- Title: VM-930
- Summary: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS: INCLUDES TRUMAN SAYING HE WON'T SEEK ANOTHER TERM, AND STEVENSON CLAIMING HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE PRESIDENT.
- Description:00:00:44 - VOL 25/547 00:00:44 - AVIATION IN THE NEWS: LS- A PLANE THAT DOUBLES INTO AN AUTO IS DEMONSTRATED. 00:01:15 - AFTER THE PLANE LANDS THE WINGS AND TAIL IS ROLLED OFF LEAVING AN THE CAB AND THE WHEELS.THE CAR IS DRIVEN IN CITY TRAFFIC. 00:01:43 - MS- IGOR SIKORSKY IS GIVEN A CIVIL AERONICS CERTIFICATE OF AIR WORTHINESS FOR HIS S-55 HELICOPTER, THE FIRST TO BE GRANTED FOR SCHEDULED AIRLINE USE. MS- THE CHOPPER IS TESTED. 00:02:53 - MONTAGE- A CHILDREN'S FAIRYLAND IN OAKLAND,CALIF. CONTAINS HUMPTY DUMPTY WHO SITS ON A WALL,THREE MEN IN A TUB, AND OTHER FAIRYTALE CHARACTERS. 00:03:00 - MS- CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS ENJOY THE PARK. 00:03:44 - SPORTS - THE 42ND ALL-ENGLAND BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS PIT TEAMS FROM DENMARK AND MALAYIA FOR THE DOUBLES TITLE. 00:13:33 - LS- 12,000 BASKETBALL FANS WATCH KANSAS VS ST. JOHNS' OF BROOKLYN PLAY FOR THE NCAA TITLE IN SEATTLE. KANSAS WINS. 00:14:58 - MS- CELESTE HOLM GIVES A PITCH FOR THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY. HAVING 5 PEOPLE IN A LIVING ROOM SETTING THAT HAVE BEEN CURED. 00:16:32 - VOL 25/549 00:16:47 - CAPITAL WELCOMES QUEEN JULIANA OF THE NETHERLANDS ON STATE VISIT. LS- THEY ARE GREETED AT THE AIRPORT BY PRESIDENT AND MRS. TRUMAN. 00:17:25 - LS- JULIANA SPEAKS BEFORE A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS. 00:19:13 - LS- FAMILIES WAVE AT NAVY TRANSPORT THAT ARRIVES HOME WITH VETERANS OF KOREA THAT ARE OM ROTATION. 00:19:29 - MS- CORPORAL JASPER DEANGELIS OF BROOKLYN, THE 100,000TH OFFICIAL GI TO BE SENT HOME IS GREETED BY FAMILY AND A KISS BY A BEAUTY QUEEN. DEANGELIS IS GIVEN A TICKER TAPE PARADE IN SEATTLE. 00:20:10 - AERIAL VIEW OF WINDOW WASHERS ON A SCAFFOLD WHICH IS LOWERED BY A SPECIAL CRANE THAT ROLLS ATOP THE BUILDING ON TRACKS. 00:20:14 - LS- SCAFFOLD AS SEEN FROM THE GROUND BELOW.MS- 2 WINDOW WASHERS CLEAN THE LARGE OFFICE WINDOWS AS SEENFROM INSIDE THE OFFICE LOOKING OUT. 00:20:50 - MS- ACTORS JEFF CHANDLER AND PIPER LAURIE ENTER THE VETERANS MEMORIAL BUILDING IN DETROIT FOR A 'NEW FACES' AWARD BY THE DETROIT FREE PRESS. 00:21:18 - MS MOVIE CRITIC, HELEN BOWER GIVES THE AWARDS. 00:21:37 - SPORTS - MS- NEW YORK GETS A LOOK AT THE FIRST FRENCH GIRL IN HISTORY TO WIN THE WORLD'S FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIP. JACQUELINE DUBILLE SHOWS HER GRACE AT ROCKEFELLER CENTER ICE RINK. 00:22:26 - MS- 2 GIRLS JOIN 20 MEN IN SEATTLE'S ANNUAL MOTORCYCLE RACE. MS- CYCLIST RIDES INTO A MUD PUDDLE AND SPLASHES THE CAMERA. ANOTHER ZIG-ZAGS THEN FALLS FACE DOWN INTO THE MUD. 00:23:02 - MS- A GIRL CYCLIST ,WAIST DEEP IN MUD AND WATER GIVES UP. MS THE WINNER,A MAN, IS KISSED ON HIS MUDDIED FACE BY A GIRL. 00:23:30 - VOL 25/550 00:23:47 - SKY SPILLS DEATH - 5 DIE AS PLANE HITS N.Y. BOROUGH OF QUEENS. P-46 TRANSPORT PLANE CARRYING A CARGO OF LINGERIE, CRASHES INTO 5 HOMES. 