- Title: VM-943
- Summary: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS: GLITCHES @ 04:35,04:49,06:56,07:14,08:44,12:19 AUDIO DROPOUT THRU 32:33
- Description:00:00:39 - VOL 24/466 00:00:48 - 39 DIE IN FIRE - TRAGEDY RAZES REFUGE FOR CHILDREN AND AGED. LS- FIRE AND SMOKE POUR OUT OF THE WINDOWS OF THE BRICK BUILDING. 00:01:07 - LS FIREMEN ON AERIAL LADDER POUR WATER ONTO THE FLAMES UNTIL THE SMOKE COVERS THEM. 00:01:25 - MS- AN OLD WOMAN IS CARRIED AWAY IN THE ARMS OF A MEDIC. MS- 2 MEN CRADLE AN OLD MAN IN THEIR ARMS AND CARRY HIM TO SAFETY. 00:01:42 - A LONG LINE OF CHILDREN ARE LED AWAY FROM THE BUILDING. MS- WATER CASCADES OUT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE BUILDING AND DOWN THE STEPS. 00:02:10 - MS- TRUMAN SIGNS A PACT AND HANDS THE PEN TO INDIRA GANDHI? TO SIGN(NO SOUND) 00:02:35 - MS- QUEEN JULIANA OF THE NETHERLANDS DANCES AND PLAYS SOCCER WITH GIRLS IN A GARDEN. 00:03:25 - LS- HORSEBACK SHEPHERDS WATCH OVER A HUGE HERD OF SHEEP IN CHILE. CU- A HERDSMAN SPREADS OPEN THE WOOL ON A SHEEP'S SHOWING VERY THICK WOOL. 00:03:49 - MS- WORKER USES AN ELECTRIC SHAVER TO REMOVE THE THICK WOOL FROM THE SHEEP. 00:03:53 - THE WOOL IS COLLECTED AND SPREAD OUT ON A TABLE. 00:04:19 - LS- ONE OF THE LONG BOATS SINK AT A COLLEGE SCULL RACING TOURNAMENT.? NO SOUND. 00:05:02 - MS- THE WINNING TEAM THROW THE CAPTAIN IN THE LAKE. 00:05:13 - CROWD FILLS THE STANDS AT A FIELD AND TRACK MEET IN WASHINGTON. SHOT PUT, 100 YARD DASH AND POLE VAULT IS FEATURED.(NO SOUND) 00:06:10 - LS- A RUNNER TRIPS AND FALLS ON THE HURDLES. 00:06:27 - LS- BEN HOGAN TEES OFF AT TOURNAMENT IN MICHIGAN. THE CROWD MOVES THEIR HEADS IN UNISON TO FOLLOW THE BALL. 00:07:25 - LS- HOGAN MAKES A LONG PUT AND WINS, THE CROWD APPLAUDS. (U.S.OPEN) ? 00:07:42 - VOL 24/467 00:08:04 - CITIZEN ARMY - NEW LAW BASIS FOR UNIVERSAL TRAINING. MS- TRUMAN SIGNS BILL AND SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MARSHALL SPEAKS ABOUT IT. 00:09:16 - RED ROUNDUP - 17 COMMIE LEADERS ARRESTED,4 HUNTED 00:09:22 - MEN AND WOMEN SUSPECTS ARE TAKEN IN HANDCUFF TO A PADDY WAGON AND DRIVEN AWAY. 00:10:21 - MS- WITH SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE SAM RAYBURN AND JOE MARTIN AND OTHERS LOOKING ON, CHIEF JUSTICE VINSON SPEAKS.?-NO SOUND 00:11:02 - LS- GENERAL EISENHOWER WALKS INTO ROOM TO MEET WITH MILITARY LEADERS OF THE WESTERN ALLIANCE. 00:11:06 - CU- MILITARY HATS OF ALL COUNTRIES LIE ON A MEETING TABLE. 00:11:51 - MS- TRUMAN MEETS PRESIDENT PLAZA AT THE AIRPORT AND THEY RIDE IN MOTORCADE DOWN D.C. AVENUE. 00:12:24 - MS- 'FRANCES' THE MULE, WEARING CAP AND GOWN, IS GIVEN A DIPLOMA AT A CALIFORNIA COLEGE? HE THEN PROCEEDS TO EAT THE DIPLOMA. 