- Title: VM-937
- Summary: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS:
- Description:00:00:53 - KOREA - U.N. FORCES BRACE FOR ALL-OUT ATTACK 00:01:07 - LS- RAILROAD TRAIN IS JAMBED WITH SO. KOREAN REFUGEES WHO RIDE ON THE FLAT CARS AND ATOP THE BOX CARS. 00:01:11 - LS- CRACK BRITISH TANK UNITS GUARD THE APPROACHES TO SEOUL. MS- SOLDIERS REPRESENTING 12 COUNTRIES CLEAN THEIR GUNS AND TAKE UP THEIR POSITIONS. 00:02:23 - MS- KOREAN CIVILIAN RED SYMPATHIZERS ARE MARCHED UNDER GUARD TO REAR POSITIONS. A HEAD UNIT THAT COMPLETELY COVERS THEIR FACES IS WORN. 00:02:35 - MS- MANY WOMEN ARE INCLUDED IN THE GROUP OF THOSE ROUNDED UP. THEY ARE TIED TOGETHER WITH ROPES AROUND THEIR WAISTS AND TO THE PERSON IN FRONT OF THEM. 00:02:42 - LS- THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER 'VALLEY FORGE' GETS A HERO'S WELCOME AS IT SAILS INTO HARBOR 00:02:49 - MS- WIVES WITH BABIES AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WAVE CHEERFULLY FROM THE SHORE. MS- SAILOR PICKS UP AND HUGS HIS TWO KIDS AS WIFE LOOKS ON. 00:03:05 - MS- SAILORS AND GIRLS HUG AND KISS LOVINGLY. 00:03:24 - MS- DESTROYER DAMAGED BY MINES TIES UP ON PIER. 00:03:37 - CU- A BIG SMILE FROM A SAILOR WITH HIS FRONT TEETH MISSING. 00:03:42 - HARVEY - SIX FOOT RABBIT SPARKS DRIVE FOR HEART FUND. LS- HUGE MARQUEE LIGHTS AND FLASHES 'HARVEY' THE PULITZER PRIZE PLAY, IN BROADWAY THEATER. 00:04:00 - MS- MAYOR IMPELLITERI AND WIFE ARRIVE AT THEATER. 00:04:07 - MS- ACTOR CHARLES COBURN IS THERE WEARING HIS MONOCLE. 00:04:15 - MS- JINX FALKENBURG INTERVIEWS EDDIE CANTOR. MS- MAYOR IMPELLITERI PRESENTS A CHECK TO PRESIDENT BLUMBERG OF UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL. 00:04:39 - CU- JIMMY DURANTE RUBS NOSES WITH JINX FALKENBURG 00:04:50 - BASKETBALL - UNBEATEN ST. JOHNS PLAYS KENTUCKY AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. KENTUCKY WINS 47-33 00:06:37 - LS- TIGER JONES AND WILSON COLBRECKER OF GERMANY BOTH FALL OUT OF THE RING DURING THEIR BOXING MATCH IN GERMANY. THE REF COUNTS THEM BOTH OUT BEFORE ANY OF THEM RETURNS TO THE RING. 00:06:58 - LS- THE FIGHT FAN GET ANGRY WHEN THE REF CALLS OFF THE FIGHT. DEBRIS IS THROWN INTO THE RING. 00:07:22 - LS- AS THE NEXT FIGHT BEGINS, WITH DEBRIS STILL IN THE RING, THE FANS RIOT AND KNOCK OUT THE LIGHTS IN THE ARENA. THE RIOT CONTINUES IN THE DARK. 00:07:31 - LS- WHEN THE LIGHTS CAME ON THE ARENA WAS TRASHED. 00:07:42 - VOL 24/419 00:08:07 - RETREAT IN KOREA - SEOUL FALLS AS REDS PASS 38TH PARALLEL. 