- Title: VM-934
- Summary: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS:
- Description:00:00:46 - ARMY UNVEILS 1ST M-48 MEDIUM TANK AND PUTS IT THROUGH ITS PACES AT NEWARK PROVING GROUNDS. 00:01:35 - TO SHOW ITS MANEUVERABILITY IT SPINS IN ONE PLACE. 00:01:54 - VANCOUVER ZOO KEEPERS TRY TO SNARE FAST MONKEYS IN THEIR CAGES,WITH BUTTERFLY NETS. 00:02:10 - AFTER MUCH DIFFICULTY, THEY SUCCEED. THE MONKEYS ARE THEN PLACED IN LARGER QUARTERS. 00:02:45 - TWIN BRIDES WALK INTO CHURCH WITH TWIN FLOWER GIRLS TO MARRY TWIN GROOMS. TWIN FAMILY MEMBERS, INCLUDING TWIN INFANTS ARE THERE. (ARKANSAS) 00:03:28 - VENEZUELA ROAD: $60,000,000 IS SPENT ON NEW ROAD. 00:03:42 - ENGINEER SHOWS MAP OF HIGHWAY WHICH CUTS ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS OF THE ANDES. AT $1,000 A FOOT IT IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE HIGHWAY EVER TO BE BUILT. 00:03:54 - TNT EXPLOSION CUTS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN SIDE. HEAVY TRACTORS PUSH DIRT DOWN THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN. 00:04:46 - SHIPBOARD FASHIONS: MODELS SHOW FASHIONS BY U.S. DESIGNERS, ON BOARD THE LINER'UNITED STATES' 00:06:17 - GERTRUDE EDERLE, ENGLISH CHANNEL SWIMMER RAISES OLYMPIC FLAG OVER POOL IN ASTORIA, NEW YORK 00:06:32 - OLYMPIC CHAMP SAMMY LEE DOES A DIVE, FOLLOWED BY OTHER OLYMPIC HOPEFULS. 00:07:34 - VOL 25/576 00:07:54 - ATLANTIC QUEEN: OCEAN LINER 'UNITED STATES', CLIPS 10 HOURS FROM RECORD. 00:08:11 - MRS. TRUMAN AND TREASURY SECRETARY SNYDER WISH,' BON VOYAGE', TO MARGARET TRUMAN AND MRS. SNYDER AS THEY TAKE THE MAIDEN VOYAGE. 00:08:33 - HUGE CROWD WAVES FAREWELL TO THE SHIP IN DISTANCE. 00:08:44 - KOREA: AIR FORCE CHAULKS UP HALF-MILLION SORTIES. 00:08:58 - THUNDERJETS TAKE-OFF FOR ROUTINE RAIDS ON RED SUPPLY LINES. AERIAL VIEW SHOWS TARGETS BEING HIT IN THE STRAFINGS, INCLUDING A RUSSIAN MIG BEING SHOT DOWN. 00:10:00 - GOP CONVENTION: MACARTHUR IS KEYNOTER AT REPUBLICAN MEET IN CHICAGO. HUGE CROWD OF PEOPLE LINE UP OUTSIDE THE CONVENTION HALL WITH BANNERS AND BUTTON ON THEIR LAPELS. 00:10:26 - LINE OF GIRLS WITH 'IKE' SCARFS AROUND THEIR REAR ENDS, SHAKE THEIR BOTTOMS IN UNISON. 00:10:35 - GENERAL IKE ARRIVES AND WAVES TO THE CROWD. ALSO ARRIVING IS HAROLD STASSEN AND HIS FOLLOWERS. 00:11:01 - CALIFORNIAS POPULAR GOVERNOR IS ANOTHER CONTENDER WHO ARRIVES, FOLLOWED BY 'MR.REPUBLICAN' HIMSELF SENATOR ROBERT TAFT. 00:11:36 - ONLY LIVING EX-PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER ARRIVES. 00:12:06 - DOUGLAS MACARTHUR DELIVERS THE KEYNOTE SPEECH IN IT'S ENTIRETY. 00:14:47 - VOL 25/577 00:15:06 - NEW RECORD: SPEEDBOAT SETS 178-MILE MARK. CU STANLEY SPEARS OF SEATTLE DONS HIS CRASH HELMET BEFORE RIDING HIS 'SLOW MOTION 4' SPEEDBOAT. 00:15:32 - 'SLOW MOTION 4' RACES ACROSS LAKE WASHINGTON AT BREAKNECK SPEED STIRRING UP THE WATER BEHIND. RIGHT ABOVE HIM IS A SEAPLANE TRYING TO KEEP UP. 00:16:36 - MAN WALKS NEXT TO A REALISTIC TOWN OF MAGRADAM, HOLLAND WHICH INCLUDES A HARBOR WITH BOATS. PRINCESS BEATRIX IS THERE AT THE OPENING OF THE MINIATURE VILLAGE. 