- Title: VM-938
- Summary: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS:
- Description:00:00:52 - INDO-CHINA - RED-HELD HOSTAGES RETURNED TO FRENCH 00:01:04 - MS- A YOUNG BOY BALANCING TWO PACKAGES ON BOTH ENDS OF A POLE RUNS ALONG QUICKLY,FOLLOWED BY YOUNG VIETNAMESE CHILDREN. 00:01:11 - MS- VIETNAMESE FAMILIES HELD BY THE ENEMY HAVE A GRAVE LOOK ON THEIR FACES AFTER BEING REPATRIATED 00:01:30 - MS - FRENCH SOLDIER WALKS WITH A YOUNG CHILD IN HIS ARMS. MS- FRENCH BOYS YOUNG EAT SANDWICHES WITH GUSTO. 00:02:19 - LS- NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS OPEN BROTHERHOOD WEEK WITH A BANQUET IN NEW YORK. 00:02:20 - MS- FORMER PREMIER OF FRANCE, PAUL RENAULT OPENS THE CAMPAIGN OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY. 00:02:22 - MS- ACTOR BASIL RATHBONE CHATS WITH MRS. RENAULT. SPONSORS INCLUDE BARNEY BATTERMAN AND NATE BLOOMBERG. 00:02:45 - LS- A TIRED GENERAL EISENHOWER ARRIVES AT WEST POINT AFTER A 3 WEEK MEETING WITH OUR 11 ATLANTIC ALLIES. HE IS MET BY MRS.IKE AND THEIR 2 GRAND CHILDREN. 00:03:14 - MS- FRANCE'S PRIME MINISTER RENE PLEVIN ARIVES BY PLANE IN NEW YORK EN ROUTE TO WASHINGTON, D.C. 00:03:26 - MS- PRESIDENT TRUMAN MEETS PLEVIN OUTSIDE CAPITAL 00:03:41 - THE 750 MEMBER CREW OF THE CARIER BOXER PREPARE TO DONATE BLOOD AS A BLOODMOBILE WAITS AT THE PIER. MS- DONORS LAY DOWN AND GIVE BLOOD. 00:04:07 - AUTOMOTIVE - TRUCKS AND TIRES PASS RIGID TESTS. 00:04:25 - MS- WILBUR SHAW, COMPARES THE OLD TIRE TUBE WITH HIS PUNCTURE PROOF TIRE HE INVENTED FOR FIRESTONE 00:04:45 - MS- WHILE RIDING AT 80 MILES PER HOUR, THE TIRE RIDES OVER A NAIL, BUT DOES NOT GO FLAT. 00:04:52 - LS- A NEW ARMY TRUCK, FITTED WITH A SNORKLE, RIDES INTO A LAKE, SUBMERGES ALL THE WAY AND EXITS ON THE OTHER END. THE DRIVER WEARS SCUBA GEAR. 00:05:20 - LS- UNDERWATER VIEW OF THE TRUCK RIDING ON THE BOTTOM. 00:05:56 - TRACK - 15 FOOT VAULT FEATURE OF THE MELROSE GAMES. MS- REF FIRES PISTOL TO START 600 METER RUN WON BY CHARLIE MOORE OF CORNELL. 00:06:47 - LS- DON GERRMAN WINS THE WANAMAKER MILE. 00:07:19 - REVERAND ROBERT RICHARDS VAULTS 15 FEET 1 INCH AND GOES WILD WITH JOY. 00:07:50 - VOL 24/427 00:08:11 - IKE REPORTS - QUITING EUROPE PERILS THE U.S., CONGRES IS TOLD. MS- GENERAL IKE MAKES HIS REPORT TO AN INFORMAL SESSION OF CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER. 00:10:32 - GUILTY - RED CHINESE INDICTED AS AGGRESSORS IN KOREA, SAYS U.N. MS- WARREN AUSTIN SUMS IT UP. 00:11:47 - MS- LED BY PRESIDENT TRUMAN, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GATHER IN THE WHITE HOUSE IN A SURPRISE CEREMONY TO HONOR SPEAKER SAM RAYBURN. 