- Title: VM-919
- Summary: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS:
- Description:00:00:37 - VOL 26/514 00:00:44 - INDO-CHINA - FRENCH CLEAN-UP DRIVE SLOWED BY RED TRAPS. 00:01:09 - MONTAGE- FRENCH JEEPS AND TRUCKS GET STUCK IN MUDDY STREAMS IN THE VIETNAMESE RICE PADDIES, AS SOLDIERS IN WAIST DEEP WATER TRY TO FREE THE STUCK VEHICLES. 00:01:21 - MS- FRENCH LOAD BOMBS AND NAPALM ON U.S. MADE PLANES. THE NAPALM IS DROPPED INTO THICK JUNGLE 00:02:10 - PLANE CRASH - AERIAL- (PAN) A COLUMN OF SMOKE RISES FROM MOUNTAIN AREA NEAR SAN FRANCISCO WHERE LUXURY LINER TRAVELING 8600 MILES FROM AUSTRALIA CRASHED. 00:02:27 - MS- RESCUE WORKERS CARRY REMAINS OF VICTIMS UP A RUGGED HILL ON A STRETCHER. 00:02:29 - MS- A HUGE AIRLINE TIRE LIES BETWEEN THE BRANCHES OF A TREE. 00:02:44 - MONTAGE- GENERAL GUNTHER, NATO COMMANDER, ARRIVES IN ATHENS, INSPECTS MILITARY BASES ON GREEK SOIL. 00:03:30 - MONTAGE- KING PAUL AND QUEEN FEDERIKA OF GREECE RIDE IN MOTORCADE UP BROADWAY IN NEW YORK CITY. 00:03:30 - QUEEN ELIZABETH AND PRINCESS MARGARET ARRIVE AT LONDON'S WEST END TO ATTEND ANNUAL ROYAL FILM PERFORMANCES. HOLLYWOOD MOVIE STARS GREET THEM. 00:03:37 - MS- QUEEN ELIZABETH SHAKES HANDS WITH ACTOR GARY COOPER AND A LINE-UP OF OTHER STARS. 00:04:07 - DAZZLING DIAMOND DISPLAY - CU- MODELS WEAR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF BRACELETS, NECKLACES AND RINGS. 00:05:03 - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - ILLINOIS 21 - PURDUE 0 00:05:10 - MONTAGE- ILLINOIS' J.C. CAROLINE PUTS ON A DAZZLING DISPLAY OF RUNNING TO BREAK RECORD OF YARDS GAINED. LS- THOUSANDS OF FANS WAVE THEIR ARMS IN UNISON. 00:05:37 - LS- ILLINOIS LINEBACK PUTS ON A DAZZLING RUN AS HE DODGES TACKLERS TRYING TO TAKE HIM DOWN. THEY FALL ALL AROUND HIM BUT HE DODGES THEM ALL. 00:05:42 - FORDHAM 20 - MIAMI 0 00:07:25 - VOL 26/515 00:07:38 - FLAG SALUTE - UNITS OF SO. KOREAN TROOPS PARADE FOR GENERAL RIDGEWAY. MS- GENERAL MATHEW RIDGEWAY GREETS KOREAN PRESIDENT RHEE DURING RIDGEWAY'S TOUR OF INSPECTION. 00:08:05 - LS- RIDGEWAY REVIEWS MARCHING SOLDIERS. 00:08:45 - INDO-CHINA - FRENCH FIGHT THEIR WAY OUT OF TRAP. 00:09:18 - LS- LOW FLYING PLANE DROPS NAPALM BOMBS CAUSING HUGE BALLS OF FIRE AND SMOKE. 00:09:45 - MS- GROUND CREWMEN AT A US AIR FORCE BASE LOAD ROCKETS ON A NORTHRUP SCORPION JET. CU- ROCKETS FIRED FROM THE JETS SPEW OUT IN SLOW MOTION AS SEEN BY PILOT IN AIR. 00:10:31 - MS- THREE OF THE FOUR DIONNE QUINTUPLETS BID FAREWELL TO THEIR SISTER MARIE AS SHE ENTERS A CONVENT TO BECOME A NUN. THEIR PARENTS ARE THERE 00:11:07 - MONTAGE- OVER 50,000 PILGRIMS VISIT THE SITE IN PHILADELPHIA'S FAIRMONT PARK WHERE CHILDREN SAW A VISION OF THE VIRGIN MARY. ROSARIES AND FLOWERS ARE PLACED ON THE BUSH WHERE THE VISION APPEARED. 00:11:27 - MONTAGE- BRASS SHELL CASINGS LAY ON DOCK IN KOREA WHERE THEY ARE LOADED ONTO A SHIP TO USA FOR RECLAMATION. LS- DAMAGED TANKS, JEEPS AND OTHER VEHICLES ARE LOADED FOR SHIPMENT TO JAPAN FOR REPAIR. 