00:17:10 - TINY TRAFFIC RIDES ON MINIATURE ROADS,A TRAIN RIDES BY AND MINIATURE WINDMILLS TURN. 00:17:50 - MILLION DOLLAR FIRE ROARS THROUGH THE WARNER BROTHERS LOT IN BURBANK,CALIFORNIA A WALL OF FLAME QUICKLY CONSUMES THE BUILDINGS IN THE LOT. 00:18:18 - GOP CONVENTION: TOP NEWSMEN WORK FEVERISHLY AT THEIR TYPEWRITERS IN THE HALL. TOM DEWEY IS TOM DEWEY IS THERE AS IS MANY OTHER REPUBLICANS. 00:19:35 - AN ARGUMENT ENSUES AT THE DIAS BETWEEN GOVERNOR FINE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND THE CHAIRMAN. 00:19:53 - MONTAGE NAMES OF STATES ON PLACARDS FLASH ON SCREEN. MONTAGE HUGE SECTIONS OF CROWDS CHEER 'FOR IKE'. 00:20:14 - IKE NOMINATED: MONTAGE FACES OF CONCERNED DELEGATES FLASH ON THE SCREEN AS BALLOT DRAWS NEAR 00:21:00 - MONTAGE DELEGATES CHEER AS IKE IS NOMINATED. IKE AND MAMIE WAVE TO THE CROWD. 00:21:41 - VOL 25/578 00:21:54 - IKE ACCEPTS: IKE AND RIVAL TAFT SHAKES HANDS AS A SYMBOL OF PARTY UNITY. SENATOR KNOWLAND INTRODUCES THE VICE PRESIDENT NOMINEE SENATOR RICHARD NIXON OF CALIFORNIA. 00:24:25 - TO THE CHANT OF 'WE WANT IKE', EISENHOWER ADDRESSES THE DELEGATES AND ACCEPTS THE CHALLENGE IN A SPEECH. NIXON RAISES IKE'S HAND. 00:26:58 - TANKER BLASTS: 2 OIL SHIPS AFIRE KILLS ONE AND INJURES 30. 00:27:09 - AERIAL BLACK SMOKE AND FIRE RISS FROM 2 OIL TANKERS AFIRE IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY. FIRE BOATS POUR WATER ON THE BLAZE. 00:27:42 - GOLD CUP RACE: 'TWO LEE' WINS CLASSIC, SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR. 50,000 FANS ARE OUT FOR THE 13TH RUNNING OF THE HOLLYWOOD GOLD CUP RACE. 00:28:35 - VOL 25/579 00:28:54 - DEMOCRATS: CURTAIN RISES ON CHICAGO CONVENTION. 00:29:00 - LARGE PHOTOS OF JEFFERSON, ROOSEVELT, WILSON AND TRUMAN ARE CARRIED OUT FOR DISPLAY. 00:29:16 - ARRIVING BY DIFFERENT PLANES ARE CANDIDATES KEFAUVER, DICK RUSSELAND HARRIMAN. LARGE PHOTO OF STEVENSON IS OUT FOR DISPLAY. 00:30:00 - ATLANTIC QUEEN: OCEAN LINER UNITED STATES SAILS INTO NEW YORK HARBOR AFTER BREAKING TRANS-ATLANTIC SPEED RECORD OM IT'S MAIDEN VOYAGE. 00:30:20 - PASSENGERS LOOK OVER THE RAILS AND WAVE BACK TO CROWDS ON SHORE. FIRE BOATS GIVE THEIR TRADITIONAL SALUTE WITH STREAMS OF WATER. 00:31:00 - AIR STRIKE: 500 PLANES HIT RED KOREAN POWER PLANTS. 00:31:12 - CU MARINES PLOT ON A MAP UNDER THE SHADE OF A TANK BEFORE A BARRAGE OF ARTILERY FROM LARGE GUNS START BLASTING RED POSITIONS. 00:31:40 - TROOPS WITH FLAME THROWERS FOLLOW A TANK ADVANCE. FLAME THROWERS RAKE THE HILLSIDE. 00:32:18 - AERIAL FILM SHOW ATTACKS ON SUPPLY LINES. A BRIDGE IS HIT AND BLOWS UP. 00:32:35 - OLYMPICS: HELSINKI MAKES READY FOR ATHLETES OF THE WORLD. 00:32:47 - VIEW OF THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE IN FINLAND. MEMBERS OF THE USA TEAM WALK IN GROUPS AS DO OTHER GROUPS. 