- Title: VM-921
- Summary: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS: STARTS WITH THE EISENHOWER AND STEVENSON STORY BIOS
- Description:00:00:28 - VOL 25/400 00:00:39 - TITLE THE EISENHOWER STORY - A MOTION PICTURE STORY ABOUT CANDIDATES RUNNING PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE IN THE ELECTION 00:01:04 - ECU SMILING IKE WAVES HIS HAT TO PEOPLE 00:01:05 - MS IKE IN CAP AND GOWN SPEAKS AT UNIVERSITY 00:01:10 - LS IKE'S BOYHOOD HOME IN KANSAS AND PHOTOS OF HIS ROOM 00:01:20 - MS PHOTO OF IKE AND MAMIE WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG. PHOTO OF IKE IN SCHOOL BOOK AT WEST POINT 00:01:37 - MS GENERAL IKE ON BOARD WARSHIP PRIOR TO INVASION IN WWII.IKE SHAKING HANDS WITH FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY. IKE VISITING TROOPS ON BATTLE FIELD 00:02:09 - MS IKE PRAISES GI JOE IN HIS SPEECH 00:02:44 - LS IKE TALKS TO CROWD ON NYC CITY HALL STEPS AFTER A TRIUMPHANT TICKER TAPE PARADE. MAYOR FIORELLO LAGUARDIA LOOKS ON 00:02:58 - MS IKE AND MAMIE AT THEIR DAUGHTER-IN-LAW'S BEDSIDE AFTER BIRTH OF GRAND-SON. IKE HOLDS BABY IN HIS ARMS 00:04:50 - MS IKE BIDS FAREWELL TO SERVICE AND JOINS PRESIDENTAL RACE. 00:05:40 - MONTAGE IKE IS NOMINATED AT REPUBLICAN CONVENTION WITH RICHARD NIXON AS HIS RUNNING MATE. 00:06:48 - CU IKE MAKES SPEECH PLEDGING PEACE 00:07:26 - VOL 25/401 00:07:43 - THE STEVENSON STORY. A MOTION PICTURE STORY ABOUT CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE. 00:08:19 - MS ILLINOIS GOVERNOR ADLAI STEVENSON PICKS A BOOK FROM HIS LIBRARY SHELF AND PERUSES IT. 00:08:38 - LS STEVENSON WALKS DOWN STEPS OF HIS OFFICE BUILDING LIFTS A YOUNG BOY OFF THE GROUND AND PLACES HIM AT THE FOOT OF LINCOLN'S STATUE 00:09:10 - MONTAGE AT HIS HOME IN BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, STEVENSON'S SISTER SHOWS FAMILY PHOTOS 00:10:41 - MONTAGE AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION STEVENSON IS NOMINATED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE GOVERNOR SPARKMAN OF ALABAMA IS CHOSEN AS HIS RUNNING MATE. 00:10:53 - MONTAGE STEVENSON SPEAKS TO AMERICA ABOUT HIS RECORD AND TO CROWDS ON HIS CAMPAIGN TRAIL 00:14:24 - VOL 25/402 00:14:45 - YANKS WIN SERIES - BEAT DODGERS IN 7TH GAME 00:14:51 - LS CROWDS GATHER OUTSIDE EBBETS FIELD IN BROOKLYN 00:14:55 - CU BROOKLYN FAN SHOWS HIS FEELINGS BY WAVING AND APPLAUDING WILDLY 00:15:00 - CU PEE WEE REESE AT. HITS A SINGLE TO DRIVE IN BILLY COX AND TIE THE GAME 00:15:14 - CU MICKEY MANTLE AT BAT. HE HITS A HOME RUN OFF DODGER PITCHER JOE BLACK 00:15:40 - MS JACKIE ROBINSON COMES TO BAT WITH 2 OUTS IN THE 9TH. FANS RISE IN SILENCE TO WATCH. JACKIE POPS UP AND YANKS WIN THE SERIES. FAN IN THE STANDS SHOWS HIS DISAPPOINTMENT. 00:16:12 - MS CASEY STENGEL IS CONGRATULATED BY LOSING DODGER MANAGER DRESSEN. 