- Title: VM-944
- Summary: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS:
- Description:00:00:38 - VOL 24/474 00:00:40 - FLOOD DISASTER - KANSAS AND MISSOURI DAMAGE HITS BILLIONS. LS- CARS ROLL TOWARDS CAMERA WITH THEIR WHEELS HALF SUBMERGED IN WATER. 00:00:54 - MS- 2 MEN SLOWLY CARRY AN ELDERLY WOMAN OUT OF HER HOUSE TO SAFETY. AS OTHER MEN CARRY CHILDREN TO HIGHER GROUND. 00:01:49 - LS- ROPES ARE STRUNG ACROSS TOWN STREETS SO THAT INHABITANTS CAN CROSS THE STREET SAFELY. 00:02:40 - SWIFT WATER CURRENT SWIRLS AROUND ROOF OF SUBMERGED CAR. AS GOODS FLOAT OUT OF A FLOODED STORE. 00:03:01 - LS- TRUSS BRIDGE SECTION WASHED AWAY BY FLOOD WATERS.LS- (PAN)OF A FLOODED TOWN 00:03:14 - AERIAL- ENTIRE INDUSTRIAL SECTION OF KANSAS CITY IS UNDER WATER AS AN OIL FIRE LEVELS 8 CITY BLOCKS ADDING TO THE DISASTER. 00:03:50 - MONTAGE- FLOODED CITY STREETS, PILES OF DEBRIS ATTEST TO THE UTTER DEVESTATION IN KANSAS CITY. 00:04:05 - UN WINS ADMISSION OF NEWSMEN TO PARLEYS - ARMED GUARDS MEET UN NEGOTIATORS AS CARAVAN OF UN JEEPS CARRYING WHITE FLAGS ENTER AREA. 00:05:20 - MS- A GROUP OF SOLEMN RED NEGOTIATORS EXIT MEETING PLACE. 00:05:50 - LS- 'CITATION', THE RICHEST HORSE IN RACING HISTORY, COMES DOWN THE STRETCH AT ENGLEWOOD,CAL. LEAVING THE FIELD BEHIND IN HOLLYWOOD GOLD CUP HANDICAP. 50,000 FANS CHEER. 00:06:18 - MS- TRAINER JIMMY JONES POSES WITH 'CITATION'. 00:06:31 - AERIAL PEOPLE RUN FROM THE BULLS IN PANPLONA, SPAIN IN THE TRADITIONAL 'FOLDING OF THE BULLS' 00:06:50 - LS- A BULL SLIPS AND SLIDES ALONG THE RAIN WET GROUND AS IT RUNS DOWN THE PLAZA 00:07:09 - LS- THE BULLS FOLLOW THE YOUNG CROWD INTO THE BULL RING KNOCKING SOME DOWN AS THEY GO. 00:07:40 - VOL 24/475 00:07:58 - TRUMAN - PRESIDENT INSPECTS MID-WEST FLOOD AREA. TRUMAN LOOKS OUT OF THE WINDOW OF HIS PLANE TO THE DEVASTATION BELOW. 00:08:23 - LS- PILES OF DEBREE LAY AGAINST A SUSPENSION BRIDGE JUST BARELY CLEARING THE RIVER UNDER IT. 00:08:33 - LS- (PAN) DAMAGED CARS PILED UP AGAINST EACH OTHER, TURNED OVER HUGE TRAILER TRUCKS AND PILES OF DEBREE COVER A STOCK YARD AREA OF KANSAS CITY,MISSOURI. 00:08:56 - MS- BRICK BUILDINGS SAGGING ON THEIR FOUNDATIONS. 00:09:07 - LS- WORKERS USE SQUEGEES TO PUSH MUD AND WATER OFF A TRUCK PLATFORM. LS- A PIG LAYS IN A MUDDY SPOT AMID RUINS OF A BUILDING. 00:09:25 - LS- A LONG LINE OF MEN PASS BAGS OF SAND TO FORM A LEVEE ALONG THE MISSIPPI RIVER. 00:09:44 - LS- PRINCE BOUDUIN IS AFFORDED A TUMULTOUS RECEPTION BY HIS PEOPLE AS HE TAKES OVER THE REIGN OF BELGIUM FROM KING LEOPOLD WHO ABDICATED. 00:09:48 - MS- HUGE CROWD OF HAPPY PEOPLE WAVE FURIOUSLY INTO CAMERS AS KING'S MOTORCADE PASSES. 00:10:25 - LS- MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RISE AS THE NEW KING ADDRESSES THEM. 00:10:35 - MS- ABOARD THE LINER QUEEN MARY,MAYOR IMPELLITERI OF NEW YORK, HANDS 3 FRIENDSHIP SCROLLS TO HIS COMMISSIONER OF COMMERCE SHIRLEY, TO BE PRESENTED TO THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON,MAYOR OF PARIS AND MAYOR OF WEST BERLIN. 