRL HAS A DRINK WITH HER HUBBY THE LAWN MOWER CUTS THE GRASS. 00:27:04 - MONTAGE- HUGE TRUCK WITH A LARGE SPONGY WHEEL IN FRONT AND BACK RIDES GENTLY OVER ROCKS AND HILLS. MS- THE 'ROLLAGONE' IS SO GENTLE IT RIDES OVER IT'S INVENTOR. 00:28:40 - DULLES REPORTS - BACK FROM NEAR EAST, SECRETARY OF STATE DULLES RETURNS TO WASHINGTON,D.C. WITH HAROLD STASSEN AT HIS SIDE. 00:29:34 - KOREA - ALLIES HALT RED DRIVE ON SEOUL. 00:30:48 - LS- HIGH WALLS AND BUILDINGS OF THE KREMLIN IN MOSCOW. MONTAGE- U.S.AMBASSADOR CHARLES BOLIN ARRIVES TO TAKE OVER HIS POST IN USSR. 00:31:30 - MS- MECHANICAL MARVEL THAT DOES NOTHING - HAS 700 MOVING PARTS,2 MOTORS AND LOOKS AWESOME. 00:32:08 - MS- ETHIOPIAN ARMY PRIVATE RECEIVES ARTIFICIAL LEG IN U.S.HOSPITAL. THE BLACK SOLDIER WHO LOST A LEG IN KOREA PUTS ON ARTIFICIAL LIMB AND TRYS IT. HE WALKS UP STAIRS AND RUNS ALONG HOSPITAL GROUNDS 00:32:55 - MS- HIGH DIVER, HOLDING HIS LITTLE GIRL POINTS TO A 125 FOOT TOWER HE EXPECTS TO DIVE OFF 00:33:04 - LS- AS CROWD WATCHES THE DIVER CLIMBS THE HIGH LADDER AND DIVES INTO A POOL WITH 6 FEET OF WATER IN IT. 00:33:40 - INDY '500' AUTO CLASSIC - VOKOVICH WINS AUTO RACE WITH 175,000 FANS WATCHING ON A SCORCHING DAY. 00:34:12 - MONTAGE- ONE BY ONE THE CARS SKID AND CRASH INTO WALL AS ONLY 6 OF ORIGINAL 33 CARS FINISH RACE. 00:35:40 - CORONATION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II - FILM INCLUDES PARADES BY HONOR GUARDS,THE GOLDEN COACH RIDING TO CORONATION,THE CEREMONY AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY, THE OATH,THE CROWNING AND RHE RIDE THROUGH THE STREETS TO THE PALACE. 00:42:54 - ITALIAN ELECTIONS - POLITICAL PARTIES IN ITALY GO ALL OUT WITH SIGN AND POSTERS ON WALLS, MANY WITH CARTOONS DEPICTING THE POLITICIANS. 00:43:35 - MS- POLICEMEN EXAMINE VOTERS CREDENTIALS BEFORE ALLOWING THEM TO ENTER POLLING PLACES. MS- PREMIER DEGASPARI CASTS HIS BALLOT. 00:43:53 - LS- FLAMING TANKER,CUT IN HALF AFTER A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER SHIP ON THE DELAWARE RIVER, SPOUTS BLACK SMOKE AND FLAMES. MS- NURSES ATTEND TO A SURVIVOR WHOSE FACE AND ARMS ARE BANDAGED. 00:44:45 - SIAMESE TWINS - CU- NURSE ROLLS OUT A LITTLE BOY WHO WAS CONNECTED AT THE HEAD WITH HIS BROTHER. BEFORE AN OPERATION LASTING 12 HOURS SEPARATED THE TWO. THE BROTHER DIED. 00:45:22 - MONTAGE- PRESIDENT IKE WALKS OUT ONTO THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN WITH 43 TOP SPORTS FIGURES. 00:45:30 - MS- JOE DIMAGGIO AND ROCKY MARCIANO FLANK IKE AS OTHERS INCLUDING GREAT GOLFER GENE SARASIN WATCH 00:45:38 - CU- MAGGIE MCNELLIS INTRODUCES AND NARRATES THE NEWS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II AFTER CORONATION. THE QUEEN PRESENTS MEDALS TO COMMANDERS OF ENGLAND'S FOREIGN POSSESSIONS. 