00:16:20 - WHISTLE STOPS - TRUMAN CAMPAIGNS ON BEHALF OF STEVENSON TO STOP 'IKE'. 00:16:28 - MS EISENHOWER IS CHEERED BY CROWDS AS HE RIDES IN MOTORCADE AND SPEAKS TO OUTDOOR CROWDS. 00:17:16 - LS HUGE CROWDS WAVE TO TRUMAN AND DAUGHTER MARGARET WHO WAVES TO THEM FROM BACK OF TRAIN ON ONE OF THEIR MANY WHISTLE STOPS. 00:17:44 - NORTH DAKOTA INDIANS GREET TRUMAN AT TRAIN ON A STOP IN THAT STATE. 00:17:48 - CU ELDERLY INDIAN SQUAW SWOONS AT SIGHT OF TRUMAN. 00:17:54 - GREENLAND RESCUE - RESCUERS BECOME RESCUED AS PLANE DROPPING RELIEF TO EXPLORES CRASH LANDS IN SNOW. 00:18:10 - MS BRITISH CREW DROPS SUPPLIES BY PARACHUTE FROM SIDE DOOR OF PLANE SHORTLY BEFORE THEY CRASH LAND IN SNOW 00:18:56 - AERIAL U.S. SEARCH PLANE DROPS FOOD AND SUPPLIES TO THE RAF CREWMEN. ALL 12 MEN ARE RESCUED AFTER 7 DAYS. 00:19:08 - SPORTS - JOHN COBB, HOLDER OF WORLD'S SPEED BOAT RECORD IS KILLED TRYING TO BREAK HIS OWN SPEED RECORD IN LOCH NESS SCOTLAND. 00:19:17 - COBB CLIMBS INTO HIS JET PROPELLED SPEEDBOAT PRIOR TO HIS ACCIDENT. 00:19:30 - LS AT OVER 200 MILES PER HOUR THE BOAT DISINTIGRATES IN A HUGE SPLASH OF WATER. COBB IS KILLED. 00:19:57 - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - SOUTHERN CAL BEATS ARMY 22-0 00:20:35 - MICHIGAN STATE BEATS OREGON STATE 17-14 00:21:47 - VOL 25/403 00:22:08 - TRAIN WRECK - 95 KILLED 200 HURT IN BRITISH DISASTER 00:22:17 - AERIAL PAN OF CRASHED TRAINS AT CROWDED RAILWAY STATION WHWRE EXPRESS TRAIN SMASHED INTO A STOPPED COMMUTER TRAIN DURING PEAK RUSH HOUR. THEN ANOTHER EXPRESS TRAIN SMASHED INTO THE WRECKAGE, COMPOUNDING THE DISASTER 00:22:36 - LS CROWDS OF RESCUE WORKERS PULL OUT THE DEAD AND INJURED FROM THE SMOLDERING DEBRIS. 00:23:50 - MONTAGE SOVIET MILITARY MISSION AND FAMILIES CARRY THE USUAL ITEMS OF LUXURY AS THEY WAIT AT JAPANESE PORT TO BOARD BOAT BACK TO RUSSIA AFTER BEING RECALLED. 00:24:10 - MONTAGE JAPANESE LINE UP AT THE POLLS FOR THEIR FIRST ELECTION SINCE THE OCCUPATION AS COMMUNIST RECEIVED A SMASHING DEFEAT. NOT ONE RED WAS ELECTED TO THE LEGISLATURE. 00:24:43 - MONTAGE CROWDS OF WOMEN VOTERS LINE UP TO VOTE IN CHILE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THAT NATIONS HISTORY. CARLOS IBANES IS ELECTED PRESIDENT. 00:24:54 - CU CHILEAN WOMAN APPLIES LIPSTICK AS SHE WAITS TO VOTE 00:25:23 - LS BRITAIN'S QUEEN MOTHER UNVEILS MEMORIAL IN SCOTLAND TO BRITISH AND U.S. COMMANDOES. 00:25:44 - LS WINGLESS AIRPLANE, WHICH LOOKS LIKE A FLYING SAUCER AFTER THE WINGS FOLD INTO THE FUSELAGE, IS TESTED. 00:26:21 - KOREA - SEE-SAW FIGHT RAGES FOR STRATEGIC PEAKS 00:26:49 - AS A NEW BATTLEFIELD STRATEGY, A HELICOPTER LIFTS A PIECE OF ARTILLERY TO A NEW POSITION AND THE CREW BOMBARDS THE REDS FROM THERE. 00:28:13 - MONTAGE EXHAUSTED GIS CATCH A NAP AT THE FRONT. 