- Title: VM-940
- Summary: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS: TAPE ENDS WITH GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR'S FIRING, FAREWELL ADDRESS & TICKER TAPE PARADE.
- Description:00:00:40 - VOL 24/442 00:00:48 - CRIME HEARING COMMITTEE HEARS HOOVER & MCGRATH IN CAPITAL. ATTORNEY GENERAL MCGRATH IS WITNESS BEFORE THE KEFAUVER COMMITTEE. 00:01:13 - FBI DIRECTOR HOOVER MAKES PLEA FOR STRONGER LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. 00:02:22 - HEROES HOME: LIVING AND DEAD BACK FROM KOREAN FRONT. MONTAGE MARINES GET HAPPY WELCOME FROM FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AS THEY LAND AT OAKLAND. 00:03:09 - BODIES OF MARINES ARE LOWERED FROM THE SHIP AT PIER IN SAN FRANCISCO. BEREAVED FAMILIES & AN HONOR GUARD HOLD A SERVICE AT THE PIER. 00:03:36 - EARL COTT, NATIONAL COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION DISTRIBUTE TOYS TO THE CHILDREN OF EUROPE WHO HAVE BEEN ORPHANED BY PAST WARS. 00:04:20 - DISABLED CHILDREN, NANNY WITH CRUTCHES, LEAVE WITH THEIR TOYS. 00:04:43 - FAID ABDUL AHAD FROM AFGANISTAN, VISITS MINES OF ROSLIND, WASHINGTON AND IS INVITED IN. 00:04:45 - LOCAL MINERS RIDE INTO THE MINE ON SMALL TRAM & INVITE AHAD INSIDE. AHAD WORKS IN THE MINE ALONGSIDE THE MINERS. 00:05:07 - NAVY WAVES PACK THEIR OWN PARACHUTES AT AIRBASE IN NEW JERSEY. 00:05:13 - CU WAVE IN FULL PARATROOP GEAR IS READY FOR HER 1ST JUMP OUT OF A PLANE. THE GIRLS SIT IN TRANSPORT PLANE AND PREPARE FOR THE JUMP 00:05:32 - ONE BY ONE THE GIRLS JUMP OUT AND LAND LIKE PROS. 00:06:00 - SPORTS: SPEED CAR THAT RESEMBLES TWIN JET IS DRIVEN TO A NEW SPEED RECORD BY PIETRO TARUTTI NEAR ROME, ITALY. 00:06:45 - ICE SKATING CHAMP DICK BUTTON, GIVES CROWD OF KIDS HIS AUTOGRAPH, BEFORE PUTTING ON CLASS DEMONSTRATION IN VIENNA. 00:07:33 - SLOW MOTION SHOT OF BUTTON DOING A SPIN. 00:07:49 - VOL 24/443 00:08:11 - WELCOME: PRESIDENT AURIOL OF FRANCE, HAILED ON VISIT TO NEW YORK. FRENCH LINER "ILE DE FRANCE" ARRIVES IN NEW YORK HARBOR 00:08:30 - AURIOL & HIS WIFE SEE THE STATUE OF LIBERTY FROM THE DECK OF THE SHIP. 00:09:01 - PRESIDENT TRUMAN GREETS AURIOL AT THE NATION CAPITAL. DRIVE IN AN OPEN LIMO TO BLAIR HOUSE. THOUSANDS CHEER ALONG THE WAY. 00:09:52 - IN A SPEECH, AURIOL THANKS THE PEOPLE OF THE U.S. FOR THEIR HELP DURING THE WAR. 00:10:20 - KOREA: MASS PARACHUTE DROP SPEEDS DRIVE TO THE 38TH PARALLEL. PARATROOPS STRAP ON THEIR CHUTES BEFORE ENTERING THE PLANES IN JAPAN. 