- Title: VM-929
- Summary: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS:
- Description:00:45:14 - SCRAP DRIVE - ANCIENT LOCOMOTIVES ARE CUT UP FOR USE OF ITS METAL TO MAKE TANKS FOR KOREAN WAR. 00:45:24 - MS- LONG LINE OF LOCOMOTIVES HOOKED END ON END , ROLL ON TRACKS TO A SCRAP PLANT. 00:45:46 - LS- WELDER WORK ALL OVER THE LOCOMOTIVES WITH CUTTING TORCHES.LS- LARGE SECTIONS ARE LIFTED BY CRANE. MS- NEW TANKS, JUST OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE, PASS THE OLD HULKS AS THEY ROLL BY. 00:46:25 - MS- GI MP'S PATROL A BARBED WIRED POW CAMP ON AN ISLAND OFF KOREA WHERE 130,000 NORTH KOREAN AND CHINESE PRISONERS ARE HOUSED. RIOTS BROKE OUT BETWEEN 2 FACTIONS. 00:46:43 - MS- A U.S.MAJOR WITH BANDAGED CHEEK HOLDS ROCK THROWN AT HIM. SOUTH KOREAN GUARDS FIRED ON THE PRISONERS KILLING 13 BEFORE QUELLING THE RIOT. 00:47:05 - LS- HELICOPTER LANDS ON BATTLESHIP WISCONSIN OFF COAST OF KOREA WITH PRESIDENT SIGMON RHEE OF SOUTH KOREA. 00:47:49 - BRITAIN'S PEARLY KING AND QUEEN OF COSTER-MONGERS RESPLENDANT IN THEIR COCKNEY COSTUMES WATCH AS DOUBLE DECKER BUSES ARE UNLOADED FROM A SHIP IN NEW YORK CITY. 00:48:02 - THE DOUBLE-DECKERS RIDE ON A NEW YORK CITY AVENUE AS THEY START ON A CROSS COUNTRY TOUR OF THE U.S. 00:48:15 - MONTAGE CABINET MINISTERS AND WORKERS STAN AND STARE AS A NEW STEEL PLANT, PART OF THE 'MARSHAL PLAN IS FIRED UP. 00:48:30 - MONTAGE- PAN OF VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE MACHINERY 00:48:58 - OPERATION 'HOT FOOT' - LS- AS SOLDIERS WATCH A NEW NAPALM LAND MINE IS DEMONSTRATED IN KOREA. 00:49:13 - CU- A GI TWISTS A DETONATOR WHICH SETS OFF THE MINES. THE EXPLODING MINES SPEW OUT FIREY NAPALM. 00:49:56 - OLD DOG AND NEW TRICKS - MS- MAN PUTS HIS FINGERS TO HIS LIPS AND WHISTLES FOR HIS DOG WHO RUNS TO HIM. THEY ENTER A BUILDING CONTAINING CAGED MONKEYS. 00:50:17 - AS THE MAN FILLS WATER TRAYS THROUGH THE BARS A MONKEY TEASES THE DOG THROUGH THE BARS. 00:50:50 - MS- THE MAN AND THE DOG STEP INTO THE CAGE. WHILE HE PROCEEDS TO FEED THE MONKEYS, THEY TORMENT THE DOG UNTIL HE BECOMES EXHAUSTED. MS- THE DOG SITS PANTING WITH HIS TONGUE HANGING. 00:51:54 - VOL 25/546 00:52:16 - NATURE'S RAMPAGE - TORNADOES KILL 224 AS THEY RAMPAGE THROUGH 6 SOUTHERN STATES. LS- NATIONAL GUARDSMAN STANDS GUARD OVER A DEVASTATED VILLAGE. 00:52:41 - MONTAGE- SCENES OF DESTROYED AREAS IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY. A WOMAN SIFTS THROUGH THE PILE OF DEBRIS THAT WAS ONCE HER HOME. 00:53:11 - A MAN IS HELPED COMES OUT OF HIS SHELTER IN HIS CELLAR TO FIND NO HOUSE LEFT ABOVE HIM. 00:53:28 - MS- WOMAN CARRY BAGS OF FOOD DESTRIBUTED BY THE RED CROSS AT A CHURCH WHICH WAS SPARED. 00:53:51 - MS- WORKERS LOAD PLANE WITH HAY STACKS TO BE DROPPED OVER AREAS OF NEVADA AND MONTANA HIT BY SNOW STORMS, MAROONING THE CATTLE IN THE FIELDS. 00:54:18 - CU- COW FEEDS ON HAY IN THE SNOW. 00:54:34 - LS- PANTAGES THEATRE FEATURES THE OSCAR AWARDS ON ITS' MARQUEE. MS- CROWD OF FANS OUTSIDE THEATER APPLAUD THE STARS. MS- N.J. BLOOMBERG, PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSAL IS THERE WITH HIS WIFE. 00:54:44 - MS- JIMMY STEWART SIGN AUTOGRAPHS. JULIA ADAMS AND HUSBAND IS THERE AS IS SHELLY WINTERS AND VICTORIO GUZZMAN. DONALD O'CONNOR AND WIFE ARRIVE AND OLD TIME ACTOR CHARLES COBURN AND WIFE. 00:55:10 - LS- GREER GARSON ACCEPTS AWARD FOR VIVIEN LEIGH, THEN PRESENTS THE AWARD TO HUMPHREY BOGART. 00:55:29 - LS- WORKER IN FRANCE, CLIMBS TREE TO RESCUE CAT STRANDED THERE FOR 4 DAYS BY A DOG WHO KEEPS THE CAT FROM COMMING DOWN. 00:55:51 - THE WORKER GRABS THE CAT, THEN DROPS IT, BUT A NET BELOW CATCHES IT. CU- THE DOG SALIVATES AS HE WAITS PATIENTLY. MS- THE WORKER CLIMBS DOWN AND PETS THE CAT.(PAN) 2 MEN WATCHING NEARBY SIP THEIR DRINKS. 00:56:18 - SPORTS - THE 49TH AMERICAN BOWLING CONGRESS GETS UNDER WAY IN MILWAUKEE WITH 91,000 BOWLERS COMPETING FOR CASH PRIZES. 00:56:43 - CU- BALL STRIKES PINS AS SEEN FROM BEHIND THE PINS. BOWLER SHOWS TRICK SHOTS INCLUDING HIS THROWING 2 BALLS AT A TIME, KNOCKING A PIN DOWN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ALLEY. 00:57:10 - ALL-STAR ATHLETES PUT ON SHOW AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE OLYMPIC FUND. 00:57:26 - LS- OLYMPIC HOPEFUL HOLLY SACKS OVERTAKES GEORGE RODEN IN THE 440 METER RACE. LS- WEIGHTLIFTER JOHN DAVIS OF BROOKLYN SHOWS WHY HE WON THE CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR FOURTEEN YEARS. 00:58:08 - LS- DICK BUTTON SHOWS WHY HE WAS AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL WINNER IN ICE SKATING.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1952
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-929