00:08:20 - MS- FOLLOWING GENERAL WALKER'S DEATH, GENERAL RIDGEWAY ARRIVES AT THE FRONT MEETS WITH ALLIES. 00:08:40 - LS-LONG COLUMNS OF TRUCKS WITHDRAW FROM SEOUL AND REFUGEES FLEE THE CITY AFTER SETTING FIRE TO THE ABANDONED TOWNS. 00:08:52 - MONTAGE- MOTHERS WITH THEIR YOUNG STRAPPED TO THEIR BACKS HIT THE ROAD. 00:09:07 - AERIAL- PLANE CAMERAS SHOW COLUMNS OF RUSSIAN JETS AT A RED AIRFIELD. 00:09:45 - AERIAL- PLANES CAMERA SHOWS A RUSSIAN MIG FIGHTER BEING SHOT DOWN. 00:09:56 - EISENHOWER CONFIDENT ON ATLANTIC PACT. MS- GENERAL IKE CONFERS WITH DEAN ACHESON BEFORE LEAVING TO TAKE OVER AS COMMANDER OF EUROPEAN FORCES. 00:10:10 - MS- GENERAL IKE SPEAKS ASKS FOR SACRIFICE. 00:10:51 - HITLER'S PAPERS. - BLACK MARKET BRINGS DOCUMENTS TO LIGHT. MS- A MAN CARRIES A SUITCASE FULL OF DOCUMENTS INTO A BAVARIAN BANK FOR SAFE KEEPING. 00:11:24 - CU- THE GENUINE DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING THE ONE APPOINTING HITLER AS CHANCELLOR ARE SPREAD OUT ON A DESK. HIS PASSPORT IS ALSO THERE WITH LITTLE BUTTONS AND MEDALS WITH SWASTIKAS. 00:11:53 - FOOTBALL - BOWL GAMES -LS- 67,000 FANS JAM THE ORANGE BOWL IN MIAMI TO SEE CLEMSON BEAT MIAMI 00:12:36 - LS- MIAMI'S FRANK SMITH MAKES AN AMAZING RUN FOR A LONG GAIN, ZIG ZAGGING THROUGH THE DEFENSE. HARRY MALIOS TAKES IT IN ON THE NEXT PLAY. 00:13:42 - SUGAR BOWL - KENTUCKY BEATS OKLAHOMA 13-7 00:13:51 - LS- OKLAHOMA FUMBLES AND KENTUCKY RECOVERS EARLY IN THE GAME. ON THE NEXT PLAY KENTUCKY'S BABE PARELLI THROWS A TD PASS TO SHORTY JAMESON. 00:14:25 - LS- JAMESON CATCHES A PARELLI PASS AND IS HIT IN MID-AIR BY A TACKLER STOPPING HIM DEAD. 00:15:05 - VOL 24/420 00:15:27 - PRESIDENT - TRUMAN ASKS FOR UNITY IN STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE. MS- TRUMAN SPEAKS ST A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS. 00:18:00 - KOREA - SEOUL TO FLAMES AS ALLIES QUIT CAPITAL 00:18:13 - MONTAGE- RETREATING U.N. FORCES GUARD THE YIMTIEM RIVER. LS- SMOKE RISES FROM THE CAPITAL CITY OF SEOUL IN THE FAR DISTANCE. 00:18:50 - MS- AS THOUSAND OF REFUGEES STREAM ACROSS A BRIDGE, THEY ARE SCANNED WITH METAL DETECTORS FOR WEAPONS CARRIED BY INFILTRATORS. 00:19:09 - LS THOUSANDS STREAM ACROSS A OPEN FIELD, CARRYING THEIR WORLDLY GOODS. 00:19:14 - SPORTS - LS- SKIER ART DEVLIN OF THE LAKE PLACID SNOWBIRDS SPEEDS DOWN THE SKI RAMP, AT NIGHT, TO WIN THE HOWARD NELSON MEMORIAL JUMP ON BEAR MT. 00:20:07 - LS- THE FOLLOWING MORNING THE SKIERS VIE FOR THE FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT TROPHY. WINNER IS ART FOGEL. 