00:12:06 - MS- TRUMAN READS AN UNUSUALLY LONG INSCRIPTION ENGRAVED ON A SMALL GAVEL HONORING RAYBURN. 00:12:30 - POLIO DRIVE AT THE WALDORF - MS- FASHION SHOW MODELS LINE UP TO PLACE DONATIONS INTO AN IRON LUNG DOUBLING FOR A DONATION CONTAINER. 00:12:54 - MS- GINGER ROGERS MODELS A GOWN, FOLLOWERED BY GLORIA SWANSON. 00:13:33 - MONTAGE- REFUGEES FROM THE FIGHTING IN KOREA CROWD THE ISLAND OF CHECHU, 70,000 OF THEM. 00:13:37 - MS- A WOMAN CARRIES A HUGE BOX OF BELONGINGS ON HER BACK, OTHERS CARRY THEIR BABIES IN A PAPOOSE. 00:13:52 - MS- 80 CHILDREN PLAY GAMES LED BY TEACHERS IN A CLASSROOM, WHERE THE KIDS ALSO SLEEP. 00:14:00 - SKIING - LS- VISIBILITY IS POOR ON GERMAN OLYMPIC SKI CENTER SLOPES AS SPECTATORS USE UMBRELLAS AS THEY WATCH THE SLOLOM AND DOWN HILLS EVENTS DURING A BLIZZARD. MS- WOMAN SERVES HOT COFFEE. 00:14:38 - MS- CAMERMAN WITH APOLE IN ONE HAND AND A CAMERA IN THE OTHER, SINKS WAIST DEEP INTO THE SNOW AS HE TRIES TO CLIMB A HILL. 00:15:05 - VOL 24/428 00:15:26 - KOREA - U.N. OFFENSIVE GAINS ON FRONT BELOW SEOUL. 00:15:43 - MONTAGE- TANKS AND ARTILLERY BOMBARD RED POSITIONS 00:16:09 - LS- LONG SINGLE LINES OF US TROOPS HIKE ACROSS THE ROUGH TERRAIN. 00:16:34 - MS- A BUNDLED UP GI GETS HIMSELF SOME SLEEP ALONG THE SIDE OF A HILL. 00:16:41 - LS- A BRIDGE WHICH WAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED LAST YEAR, COLLAPSED INTO THE WATERS OF THE SAN MORITZ RIVER IN QUEBEC KILLING 4 IN A CAR WITH 7. 00:17:19 - LS- THE CARRIER TARAWA IS RECOMMISSIONED AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD. 00:18:00 - MS- PRESIDENT TRUMAN UNVEILS A MURAL AT THE CHAPEL OF THE FOUR CHAPLINS IN PHILADELPHIA WHICH GAINED IMMORTALITY DURING WWII WHEN CHAPLINS GAVE THEIR LIVES ON AN A TROOP TRQNSPORT WHICH SUNK. 00:18:21 - LS- THE CHAPEL HAS THREE REVOLVING ALTARS REPRESENTING 3 FAITHS. 00:18:52 - SPORTS MS- 11 FOUR YEAR OLDS PARADE TO THE POST AT SANTA ANITA WITH 53,000 FANS WATCHING 00:19:47 - ELEVEN TO ONE SHOT 'GREAT CIRCLE' WITH WILLIE SHOEMAKER RIDING, WINS. 00:20:00 - MS- NATIONAL LEAGUE PRESIDENT FORD FRICK LOOKS ON AS MAYOR IMPELLITERI UNVEILS A PLAQUE COMMEMORATING 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF BASEBALL'S SENIOR CIRCUIT. 00:20:05 - LS- THE BUILDING WHERE MAJOR LEAGUE BALL WAS WAS FOUNDED ON BROADWAY AND 3RD STREET. 