00:11:03 - LS- 32 DISPLACED PERSONS FROM GREECE ARE GRANTED PERMISSION TO PLANT THEIR FEET ON THE HOME OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY ON BEDLOES ISLAND. 00:11:24 - CU- WITH THE STATUE HOVERING ABOVE THEM, 2 OF THE GROUP GET ON THEIR KNEES AND KISS THE GROUND. 00:11:30 - MD- ANOTHER SYMBOLOF THE U.S.,HOT DOGS ARE HANDED OUT. CU- A WOMAN BITES INTO A HOT DOG. PAN OF OTHERS BITING INTO THEIR HOT DOGS. 00:11:48 - FABULOUS FUR FASHIONS - MODELS SHOW FUR COATS AT A SHOW STAGED BY THE VARIETY CLUB INTERNATIONAL IN NEW YORK CITY. 00:12:30 - CU- ONE MODEL BLOWS INTO A FUR COAT OF ANOTHER MODEL, SHOWING THE SOFTNESS OF THE FUR. 00:12:47 - MODEL IN SWIM SUIT PUTS A FUR STOLE OVER HER SHOULDERS AND STEPS INTO A WADING POOL. 00:13:11 - BOXING - JERSEY JOE WALCOTT MEETS HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP EZZARD CHARLES IN PITTSBURGH FOR THE CROWN. 00:13:17 - MS- CHARLES' CORNER MEN ATTEND TO HIS CUT EYES AFTER WALCOTT KNOCKED HIM OUT IN THE 7TH ROUND TO WIN THE CROWN. CU- A SMILING WALCOTT POSES. 00:13:50 - BULL FIGHT IN MADRID,SPAIN - LS- THE BULL FIGHTER SLIPS ON HIS CAPE AND THE BULL GORES HIM ON THE GROUND. OTHER WORKERS DISTRACT THE BULL. 00:15:03 - VOL 24/476 00:15:24 - IRAN OIL - HARRIMAN OFFERS NEW SOLUTION IN DISPUTE. LS- AVERELL HARIMAN IS GRETED BY AMBASSADOR GRADY AS HE ARRIVES IN TEHERAN. 00:15:53 - MS- HARRIMAN MEETS WITH THE SHAH IN HIS PALACE. 00:16:11 - AERIAL COMMUNIST INSPIRED IRANIANS PROTEST IN THE STREETS AS MOUNTED POLICE BREAK THEM UP. 00:16:46 - MS- HARRIMAN SITS WITH PRIME MINISTER MOSSADEGH. 00:17:04 - MS- MARINES CLIMB INTO LARGE HELICOPTERS, 8 TO A HELICOPTER AS THEY TRAIN IN NEW TECHNIQUES IN AMPHIBIAN WARFARE AT CAMP PEMBELTON, CAL. 00:17:13 - LS- A GROUP OF SIX CHOPPERS FLY IN FORMATION AS MILITARY BRASS WATCH FROM STANDS ON THE FIELD. 00:17:37 - AERIAL- THE HELICOPTERS LAND IN AN OPEN FIELD AND THE MARINES RUN OUT AND TAKE POSITIONS. 00:17:48 - MS- ADMIRAL FORREST SHERMAN AND HIS WIFE ATTEND A DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION WITH SPANISH DIGNITARIES IN MADRID SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH IN NAPLES. 00:17:55 - MS- ADMIRAL SHERMAN CHATS WITH GENERALISSIMO FRANCO AT THE GARDEN FUNCTION. 00:18:32 - LS- TREES IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA OF MINNIAPOLIS ARE UPROOTED BY A SUDDEN WINDSTORM. 00:18:34 - LS- A LARGE TREE LIES ACROSS A HOUSETOP. LS- A SECTION OF A HOUSE LIES ATOP A CAR. 00:18:56 - LS- AIRPLANES LIE UPSIDE DOWN AND ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AT AN AIRPORT. 