00:20:38 - GOLDEN GLOVES AT RIDGEWOOD GROVE IN BROOKLYN. 00:20:45 - MS- TWO 160 POUNDERS ENTERTAIN THE FANS WITH BOTH FIGHTERS THROWING WILD ROUND-HOUSE PUNCHES SOME SCORING MOST MISSING. 00:21:30 - MONTAGE- FANS ENJOY THE SPIRITED FIGHTERS AS THEY THROW PUNCHES WILDLY HOPING THAT SOME WILL LAND. 00:22:29 - VOL 24/421 00:22:53 - PRESIDENT DECORATES KOREA HEROES. 00:23:23 - U.N. VEHICLES RETREAT ALONG THE ROADS UNHAMPERED BY THE ENEMY. MS- U.S. ARTILLERY BOMBARD THE REDS 00:23:32 - LS- RED CROSS HOSPITAL SHIPS TAKE ON WOUNDED GIS ON STRETCHERS . 00:23:51 - MS- PRESIDENT TRUMAN AWARDS MEDALS OF HONOR POSTHUMOUSLY TO PARENTS AND SPOUSES OF GENERAL DEAN WHO DISAPPEARED IN ACTION, SGT. TURNER, MELVIN BROWN, LT. HENRY AND PVT. WATKINS. 00:24:50 - EISENHOWER - IKE TOURS PACT NATIONS MEETS WITH FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER IN FRANCE AND SITS WITH HIS CHIEF OF STAFF GENERAL ALFRED GUNTHER AT A ROUND TABLE MEETING WITH EUROPEAN MINISTERS. 00:26:10 - BEAUTY GOES BATHING AND BICYCLING - LONG LINE OF BEAUTIES IN SWIM SUITS COMPETE IN 'SWIM FOR HEALTH',CONTEST. 00:26:38 - MONTAGE- EACH GIRL MODELS A DIFFERENT SWIMSUIT. LS- MEANWHILE IN BOCA RATON MODELS SHOW SPORTS WEAR SUITED FOR BIKE RIDING. 00:27:40 - MS- WHEN A MODEL GETS OFF HER BIKE, SHE UNRAVELS HER SHORTS INTO A LONG DRESSY SKIRT. 00:27:51 - BUCKING BRONCS OF THE BRINY - SMALL BOUNCING SPEED BOATS HIT WAVES AND BECOME AIRBOUND BEFORE BOUNCING BACK ONTO THE WATER. 00:28:17 - LS- ONE BY ONE THE BOATS SPEED UP RAMPS AND COME DOWN HARD ON THE SEA. LS- IN SLOW MOTION. 00:28:47 - LS- THE BOATS SLIDE ACROSS A SMALL ISLAND AND AND INTO THE WATER ON THE OTHER SIDE. 00:29:07 - LS- THE SPEEDBOAT CLIMBS OVER A RAMP AND HITS A TREE BEFORE NEGOTIATING THE RAMP. HE CRASHES INTO THE WATER BELOW. LS- ANOTHER SPINS UPSIDE DOWN GOING OVER THE RAMP AND CRASHES DOWN INTO A TREE. 00:29:30 - A DRIVER IS THROWN CLEAR OF HIS BOAT AT HIGH SPEED 00:29:44 - MARYLAND INAUGURATES NEW GOVERNOR - MS- ESCORTED BY THE OLD GOVERNOR, PRESTON LANE, THEODORE ROOSEVELT MCKELDON IS FOLLOWED BY A PROCESSION OF MEN, ALL IN TOP HAT AND TAILS, TO HIS SWEAR-IN. 00:30:27 - LS- MCKLENDON MAKES INAUGURATION SPEECH TO THRONG. 00:31:13 - VOL 24/422 00:31:33 - U.N. FIGHTS DELAYING ACTION ON PENINSULA - TANKS CONDUCT AN ORDERLY WITHDRAWAL DOWN THE PENINSULA. 