00:20:14 - MS- PRESENT AT THE UNVEILING ARE HALL OF FAMERS TY COBB, GEORGE SISSLER, ROGER HORNSBY TRIS SPEAKER, CARL HUBBELL AND OTHERS(PAN). 00:20:44 - LS- FIGURE SKATING CHAMPION OF AMERICA SONYA KLOFER SHOWS HER CHAMPIONSHIP STYLE IN SEATTLE. 00:21:20 - MS- DICK BUTTON DAZZLES THE AUDIENCE WITH HIS PERFORMANCE. 00:22:18 - VOL 24/429 00:22:41 - RAIL DISASTER - DEATH TOLL NEARS 100 IN NEW JERSEY RAIL WRECK.MS- THE TRAIN LIES IN A DITCH, AS IT CRASHED 26 FEET DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. 00:23:48 - MONTAGE- WORKERS CARRY INJURED AND DEAD ON STRETCHERS TO AMBULANCES. 00:24:11 - MS- COVERED DEAD BODIES LAY ON GROUND IN A TEMPORARY MORGUE. 00:24:20 - LS- DAYLIGHT BRINGS THE WHOLE GHASTLY SCENE INTO RELIEF WITH CARS DERAILED AND STREWN ABOUT. 00:24:58 - CU- PATHETIC BELONGINGS OF VICTIMS INCLUDING A HAT,SHOES AND CLOTHING, LIE IN THE DEBRIS. 00:25:17 - CHINATOWN CELEBRATES THE CHINESE NEW YEAR WITH FIREWORKS AND COLORFUL COSTUMES, INCLUDING THE CUSTOMARY DRAGON. 00:25:46 - LS- FIRE BREAKS OUT ON TOP FLOOR OF A TENEMENT HOUSE DURING THE FESTIVITIES. FIREMEN CLIMB AN AERIAL LADDER TO THE FIRE. 00:25:57 - MS- A FIREMAN CARRIES A SMALL CHILD DOWN THE LADDER TO SAFETY. 00:26:12 - SPORTS - WRESTLING TITLE MATCH BETWEEN GREAT TOGO JAP JUDO EXPERT AND CHAMP BOBBY MANIGOFF MEET IN THE FORUM IN MONTREAL. 00:27:15 - LS- TOGO THROWS MANIGOFF OUT THE RING AND IS DISQUALIFIED FOR ROUGHNESS. MANIGOFF WINS. 00:27:17 - LS- ELEVENTH ANNUAL JAMBOREE AND RODEO AT PALM SPRINGS. LS- COWBOY IS THROWN VERY HARD BY THE BULL AND IS INJURED REQUIRING AN AMBULANCE. 00:27:48 - LS- COWBOYS RIDE AND ARE THROWN BY BULLS AND HORSES. COWBOY RIDES A BRONC IS THROWN TO A SIDE SADDLE POSITION THEN BACK, BUT HE STAYS ON. 00:28:36 - VOL 24/430 00:28:57 - KOREA - U.N.FORCES CONTINUE STEADY DRIVE ON SEOUL 00:29:20 - MONTAGE- U.N. TANKS AND VEHICLES MOVE SLOWLY TRYING TO NEGOTIATE MUDDY ROADS AND TERRAIN. 00:29:45 - AERIAL- F-86 JETS STRAFE ROADS AND SUPPLY LINES AS SEEN FROM BEHIND AN ATTACKING PLANE. 00:30:33 - MS- A DESTROYED TRAIN ENGINE IS LITTERED WITH DEAD ENEMY BODIES. 00:30:40 - PARIS SPRING STYLES - MEN SHOW THE LATEST IN SUITS AND MEN'S WEAR. GIRLS SHOW PRETTY FRENCH HATS BY PIERRE BALMAN 00:32:04 - CU- THE TOP OF THE HATS HAVE BIRDS,FLOWERS AND FEATHERS. 