00:19:07 - 'BRIGHT VICTORY WORLD PREMIERE IN HOLLYWOOD. MS- ACTRESS PEGGY DOW IS INTERVIEWED OUTSIDE THE THEATER AS IS JOHN HUDSON AND JULIA ADAMS. 00:19:36 - MS- TONY CURTIS AND JANET LEIGH ARRIVE. ANN BLYTHE SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS AS JEFF CHANDLER SPEAKS ON MIC. 00:19:54 - LS- DONALD O'CONNOR AND GAIL STORM ARE THERE AS IS STEPHEN MCNALLY AND LORI NELSON. 00:20:17 - BOXING - HARRY 'KID' MATTHEWS AND BABY 'DUTCH' CULBERTON MEET IN PORTLAND,OREGON WHICH FEARURES A NEW ELECTRONIC SCOREBOARD THAT INFORMS THE FANS OF THE SCORING ROUND BY ROUND. 00:21:09 - LS- MATTHEWS SCORES A KNOCKOUT WITH 3 STRAIGHT RIGHTS. 00:21:18 - MS- 68 YEAR OLD AMP JENKINS CLIMBS INTO 'MORMAN METEOR III' RACE CAR FOR ITS LAST DASH ON THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS IN UTAH. 00:21:55 - LS- JUST SHORT OF THE 200 MILE MARK THE ENGINE OVERHEATS AND JENKIN HAS TO STOP. 00:22:21 - VOL 24/477 00:22:37 - FLOOD APPEAL - RED CROSS PRESIDENT ASKS AID FOR VICTIMS OF FLOODS IN MISSOURI-KANSAS AREA. 00:23:00 - MONTAGE- AS HE NARRATES SCENES OF RED CROSS WORKERS AIDING AND TREATING CHILDREN AND CLIPS OF THE DEVASTATED KANSAS CITY AREA ARE SHOWN. 00:23:34 - MARSHALL SAYS TROOPS MUST INSURE SECURITY - MS- UN NEGOTIATING TEAM SITS ON OUTSIDE STEPS OF MEETING PLACE AS BOTH SIDES TAKE PHOTOS. 00:24:31 - MS- SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MARSHALL SPEAKS. 00:25:29 - AERIAL - NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS OF THE SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED POWERS IN EUROPE IS DEDICATED BY PRESIDENT OF FRANCE. 00:25:46 - MS- GENERAL EISENHOWER ACCEPTS THE NEW HDQ. FROM THE FRENCH PRESIDENT. LS- FLAGS OF THE PARTICIPATING NATIONS ARE RAISED. 00:26:26 - MS- PRESIDENT TRUMAN WELCOMES MEMBERS OF 'THE BOY'S NATION' TO THE WHITE HOUSE. 85 STUDENTS FROM ALL THE STATES ARE REPRESENTED. 00:26:37 - MS- TRUMAN MAKES A SPEECH TO THEM ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN. 00:27:23 - LS- CROWD OF 1,000,000 GREET GENERAL MACARTHUR MOTORCADE IN BOSTON. LS- TICKER TAPE FLOATS DOWN ON THE CARAVAN. 00:27:52 - HUGE CROWD OF JAPANESE,IN A HOLIDAY MOOD,PICNIC ON THE GROUND ALONG THE BANKS OF A TOKYO RIVER. 00:27:58 - MS- GEISHA POURS SAKE TO MEN IN GOUP SITTING IN A CIRCLE ON THE GROUND. LS- DAZZLING DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS LIGHTS UP THE NIGHT SKY. 00:28:35 - LS- NAVY MEN COMPETE IN A TUG-O-WAR ON BEACH ALONG THE CHESEAPEAK BAY IN LITTLE CREEK,VIRGINIA 00:28:45 - MS- ADMIRAL WELLINGS GIVES THE GO AHEAD SIGN AND THE SAILORS START PULLING AT THE ROPE. 00:29:13 - MS- ONE SIDE IS FINALLY PULLED INTO A MOAT OF WATER SEPARATING THE 2 GROUPS. 