00:33:09 - MEMBERS OF TEAMS GET ON LINE FOR CHOW WHICH IS SERVED CAFETERIA STYLE. 00:33:25 - PICTURES OF STALIN ADORN THE WALL OF THE SOVIET SECTOR, WHICH IS ISOLATED FROM OTHERS. 00:34:00 - KIDDIE KORNER: KIDS RIDE SMALL CARS AROUND A MINIATURE COURSE IN VANCOUVER. THE COURSE IS COMPLETE WITH STOP, ONE WAY AND NO RIGHT TURN SIGNS 00:34:10 - REAL POLICEMAN STOPS A LITTLE GIRL AND BENDS DOWN TO SEE HER LICENSE. SHE LOOKS THROUGH ALL HER BELONGINGS IN HER BAG TO NO AVAIL. 00:34:55 - CU MUSCLE MAN DAD GIVES HIS MUSCULAR 7 MONTH OLD INFANT A RUBDOWN BEFORE PUTTING HIM THROUGH HIS PACES. THE BABY RUNS ON HIS TOES AS DAD HOLDS HIS HANDS. 00:35:09 - DAD PLACES THE TOT ON A SET OF RINGS AND THE BABY HOLDS HIS OWN WEIGHT WHILE HE SWINGS. 00:35:34 - THE TOT STANDS ERECT ON DADDY'S HAND. 00:35:52 - VOL 25/580 00:36:12 - OLYMPIC OPENING: CROWDS FILE INTO HELSINKI STADIUM FOR OPENING CEREMONIES. 00:36:27 - RAIN DOES NOT DAMPEN THE 70,000 FANS MOST USING UMBRELLAS. 00:36:34 - FINNISH PRESIDENT OFFICIALLY OPENS THE GAMES. 00:36:44 - THE RAIN DRENCHED ATHLETES, LED BY THE GREEKS MARCH INTO THE STADIUM. CROWDS CHEER. 00:37:14 - 350 AMERICAN ATHLETES ENTER WITH APPLAUSE. 00:37:30 - THOUSANDS OF PIDGEONS ARE RELEASED AS A SYMBOL OF PEACE. FINLANDS GREAT OLYMPIC STAR OF THE 1920s, EVASTAVO NEARNY, RUNS OUT CARRYING THE OLYMPIC TORCH AND LITES THE FLAME. 00:38:06 - SEA TRAGEDY: FOUR DIE AS FREIGHTER BECOMES A FLAMING TORCH. 00:38:20 - AERIAL VIEW OF THE NORWEGIAN VESSLE BLACK GULL STILL IN FLAMES AFTER HER HIGHLY FLAMABLE CARGO EXPLODED AT NIGHT. 00:39:01 - DEMOCRATS: CHOICES WIDE OPEN AS CONVENTION STARTS CROWDS OUTSIDE CONVENTION HALL IN CHICAGO AS DEMOCRATS GET THEIR TURN. 00:39:27 - GUARDS CHECK CREDENTIALS OF DELEGATES, AND NEWSMEN POUND ON THEIR TYPEWRITERS. CU BEVY OF POSTERS WITH VARIOUS STATE SIGNS. 00:39:40 - VETERAN CAMPAIGNER JAMES FARLEY WAVES. GOVERNOR JIMMY BYRNES OF SOUTH CAROLINA IS THERE. 00:39:58 - CONGRESSMAN FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT,JR. IS THERE. 00:40:40 - FRANK MCKINNEY BANGS THE GAVEL AND CALLS THE CONVENTION TO ORDER. GOVERNOR DEVER OF MASSACHEUTTES MAKES THE KEYNOTE SPEECH. 00:42:42 - VOL 25/581 00:43:02 - OLYMPICS: RECORDS BROKEN IN WORLD GAME EVENTS. 00:43:06 - CAPACITY CROWD FILLS HELSINKI STADIUM 00:43:16 - DOZENS OF RUNNERS TAKE OFF ON THE 10,000 METER RUN WHICH IS WON BY CZHECK EMILE SATAFEK BEATING HIS FORMER WORLD MARK BY 42 SECONDS. 00:43:44 - CHARLIE MOORE OF THE AMERICAN TEAM WINS THE 400 METER HURDLES SETTING A NEW OLYMPIC RECORD. 00:44:53 - USA'S LINDY RIBITINO WINS THE 100 YARDS DASH IN A PHOTO FINISH, AND GETS THE GOLD. 00:45:05 - EARTHQUAKE: 11 PERISH IN SOUTH CALIFORNIA TEMBLER. HARD HATS PULL SECTIONS OF A WALL LOOKING FOR SURVIVORS IN DEVASTATED TOWN. 00:45:44 - BRICKS AND MORTAR LAY ATOP A CAR IN PAHATCHOPE PAHATCHOPEE, WHICH WAS HIT THE HARDEST. 