00:10:34 - LONG COLUMNS OF PARATROOPERS MARCH TO THEIR PLANES. ELS TROOPS JUMP OUT OVER MUNSAN, KOREA. 00:11:18 - GENERAL MACARTHUR AND GENERAL RIDGEWAY WATCH THE OPERATION FROM THEIR JEEP. 00:11:38 - PAN OF HUNDREDS OF WARSHIPS TIED SIDE BY SIDE IN MOTHBALLS AT THE NAVAL BASE IN SAN DIEGO. 00:11:48 - BUSY NAVY YARD REFITTING THE MOTHBALL SHIPS FOR ACTIVE DUTY. SAILORS TAKE WRAPS OFF GUNS. 00:12:17 - INDO-CHINA: FRENCH FORCES GO ASHORE AT ROCKY BEACH TO ATTACK CAVE WITH AN ENEMY RADIO STATION INSIDE. STASH OF ARMS AND SUPPLIES ARE CAPTURED. 00:13:06 - DOZENS OF REFUGEES ARE TAKEN OFF THE ISLAND BELONGINGS AND TRANSPORTED TO A 'SAFE' AREA. 00:13:17 - BASKETBALL: KENTUCKY WINS NCAA COLLEGIATE CROWN. BEAT KANSAS STATE 68-58. 00:15:03 - VOL 24/444 00:15:25 - CHIEF-OF-STATE: AURIOL VISIT STRESSES PEACE, FREEDOM, UNITY. AURIOL REVIEWS MIDSHIPMEN AT ANNAPOLIS IN THE RAIN. 00:16:13 - AURIOL OLACES WREATH AT TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER AT THE NATIONAL CEMETERY. 00:16:33 - FRENCH PRESIDENT AURIOL ADDRESSES JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS. 00:17:13 - HAPPY ENDING: EX-GI WEDS INVASION SWEETHEART IN ITALY. EX-GI GEORGE WARTON WALKS DOWN A NARROW STREET IN SALERNO, ITALY WITH HIS BRIDE. 00:17:38 - THE COUPLE ARE FOLLOWED BY CROWD OF TOWNS PEOPLE. SHE CRIES AS THEY KNEEL IN CHURCH. 00:18:31 - OSCARS: ACADEMY PRESENTS ANNUAL FILM AWARDS. 00:18:44 - JIMMY STEWART AND JANE WYMAN CHAT AT THEATER. 00:18:48 - DR.BUNCHE OF THE U.N. IS THERE WITH WOMAN. 00:18:50 - MARTHA TOREN AND BILL THOMAS OF UNIVERSAL ARRIVE. 00:18:54 - JEFF CHANDLER AND WIFE POSE FOR CAMERA. 00:19:09 - ETHEL BARRYMORE RECEIVES OSCAR FROM BRODERICK CRAWFORD, FOR JUDY HOLLIDAY AS 'BEST ACTRESS'. 00:19:14 - HELEN HAYES STANDS IN FOR JOSE FERER AS 'BEST ACTOR'. JOSEPHINE HOWELL RECEIVES BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS FOR HER ROLE IN 'HARVEY'. 00:20:14 - SPORTS: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PLAYS HOST TO THE 9TH INTER-COLLEGIATE GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS. 00:20:27 - LEO MINOTTI, DEFENDING CHAMP IN THE 20FT. ROPE CLIMB DOES HIS CLIMB AND WINS. JOHN BECKNER OF SO. CAL. WINS ON THE PARALLEL BARS. 00:20:53 - ED BUCHANAN TUMBLES ON THE TRAMPOLINE TO WIN. 00:21:25 - BILL ROADSIME SHOWS HIS STUFF ON THE HIGH BAR THANKS TO HIS PERFORMANCE, FLORIDA STATE WINS 00:21:49 - AFTER WAITING FOR RAIN TO MAKE THE FIELD 'IDEAL' MOTORCYCLISTS TAKE OFF TO A MUDDY COURSE IN WASHINGTON. MONTAGE- CYCLISTS DRIVE THROUGH A ROUGH MUDDY COURSE WHICH IS BARELY PASSIBLE. 