00:32:11 - BOXING - GOLDEN GLOVES SEMI-FINALS AT SUNNYSIDE GARDENS IN NEW YORK. 00:32:31 - MS- A WOMAN FAN GETS OVERLY EXCITED AND JUMPS TO HER FEET THROWING PUNCHES IN MID-AIR AS HER FAVORITE , A BROOKLYN BOY,THROWS PUNCHES 00:33:16 - MS- THE BROOKLYN BOY,SID RUBINSTEIN, WINS BY A KO, THE WOMAN FAN GOES BALLISTIC. 00:33:19 - BROTHERHOOD - PEACE AND FREEDOM IS THEME FOR 1951 00:33:40 - NARATOR SHOWS SCENES WHICH WERE RECORDED SUCH AS REFUGEES IN KOREA, WORKERS ON PARADE CARRYING SHOVELS AND PICKAXES ON THEIR SHOULDERS INSTEAD OF RIFLES.CU- FACES OF IMMIGRANTS. 00:34:11 - MONTAGE- SHORT SHOTS OF A REAPER IN A FARM FIELD, A SCIENTIST IN A LAB,A WORKER AT HIS LATHE LS- A VIEW OF U.N. BUILDING FROM AFAR AND IN SESSION. 00:35:03 - MS- A BLACK AND WHITE GI IN THE FIELD LS- ONE JEWISH GRAVE(STAR) AMID HUNDREDS OF CROSSES IN A MILITARY CEMETERY. 00:35:25 - MS- GIS BEND DOWN TO READ NAMES ON GRAVES OF COMRADES KILLED IN ACTION. LS- GI BLOWS TAPS AT THE CEMETERY. 00:35:57 - VOL 24/431 00:36:15 - U.N. FORCES BLUNT BIG COMMIE PUSH - LS- (PAN) TANKS AND ARTILLERY MASS ON FIELD. LS- ARTILLERY STARTS BOMBARDMENT. 00:36:54 - LS- GIS SCANNING THE ROAD WITH MINE DETECTORS, ARE FOLLOWED SLOWLY BY TROOPS. 00:37:06 - MS- A GIS CAREFULLY DIGS A MINE OUT OF A ROAD. 00:37:32 - MONTAGE- DEAD BODIES AND DESTROYED EQUIPMENT ATTEST TO THE FURY OF THE U.N.BOMBARDMENT AND AIR STRIKES ON THE RED POSITIONS. 00:37:38 - LS- CIVILIANS ON THEIR HANDS AND KNEES PLEAD TO THE U.S.TROOPS FOR HELP. MEDICS RENDER FIRST AID. 00:37:46 - MS- A KOREAN PEASANT CARRIES A BLINDED WOMAN ON HIS BACK. 00:37:52 - WEATHER - NATURE UNLEASHES FURY AROUND WORLD. 00:37:58 - LS- PAN OF A FLOODED RURAL AREA IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON .MS- COASTGUARDSMEN RESCUES A CAT FROM A FLOODED HOME. 00:38:46 - PEOPLE IN AN ITALIAN RIVER VALLEY NEAR BOLOGNA WADE IN KNEE DEEP WATER IN TOWN. 00:39:15 - LS- THE COLUMBIA WATER COMPANY IN PENNSYLVANIA IS PUT OUT OF BUSINESS AS THE FROZEN RIVER BACKED UP CUTTING THE WATER SUPPLY TO THE CITY OF COLUMBIA. 00:39:19 - LARGE TANKER TRUCKS FILL THEIR TANKS WITH WATER TO SUPPLY THE CITY. MS- LARGE MILK CANS ARE FILLED WITH WATER FROM THE TANKERS. 00:39:55 - MONTAGE- HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN AUSTRIAN ALPS, DIG INTO THE SNOW LOOKING FOR BODIES, AFTER A HUGE AVALANCHE CRASHED DOWN INTO THE VALLEY BELOW. 00:40:31 - LS- BODIES ARE REMOVED BY SKI LIFTS. 00:40:42 - SPORTS - LEVENWORTH, WASHINGTON PLAYS HOST TO THE ' LEAP AND LAND'FRATERNITY' ANNUAL SKI JUMPING TOURNAMENT. 