00:45:56 - DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION: GROUPS CAUCUS AMID THE CROWD OF DELEGATES AT CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO. 00:46:36 - DELEGATES GIVE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT A 15 MINUTE OVATION PRIOR TO HER SPEECH. 00:47:08 - BUY BONDS: ACTOR HUMPHREY BOGART MAKES A PITCH FOR U.S. 'E' SAVINGS BONDS. 00:48:22 - STEVENSON NOMINATED: CHEERS GO UP AS RUSSEL THEN KEFAUVER ARE PUT UP FOR NOMINATION. EACH ONE HAVING LARGE VOCAL CONSTITUENTS. 00:48:41 - FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, JR. SUBMITS AVERELL HARRIMAN'S NAME FOLLOWED BY WAVING BANNERS. 00:50:10 - THE CONVENTION REALLY GOES WILD AS GOVERNOR STRICKER OF INDIANA SUBMITS STEVENSON'S NAME. 00:51:00 - VOL 25/582 00:51:15 - CAMPAIGN NEWS: DEMOCRATS NAME TICKET AS IKE PLANS STRATEGY. 00:51:21 - ATTENDANTS TRY TO STAMP OUT A FLASH FIRE ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR AMID A CROWD OF DELEGATES. 00:51:42 - CU DUMBFOUNDED LOOK OF CONCERN ON A DELEGATES FACE AS THE FIRE IS PUT OUT. 00:51:50 - CHAIRMAN SAM RAYBURN ANNOUNCES THE SELECTION OF ADLAI STEVENSON AS DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE. 00:52:10 - PRESIDENT TRUMAN ESCORTS STEVENSON TO THE PLATFORM. VICE PRESIDENT NOMINEE SPARKMAN IS ALSO BROUGHT TO THE PLATFORM. 00:53:11 - EISENHOWER DONS RUBBER BOOTS FOR FISHING IN A STREAM AT A MOUNTAIN RETEAT IN COLORADO 00:53:18 - IKE IS JOINED BY RICHARD NIXON WHO ALSO WEARS A RUBBER OUTFIT FOR FISHING. 00:53:34 - NIXON SHYS AWAY AS IKE RAISES HIS ROD TO CAST. 00:53:42 - NIXON LOOKS OUT OF HIS ELEMENT WADING IN A STREAM WITH A FISHING ROD. IKE LOOKS LIKE A PRO. 00:54:22 - IKE AND NIXON SIT OUTSIDE A LOG CABIN AND CHAT INFORMALLY ON CAMERA. 00:54:30 - KOREAN FRONT: B-29 SUPER BOMBERS TAKE OFF FOR RAIDS ON RED BRIDGE AND MILITARY TARGETS. 00:54:54 - AERIAL BOMBS RAIN DOWN ON TARGETS. 00:55:06 - GIS RELAX AND ENJOY A HOLLYWOOD TROUPE OF ENTERTAINERS GIVE THEM LAUGHS. 00:55:26 - ONE MARINE SINGS A DUET WITH JOY WINDSOR AND RECEIVES AN OVATION AS HE GIVES HER A SEXY KISS. 00:55:37 - COMIC TAKES A FEW ACROBATIC FALLS. 00:55:51 - OLYMPICS: U.S. DOMINATE TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS. 00:56:13 - AUSTRALIA'S SHIRLEY STRICKLAND BREAKS RECORD IN THE WOMAN'S 80 METER HURDLES. 00:56:42 - AMERICA'S HARRISON DILLARD BREAKS RECORD ON THE 110 METER HURDLES. U.S. ALSO TAKES 2ND AND 3RD 00:56:47 - USA'S CY YOUNG WINS JAVELIN FOR THE 1ST TIME IN USA'S HISTORY, IN AN OLYMPIC. 00:57:20 - USA'S ANDY SANFIELD WINS 200 METER DASH,WITH HIS TWO TEAMMATES COMING IN 2ND AND 3RD. 00:57:34 - AMERICA'S BOB RICHARD SETS ANOTHER WORLD RECORD IN THE POLE VAULT. HE JUMPS WITH JOY. IKE & NIXON WIN AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION HELSINKI OLYMPIC GAMES GET UNDER WAY HUMPHREY BOGART PITCHES TREASURY BONDS STEVENSON & SPARKMAN WIN THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1952
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-934