00:11:57 - FASHIONS ON SHIPBOARD - GIRLS MODEL CLOTHING ON THE LINER ANDREA D'ORIO. CREATIONS BY LEONARD ARKIN ARE FEATURED. 00:12:57 - NATIONAL HORSE SHOW IN NEW YORK - TOP TEAMS REPRESENTING IRELAND, GREAT BRITAIN, CANADA AND THE U.S. COMPETE IN THE HURDLE JUMPING. 00:13:40 - MS- CANADIAN MOUNTIES PUT ON A DAZZLING PRECISION HORSE SHOW. 00:14:08 - VOL 26/516 00:14:24 - NORTHEASTER - STORM TAKES HEAVY TOLL ON EAST COAST MONTAGE- (PAN) STORES IN A SMALL TOWN ARE HALF SUBMERGED IN WATER. SMALL HOMES, PILED ON EACH OTHER BY THE FURIOUS WINDS. 00:14:31 - CAR PARKED OUTSIDE STORE LIES SUBMERGED IN FLOOD WATERS AS OTHER CARS, BY THE HUNDREDS, LIE STALLED AND MAROONED. 00:15:08 - MS- YOUNG MAN CHASES A GOOSE WHO FLAPS IN THE WATER AS HE TRIES TO ESCAPE. 00:15:29 - MONTAGE- NEW BRITISH 'CENTORIAN' TANK IS PUT THROUGH ITS PACES. 00:16:15 - MONTAGE- ADMIRAL ARTHUR RADFORD, CHAIRMAN OF JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, ARRIVES IN GERMANY TO INSPECT U.S. FORCES. 00:16:50 - MS- SAILORS ON THE DESTROYER ESCORT GEORGE E. DAVIS ENTERTAIN 9 YEAR OLD MARIA LAVECCHIA WHOM THEY ADOPTED AS THEIR FOSTER DAUGHTER. MS- SHE CUTS A BIRTHDAY CAKE AND SHARES IT WITH THE CREW. LS- THE OFFICERS AND CREW LINE UP TO HUG AND KISS HER 00:17:21 - IMPERIAL GARDEN PARTY - EMPEROR HIROHITO ENTERTAINS DIPLOMATIC CORP IN HIS PALACE GARDEN IN TOKYO. 00:18:02 - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - TEXAS CHRISTAIN 21 - WASHINGTON STATE 7 00:19:39 - ARMY 27 - NO. CAROLINA STATE 7 LS- NO. CAROLINA'S EDDIE WEST TAKES A PUNT ALL THE WAY IN FOR A TD 00:20:59 - VOL 26/518 00:21:17 - PRESIDENT IKE GETS WARM WELCOME ON VISIT TO CANADA LS- IKE AND MAMIE ARE GREETED BY GOVERNOR MASSEY OF CANADA. MS- EISENHOWER PLACES WREATH ON MEMORIAL TO CANADA'S WAR DEAD. 00:22:04 - IN TRADITIONAL FASHION EISENHOWER PLANTS TREE AND SHOVELS DIRT AROUND IT;MAMIE HELPS. 00:22:34 - MS- IKE SPEAKS TO CANADA'S PARLIAMENT. 00:23:10 - MS- PROFESSOR FRITZ ZIRNICKY, NOBEL PRIZE WINNER, LOOKS THROUGH HIS NEW PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE WHICH ENABLES SCIENTISTS TO SEE ORGANISMS NEVER SEEN BEFORE. 00:23:34 - CU- TELEGRAMS OF CONGRATULATIONS FROM VIP'S ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE PILED ONE ATOP THE OTHER. 00:23:40 - MS- VICE PRESIDENT NIXON RECEIVES A CORDIAL WELCOME FROM SYNGMAN RHEE OF KOREA. CROWD WAVES SMALL U.S. FLAGS AT THE VISITING NIXON. MS- NIXON AND WIFE PAT RECEIVE FLORAL BOUQUETS FROM KOREAN CHILDREN. 00:24:12 - MS- IKE LOOKS OVER 39LB. LIVE TURKEY GIVEN TO HIM FOR THANKSGIVING. HE PATS THE TURKEY ON THE BACK. 00:24:49 - ANIMAL RARITY - A 'ZONKEY' PONY, ACROSS BETWEEN A DONKEY AND A ZEBRA, RUNS AROUND IN ITS CORRAL. THE RARE PHENOMENA OF BREATHING TOOK 22 TRIES TO SUCCEED ON THE CALIFORNIA FARM. 00:25:01 - LS- THE 'ZONKEY' RUNS AND BRONCS WILDLY TRYING TO UNSEAT A MONKEY ON HIS BACK. 00:25:19 - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - MARYLAND 38 - MISSISSIPPI 0 00:26:32 - WISCONSIN 28 - ILLINOIS 7 IN UPSET. 