- Title: VM-950
- Summary: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS:
- Description:00:43:51 - VOL 23/416 00:43:56 - 1950 - BIG YEAR IN SPORTS. MONTAGE- PEOPLE CHEERING WILDLY IN STADIUMS AT SPORTS EVENTS. 00:44:10 - MONTAGE- KNOCKOUTS AT BOXING EVENTS.- EZZARD CHARLES SHOWS RESULTS OF FIGHT ON HIS FACE. 00:44:59 - LS- 'HILL PRINCE' IS NAMED HORSE OF THE YEAR AS HE SHOWS HIS STUFF AT THE TRACK. 00:45:11 - LS- HORSES SHOWN IN SLOW MOTION TOPPLE TO THE GROUND AS THEY TRY TO JUMP THE HURDLES AT THE STEEPLECHASE IN AIMTREE, ENGLAND . 00:45:29 - BASEBALL - CROWDS JAM STREETS OUTSIDE YANKEE STADIUM FOR 1950 WORLD SERIES 00:45:39 - MS- MANAGERS CASEY STENGEL OF YANKS AND EDDY SAWYERS PHILLIES CHAT BEFORE GAME. YANKS SWEEP IN 4 GAMES. CU- BASEBALL COMMISSIONER 'HAPPY' CHANDLER QUITS BASEBALL. 00:46:09 - BASKETBALL - NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE WINS THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. FANS AND BALL PLAYERS JUMP WITH JOY. MS- COACH NAT HOLMAN HOLDS TROPHY AMID HIS PLAYERS. 00:46:41 - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - OKLAHOMA TOPS ALL. 00:47:28 - SPILLS AND THRILLS - SPECTACULAR FALLS ARE SEEN IN RODEO.- BULLS GETTING THE BEST OF THE MATADORS IN SPAIN. LS- BOB SLEDS SPEEDING OVER THE TOP OF TRACK AND TURNING OVER IN SPECTACULAR FASHION.- MOTORCYCLISTS SKIDDING TO THE GROUND. LS- BIKE RIDERS AT THE 6 DAY BIKE RACE RIDING INTO EACH OTHER WITH SOME SOMERSAULTING. 00:49:28 - LS- MEN AND WOMEN WATER SKIERS TOPPLE AND FALL. 00:49:44 - LS- SKI JUMPERS TAKE SPECTACULAR FALLS IN SLOW MOTION. ONE SKIER COMES OVER A HILL ALREADY UPSIDE DOWN. 00:50:41 - VOL 23/417 00:50:56 - KOREA - EVACUATION COMPLETE - GENERAL WALKER HONORED. WITH THEIR BACKS TO THE SEA UN ARTILLERY BOMB ENCIRCLING REDS AS PEOPLE ARE EVACUATED.. 00:51:32 - MS- CIVILIANS FIGHT FOR BAGS OF FLOUR DISTRIBUTED TO THEM FROM UN TRUCKS. 00:51:54 - LS- TRAIN LADEN WITH SUPPLIES RIDES DELIBERATELY OFF THE TRACKS AND IS DESTROYED. 00:52:08 - LS- A FACTORY CHIMNEY IN THE PATH OF ARTILLERY FIRE IS BLOWN UP. PUNAM IS TORCHED, THEN EVACUATED BY DEFENDING TROOPS. 00:52:56 - MS- PRIOR TO BEING KILLED IN JEEP ACCIDENT IN KOREA, GENERAL WALKER IS GIVEN A MEDAL BY PRESIDENT SYNGMAN RHEE OF SOUTH KOREA. 00:53:21 - GENERAL MACARTHUR IS AT PLANE AS BODY OF WALKER IS REMOVED. 00:53:49 - HOLY YEAR - POPE PIUS XII CLOSES ST. PETER'S DOOR TO END JUBILEE. THE DOOR IS SEALED FOR THE NEXT JUBILEE IN 25 YEARS. 00:54:40 - SPORTS - THE 1951 HOLLYWOOD ICE REVIEW OPENS IN THE CHICAGO STADIUM. STAR OF THE SHOW IS ACTRESS, SKATER SONYA HEINE. 00:55:30 - LS- CLOWN SKATER PUTS ON FUNNY SHOW. 00:55:48 - PRO FOOTBALL - L.A. RAMS VS CLEVELAND BROWNS IN CLEVELAND. LS- RAM'S BOB WATERFIELD, PASSES TO GLEN DAVIS FOR A LONG TOUCHDOWN. 00:56:23 - LS- BROWN'S OTTO GRAHAM THROWS A TYING TD PASS TO JONES. WITH ONLY ONE POINT SEPARATING THE TEAMS LOU GROSSA BOOTS A FIELD GOAL TO WIN FOR THE BROWNS 30-28. AERIAL- THE FANS GO WILD.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-950