00:29:24 - ROLLER HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BARCELONA,SPAIN PITS PORTUGAL VS. SPAIN. LS- FANS RISE TO THEIR FEET AND CHEER AS THEIR TEAM SCORES A GOAL. 00:30:00 - LS- SPAIN SCORES THE WINNING GOAL AND THE CROWD GOES WILD. 00:30:19 - VOL 24/478 00:30:38 - MS- PRESIDENT TRUMAN WARNS OF RED DESIGNS FOR WORLD DOMINATION AT A SPEECH IN DETROIT'S CADILAC SQUARE WHICH IS JAMMED TO CAPACITY WITH PEOPLE. 00:31:00 - LS- A POLICEMAN CARRIES A WOMAN WHO COLLAPSED FROM THE HEAT AT THE RALLY. 00:33:01 - LS- THE PENTAGON BUILDING IN WASHINGTON. MS- IN SUPER SECRET ROOM IN THE PENTAGON A MILITARY OFFICER USES A POINTER ON A MAP OF THE U.S. 00:33:16 - CU- SIGN: RESTRICTED AREA, AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY.MS- CLOCKS ON WALL SHOW TIMES AROUND THE WORLD. MS- OFFICER ANSWERS ONE OF A DOZEN PHONES ON HIS DESK. 00:33:38 - MS- A CLASSROOM FULL OF MEN AND WOMEN VOLUNTEERS SIT AND WATCH INSTRUCTOR SHOW HOW TO IDENTIFY FRIENDLY OR ENEMY PLANES. 00:33:50 - AERIAL- VOLUNTEERS WATCH AS PLOTTERS PUT MARKERS ON A HUGE MAP ON A TABLE. 00:33:57 - MS- MAN USES HIS BINOCULARS TO SEARCH THE SKY. 00:34:05 - ELS- 2 TIGHTROPE WALKERS SEEMS TO BE WALKING ON THE SKY HIGH ABOVE A PICTURESQUE VALLEY IN BRAZIL 00:34:17 - ELS- USING THE WIRE THAT CARRIES A CABLE CAR FROM RIO TO SUGAR LOFT MOUNTAIN, THE 2 DAREDEVIL ACROBATS PERFORM HIGH ABOVE THE BAY. RIO DE JENEIRO 00:34:59 - CU- 'FRANCIS' THE MULE ATTENDS AND WATCHES COWBOYS RIDE THE BULLS AND WILD HORSES AT THE CHEYENNE 'FRONTIER DAYS' RODEO. 00:35:11 - SWIMMING- GIRLS PUSH OFF FOR THE AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION 100 METER BACK STROKE, IN DETROIT. LS- 17 YEAR OLD, MARY FREEMAN, WINS THE MATCH. 00:36:33 - LS- MEN DIVE IN FOR THE 800 METER FREE STYLE IS WON BY FORD TRANO OF HAWAII. 00:37:10 - LS- MEN DO SOME FANCY DIVING FROM THE HIGH PLATFORM. 00:37:34 - VOL 24/479 00:37:52 - KOREA - FIGHTING IS BITTER DESPITE TRUCE TALKS 00:38:43 - LS- SOUTH KOREANS PARADE IN SEOUL,CARRYING BANNERS PROTESTING ANY NEW DIVISION OF THEIR COUNTRY AT THE PEACE TALKS. 00:39:10 - LS- THE CROWD GIVES A HAND RAISING CHEER SIMILAR TO THE JAPANESE 'BANZAI'. 00:39:32 - ELS- AS SEEN FROM THE GROUND, AN ARMY TRANSPORT PLANE DROPS A BULLDOZER FROM THE AIR WITH A PARACHUTE (SLOW MOTION). 00:39:43 - ELS- SIX, 100 FOOT PARACHUTES OPEN TO GENTLY DROP THE VEHICLE TO THE GROUND. 00:40:02 - MS- SUGAR RAY ROBINSON ARRIVES IN NEW YORK AFTER HIS FIGHTING TRIP THROUGH EUROPE, WHERE HE LOST HIS TITLE TO RANDY TURPIN IN LONDON. 00:40:10 - LS- ROBINSON MOTORCADES THROUGH HARLEM TO THE CHEER OF THE PEOPLE. 00:40:28 - MS- 'SUGAR RAY' POSES WITH WALTER WINCHELL 00:40:38 - MS- PRESIDENT TRUMAN SIGNS THE HIGHLY AMENDED DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT WHICH CONTROLS PRICES AND WAGES. 00:41:05 - LS- TRUMAN PRESENTS THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR TO LT.HENRY COMINSKI, 1ST MARINE TO RECEIVE THE AWARD FOR HIS VALOR IN KOREA. 