00:28:39 - VOL 25/404 00:28:57 - PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN - TRUMAN IS GIVEN AN AWARD IN ONE AREA AND IKE SPEAKS IN THE WEST 00:29:12 - MS BLACK LEADERS IN HARLEM GIVE TRUMAN AN AWARD BEFORE A HUGE THRONG 00:29:30 - MS TRUMAN URGES THE PEOPLE TO ELECT ADLAI STEVENSON FOR PRESIDENT 00:30:00 - MONTAGE GENERAL IKE IS GIVEN A HUGE TICKER TAPE PARADE ON A CALIFORNIA AVENUE. CROWD RAISES 'IKE' BANNERS AS HE SPEAKS ON CIVIL RIGHTS 00:30:56 - AIR STRIKES OVER KOREA - CREW OF CARRIER SIMPSON LOAD LARGE BOMBS UNDER ATTACK BOMBER 00:31:43 - AERIAL BOMBS AND MISSILES HIT TARGETS ON GROUND AS SEEN BY FIGHTER PILOT 00:31:56 - MONTAGE STREAMLINED SUPER TRAIN MAKES ITS DEBUT IN GERMANY. THE LONG TORPEDO-LIKE TRAIN RIDES AT HIGH SPEED ALONG A MONORAIL. 00:32:36 - LS 76,000 CATHOLICS CROWD NYC'S POLO GROUNDS IN OBSERVANCE OF FAMILY ROSARY CRUSADE. FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN HAS MASS AND SPEAKS TO THRONG. 00:33:18 - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - UCLA BEATS RICE 20-0 00:33:58 - GEORGIA TECH BEATS TULANE 14-0 00:34:25 - PENN BEATS PRINCETON 13-7 00:35:31 - VOL 25/405 00:35:50 - 7TH SESSIONS OF UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENSIN NEW HEADQUARTERS. MS INSIDE VIEW OF MODERNISTIC AREAS ARE SHOWN WITH FOUNTAINS AND 20TH CENTURY DESIGNS. 00:36:29 - MS SECRETARY GENERAL MADAM PUNDIT OF INDIA ARRIVES AS DO MANY OTHER MEMBERS FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES WEARING THEIR NATIVE ATTIRE. 00:36:43 - MS SECRETARY OF STATE DEAN ACHESON ARRIVES AS DOES SOVIETS VICHINSKY AND GROMYKO. MRS. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT IS GREETED BY GROMYKO. 00:37:30 - LESTER PEARSON IS ELECTED AS NEW PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 00:37:42 - MONTAGE EGYPTS STRONGMAN GENERAL MOHAMMED NAGIB IS MOBBED BY ADORING ARABS AS HE REVIEWS HIS TROOPS. 00:38:19 - LS HOSPITAL SHIP SAILS INTO SAN FRANCISCO HARBOR WITH U.S. SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN KOREA. 00:38:24 - MS AS GI WITH HANDLEBAR MUSTACHE LOOKS INTO CAMERA, FELLOW GIS FONDLE HIS MUSTACHE 00:38:37 - MOM HOLDING TOT IN ARMS WAVES TO THE SHIP FROM SHORE, AS CROWD OF OTHER LOVED ONES WAIT PATIENTLY FOR THE GIS TO DISENBARK. 00:38:56 - GI IN STRETCHER HAS HIS ARM IN A CAST IN A RAISED POSITION 00:39:30 - AERIAL HUGE CROWD OF CATHOLICS FROM ALL NATIONS UNDER RED RULE WAVE HANDKERCHIEFS AT POPE PIUS XII AS HE IS CARRIED ON THRONE IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE. 00:39:41 - HOLLYWOOD PAYS TRIBUTE TO NEW STARS OF FUTURE MS ACTOR TYRONE POWER EMCEES AND GIVES AWARDS TO TAB HUNTER AND MORA NELSON. UNIVERSAL PRODUCTION CHIEF WILLIAM GETZ LOOKS ON. 00:40:35 - LS HUGE CROWD LOOKS ON AS JAPAN'S PRINCESS YORI MARRIES A COMMONER. 00:40:47 - MONTAGE AS NEW ICE BREAKER 'EASTWIND' HEADS TOWARD THE NORTH POLE IT PASSES BREATH TAKING ICE FORMATIONS AND ICEBERGS. 