00:12:56 - LS- WEIGHT LIFTING AND BODYBUILDER CONTEST. 00:13:09 - LS- HEAVY WEIGHT CLASS LIFTER SHOWS HIS STUFF. 00:13:12 - LS- MAN FAILS TO LIFT THE WEIGHT AND DROPS IT 00:13:18 - LS- MIDGET LIFTER SUCCESSFULLY RAISES WEIGHT ABOVE HIS HEAD WITH HIS LITTLE ARMS. 00:13:29 - LS- BODY MEN POSE AND FLEX THEIR MUSCLES. 00:14:00 - MONTAGE- KAYAKERS AND RAFTERS RIDE THE RAPIDS OF THE COLORADO RIVER. MS- WINNER GETS A BIG KISS 00:14:52 - LS- MAN CHASES HIS RAFT DOWN THE RIVER. 00:14:54 - ACTOR ROBERT MONTGOMERY NARRATES A FILM CLIP - INFLATION AND YOU. 00:15:13 - MONTAGE- FILM SHOWS PEOPLE WORKING IN OFFICES, BUSY CITY STREETS,FARM MACHINERY IN THE FIELDS, SOLDIERS AT WAR. 00:15:31 - CU- A PILE OF STEAKES WITH THE PRICE BEING CHANGED HIGHER, A SALESMAN CHANGING THE PRICE OF A SUIT ON A MANNEQUIN; ALL SHOWING THE AFFECTS OF INFLATION. 00:15:37 - MS- A CHART SHOWS THE PRICE INCREASE OF GOODS CAUSED BY WAR TIME SPENDING. 00:16:00 - CU- MICHAEL LASALLE, OF THE OFFICE OF PRICE STABLIZATION SPEAKS ABOUT A PRICE FREEZE?NO-SOUND 00:16:52 - VOL 24/468 00:17:11 - RED PEACE BID - RUSSIA'S MALIK SAYS FORMULA CAN BE FOUND. CU- MALIK MAKES A SPEECH FROM HIS OFFICE.(NO-SOUND) 00:18:33 - TRUMAN - PRESIDENT LEAVES DOOR OPEN FOR PEACE TALKS, IN SPEECH AT A RALLY HONORING GENERAL 'HAP' ARNOLD.(NO SOUND) 00:20:32 - LS- U.S.LINER 'UNITED STATES' IS LAUNCHED. 00:20:41 - LS- A HARD HAT WORKER IS DWAFTED BY THE HUGE PROPELLER OF THE LUXURY LINER. LS- WORKERS USE A BATTERING RAM TO KNOCK AWAY THE MOORINGS HOLDING THE SHIP. 00:20:54 - CU- A LEVER IS TURNED AND THE DRY DOCK IS FLOODED WITH WATER. LS- A WOMAN CHRISTENS THE SHIP WITH CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE. 00:21:20 - LS- TUG BOATS MOVE THE LINER TO PORT. 00:21:28 - MONTAGE- GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY PRESENTS PURPLE HEARTS POSTHUMOUSLY TO WIVES AND CHILDREN OF GI'S KILLED IN ACTION. 00:22:14 - MS- CHILDREN OF U.S.SOLDIERS IN GERMANY ENTERTAIN ON A STAGE IN SCHOOL THET BOW FROM THE WAIST AS EACH ARE GIVEN DIPLOMAS? BY THEIR TEACHER? 00:22:43 - GOLDEN STATE RODEO - CROWD WATCHES THE USUAL COWBOYS PARADE ON HORSES PRIOR TO BRONC BUSTING. 00:24:07 - VOL 24/469 00:24:30 - MS- GENERAL MATTHEW RIDGEWAY TELLS MEDIA THAT RED OBJECTIVE IN KOREA IS HOPELESS. (NO SOUND) 00:25:43 - ERIC JOHNSTON - BIDS AMERICANS PROVE EQUALITY IN DEMOCRACY.(SPEECH) NO-SOUND. 00:26:45 - LS- A SHIRTLESS MAN STANDS WITH HIS ARMS FOLDED AND LETS ANOTHER MAN SHOOT DARTS INTO HIS BARE BACK WITH A RIFLE. DAREDEVIL, CRAZY, WEIRD STUNT. PAIN, MASOCHISM. 