00:22:18 - THE MUDDY FACED WINNER GETS BIG KISS FROM A BEAUTY. 00:22:26 - SERIOUS MESSAGE FROM JIMMY DURANTE. SEATED AT PIANO, JIMMY MAKES A PITCH FOR THE CANCER FUND. 00:23:58 - VOL 24/445 00:24:18 - DEATH FOR A-SPIES: ROSENBERGS GET TOP PENALTY IN ATOM TRIAL. FEDERAL COURT BUILDING IN NEW YORK 00:24:31 - JULIUS ROSENBERG AND MARTIN SOBEL EXIT VAN IN HANDCUFFS AT COURT BUILDING. CU MRS. ETHEL ROSENBERG ALSO ARRIVES UNDER GUARD. 00:24:55 - MRS. ROSENBERG'S BROTHER DAVID GREENBLATT, IS ESCORTED BY FEDERAL MARSHALS. 00:25:08 - JUDGE IRVING KAUFFMAN WHO SENTENCED THE ROSENBERGS TO DEATH, POSES FOR PHOTOGS AT DESK. 00:25:40 - ATLANTIC PACT: GENERAL IKE OPENS PERMANENT HEADQUARTERS AT THE HOTEL ASTORIA IN PARIS. 00:26:12 - GENERAL IKE SIGNS AN ORDER AT HIS DESK THEN EXPLAINS IT. 00:26:56 - PRESIDENT AURIOL RIDES UP FIFTH AVENUE AND IS GREETED BY A CROWD OF 75,000. MAYOR OF NEW YORK, VINCENT IMPELLITERI IS GIVEN THE LEGION OF HONOR BY AURIOL. 00:27:30 - FAMILIES OF 4 SOLDIERS THAT GAVE THEIR LIVES IN KOREA, RECEIVE THE MEDAL OF HONOR BY GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY, IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 00:28:07 - PUERTO RICAN SOLDIERS ARE TAUGHT ENGLISH AT OUTDOOR CLASSROOM IN PUERTO RICO. 00:28:10 - SOLDIERS GO THROUGH TRAINING WITH LIVE AMMUNITION, AS THEY CRAWL UNDER BARBED WIRE. 00:29:06 - MONTAGE HUGE TURTLES KEPT, KEPT UPSIDE DOWN SO THEY CAN'T MOVE, FILL A BOAT AFTER THEY WERE HARVESTED IN FLORIDA FOR THEIR FOOD VALUE. 00:29:15 - THE HUGE CRITTERS ARE DRAGGED, UPSIDE DOWN, BY WORKERS WITH ROPES AND LINED ON THE PIER. 00:29:43 - BIG TOP: CELEBRITIES JOIN IN HEART FUND BENEFIT. MRS. IMPELLITERI EMCEES THE DRIVE AT THE CIRCUS IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. 00:30:04 - LAURENCE MELCIOR LEADS, THE BAND IN COSTUME. 00:30:08 - JACK DEMPSEY AND OTHER ACTORS DRESSED AS CLOWNS. CU EMMETT KELLY THE FAMOUS CLOWN SHOWS HIS SAD FACE. JIMMY DURANTE ENTERTAINS, & ED WYNN IS DRESSED LIKE A CLOWN IN A BARBER CHAIR. 00:30:37 - CELESTE HOLME IS CARRIED BY AN ELEPHANT AS IS DOROTHY KILGALLEN. 00:31:04 - TRAPEZE ARTIST SWING, MISSES THE CATCH & FALLS INTO THE NET. 00:31:14 - VOL 24/446 00:31:37 - KOREA: UN FORCES BRACE FOR RED SPRING OFFENSIVE. 00:31:47 - AERIAL SMOKE RISES FROM THE BATTLEFIELD IN THE HILLS OF KOREA. 