00:41:27 - AERIAL MOUNTAINS OF ICE AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE (PAN) AS SEEN FROM HELICOPTER 00:41:52 - MS THE 'EASTWIND' SLOWLY CRASHES THROUGH THE AS IT HEADS WHERE NO OTHER SHIP HAS BEEN ABLE TO GO SO FAR NORTH. 00:42:11 - VOL 25/406 00:42:31 - CAMPAIGN GAINS SPEED IN FINAL STAGES AS EISENHOWER AND STEVENSON SPEAK TO CROWDS ON THEIR CAMPAIGN ROUTES. 00:44:01 - MS 2 TEST PILOTS DEMONSTRATE NEW PRESURIZED SUITS TO BE WORN IN UPPER ATMOSPHERE. MS PILOT SHOWS HE HAS FREEDOM OF MOTION WHEN THE SUIT IS PRESSURIZED. 00:44:51 - ACTOR RAY MIDDLETON PLAYS LINCOLN ON BOARD VINTAGE TRAIN ON HIS WAY TO GETTYSBURG FOR THAT FAMOUS ADDRESS. MS TRAIN ROLLS INTO GETTYSBURG STATION. 00:45:09 - MS A PARADE OF SOLDIERS IN CIVIL WAR UNIFORMS MARCH DOWN GETTYSBURG STREET FOLLOWED BY 'LINCOLN' RIDING A HORSE. 00:45:30 - MS PAN OF A DOZEN MODELS WEARING 5 MILLION DOLLARS OF JEWELRY INCLUDING NECLACES,RINGS, EARINGS AND BRACELETS WITH THEIR ELABORATE CLOTHING. CU MODEL HAS DIAMOND CHIPS ADORNING HER UPPER EYELIDS. 00:46:14 - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - PITTSBURGH 22 - ARMY 14 00:47:15 - MARYLAND 38 - NAVY 7 00:47:56 - MICHIGAN STATE 48 - SYRACUSE 7 00:49:08 - VOL 25/407 00:49:25 - KOREA - BLOODY BATTLES RAGE FOR STRATEGIC RIDGES. SOUTH KOREAN SOLDIERS RUN UP A HILL CARRYING SHELLS TO THEIR BATTERY OF MORTORS. 00:50:44 - MS EMPEROR HIROHITO OF JAPAN EXITS HIS LIMO AT SITE OF JAPANS MEMORIAL TO THEIR WAR DEAD 00:51:25 - MONTAGE CROWDS OF JAPANESE BOW THEIR HEADS AND CLASP THEIR HANDS IN PRAYER IN DEVOTION AT THE SHRINE. 00:52:00 - INVENTOR DEMONSTRATES HOW TO GET HIS CAR OUT OF A TIGHT SPOT BETWEEN TWO CARS. MS AT THE TWIST OF A HANDLE ON HIS DASH BOARD A WHEEL IS LOWERED FROM UNDER HIS TRUNK FACING HORIZNTALLY FROM THE OTHER WHEELS, IT PICKS UP THE CAR AND ALLOWS THE DRIVER TO ROLL OUT OF THE TIGHT SPOT. 00:52:31 - MS WITH THE 'THIRD' WHEEL LIFTED THE CAR MAKES A COMPLETE CIRCLE IN THE INVENTORS DRIVEWAY. 00:52:42 - MONTAGE SWISS WATCH MAKERS SHOW TINY MUSICAL ANIMATED FIGURES INCLUDING A CRAWLING CATERPILLAR, A MUSICAL ORCHESTRA, A BIRD CAGE COMPLETE WITH SINGING BIRDS AND A COBBLER AND HIS WIFE. CU TINY MECHANISMS ARE SHOWN. 00:54:11 - CU A FIGURINE MADE IN 1774 SHOWS AN ARTIST DRAWING ON A PAPER PAD. THE ANIMATED FIGURE ACTUALLY DRAWS A PERSONS FACE ON THE PAPER. 00:54:33 - WINTER IS COMING AND THE BIRDS KNOW IT BEST. LS THOUSANDS OF GAME BIRDS LAND AT THE TWO LAKE GAME REFUGE IN PREAPRATION TO THEIR MIGRATION SOUTH. 00:54:42 - MS A HUNTER HIDING IN THE HIGH GRASS FIRES HIS RIFLE AT THE SWARM OF BIRDS. A WOUNDED BIRD MAKES A CRASH LANDING BY A RAILWAY TRACK 00:55:38 - LS THE SKY IS FILLED WITH GAME BIRDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1952
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-921