00:27:44 - VOL 26/519 00:28:06 - HARRY DEXTER WHITE EXPOSE' - OPENS SWEEPING PROBE OF ALL RED ESPIONAGE. ATTORNEY GENERAL BROWNELL TELLS CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE THAT EX-PRESIDENT TRUMAN HAD TO KNOW OF WHITE'S ESPIONAGE ACTIVITY. 00:29:20 - CU- TRUMAN RESPONDS - CALLS BROWNELL A LIAR WHO DECEIVED HIS CHIEF . 00:30:30 - MS- DIRECTOR OF FBI J. EDGAR HOOVER SPEAKS TO THE COMMITTEE. 00:30:50 - MONTAGE- 36,000 SACKS OF MAIL FOR JAPAN AND OTHER PLACES ARE STACKED HIGH AT A SAN FRANCISCO DOCK. 00:31:19 - MONTAGE- THE DOUGLAS X-3 'FLYING STILETTO' IS TEST FLOWN AT CALIFORNIA BASE. 00:31:59 - MONTAGE- PETE BRENNAN RIDES A BIKE MOUNTED WITH SAILS ON A DRY LAKE IN NEVADA AND REACHES A TOP SPEED OF 40 MPH. 00:32:20 - HISTORICAL CATHEDRAL RESTORED - ST. STEVENS IN VIENNA, HIT BY ARTILLERY IN WWII IS REPAIRED. 00:32:44 - MONTAGE- STEEPLEJACKS CLIMB EDIFICE LIKE MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS AND SWING FROM SECTION TO SECTION WITH ROPES, AT DIZZYING HEIGHTS. 00:33:21 - SPORTS - LS- BELGIAN AND FRENCH STOCK CARS CRASH EACH OTHER AS THEY RACE AROUND THE TRACK. SPECTATORS ENJOY THE EVENT 00:33:48 - BOXING - BOXERS COMPETE IN INTERNATIONAL SERVICEMEN'S BOUTS IN ENGLAND. MS- A DUTCH MAN IS KNOCKED DOWN BY A U.S. FIGHTER WITH A LEFT HOOK TO THE JAW. 00:34:43 - LS- U.S. FIGHTER TAKES MANY ROUNDHOUSE PUNCHES BY A BRITISH RAF BOXER AND IS STAGGERED SEVERAL TIMES. RAF WINS MATCH FOR THE 3RD STRAIGHT YEAR. 00:34:48 - VOL 26/520 00:35:07 - LARGEST RADIO TRANSMITTER IS DEDICATED IN CASCADE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON - MS- GENERAL DAVID SARNOFF CONGRATULATES ADMIRAL DAVID CARNEY, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS, FOR THE 1 MILLION WATT TRANSMITTER. 00:35:34 - CU- SARNOFF'S FINGER OPERATES THE TELEGRAPH KEY TO SEND MESSAGE AS ADMIRAL CARNEY WATCHES. 00:36:08 - 200 TONS OF AMMUNITION EXPLODES IN ACCIDENT AT STRASBERG. FRANCE - CU-(PAN) AN UNEXPLODED MORTAR SHELL LIES NEXT TO THE SHOE OF A VICTIM KILLED BY THE BLAST. 00:36:24 - MS- A SURVIVING VICTIM OF THE BLAST WALKS IN A DAZE. MS- SHATTERED WINDOWS, BROKEN BY PIECES OF STONE HURLED ALMOST A MILE AWAY. 00:36:50 - '50 YEARS OF FLIGHT' CELEBRATION - THOUSANDS OF CITIZENS ENJOY AIR SHOW AT CALIFORNIA AIR BASE. 00:36:57 - LS- MAN RUNS HOLDING A 1896 REPLICA OF A CHINNUTE GLIDER. MS- A WORLD WAR I 'JENNY' BI-PLANE IS ON DISPLAY. LS- THREE 'BLUE ANGELS' FLY THEIR JETS IN FORMATION. 00:37:35 - MS- DR. SELMAN WAXMAN RECEIVES HUMANITARIAN AWARD FOR DISCOVERY OF STREPTOMYCIN AT 11TH DINNER- DANCE OF VARIETY CLUB. SINGER JANE FROMAN IS ALSO HONORED. 00:37:54 - ANNUAL SANTA CLAUS PARADE IN SEATTLE - MONTAGE- GIANT BALLOONS REPRESENTING FAMILIAR CARTOON CHARACTERS INCLUDING, FELIX THE CAT, AND OTHERS ENTRANCE YOUNGSTERS. 00:38:03 - MS- CROWD OF YOUNG KIDS LOOK ON IN AWE. MS- A MOTHER WATCHES THE PARADE AS SHE HOLDS BABY BOTTLE IN CHILD'S MOUTH. 