00:46:05 - MS- A SQUAD OF CANADIAN MOUNTIES MARCH BY AS DO GROUPS FROM OTHER DOMINIONS. 00:46:33 - CU- ONE MILLION PENNIES BEING POURED ONTO A PILE TO BUILD A LOCAL HOSPITAL UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN WISCONSIN. CU- A LARGE SHOVEL IS USED TO SCOOP THEM INTO A WHEEL BARROW 00:46:58 - TENNIS MONTAGE- AMERICA'S MAUREEN CONNOLLY PLAYS AND WINS IN PARIS AGAINST JULIA SAMPSON FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.LS- SPECTATOR'S HEADS GO SIDE TO SIDE WATCHING THE BALL. 00:47:40 - EPSOM DERBY IN ENGLAND'S EPSOM DOWNS.LS- A RECORD 500,000 JAM THE STADIUM TO SEE THE YOUNG QUEEN ELIZABETH II MOTORCADE DOWN TRACK. 00:48:56 - LS- 'PINTA' BEATS OUT THE QUEENS HORSE,'ORIOLE' TO WIN THE DERBY.JOCKEY SIR GORDON RICHARDS WHO WAS RECENTLY KNIGHTED BY THE QUEEN WINS THE RACE. 00:49:53 - TORNADOES RIP MIDWEST AND EAST.MONTAGE- PILES OF LUMBER, DEBRIS AND CARS STREWN ABOUT LIKE TOYS ARE ALL THAT'S LEFT AFTER TORNADOES HIT FLINT, MICHIGAN THE HARDEST. 00:50:58 - MONTAGE- DAMAGE TO HOMES IN NEW ENGLAND ALSO HIT HARD. LS- A MAN AND WOMAN LOOK FOR BELONGINGS IN DEBRIS. 00:51:36 - PRESIDENT IKE ADDRESSES JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - SAYS.'FREE NATIONS MUST STAND TOGETHER OR FALL SEPARATELY'. 00:52:45 - LS- ANNUAL FLOWER FESTIVAL IN AEGEAN,GREECE WITH FLORAL FLOATS AND COLORFUL PARADE. 00:53:14 - MS- LOCAL LOVELIES PARADE AROUND SWIMMING POOL IN SWIM SUITS AS TOP ARTISTS JUDGE BEAUTY CONTEST 00:53:35 - OUTDOOR CIRCUS SHOW AT PONCE DE LEON HIGH SCHOOL IN FLORIDA . MS- CO-ED APPLIES CLOWN MAKE-UP ON MALE STUDENT. GIRL STUDENT PLAYS WITH BABY CHIMP AND ANOTHER PLAYS WITH A BEAR CUB WHO STANDS ON HIS HIND LEGS AND BEGS FOR ICE CREAM. 00:54:10 - MS- HIGH WIRE ARTIST IN CLOWNS COSTUME SHOWS INCREDIBLE BALANCING ACT ON WIRE. 00:54:27 - HAT FASHIONS ON GOLF COURSE - CU- MAN TWIRLS HIS MOUSTACHE AS HE SHOWS GIANT SIZE GOLF CAPS IN OUTLANDISH COLORS.MS- MODELS IN SWIM SUITS WEAR THE HUGE CAPS. 00:55:03 - MS- TINY CAPS ARE USED FOR GOLF CLUB COVERS. 00:55:21 - TRIBAL REGATTA - INDIAN WAR CANOE RACE AT PEUGET SOUND,WASHINGTON. MS- AN INDIAN WAR DANCE PRIOR TO RACE . 00:55:37 - MS- OFFICIAL FIRES PISTOL TO START THE RACE WITH 11 MEN CREWS. LS- CANOES BUNCH UP TOGETHER WITH THE CREWS PADDLING FURIOUSLY. LS- A HUGE CROWD ALONG THE SHORE CHEER THEM ON.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1953
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-913