00:24:03 - LS LINGERIE HANGS FROM LIMBS OF A TREE NEXT TO DEVASTATED HOUSES. 00:24:50 - LS- PAN OF THE DESTROYED AREA. 00:25:09 - MODEL U.N. CONFERENCE HELD AT USC.STUDENTS FROM SCORES OF COLLEGES ALL OVER THE WORLD REGISTER. 00:26:00 - MS- BENJAMIN COHEN,ASSITANT SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UN ADDRESSES THE STUDENTS AT A BANQUET. 00:26:20 - LS- ACTRESS MARY PICKFORD GIVES OUT AWARDS. 00:26:42 - CU- MRS. DELANO ROOSEVELT MAKES AN INSPIRING SPEECH. 00:27:33 - GRAND NATIONAL - TEAL WINS CLASSIC ENGLISH STEEPLECHASE. 250,000 RACING FANS, MANY WITH UMBRELLAS, JAM THE STADIUM AT AIMTREE, ENGLAND 00:27:50 - CU- A BOOKIE HAWKS HIS BETS. 00:28:25 - LS 47 HORSES TAKE OFF TO START THE RACE. LS- AT THE FIRST JUMP, MANY TUMBLE AND FALL AS HELPERS RUSH ONTO THE FIELD TO ASSIST THE INJURED. 00:28:51 - A SLOW MOTION SHOT PICKS UP THE GRAPHIC STUMBLES AT THE FIRST OBSTACLE.LS- JOCKEYLESS HORSE TRAILS BEHIND THE LEADER, JUMPING THE OBSTACLES WITH NO RIDER ABOARD.'TEAL' WINS BY 5 LENGTHS. 00:30:53 - VOL 25/551 00:31:13 - STEEL STRIKE OFF - GOVERNMENT SEIZES PLANT IN DISPUTE. LS- SMOKE RISES FROM A STEEL MILL. 00:31:33 - CU- PRESIDENT TRUMAN SPEAKS TO THE NATION, SAYS HE WILL SEIZE THE MILLS AND GET THE PARTIES TO NEGOTIATE. 00:32:11 - MONTAGE- LARGE GROUPS OF WORKERS STREAM BACK TO THEIR JOBS AT THE PLANTS. CU- POTS OF MOLTEN STEEL SEND OFF SPARKS. 00:32:27 - 'INVADERS SEIZE TOWN IN MOCK WAR. 00:32:40 - MONTAGE- ARMY TROOPS TAKE OVER A TEXAS TOWN HALL, HUSTLE OFF IT'S OFFICIALS,ESTABLISH MARTIAL LAW AND SUSPEND ALL CIVIL RIGHTS. 00:33:10 - MS- PEOPLE ARE HUSTLED ALONG WITH RIFLE BUTTS AND NEWSPAPERS BUILDINGS ARE CONFISCATED. A SIGN: "CLOSED BY ORDER OF MILITARY GOVERNMENT" IS PLACED IN STORE WINDOW. 00:33:46 - MS- A DUMMY IS PLACED IN YHE COCKPIT OF A FIGHTER PLANE AS PART OF A TEST OF A NEW EJECTION DEVICE. 00:34:18 - LS- THE DUMMY IS EJECTED HIGH INTO THE AIR AND LANDS IN A NET NEARBY. 00:34:41 - LS- A GERMAN CIRCUS ACROBAT IS FLIPPED HIGH INTO THE AIR AND IS LANDS SEATED IN A CHAIR HELD BY HIS TEAM. PAN TO AN APPLAUDING AUDIENCE. 00:34:47 - LS- A COMIC SIMULATES WALKING DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS, BUT HE IS REALLY LOWERING HIMSELF SLOWLY TO HIS KNEES CREATING THE ILLUSION. 00:35:04 - CU- A TRAINER KISSES A TIGER CONTINUOUSLY ON THE LIPS. MS- THE TRAINER THEN SLAPS THE TIGER IN THE FACE.MS- THE AUDIENCE LOKS ON IN AWE. 00:35:31 - SPORTS- MARJORIE HANES, THE ONLY FEMALE ON THE OLYMPIC EQUESTRIAN TEAM HAS HER HORSE DANCE IN PLACE, THEN PUTS THE HORSE THROUGH ITS PACES. 00:36:11 - MONTAGE- THE MALE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM JUMP THE HORSES THROUGH THE HURDLES AND OBSTACLE COURSE. 00:36:46 - CU- LITTLE BOYS IN TRUNKS AND WEARING BOXING GLOVES LINE UP FOR WEIGH-IN AT THE FINAL OF THE NAVY'S JUNIOR BOXING BOUTS AT ANNAPOLIS. 