00:38:16 - MS- REAL REINDEER PULL SLED WITH SANTA ABOARD. 00:38:25 - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - ILLINOIS 39 - NORTHWESTERN 14 00:39:02 - LS- ILLINOIS J.C. CAROLINE TAKES A PUNT AND RUNS IT 40 YARDS BEFORE BEING TAKEN DOWN. 00:39:38 - DARTMOUTH 34 - PRINCETON 12 00:40:42 - MARYLAND 21 - ALABAMA 0 LS- MARYLANDS AMARLAK RUNS 82 YARDS ON 1ST PLAY FOR A TOUCHDOWN. 00:41:38 - VOL 26/522 00:41:50 - AVIATION NEWS - TEST PILOT SCOTTY COSSFIELD, THE WORLD'S 'FASTEST MAN' TESTS THE DOUGLAS 'SKYROCKET' AT 1300 MPH. 00:42:28 - MONTAGE- SMALL PUSHER TYPE AIRPLANE WITH THE PROP ON THE TAIL END IS TEST FLOWN. 00:43:00 - ROYAL JOURNEY - WEST INDIES HAIL QUEEN ELIZABETH II AS SHE ARRIVES IN JAMAICA WITH PRINCE PHILIP. CU- BLACK HONOR GUARD STAND SMARTLY AT ATTENTION. 00:43:36 - MS- QUEEN USES A SHOVEL TO PLANT A COTTONWOOD TREE IN KING GEORGE'S PARK. 00:43:48 - CITYSCAPE OF CARACAS, VENEZUELA. MS- PRESIDENT MARCOS PEREZ JIMINEZ IS GREETED BY CHEERING YOUNGSTERS AS HE DEDICATES AN ULTRA MODERN NUTRITION CENTER BUILDING BUILT WITH OIL MONEY. 00:44:27 - MS- 2 YOUNG CZECHS EXAMINE THEIR DAMAGED LIGHT PLANE AFTER THEY CRASH LANDED IN A BAVARIAN FIELD WHILE ESCAPING TO FREEDOM. 00:44:55 - MS- YOUNG BOY SCOUT STRIKEN BY POLIO IS HONORED BY HIS SCOUT MASTER AND SCOUT TROUPE. HE IS ROLLED INTO THE ROOM BY A NURSE. 00:45:23 - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - ARMY 20 - NAVY 7 LS- 102,000 FANS WATCH AS ARMY AND NAVY CADETS MARCH ONTO THE FIELD. MS- QUEEN FEDERIKA OF GREECE IS THERE, AS IS GENERAL MATTHEW RIDGEWAY WITH OTHER HIGH BRASS. 00:46:02 - LS- NAVY FUMBLES ON KICK OFF AND ARMY RECOVERS. ARMY CADETS WAVE THEIR HATS WILDLY AS ARMY'S PAT UDELL TAKES IT FOR A TOUCHDOWN. 00:47:09 - NOTRE DAME 48 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 14 00:48:27 - VOL 26/523 00:48:41 - BIG THREE MEET - CHURCHILL OF ENGLAND, LANIELLE OF FRANCE AND PRESIDENT EISENHOWER MEET IN BERMUDA. 00:49:00 - LS- CHURCHILL ARRIVES IN BERMUDA BY PLANE, TO ORGANIZE MEETING. 00:49:45 - AERIAL- THE WORSE FIRE IN KOREAN HISTORY RAZES HALF THE CITY OF PUSAN. LS- SMOKE RISES FROM 5000 HOUSES THAT BURNED(PAN). 00:50:20 - MS- WOMAN SITS BEWILDERED AMID RUINS OF HER HOUSE. 00:50:47 - MS- QUEEN ELIZABETH PUSHES THE LEVER THAT OPERATES THE MIGHTY LOCKS OF THE PANAMA CANAL. SHE THEN RE-BOARDS HER SHIP WHICH PASSES THROUGH THE LOCKS. 00:51:19 - MS- WOMAN HAS DIFFICULTY DRESSING HER PET GORILLA. THE YOUNG GORILLA RUNS FREELY AROUND THE HOUSE PLAYING WITH A BALL. 00:51:58 - MEN'S FASHIONS ABOARD THE ITALIAN LINER ANDREA D'ORIO. 2 MEN PLAY SHUFFLE BOARD ON DECK AS THEY SHOW STYLES BY DAMON. MALE MODEL LOOKS OUT TO SEA AS HE PUFFS ON A CIGARETTE. 00:52:55 - SPORTS - ENGLAND VS HUNGARY FOR WORLD TITLE IN TABLE TENNIS (PING PONG). ENGLAND WINS. 00:54:00 - LS- ENGLAND TAKES ON HUNGARY IN SOCCER BEFORE A HUGE CROWD. HUNGARY WINS 6-3.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1953
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-919