00:31:55 - SHIRTLESS RED PRISONERS MARCH WITH THEIR HANDS ON HEADS. GIS SIT AROUND, READ NEWSPAPERS & RELAX & PLAY AROUND DURING A LULL IN THE FIGHTING. 00:32:36 - TWO GIS, ONE WEARING A MOP HEAD AS A WIG, DO AN APACHE DANCE FOR THE TROOPS. THEY GO INTO LINDY DANCE TO THE AMUSEMENT OF THEIR COMRADES. 00:32:57 - AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER, IT'S DECKS LOADED WITH GRUMMAN BEAR-CATS ARRIVE IN INDO-CHINA FOR USE BY THE FRENCH FORCES, FIGHTING THE VIET REDS. 00:33:32 - PLANES ARE TOWED THROUGH SAIGON BY TRUCKS FOR MORAL BOOSTING MERIT FOR THE POPULACE. 00:33:45 - PLATOON OF ORPHAN CHILDREN, OF ITALIAN FIREMEN PARADE IN A VILLA NEAR ROME. 00:33:46 - THE CHILDREN PRACTICE WITH FIRE HOSES LEARN TO BE FIREMEN LIKE THEIR FATHERS. THE CHILDREN PARADE, CARRYING SMALL LADDERS 00:34:19 - AS TWO HOLD THE LADDER UPRIGHT, THIRD KID CLIMBS TO THE TOP AND JUMPS INTO A NET HELD BY ANOTHER GROUP OF KIDS. 00:34:29 - MONTAGE FLOOD WATERS WRECK HOUSES IN CANADA BETWEEN MONTREAL AND QUEBEC. RAIN AND MELTING SNOW SWELL TH RIVERS. 00:34:47 - ICE CARRIED BY THE RIVERS CRUSH THE HOUSES IN ITS' PATH. 00:35:12 - GRAND NATIONAL: "NICKLE COIN" TOPS FIELD AS ONLY THREE FINISH RACE. AERIAL HUGE CROWD IN STADIUM IN AIMTREE, ENGLAND. 00:35:42 - 37 HORSES TAKE OFF FOR THE RACE. ON THE 1ST JUMP, SEEN IN SLOW MOTION, 11 HORSES FALL. 00:36:34 - AS THE RACE PROCEEDS, MORE HORSES FALL LEAVING ONLY THREE TO FINISH. 00:38:35 - VOL 24/447 00:38:55 - MACARTHUR RELIEVED OF COMMAND: CROWDS OF NEWSMEN RUSH OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE NEWSROOM TO REPORT THEIR STORIES. 00:39:19 - PAN OF NEWS HEADLINES 'TRUMAN FIRES MACARTHUR' 00:39:20 - MACARTHUR SHOWN LEAVING HIS TOKYO OFFICE & BEING SHOWN BODIES OF DEAD REDS ON THE FRONT. 00:40:02 - MACARTHUR MEETING TRUMAN AT THE AIRPORT, PRIOR TO THE FIRING. 00:40:25 - CU GENERAL RIDGEWAY, WHO TAKES OVER AS SUPREME COMMANDER, IS SEEN AT THE FRONT IN KOREA. 00:40:52 - REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATS DIFFER IN THEIR OPINIONS OF THE FIRING. 00:42:20 - TRUMAN SPEAKS TO THE CITIZENS ABOUT HIS ACTION. SAYS IT WAS TO PREVENT A POSSIBILITY OF A THIRD WORLD WAR. 00:43:55 - SPORTS: THE ANNUAL WHITE WATER BOAT PARADE DOWN THE MACKENZIE RIVER GETS UNDER WAY, WITH 100 SKILLED ROWBOATERS BRAVING THE RAPIDS. 00:44:56 - PLANE PROPELLER DRIVEN AIRBOAT RACE IN THE EVERGLADES, FLORIDA. 