00:40:58 - LS- SKI SLOPE,'BIG HILL,AS ITS CALLED, DRAWS CLASS'A' JUMPERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. 00:41:32 - LS- FIFTY MOTORCYCLISTS IN ENGLAND, TAKE OFF ON A RAINY DAY AND INTO THE MUDDY FIELD FOR 'THE CLUBMANS SCRAMBLE'THE BAD WEATHER IS A REQUIREMENT 00:41:50 - MS- AS THE RAIN FALLS THE MUD GETS MUDDIER AND THE TRACK BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT.CU- THE MUDDY FACE OF THE WINNER. 00:42:13 - 75TH ANNUAL WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. CU- A GREAT DANE WITH HIS HANGING TONGUE 00:42:26 - CU- A WOMAN HOLDS 3 TINY CHIAHUAHUAS IN HER ARMS. 00:42:31 - CU- A PANTING ST.BERNARD AND A FRONT VIEW OF AN AMERICAN BULL COMPLETE WITH BOW LEGS. 00:42:43 - CU- A FRENCH POODLE FOLLOWED BY A WRINKLE BROWED BLOOD HOUND. A BOXER WINS AND IS DISPLAYED. 00:43:10 - VOL 24/432 00:43:36 - U.N.AT SEOUL GATES AS RED DRIVE HALTS - LS- HUGE STORES OF SUPPLIES LIE ON A PIER IN JAPAN 00:44:04 - ELS- FLYING BOX CARS LADEN WITH SUPPLIES FOR KOREA FLIES OVERHEAD. MS- THE SUPPLIES ARE DROPPED OUT OF THE REAR OF THE PLANE BY PARACHUTE. 00:44:55 - PRESIDENT - TRUMAN SEES SECRET WEAPONS AT PROVING GROUNDS. LS- NEW PATTON TANK DEMONSTRATES ITS AGILITY BY DRIVING ACROSS DEEP WATER. 00:45:40 - LS- NEW ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARE SHOWN AND FIRED. TRUMAN HOLDS HIS EARS AS A BATTERY OF ROCKETS OPEN UP. 00:46:05 - LS- HUGE WAVES SMASH ACROSS THE ROCKY SHORE, AS A HURRICANE HITS SPAIN AT ST. SABASTIAN. 00:46:40 - LS- PART OF THE SEA WALL IS MISSING AFTER THE STORM. 00:46:49 - MS- GEORGE RAYMONDO SAYS GOODBYE TO HIS ARMY BUDDIES AND TURNS IN HIS RIFLE AFTER BEING FOUND TO BE ONLY 13 YEARS OLD. 00:47:31 - MS- GRAND CENTRAL STATION CROWD WELCOMES ANOTHER 'STAR' BONZO THE CHIMP. CURVACIOUS JEAN WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT OF BONZO FAN CLUB, GREETS THE CHIMP AT THE TRAIN. 00:47:56 - CU- BONZO REGISTERS HIS NAME AT THE HOTEL 00:48:05 - MS- BONZO MOVES HIS LIPS AS HE 'SPEAKS' ON PHONE WHILE LYING ON THE BED. 00:48:23 - SPORTS - MS- A NEW APARATUS FOR TRAINING SOCCER PLAYERS IS DRAGGED ONTO THE FIELD. 00:48:48 - MS- THE UNIT AUTOMATICALLY THROWS A SOCCER BALL INTO THE AIR WHERE IT IS FIELDED BY THE PLAYERS WITH THEIR HEADS. 00:49:00 - MS- THE UNIT ACTS AS AN OPPOSING PLAYER AS IT DIVERTS THE BALL AS THE PLAYER TRYS TO KICK IT. 00:49:23 - MS- THE PLAYERS LINE UP AND TAKE TURNS JUMPING AND HITTING THE BALL, HELD HIGH ON THE UNIT, WITH THEIR HEADS. 