- Title: VM-925
- Summary: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS: STARTS WITH 1951 SPORTS WRAP-UP
- Description:00:00:28 - VOL 25/522 00:00:39 - 1951 SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS - MONTAGE OF SPEED BOATING HORSE RACING,BOB SLEDDING, SKI JUMPING AND HIGH PLATFORM DIVING. 00:01:22 - LS NEW YORK GIANTS' BOBBY THOMPSON HITS FAMOUS PENNANT WINNING HOME RUN AGAINST THE BROOKLYN DODGERS. LEO DUROCHER RUNS TO THIRD BASE JUMPING WILDLY TO MEET THOMPSON RUNNING AROUND THE BASES. 00:01:35 - MONTAGE CU OF HYSTERICALLY HAPPY FANS. 00:01:52 - BRINGHAM YOUNG PLAYS KENTUCKY BASKETBALL DURING A SEASON THAT SAW SCANDAL WITH BRIBES AND GAME DUMPING BY YOUNG ATHLETES. 00:02:10 - LS WEST POINT ACADEMY WHERE THE ENTIRE FOOTBALL TEAM WAS FIRED FOR VIOLATING THE HONOR CODE. 00:02:27 - MONTAGE PRINSTON'S NICK CASHMIRE SHOWS WHY HE WAS PICKED AS TOP MAN IN ALMOST ALL CATEGORIES. MS A FAN WIPES HIS BROW IN AWE AS HE WATCHES CASHMIRE SLIP AND SLIDE FOR HUGE GAINS. 00:03:03 - LS LONG SHOT 'TOM TURF' SURPRISES EVERYONE BY WINNING THE KENTUCKY. SHOWN IN SLOW MOTION. HIS OWNER ONCE SOLD PEANUTS AT THE DERBY PARK. 00:03:22 - LS BEN HOGAN MAKES COME BACK TO WIN THE U.S. OPEN GOLF TOURNAMENT AFTER BEING SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A CAR CRASH. 00:03:45 - LS IN A STUNNING UPSET, HEAVYWEIGHT BOXER JERSEY 'JOE' WALCOTT SCORES A KNOCK OUT OF CHAMP EZZARD CHARLES, AND WINNING THE CROWN. 00:04:02 - LS THE REVERAND BOB RICHARD GOES WILD AFTER BEING THE 2ND MAN TO POLE VAULT 15 FEET. 00:04:14 - SPORTS THRILLS - MS MAN FALLS ON WATER SKIS. MS SKIERS TAKING FALLS ON THE SLOPES. LS BOB SLEDDED OVERTURNS ON THE CURVE. LS BULLS AND HORSES THROW THEIR RIDERS AT THE RODEO. 00:05:16 - BULLS BOWL OVER THE POPULACE AS THEY RUN THROUGH THE STREETS OF SPAIN PRIOR TO THE BUUU FIGHTS. BULL ALSO TOSSES THE BULL FIGHTER IN THE ARENA. 00:05:44 - LS HORSES THROW THEIR RIDERS AND FALL TRYING TO JUMP THE HURDLES AT THE GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE IN AMTREE, ENGLAND. 00:05:51 - LS DOZENS OF HORSES FALL IN A SPECTACULAR SLOW MOTION FILM OF THE EVENT. THE WORSE IN GRAND NATIONAL HISTORY. 00:06:07 - LS SEVERAL CYCLISTS GO FLYING OVER THE DIRT RETAINING WALL IN MOTORCYCLE RACE. 00:06:25 - LS SPECTACULAR CRASHES INVOLVE MANY CARS AS DRIVERS FAIL TO SEE AN ACCIDENT ON A CURVE IN THE ROAD CAUSING A CONTINUOUS SEQUENCE OF BRUTAL CRASHES. THICK FIRE AND SMOKE INUNDATES THE TRACK 00:07:19 - VOL 25/523 00:07:39 - THE BOWL GAMES - CU OF SUGAR BOWL TICKET BETWEEN TENNESSEE AND MARYLAND. MARYLAND WINS IN UPSET 20 TO 13. 00:09:23 - ORANGE BOWL - GEORGIA TECH BEATS BAYLOR 17 TO 14 00:10:37 - COTTON BOWL - KENTUCKY BEATS TCU 20 TO 7 00:11:54 - TOURNAMENT OF ROSES - CHILLY CROWD WATCHES PARADE WITH 63, FLOATS DECORATED WITH THOUSANDS OF FLOWERS ROLL DOWN A PASADENA, CALIFORNIA STREET. 00:12:08 - GIRLS ON FLOATS LIFT UP THEIR GOWNS TO REVEAL THE LONG PANTS ATTESTING TO THE COLD WEATHER. 00:13:03 - ROSE BOWL GAME - ILLINOIS BEATS SANFORD 00:14:30 - VOL 25/524 00:14:50 - CHURCHILL IN U.S.- CONFERS WITH TRUMAN AND DEFENSE CHIEFS 00 14 58 LS LINER QUEEN MARY ARRIVES IN NEW YORK HARBOR WITH CHURCHILL ABOARD. 00:15:37 - LS PRESIDENT TRUMAN MEETS CHURCHILL AT WASHINGTON AIRPORT.AS TRUMAN LOOKS ON, CHURCHILL MAKES A SPEECH AT THE AIRPORT. 