00:27:10 - MS- HE THEN TURNS AROUND AND LETS THE MAN THROW DARTS INTO HIS CHEST. THE DARTS CLEARLY PENETRATE THE MAN'S SHIN BOTH FRONT AND BACK. 00:27:35 - LS- HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEER CARPENTERS, PAINTERS AND MASONS BUILD A HOUSE FOR A VETERAN, IN ONE DAY. 00:27:47 - LS- A TRACTOR LIFTS THE BRICK CHIMNEY INTO PLACE 00:27:57 - LS- LIKE A SWARM OF ANTS, A CROWD OF ROOFERS PUT THE SHINGLES ON THE ROOF AS PAINTERS DO THE EAVES AND WALLS. 00:28:30 - LS- AS THE CROWD OF WORKERS WATCH, THE FURNITURE IS CARRIED INTO THE HOUSE AND THE LAWN IS WATERED 00:28:44 - MS- A WORKER TIES 3 CYLINDERS AF TNT TOGETHER AND PLACES IT UNDER THE WATER TO MAKE WAY FOR A PIPELINE IN THE SO. CAROLINA SWAMPS. 00:28:50 - LS- A HUGE EXPLOSION ENSUES AND THE SKY IS DARKENED BY THE CLOUD OF DUST AND SOOT. LS- THE PIPELINE IS GENTLY EASED INTO THE WATER. 00:29:29 - NO DECISION - GERMANS CLAIM FOUL IN ROBINSON FIGHT. LS HUGE CROWD FILLS STADIUM TO SEE 'SUGAR RAY' ROBINSON FIGHT IN GERMANY. 00:30:05 - LS- THE GERMAN IS HIT BY SUGAR RAY,BOUNCES OFF THE ROPES, THEN WRITHES IN PAIN ON THE GROUND HOLDING HIS BACK. HE IS CARRIED TO THE CORNER 00:30:34 - LS- THE CROWD GETS NERVOUS AND UNRULY AS THE FIGHT CONTINUES.LS- RAY GIVES THE GERMAN 3 QUICK PUNCHES IN THE KIDNEY AREA AND THE FIGHTER GOES DOWN. THE CROWD START THROWING THINGS AND ROBINSON QUICKLY RUNS OUT OF THE RING. 00:31:17 - MS- ROBINSON IS ESCORTED THROUGH THE CROWD BY A BEVY OF POLICEMEN. 00:31:32 - VOL 24/470 00:31:53 - WORLD WAITS TENSELY FOR KOREAN TRUCE - LS- LIGHTS BURN AT NIGHT IN RIDGEWAYS OFFICE BUILDING 00:32:06 - MS- RIDGEWAY SITS AT HIS DESK READING DOCUMENTS 00:32:30 - LS- THERE'S NARY A BUILDING STANDING IN SEOUL AND ALL IS QUIET.(PAN) 00:33:03 - SCHOOL FOR SURVIVAL OPENED - A TEACHER INSTRUCTS WORKERS IN HARD HATS AND WHITE COVER-ALLS ABOUT RESCUE TACTICS. 00:33:30 - MS- THE MEN DIG THROUGH A PILE OF DEBRIS AND 'RESCUE' A VICTIM, AS OTHERS ADMINISTER FIRST AID TO A SECOND 'VICTIM'. 00:34:46 - MONTAGE- FIRE FIGHTERS TRAPPED IN A FOREST FIRE IN NEW MEXICO ARE AIR-DROPPED SUPPLIES. 00:35:21 - LS- FIRE FIGHTERS RUN AND JUMP OVER BURNING TIMBERS IN THEIR PATH. MS THEY USE TREE LIMBS TO SCATTER FLAMES AND COVER BURNING LEAVES WITH DIRT. 00:35:47 - LS- ACTORS TONY CURTIS AND PIPER LAURIE DANCE AND ENTERTAIN A CROWD ON AN OUTDOOR STAGE IN FRONT OF THE THEATER, IN DETROIT, SHOWING THE PREMIERE OF THEIR FILM 'PRINCE WHO WAS A THIEF'. 00:36:05 - MS- PEOPLE ALSO DANCE IN THE STREET IN FRONT OF THEATER, DOING THE CHA CHA AND OTHER DANCES. 00:36:40 - LS- NEW AUSTRIAN LEADER? IS HAILED BY HIS CABINET. THE NEW LEADER REVIEWS HIS TROOPS.