00:41:16 - MS- PAN OF REALISTIC LOOKING MODEL PLANES ON GROUND AT A NAVY AIR FORCE BASE NEAR DALLAS. 00:41:34 - MS- AS CROWDS WATCH YOUNG MODEL BUILDERS LAUNCH THEIR MODELS OFF A MODEL CARRIER DECK. MONTAGE- SOME MODELS TAKE OFF AND LAND SMOOTHLY, OTHERS DON'T. 00:42:30 - LS- ON A LAKE IN MARINE LAND, FLORIDA,'FLIPPY'THE THE PORPOISE, PULLS A GIRL AND A DOG STANDING ON A SURF BOARD,ON A LAKE IN MARINELAND,FLORIDA. 00:43:10 - FRONTIER DAYS IN OREGON - CU- STEAKS BEING COOKED ON AN OUTDOOR GRILL IN JOSEPH, OREGON 00:43:23 - MS- PRETTY COWGIRLS LINE UP TO FILL THEIR PLATES WITH FOOD, THEN THEY TAKE A LOOK AT A BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR ACTOR WALTER BRENNAN WHO ATTENDS THE BARBECUE. 00:43:37 - MS- BRENNAN TALKS SIGN LANGUAGE WITH THE LOCAL NES PERT INDIANS WHO ADOPTED HIM INTO THE TRIBE. 00:43:45 - MS- AN INDIAN SQUAW FITS A CHEFTIAN HEADWEAR ONTO BRENNAN'S HEAD OUTSIDE THE THEATER FEATURING THE MOVIE 'CATTLE DRIVE'. 00:44:15 - MONTAGE- THE USUAL BRONC BUSTING AT THE RODEO FOLLOWING THE BARBECUE. 00:44:53 - VOL 24/480 00:45:15 - WEST POINT - CADETS FACE OUSTER FOR VIOLATING MILITARY CODE. LS- MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT 00:45:30 - MS- CADETS IN DRESS UNIFORM MINGLE AROUND AND DISCUSS SCANDAL INVOLVING 90 CADETS ACCUSED OF CHEATING AT AN EXAM. 00:46:10 - MS- CADET REGIMENTAL COMMANDER GEACHERS, SPEAKS AND SAYS THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THE ACTIONS OF THE STUDENTS, AND THERE SHOULD BE NO LENIENCY. 00:46:40 - GENERAL EISENHOWER ATTENDS CEREMONY TO WITNESS THE TRANSFER OF AMERICAN AIRPLANES TO DUTCH AIR FORCE AT DEFENBERG NEAR THE HAGUE. 00:47:02 - MS- GENERAL IKE AND GENERAL NORSTAT SPEAK TO THE DUTCH PILOTS. 00:47:32 - MS- FAMILY OF GI IN KOREA FROM PUEBLO, COLORADO RECEIVE A RARE LEOPARD SKIN BLANKET FROM THEIR SON IN KOREA WHO BOUGHT IT AS A SOUVENIR AND SENT IT HOME. THE SKIN CAME FROM A KOREAN PALACE. 00:47:55 - MS- THE FAMILY ESCORT AN ARMED GUARD CARRYING THE PELT TO HIS CAR FOR RETURN TO KOREA SO AS TO AVOID AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT. 00:48:11 - LS- YOUNG PEOPLE PAN FOR GOLD IN A STREAM NEAR DALMANAKER,GEORGIA. MS- A YOUNG WOMAN IN ANKLE DEEP WATER RUBS HER HAND THROUGH THE SILT IN THE PAN AS A YOUNG BOY WITH A SHOVEL WATCHES. 00:48:41 - MS- THE HOST AND OWNER OF THE PROPERTY WEIGHS A SMALL BAG OF GOLD GIVEN TO HIM BY A YOUNG LADY WEEK-END PROSPECTOR AS OTHERS WATCH. 00:48:50 - CU- THE YOUNG WOMAN PROUDLY HOLDS THE BAG UP TO THE CAMERA AND MOUTHS THE WORDS 'IT'S MINE'. 00:48:57 - LS- BOBBY LARK OF SOUTH AFRICA TEES OFF FOLLOWED BY KERRY MIDLEKOFF AND JIM FERRIER AT THE FINAL ROUND OF THE ALL-AMERICAN GOLF TOURNEY. 00:49:08 - LS- 10,000 FANS FOLLOW THE GOLFERS AROUND AT THE TAM 'O'SHANTER CLUB IN CHICAGO. 