00:31:56 - DAMAGED CARGO PLANE HAS ENGINE SEPARATED FROM THE WING. MS- GIS CARRY WOUNDED ON STRETCHERS. ONE GI SLIDES DOWN THE SLIPPERY HILL TO MOVE ALONG QUICKLY. LS- SABRE JETS TAKE OFF ON MISSION. 00:33:29 - ELS- CAMERA ON SABRE JET RECORDS A HIT ON AN ENEMY MIG. 00:34:10 - MARCH OF DIMES - NOTABLES OPEN ANNUAL DRIVE FOR POLIO FUND. MS- PRESIDENT TRUMAN WELCOMES LARRY MACKENZIE, MARCH OF DIMES POSTER CHILD. 00:34:27 - TRUMAN GIVES HIS AUTOGRAPH TO LARRY WHO IS IN BRACES. MS- IN NEW YORK, JIMMY DURANTE PINCHES LARRY'S CHEEK. 00:35:06 - MS- CHILDREN PUSH EMPTY WHEEL CHAIRS, IN A PARADE AS A SYMBOL OF CONQUERING THE DESEASE. 00:35:17 - A DESTROYED, BURNED OUT HULK OF AN AIRLINER THAT SKIDDED ON A RUNWAY AND CRASHED IN FLAMES KILLING 6 PERSONS, INCLUDING AN HEROIC STEWARDESS, LIES ON THE RUNWAY AT PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT. 00:35:56 - LS- A COLLAPSED HOUSE WITH THE BATHTUB LYING AMID THE DEBRIS AFTER THE TOWN OF SUNNYVALE, CALIF. WAS HIT BY A TWISTER. LS- A TELEPHONE POLE LEANS OVER A HOUSE. 00:36:25 - LS- A SPECTACULAR FIRE RAGES THROUGH A FOUR-STORY WAREHOUSE ON THE EDGE OF CHICAGO'S LOOP.LS- FIREMEN TRAIN HOSES ON THE FLAMES AND CROWDS WATCH FROM THE DISTANCE. 00:37:12 - MS- PAN OF QUADRUPLETS LYING IN INCUBATERS AT THE HOSPITAL. MS- THE PARENTS AND 3 OTHER CHILDRE PEER THROUGH THE NURSERY WINDOW. 00:37:37 - MS- DOZENS OF CHIHUAHUA DOGS ARE HELD ON A TABLE TOP BY THEIR MASTERS AS A CHIHUAHUA CLUB GETS TOGETHER IN MIAMI (PAN). 00:37:41 - CU- TWO SMALL PUPS FILL A SMALL BASKET. 00:38:06 - MONTAGE - THE TINY DOGS POSE WITH CLOTHING AND HEADWEAR. 00:38:30 - VOL 24/423 00:38:50 - KOREA - BITTER WEATHER ADD TO MISERIES OF BATTLE. 00:39:04 - MS- A GI CHOPS THE ICE ON THE GROUND AROUND HIS PUP TENT. LS- OTHER GIS BUILD SMALL BARN FIRES. 00:39:09 - CU- GI DRINKS HOT COFFEE FROM TIN CUP.LS- PLANES DROP SUPPLIES ON THE BELEAGUERED TROOPS. 00:39:58 - LS- LONG LINES OF REFUGEES CARRYING UNUSUAL POSESSIONS CROWD THE ROADS. 00:40:17 - MS- SECRETARY OF STATE DEAN ACHESON TELLS OF FRUSTATION, IN OBTAINING A CEASE FIRE FROM THE CHINESE. 00:41:08 - MS- THE WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD DONATES A 'BLOOD TRANSFUSION' PASSENGER CAR, THAT MAKES STOPS IN TOWNS TO COLLECT BLOOD FROM DONORS. 00:41:24 - MS- DONORS FORM LINE OUTSIDE THE CAR, WHILE NURSES INSIDE PUMP DONORS. 00:41:42 - THE CARRIERS 'ESSEX' AND THE 'BON HOMME RICHARD' SIT IN A NAVY YARD IN WASHINGTON READY TO BE COMMISSIONED BACK INTO SERVICE. 00:42:07 - MS- ADMIRAL NIMITZ ADDRESSES THE CREWS OF THE 2 SHIPS. 