(NO SOUND) 00:37:10 - SAND SKIING ON LONG ISLAND. LS- JEEP PULLS A GIRL SKIER ON A TOBOGAN TYPE SKI, AT FULL SPEED, ALONG THE SANDY BEACH. GIRLS SITTING IN SAND DO A QUICK HEAD TURN AS THE SHIER SHOOTS BY. 00:37:56 - LS- AS PHOTOGS TAKE SHOTS A MALE SKIER FALLS, ROLLS OVER AND LANDS ON HIS FEET. 00:38:06 - LS- DAREDEVIL RIDERS AND CLOWNS ENTERTAIN CROWD AT AUTO TRACK IN CANADA. CARS DRIVE ON 2 SIDE WHEELS,CRASH THROUGH FIREY WALLS. 00:38:10 - LS- MOTORCYCLE JUMPS OVER RAMP AND 6 MEN LYING PRONE IN FRONT OF THE RAMP. LS- AS 2 CLOWNS SIT ON THE EDGE OF A RAMP A CAR GOES OVER THE OTHER EDGE ON TWO WHEELS BARELY MISSING THE CLOWNS. 00:38:37 - LS- JALOPY CLIMBS THE RAMP AND CRASHES NOSE FIRST INTO THE GROUND. 00:38:48 - VOL 24/471 00:39:06 - CRISIS IN IRAN - NATIONALISTS SEIZE BRITISH OIL FIELDS. LS- OIL REFINERY PLANT AND SERIES OF HUGE PIPE LINES. 00:39:19 - LS- TRUCK PACKED WITH RIOTING PEOPLE, ROLLS THROUGH THE CROWDED STREETS OF TEHERAN AND GATHER OUTSIDE BRITISH? BUILDING PULLING DOWN ITS SIGN. 00:40:03 - LS- BRITISH WARSHIP IN IRAN HARBOR. MS- TWO IRANIANS STOP THE FLOW OF OIL BY TURNING OFF A HUGE VALVE. 00:40:24 - LS- WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF BRITISH WORKERS BOARD A PLANE OUT OF IRAN. IRANIANS CARRY A SICK PATIENT ONTO THE PLANE IN A STRETCHER. 00:40:39 - LS- A HUGE CROWD LISTENS TO A NATIONALIST PREACH FROM ATOP A BUILDING. 00:40:53 - KOREA TRAGEDY - DESPITE PEACE TALKS, HOMELESS WANDER LAND. LS- HUGE CROWD OF CIVILIANS, MANY CHILDREN LIE AROUND ON A LARGE COASTAL FIELD, SLEEPING ON THE GROUND UNDER THE SKY. 00:41:35 - MONTAGE- HOMELESS SLEEP ON GROUND OF AN ABANDONED WAREHOUSE DESTROYED IN THE WAR.(PAN) 00:41:47 - PRESIDENT TRUMAN CALLS FOR VIGILANCE AS THE PRICE OF PEACE. LS- HUGE CROWD GATHERS TO HEAR SPEECH AT UNDISCLOSED AREA.(NO SOUND) 00:43:41 - LS- MOTORCYCLE RACE PROBABLY IN GERMANY (NO SOUND) 00:44:53 - MS- ROOKIE PITCHER SIGN AND PLAYS FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO SEALS- NO SOUND 00:45:20 - LS- TWO OPPOSING GROUPS OF SHIRTLESS STUDENTS, CHARGE A HUGE BALL FROM BOTH SIDES OF A FIELD TRYING TO KEEP IT BOUNCING IN THE AIR ABOVE THEIR HEADS.NO SOUND 00:46:04 - VOL 24/472 00:46:20 - GAS BLAST - EXPLOSION DAMAGE REACHES $5,000,000. LS- FIRE STREAMS OUT OF DOZENS OF GAS TANKS IN FIELD. LS- FIREMAN AND WATER POURING OUT OF HOSE IS SILOUETTED BY FLAMES. 00:47:06 - TWISTED METAL AND SKELETAL REMAINS OF BUILDINGS IS ALL THAT REMAINS AFTER FIRE IS EXSTINGUISHED. 00:47:24 - MS- GROTESQUELY TWISTED RAILROAD TRACK. MS- A BURNED OUT AUTO. 00:48:17 - SUGAR CANE IS HARVESTED IN PUERTO RICO - LS A HELICOPTER SWOOPS LOW OVER THE FIELD AND USES ITS PROPELLER TO BLOW THE CUT CANE INTO A BUNDLE ONTO THE ROAD. 00:48:34 - LS- WORKERS USE BOLO KNIVES TO CUT THE CANE CLEAN FROM THE STALK. CU- A TOOTHLESS WORKER SMILES AS HE HOLDS HIS BOLO ON HIS SHOULDER. 