00:49:16 - MS- FRED HAWKINS BARELY MISSES A LONG PUTT. 00:49:40 - LS- KERRY MIDDLEKOF SINKS A SHORT PUTT TO WIN. 00:49:59 - LS- THE WORLD SERIES OF MOTOR-BOATING 'THE GOLD CUP RACE' IS HELD ON LAKE WASHINGTON IN SEATTLE. 00:50:06 - LS- WITH THE FIRING OF THE GUN THE BOATS SPEED ACROSS THE LAKE SENDING UP A STREAM OF WATER IN THEIR WAKES. 00:50:31 - 'QUICKSILVER' HEADS FULL SPEED INTO A TURN AND DISASTER. LS- BEFORE THE EYES OF SPECTATORS ON THE SHORE THE BOAT SINKS WITH THE DRIVER AND HIS MECHANIC, BOTH KILLED. 00:50:50 - MS- RESCUE WORKERS LIFT A SECTION OF THE HULL FROM THE WATER. 00:51:00 - LS- PAN OF NIAGARA FALLS, WHERE A MAN ATTEMPTS TO RIDE A COCOON MADE WITH INNER TUBES OFF THE EDGE. 00:51:06 - MS- RIVERMAN 'RED' HILL POSES WITH HIS PET SPANIEL BEFORE DOING THE DAREDEVIL STUNT. 00:51:30 - LS- THE BARREL IS TOWED OUT ON THE RIVER BY A ROW BOAT AND CUT LOOSE. LS- THE BARREL BREAKS IN PIECES GOING OVER THE FALLS AND HILL'S BODY IS FOUND ON THE ROCKS BELOW. 00:51:30 - CU- WOMAN PUTS HER HAND TO HER FACE IN GRIEF 00:51:50 - MS- HILL'S BROTHERS EXAMINE THE COLLAPSED AND DAMAGED TUBES. 00:52:15 - VOL 24/481 00:52:33 - TRUCE IMPASSE - RED VIOLATIONS AT KAESONG HALT TALKS. UN TRUCE TEAM ENTER THE MEETING PLACE AND ARE FOLLOWED BY THE REDS. 00:52:57 - MS- A COLUMN OF ARMED RED TROOPS WALK ALONG A ROAD AT KAESONG. THEIR PRESENCE CAUSED THE HALT IN TALKS. LS- AFTER BEING DICSOVERED THE RED TROOPS HIDE IN THE BRUSH. 00:53:44 - LS- AS THE MEETING BREAKS UP WILFRED BERCHETT RED CORRESPONDENT FOR A PARIS NEWSPAPER AND ALAN WIDINGTON OF THE LONDON DAILY WORKER ARE TARGETS FOR SEARCHING QUESTIONS. 00:54:06 - LS- THE JAPANESE MOTOR SHIP 'AKATSHI MARU' IS LAUNCHED BY GENERAL MATTHEW RIDGEWAY'S WIFE AS HE AND THOUSANDS LOOK ON. 00:54:54 - PRESIDENT TRUMAN ARRIVES BY LIMO TO UNION STATION IN WASHINGTON AND IS GRETED AS GUEST OF HONOR TO THE RE-OPENING THE USO TRAVELERS AID AND ARMED SERVICES LOUNGE. 00:55:17 - MS- SERVICEMEN FILL THEIR TRAYS WITH FOOD FROM A LONG TABLE OF GOODIES. MS- 3 SERVICEMEN SIT ON A SOFA AND EAT FROM THEIR TRAYS. 00:55:29 - CHILEAN WHALE HUNT - MS- A WHALER MANS A HARPOON GUN AS A WHALE IS LOCATED.LS- HE FIRES AND MISSES 00:56:05 - MS- THE WHALER AIMS AGAIN AND HITS. LS- THE WHALE SPLASHES WILDLY BUT IS FINALLY PULLED ALONGSIDE. 00:57:00 - LS- ON SHORE THE HUGE WHALE IS MEASURED WITH A TAPE MEASURE. 00:57:07 - MS- HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP JERSEY JOE WALCOTT PUTS ON A TWO ROUND EXHIBITION BOUT AT NEW YORKS POLO GROUNDS WITH ACTOR JEFF CHANDLER. 00:57:32 - MS- COLUMNIST WALTER WINCHELL AND JOE DIMAGGIO ARE THERE. LS- THE TWO SPAR FOR TWO ROUNDS AS A CROWD ENJOYS THE EXHIBITION. 00:58:31 - CLOWN DIVING AT THE ATLANTIC CITY PIER. LS- A DIVER DOES A GIANT BELLY-WOP OFF THE PIER ALONG WITH OTHER FUNNY DIVES.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1951
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-944