00:36:56 - MS- AS A LITTLE BOXER THROWS PUNCHES AT ANOTHER THE OTHER GOES OVER TO HIS FATHER FOR ADVISE. MS- THE FATHER PUSHES THE LITTLE BOY TOWARDS HIS OPPONENT WHO SMACKES THE BOY IN HIS HEAD. 00:37:51 - VOL 25/552 00:38:15 - INDO-CHINA - OFFENSIVE WIPES UP REDS IN RICE BOWL 00:38:24 - MONTAGE- HUGE CANNONS FIRE OFF A BARRAGE. LS- PLANES IN THE DISTANCE DIVE BOMB THEIR TARGETS WITH NAPALM. 00:38:52 - MONTAGE- VIET MINH REDS CARRY A WHITE SURRENDER FLAG. 2 ELDERLY PRISONERS CLASP THEIR HANDS AND BOW TO THEIR CAPTORS. 00:39:24 - MONTAGE- FRENCH TROOPS SLOSH THROUGH RICE PADDIES SOME WAIST HIGH IN WATER. 00:39:39 - MS- LONG COLUMN OF REGUGEES CARRYING BABIES AND LOADS OF THEIR BELONGINGS ON THEIR HEADS. 00:39:54 - IKE QUITS NATO - GENERAL TO RETURN TO U.S. BY JUNE 1ST. MS- GENERAL IKE AND MAMIE SHAKE HANDS WITH MILITARY LEADERS AT A RECEPTION IN PARIS. 00:40:42 - CU- IKE TALKS TO NEWSMEN EXPLAINING HIS MOVE. 00:41:18 - MS A MAN SHOVELS SAND ALONGSIDE A BUILDING AS THE FLOODING WATERS OF THE MISSOURI ENGULFS ONE TOWN AFTER THE OTHER. 00:41:54 - LS- MEN IN A MOTORED RUBBER RAFT SEARCH FOR PEOPLE MAROONED IN BUILDINGS. 00:42:01 - MS- THE ROOF OF A CAR JUTS OUT OF THE HIGH WATERS 00:42:16 - PRESIDENT TRUMAN AWARDS THE MEDAL OF HONOR TO LIEUTENANT LLOYD BURKE OF ARKANSAS. A BEVY OF PHOTOGS TAKE PICTURES ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN. 00:42:28 - CU- CORPORAL RUDOLFO HERNANDEZ IS ALSO GIVEN THE AWARD AS IS SERGEANT HAROLD WILSON OF ALABAMA. 00:42:52 - LS- GREEK GIRLS IN SWIMSUITS COMPETE FOR GREECE'S ENTRANT TO THE MISS UNIVERSE TITLE AT LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. THE WINNER POSES FOR SHOTS. 00:43:34 - EASTER BONNETS - CU- EASTER LILLIES BLOOM IN NEW YORK. 00:43:45 - MS- WOMEN WEAR EASTER BONNETS ON CROWDED NEW YORK STREET. MS- A LITTLE BOY IN LONG PANTS FOLLOWS ALONG. MS- A LITTLE GIRL WEARS A BUNNY SUIT. 00:44:05 - MONTAGE WOMEN IN THE CROWD MODEL THEIR BONNETS CREATED BY TOP DESIGNERS. A HAT WITH A KING SIZE HATCHING EGG COMPLETE WITH BABY CHICK. 00:44:49 - VOL 25/553 00:45:08 - NATURE'S HAVOC - FLOODS AND STORMS TAKE ENORMOUS TOLL. MONTAGE- VOLUNTEERS ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER BUILD BARRIERS WITH SANDBAGS AND FENCES. 00:45:34 - PAN- THOUSANDS OF SANDBAGS ARE PLACED HIGH AGAINST STORES AND BUILDINGS AS SCORES OF TOWNS ARE MAROONED ALONG THE RIVERS PATH. 00:46:08 - MS- RESCUERS CARRY A WOMAN OUT OF HER FLOODED HOME. CU- A WOMAN FEEDS A BOTTLE TO HER INFANT AT A SHELTER WITH NURSES HELPING OTHERS. 00:46:24 - MS- PRESIDENT TRUMAN LOOKS THROUGH BINOCULARS, FROM HIS PLANE FLYING ABOVE. MS- TRUMAN ARRIVES IN OMAHA TO CONFER WITH AFFECTED STATE GOVERNORS. 00:47:05 - MONTAGE- FLOODS INUNDATE VILLAGES AND FARM LANDS IN SPAIN. 00:47:19 - LS- RESCUE WORKERS SEARCH THROUGH A TRAIN WRECK CAUSED BY THE FLOODS. 00:47:27 - THE BATTLESHIP WISCONSIN IS LASHED BY HIGH WINDS AND WAVES AS SHE IS HIT BY A TYPHOON OFF THE COAST OF KOREA. 