00:48:53 - AERIAL- A TRAIN OF HOPPER CARS FULL WITH CANE RIDES INTO THE SUGAR PLANT, POURS THE CANE ONTO A CONVEYOR BELT INTO THE PLANT. 00:49:07 - MS- A SHIRTLESS WORKER SHOVELS THROUGH PILE OF WHITE SUGAR. 00:49:13 - MS- A TEST PILOT(POSSIBLY CHUCK YAEGER) LOOKS OVER A MODEL OF A SUPERSONIC PLANE HE WILL TEST. 00:49:20 - ELS- THE PLANE IS DROPPED FROM THE BELLY OF A B-29 BOMBER AND FLOWN AT HIGH SPEEDS OVER THE AIR BASE. 00:50:09 - WIMBLEDON TENNIS IN ENGLAND - MEN'S SINGLES MATCH (NO SOUND CAN'T MAKE OUT PLAYERS) 00:51:17 - LS- CROWDS SIT ALONG THE BANKS OF A RIVER IN OREGON TO WATCH LOG ROLLING CONTEST BETWEEN LUMBERJACKS. MS- BOTH LOGGERS FALL INTO WATER. 00:51:51 - MS- LOGGER USES A LONG SAW TO CUT A SLICE FROM A HUGE LOG IN COMPETITION WITH ANOTHER. 00:52:10 - CU- THE EXAUSTED WINNER LEANS ACROSS THE LOG 00:52:18 - LS- TWO MEN TAKE OFF IN THE TREE CLIMBING CONTEST USING FOOT CLEATS AND A ROPE TO CLIMB. 00:52:32 - LS- THE EXTREME HIGHT OF THE LIMBLESS TREES IS SEEN FROM AFAR. 00:52:50 - LS- A CLIMBER LOSES CONTROL OF HIS QUICK DESCENT AND FALLS HARD TO THE GROUND. HE WAVES OFF HELP AND INDICATES HE IS OK. 00:53:11 - VOL 24/473 00:53:39 - CEASE-FIRE - UN ENVOY ARRIVES AT KOREA PEACE PARLEYS. MS- GENERAL RIDGEWAY ACCOMPANIES HIS ENVOYS TO A HELICOPTER IN KAESONG AND SEES THEM OFF. LS- TWO MEN AND ONE WOMAN NORTH KOREAN REDS MEET THE HELICOPTER AS IT LANDS IN A FIELD. 00:55:28 - MS- A CORRESPONDANT TYPES HIS REPORT FROM A TYPEWRITER ON THE HOOD OF A JEEP. 00:55:36 - SHRINER PARADE - 100,000 NOBLES STRUT IN GOTHAM PARADE. BANNERS REPRESENTING SHRINERS FROM EVERYWHERE ARE DISPLAYED. 00:56:15 - SHRINERS RIDE IN FUNNY CIRCLING AUTO. MA- TWO 'HILLBILLIES' LOOK UP AT THE HIGH BUILDINGS AS THEY RIDE IN THEIR VINTAGE FORD WHOSE RADIATOR BOILS OVER AND BLOWS OFF THE HOOD. 00:56:50 - MS- A SHRINER IN ARAB COSTUME TORMENTS THE CAMERAMAN WITH A CURVED SWORD. 00:57:01 - BASEBALL- NATIONAL LEAGUE HOMERS WIN ALL-STAR CLASSIC. NY MANAGER CASEY STENGEL POSES WITH PHILLIES MANAGER BEFORE GAME. 00:57:32 - MS- OLDTIME GREAT TY COBB IS IN THE STANDS AND THROWS OUT THE FIRST BALL.(NO SOUND) 00:59:19 - WATER FIGHT - RIVAL FIRE HOUSES STAGE A WATER HOSE FIGHT IN THE CENTER OF TOWN. 00:59:50 - LS- WITH A CROWD WATCHING FROM ALL AROUND THEM THE MEN LAY PRONE AND PUMMEL,EACH OTHER WITH THE POWERFUL HOSES.THE CROWD SCATTERS AS ONE GROUP LOSES CONTROL OF THEIR HOSE.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1951
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-943