00:16:41 - MS CHURCHILL AGAIN MEETS WITH TRUMAN ON THE PRESIDENTIAL YACHT 'WILLIAMSBURG' WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR DISCUSSIONS. 00:16:49 - MS DEAN ACHESON AND ANTHONY EDAN JOIN THE MEETING 00:17:05 - AERIAL THE CRIPPLED U.S. FREIGHTER 'FLYING ENTERPRISE' LIES ON ITS SIDE OFF ENGLAND. CAPTAIN KURT CARSON STAYS ABOARD BY HIMSELF SO NO ONE CAN CLAIM HER. THE SHIP IS SUCCESSFULLY TOWED TO SAFE HARBOR WHILE LISTING 60 DEGREES ON ITS SIDE. 00:18:23 - EISENHOWER - SENATOR LODGE TOSSES IKE'S HAT IN THE GOP'S RING. CU LADIES AT IKE'S HEADQUARTERS IN MANHATTAN HAVE 'WE'RE FOR IKE' PAINTED ON THEIR LEGS. LODGE DEFINES IKE'S POLITICAL STATUS TO GOP DELEGATES. 00:19:05 - INDO-CHINA - MS KING BAO DI CELEBRATES VICTORY REDS. LS FRENCH PLANES DIVE BOMB RED POSITIONS. 00:20:13 - ATOMIC TESTS - TACTICAL WEAPONS TRIED IN MANEUVERS. TROOPS OF THE 11TH AIRBORN AND GENERAL MARK CLARK PARTICIPATE IN FIRST ATOMIC TESTS INVOLVING TROOPS. CU RADIATION DETECTORS ARE ATTACHED TO WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT. 00:20:42 - LS TROOPS SIT ON THE OPEN DESERT FIELD IN A LARGE GROUP ASA BOMB IS DETONATED IN THE DISTANCE. A CLOUD OF DUST FROM THE BLAST BLOWS INTO THE SITTING TROOPS. 00:20:58 - MS A SOLDIER IS ASKED HOW HE FELT ABOUT THE TEST. 00:21:27 - VOL 25/525 00:21:46 - THE SEA WINS - DESPITE THE HEROIC EFFORTS OF ITS CAPTAIN TO KEEP THE FREIGHTER 'FLYING ENTERPRISE' AFLOAT WHILE BEING TOWED, THE SHIP FINALLY SINKS OFF SHORE OFF ENGLAND. 00:23:39 - STATE OF THE UNION - TRUMAN WARNS WAR IS STILL A THREAT AS HE SPEAKS BEFORE A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS. 00:25:38 - BRITISH DEMONSTRATE AIRCRAFT CARRIER TAKE-OFF USING A NEW STEAM CONTROLLED CATAPULT. LS A DEAD WEIGHT IS CATAPULTED FROM A CARRIER DECK THEN A A PILOTLESS PLANE IS SUCCESSFULLY TESTED. 00:26:23 - LS SMOKE AND FLAMES OBLITERATE VISIBILITY AS A DESASTEROUS FIRE DESTROYS 4 HOTELS IN ATLANTIC CITY. THE FAMOUS CONGRESS HOTEL IS ONE OF ITS VICTIMS. 00:26:53 - GOLDEN GLOVES - KAYOES FEATURE AMATEUR CLASSIC. 00:27:00 - MONTAGE FIGHT AFTER FIGHT ENDS IN KNOCKOUTS AS FANS SHOW THEIR APPROVAL. 00:28:39 - VOL 25/526 00:28:57 - HERO'S WELCOME FALMOUTH, ENGLAND OVERWHELMS SKIPPER OF ENTERPRISE WHO STAYED WITH THE SHIP UNTIL IT SANK. LS CAPTAIN CARLTON IS MOBBED BY ADMIRING BRITISHERS. CAPTAIN SPEAKS TO PEOPLE. 00:31:32 - CHURCHILL- PRIME MINISTER CONFERS WITH CANADIAN LEADERS. CROWDS CHEER HIM IN CANADA. 00:32:53 - LS THE WING OF AN AIRLINE JUTS OUT OF THE EAST RIVER AFTER CRASHING WHILE MAKING AN APPROACH TO LAGUARDIA AIRPORT. PROMPT ACTION BY POLICE AND RESCUE BOATS REMOVED ALL PASSENGERS SAFELY BEFORE THE PLANE SANK TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SHALLOW WATER 00:33:17 - LS WINTER GALES LASH THE WEST COAST OF SPAIN AND THE FASHIONABLE TOWN OF SAN SEBASTIAN. MS HUGE BLOCKS OF CEMENT ARE RIPPED FROM THE BREAKWATER. 00:33:54 - LS A HOUSE LIE PRECIPITOUSLY ON THE EDGE OF A HILL IN OAKLAND CALLIFORNIA WHICH HAS BEEN SLOWLY CREEPING DOWN THE HILL. 00:34:27 - SPORTS - BARREL JUMPING AT GROSSINGER RESORT IN NEW YORK. MS JACKIE ROBINSON, FLORENCE CHADWICK AND BARNEY ROSS ARE IN THE AUDIENCE.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1951
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-925