00:42:28 - LS- LUMBERJACKS IN CHILE CUT DOWN HUGE REDWOODS ISING AXES AND HAND SAWS. 00:43:02 - LUMBER JACKS ROLL TIMBERS OFF FLATBED TRUCKS AND INTO THE SAW MILLS. LS- WORKERS HANDLE PLANKS ATOP A HUGE PILE OF FINISHED LUMBER. 00:43:31 - CIVIL DEFENSE U.S.CITIES GIRD FOR ATOMIC BOMB ATTACK. LS- NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE. 00:43:44 - LS- SOLDIERS MAN A BATTERY OF ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AS PILOTS SCRAMBLE TO THEIR JETS. 00:44:09 - LS- WOMEN MAN TELEPHONE BOOTH AT A CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS CENTER. MS- 'SHELTER ZONES' SIGNS POINT TO SHELTERS. MS- CROWDS ENTER SHELTERS. 00:44:49 - MS- OFFICIALS SHOW THE CIRCLE OF AREA ON A MAP WHICH WILL BE AFFECTED BY AN A-BLAST. 00:45:14 - MS- FIREMEN DRILL IN A PILE OF RUBBLE CARRYING A 'CASUALTY' ON A STRETCHER. MS - A DOCTOR TESTS THE 'BODY OF A WOUNDED PATIENT A GEIGER COUNTER. 00:45:20 - MS- PRESIDENT TRUMAN SIGNS THE CIVIL DEFENSE ACT OF 1950. MS- CIVIL DEFENSE WORKERS CARRYING PICK AXES AND SHOVELS, MARCH IN NEW YORK CITR. 00:45:49 - VOL 24/424 00:46:09 - THE PRESIDENT - COMPARES STALIN WITH ALL OTHER DICTATORS. MS- TRUMAN MAKES A SPEECH AT A BANQUET OF THE SOCIETY OF BUSINESS PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON 00:47:50 - KOREA - U.N. ATTACKS SLOW EXPECTED RED PUSH. 00:48:08 - LS- GENERAL MATTHEW RIDGEWAY MEETS WITH HIS FIELD COMMANDERS IN THE COLD. 00:48:19 - LS- SPOTTER PLANES TAKE OFF TO DIRECT THE FIRE OF THE BIG GUNS. MONTAGE- BIG GUNS FIRE VOLLEYS. 00:48:40 - LS- GUN COMMANDER RAISES HIS ARMS LIKE A MUSIC CONDUCTOR AND WHEN HE DROPS THEM THE CANNONS FIRE. 00:48:56 - AVIATION IN THE NEWS - A B-36 BOMBER, THE 1ST OF SIX LANDS AT FORT WORTH, TEXAS AFTER A NON-STOP FLIGHT FROM ENGLAND. 00:49:27 - MS- ON HAND TO MEET THE CREW IS COMMANDER OF THE BASE GENERAL ERBINE. 00:49:44 - MS- F-94 JET INTERCEPTORS ASSEMBLY LINE AT A PLANT IN BURBANK, CALIFORNIA. AN F-94 IN FLIGHT. 00:50:19 - SPORTS - FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT BOXER TONY GALENTO TRIES HIS HAND AT WRESTLING. 00:50:57 - CU- A FAN PUTS HIS HAND TO HIS FACE IN DIS-BELIEF AND EMBARRASMENT AS 4 WRESTLERS, INCLUDING GALENTO PUT ON A SHOW. 00:51:36 - CU- THE FAN TAKES HIS HANDS AWAY FROM HIS EYES TO LOOK, AND GRIMACES AS 2 REFS JOIN THE 4 IN COMBAT. 00:52:00 - 45TH INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SKI-JUMPING MEET AT FOX RIVER GROVE, ILLINOIS. 