00:49:34 - LS- BARREL-JUMPING CONTEST AT GROSSINGER'S IN NEW YORK. LS- ICE SKATERS TAKE BAD SPILLS TRYING TO CLEAR THE BARRELS. 00:50:33 - VOL 24/433 00:50:53 - RE-ARMAMENT - U.S. ARSENALS SPEED GUNS AND TANKS. 00:51:00 - LS- THE ARTILLERY ASSEMBLY LINE AT ROCK ISLAND, THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST MANUFACTURING ARSENAL, GOES INTO HIGH GEAR. MS- MOVEMENT MECHANISMS ON LARGE CANNONS ARE TESTED. 00:51:20 - MS- WORKERS ASSEMBLE T-66 ROCKET LAUNCHERS, AND THE M-1 RIFLES ROLL OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE. 00:51:45 - MS- A WELDER BURNS OFF THE TRACK ON A DAMAGED TANK FROM KOREA. WELDERS BUSILY WORK AT THEIR JOB 00:51:54 - LS- TANKS ROLL OUT OF THE PLANT ON FLAT CARS. 00:52:05 - LS- STREETS IN TOKYO COVERED WITH SNOW, AS TROLLEY CARS STAND IDLY IN THE STREET. 00:52:14 - MS- PEDESTRIANS WALK IN THE SNOW PASSING SNOW COVERED CARS.LS- GROUPS OF PEOPLE SHOVEL SNOW ON THE CITY'S SIDEWALKS. 00:52:40 - MS- A TOKYO POLICEMAN MAKES A SNOWMAN WITH HIS SHOVEL. LS- KIDS HAVE SNOWBALL FIGHTS. 00:53:00 - LS- NEW FACTORY IN PUERTO RICO IS DEDICATED IN OPERATION 'BOOTSTRAPS',A PLAN TO LIFT THE ISLAND FROM POVERTY. 00:53:29 - LS- A PIGEON HOLE PARKING GARAGE IN SPOKANE WHICH AUTOMATICALLY LIFTS YOUR CAR INTO A PARKING SPOT. 00:53:50 - MS- AN OPEN ELEVATOR LIFTS THE CAR AND SHOVES IT INTO A PIGEON HOLE IN THE BUILDING. 00:54:05 - BOXING - FINALS OF NEW YORK'S GOLDEN GLOVES IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.LS- FRANK IPPILLITO IS FLOORED BY A STRAIGHT RIGHT BY EARNIE ANTHONY. 00:54:36 - MS- BALDING MEN, ONE WITH A CIGAR, APPLAUDS. 00:55:44 - LS- A HARD RIGHT BY NED HICKS SENDS IRVIN MAYO TO THE CANVAS. 00:56:00 - LS- SLED RIDER LAYS BACK PRONE ON SLED AS HE SPEEDS AROUND CURVES ON BOBSLED TRACK IN GERMANY. 00:56:27 - LS- HIGH DIVING MEN AND WOMEN CLIMB A 65 FOOT CLIFF IN THE BAHAMAS AND SHOW SOME FANCY DIVING. 00:56:43 - LS- WOMAN DIVER SPRINGS OFF A DIVING BOARD INTO THE WATER BELOW. 00:57:13 - LS- A DIVER IN STRIPPED COSTUME JUMPS OFF THE DIVING BOARD THEN, JUMPS ROPE IN MID-AIR. 00:57:25 - LS- IN ONE GRAND FINALE THE ENTIRE GROUP DIVES OFF THE CLIFF TOGETHER. 00:57:37 - MS- ACTOR SPENCER TRACY DOES A PITCH FOR THE RED CROSS. MS- FILM SHOWS THE RED CROSS IN ACTION AT BLOOD BANKS, CIVILIAN FIRST AID CENTERS,NURSES AIDES HELPING WOUNDED IN OUR MILITARY SERVICES.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1951
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-938