00:45:10 - AS SEEN FROM INSIDE THE BOAT, THE CRAFT SKIMS ACROSS THE TALL GRASS AT 60 MILES PER HOUR. 00:45:56 - VOL 24 /448 00:46:17 - MACARTHUR'S FAREWELL TO JAPAN: MP'S HOLD BACK HUGE ADMIRING CROWD WHO WANT TO GET GLIMPSE OF THE GENERAL AS HE ARRIVES AT HIS HEADQUARTERS FOR THE LAST TIME. 00:46:45 - MACARTHUR'S SUCCESSOR GENERAL M. RIDGEWAY ARRIVES AT TOKYO AIRPORT FOR A CONFERENCE WITH MACARTHUR AT HIS HEADQUARTERS. 00:46:57 - COURTESY WITHOUT PRECEDENT IN JAPANESE HISTORY, THE CAR CARRYING EMPEROR HIRIHOTO RIDES TO MACARTHUR'S HOME WHERE THE EMPEROR VISITS THE GENERAL. 00:47:09 - THOUSANDS OF JAPANESE GATHER TO WISH MAC FAREWELL. CU JAPANESE WOMAN HOLDS A BLONDE BABY IN HER ARMS. 00:47:39 - 19-GUN SALUTE IS GIVEN MACARTHUR AS HE ARRIVES AT THE TOKYO AIRPORT. INSPECTS THE TROOPS FOR THE LAST TIME. 00:48:20 - THE PRESIDENT: WARNS KREMLIN IN FOREIGN POLICY TALKS. TRUMAN MAKES LONG SPEECH. 00:48:34 - THOUSANDS OF DEMOCRATS SIT AT DINNER TABLES AT THEIR TRADITIONAL JEFFERSON-JACKSON DAY DINNER. PRESIDENT TRUMAN MAKES SPEECH. 00:50:20 - KOREA: DRIVE CONTINUES UNDER NEW ALLIED COMMANDER. ARMY VEHICLES CROSS SHALLOW RIVER. GIS RIDE ATOP TANK. PATROL CLIMBS A STEEP HILL. ARTILLERY CREWS LOAD & FIRE HUGE CANNONS. 00:51:11 - CU BEARDED FACES OF OLD PEASANTS. CROWDS OF PEOPLE WAIT FOR A RATION OF RICE WHICH IS POURED INTO SACKS. 00:51:28 - FIELD OF CROSSES AT A PUSAN CEMETERY WHICH IS DEDICATED FOR ALLIED WAR DEAD. 00:51:52 - BOXING: 33RD ANNUAL TOURNAMENT AT ANNAPOLIS FOR SONS OF MIDSHIPMEN. DOZENS OF LITTLE BOYS WITH LARGE BOXING GLOVES LIMBER UP BEFORE THE MATCHES 00:52:06 - THE OFFICIAL RINGS A BELL & TWO BOY COME RUNNING OUT SWINGING AND BOTH FALLING TO THE CANVAS. MONTAGE THE BOYS PUT ON A FEARLESS FREE SWINGING TOURNAMENT. 00:53:13 - VOL 24/449 00:53:33 - MACARTHUR RETURNS AFTER 14 YEARS: ADDRESSES CONGRESS AND RECEIVES OVATION FROM MILLIONS. 00:53:50 - THRONG CHEER AND MOB GENERAL MACARTHUR, WIFE & SON AT AIRPORT. GOVERNOR EARL WARREN OF CALIFORNIA MEETS HIM. 00:55:01 - MACARTHUR MAKES HIS FAMOUS "OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE... " SPEECH BEFORE CONGRESS AS SPEAKER RAYBURN & VICE-PRESIDENT BARKLEY LOOK ON. 00:58:38 - BLINDING BLIZZARD OF TICKERTAPE SHOWERS MACARTHUR'S MOTORCADE ON NEW YORKS 5TH AVENUE. 00:59:00 - CARELESSLY TOSSED MATCH ON THE TICKERTAPE CAUSES FIRE IN THE STREET. 00:59:48 - AS TREMENDOUS CROWD OF A MILLION WATCHES, MAYOR IMPELLITIERI GIVES MACARTHUR A MEDAL.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1951
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-940