00:52:11 - LS- EVERT KARLSEN OF SWEDEN, JUDGED WINNER OF CLASS'A'COMPETITION, BUT A NORWEGAN IS LATER JUDGED THE CHAMP IN A CHANGE OF MIND. 00:52:40 - MONTAGE- MANY JUMPERS TAKE NASTY SPILLS. 00:53:09 - VOL 24/425 00:53:30 - KOREA - LULL MARKS FIGHTING AWAITING ATRUCE ORDER. 00:53:40 - LS-TROOPS IN WHITE UNIFORM COVERS WALK ALONG A SNOW COVERED ROAD DURING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 00:53:56 - CU- GENERAL CLARK BRUCKNER TALKS TO AIDE IN THE FIELD. MS- REFUGEES ARE SEARCHED BY SO.KOREAN TROOPS. THEY GIVE VALUABLE INFORMATION ABOUT ENEMY POSITIONS. 00:54:43 - WELL HEELED GEM SMUGGLERS HELD BY U.S - CU- THE LINING OF A SHOE IS REMOVED AND STASH OF ILLICIT GEMS IS FOUND BY A CUSTOMS INSPECTOR. 00:55:03 - MS- THE INSPECTOR REMOVES THE SOLE OF THE SHOE AND FINDS ANOTHER STASH OF GEMS BY AN AUSTRIAN ARRIVING FROM BRUSSELS. 00:55:12 - CU- A HALF MILLION IN GEMA ARE SPREAD ON A TABLE WHICH WAS BROUGHT IN BY A BELGIAN, THE NEXT DAY. 00:55:26 - MS- THE INSPECTOR SHOWS HOW GOLD INGOTS ARE SECRETED IN A SUIT CASE LINING FOR SMUGGLING OUT OF THE U.S. 00:55:39 - MS- THE ALEGED WOMAN SMUGGLER IS BROUGHT BEFORE A COMMISSIONER BY MARSHALS. 00:56:03 - MS- A LARGE OFFICE FULL OF TREASURY EMPLOYEES COUNT LARGE BUNDLES OF UNFIT CURRENCY BY HAND- 00:56:16 - MS- TREASURY SECRETARY SNYDER PLACES BUNDLES OF BILLS IN A NEW COUNTING MACHINE. 00:56:41 - MS- BUNDLES OF BILLS ARE THROWN INTO A FURNACE AND BURNED. 00:56:55 - MS- PRIME MINISTER NEHRU OF INDIA STOPS AT PARIS AIRPORT ON HIS WAY HOME FROM A CONFERENCE IN LONDON. FRENCH MINISTER RENE PLEVIN MEETS HIM. 00:57:17 - MS- NEHRU PAYS A COURTESY CALL ON FRANCH PRESIDENT ORIOL. 00:57:34 - MS- WOMEN WEAR GOGGLES AS THEY LEARN THE ART OF GUN MAKING FROM AN INSTRUCTOR. 00:57:43 - MS- REMINISCENT OF 'ROSIE THE RIVETER' IN WORLD WAR II, THE GIRLS TRY WORK THE MACHINES. 00:57:59 - ERIC JOHNSTON MOVIE HEAD SWORN IN AS STABILIZATION CHIEF BY CHIEF JUSTICE VINSON. 00:58:29 - CU- JOHNSTON SPEAKS AND SAYS WE MUST FACE 2 DEADLY ENEMIES, 'INFLATION AND COMMUNISM'. 00:59:08 - CARNIVAL TIME - HOLLAND AND ITALY MARK PRE-LENT SEASON. 00:59:08 - MS- OLD WOMAN SEWS A GROTESQUE FACE MASK, THEN TRIES IT ON. OTHERS IN THE DUTCH VILLAGE PAINT AND SPRAY LARGE PAPIER MACHE DEVILISH HEADS. 00:59:39 - MS- THE WORKERS PUT ON THE FACE MASKS AND DANCE. 00:59:47 - LS- IN VALEGGIO, ITALY, SCENE OF THE MOST LAVISH PRE-LENTEN SPECTACLES IN ALL EUROPE,FLOATS WITH THE MOSTY UNUSUAL ANIMATED PAPIER MACHE IS DEMONSTRATED.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-937