00:47:58 - LS- SCORES OF RED ARMY TANKS AND VEHICLES TAKEN TO THE U.S. FROM KOREA, ARE CUT UP INTO SCRAP METAL BY WELDERS FOR USE IN MAKING NEW TANKS. 00:48:40 - MONTAGE- MOUNTAINS OF TIRES AND LONG ROWS OF DAMAGED JEEPS ARE ALSO SCRAPPED. 00:48:50 - LS- KOREAN CARRIES A BACKPACK LOADED WITH SHELL CASINGS AND DUMPS THEM ON A HUGE PILE OF CASINGS. 00:48:59 - LS- FLAMINGOS, CAMELS SHEEP AND GOATS RUN OUT OF THEIR SHELTERS IN A GERMAN ZOO TO ENJOY THE SPRING WEATHER. CU- AN ORPHAN KANGAROO BABY IS KEPT IN A ELECTRICALLY HEATED SLEEPING BAG. 00:49:44 - MS- A TINY BABY MONKEY RUNS OVER TO HIS MOM WHO PROCEEDS IN GROOMING HIM. 00:50:10 - MS- THE TINY MONKEY STICKS HIS HAND INTO THE PHOTOGRAPHERS LENS. 00:50:13 - A NEW NOTE IN MUSIC - AT MILLS COLEGE IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, COMPOSER AND DESIGNER HARRY PARCH CREATE WEIRD AND UNIQUE MUSIC ON CHAMBER BOWLS DERIVED IN ATOMIC RESEARCH. 00:50:35 - MS- A DIAMOND MIRIMBA PRODUCES MUSIC IN 43 TONES. MS- A WOMAN POUNDS LONG CYLINDERS WITH BALLED DRUM STICKS, AS ANOTHER PLAYS LARGE WOODEN VIBES. 00:52:00 - VOL 25/554 00:52:23 - PRISON RIOTS - CONVICTS REBEL IN STATE PENS. 00:52:42 - LS- STATE TROOPERS LOOK DOWN INTO THE YARD OF THE PRISON FROM THE WALL AT TRENTON PRISON. MS- WARDEN MCGAY SPEAKS TO NEWSMEN AS HE TRIES TO MITIGATE WITH RIOTERS WHO HOLD 7 HOSTAGES. 00:52:57 - MONTAGE- MICHIGAN STATE PRISON,THE LARGEST WALLED STATE PRISON IN THE WORLD IS ALSO IN REBELLION. 00:53:08 - MS- PRISONERS PEER FROM BEHIND THEIR BARS. LS- STATE TROOPERS, ARMED WITH SUB-MACHINE GUNS LINE THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING. 00:53:37 - 29 KILLED AS PLANE HITS CALIFORNIA HILLS. LS- SECTIONS OF A P-46 AIRLINER LIES STREWN OVER 3/4 OF A MILE. AS RESCUE WORKERS SIFT THROUGH THE DEBRIS LOOKING FOR BODIES. 00:54:41 - LS- DEAD BODIES ARE COVERED BY SHEETS AND LAID AT THE SIDE OF A HILL. 00:54:59 - LS- SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS FIGHT BACK THE RAGING MISSOURI RIVER WITH SAND BAGS AND BARRICADE FENCES. LS- RED CROSS FEEDS FLOOD VICTIMS IN A SHELTER. 00:55:59 - MS- PRESIDENT TRUMAN ADDRESSES THE AMVETS AT AN OUTDOOR RALLY IN WASHINGTON,D.C. WARNS THEM TO BE VIGILANT AGAINST THE COMMUNIST THREAT. 00:56:47 - MS- PRESIDENT BEDEJIA OF CHILE AND HIS WIFE ROSA ARE SHOWN IN THEIR GARDEN IN PINA DEL MAR. 00:56:55 - LS- CHILDREN PLAY OUTSIDE HOUSING PROJECTS BUILT WITH ROSA'S EFFORTS. SHE WAS PICKED AS 'MOTHER' OF THE WORLD' FOR HER WORK WITH CHILDREN. 00:57:06 - MS- CHILDREN PLAYIN SCHOOL YARD WITH THEIR TEACHERS. 00:57:23 - SPORTS - MOTORCYCLE HILL CLIMBING AT SEATTLE. LS- CYCLISTS ATTEMPT TO CLIMB UP STEEP DIRT HILL, AS MANY FAIL, WITH ONE MAKING IT. 00:58:24 - MS GIRL HORSE RACVING FANS ARE AMONG THE 45,000 AT THE WOOD MEMORIAL AT JAMAICA,N.Y. IN DRESS REHEARSAL FOR THE KENTUCKY DERBY. 00:58:45 - LS- SEEN IN SLOW MOTION, "TOM FOOL" IS BEATEN BY A NOSE BY "MASTER FIDDLER".
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1952
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-930