- Title: VM-955
- Summary: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS:
- Description:00:01:49 - "ATOM FALLOUT, NEW TESTS BEGIN AS SAFETY DEBATE RAGES". ATOMIC TESTING. HS OVER TEST SITE, NEVADA. MS SPECTATORS AT TEST SITE WITH PROTECTIVE GLASSES ON. LS MUSHROOM CLOUD, ATOMIC EXPLOSION , 1/2 THE POWER OF HIROSHIMA BOMB 00:02:33 - "NEW YORK CITY". NORWEGIAN SQUARE RIGGED THREE MASTED TRAINING SHIP ARRIVING IN NEW YORK, MERMAID FIGUREHEAD. NEW YORK SKYLINE FROM HARBOR. MS & CU YOUNG NORWEGIAN CADETS. BIG RECEPTION. LOW ANGLE CADETS CLIMBING ON MASTS 00:03:15 - "LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK". SIMULATION OF A JET CRASH, AIR FORCE THIRD ANNUAL FIRE CHIEFS FIELD CONFERENCE. DEMONSTRATIONS AT SUFFOLK COUNTY AIR FORCE BASE. WESTHAMPTON. MS FIREMEN IN FIREPROOF SUITS HOSING DOWN FIRE. BILLOWING CLOUDS OF BLACK SMOKE, BLAZING JET FUEL 00:03:43 - "AUSTRIA" STORKS NESTING IN DROVES IN SMALL TOWN IN AUSTRIA, ON ROOF TOPS, CU STORK MAKING A NEST FOR EGGS, SITTING ON EGGS IN NEST. MS STORK GLIDING THRU THE AIR, COMES IN FOR LANDING ON NEST 00:04:38 - "AUSTRIA". MAN FEEDING FISH IN FISH TANK. CU ACTINIA, SEA ANEMONE, HALF PLANT, HALF ANIMAL TINY CORAL FISHES DARTING IN & OUT OF FRONDS TENTACLES 00:05:09 - "FASHION PARADE". MODELS WEARING LATEST MILLINERY DESIGNS. CU SEE THRU VINYL HAT FUNKY HATS CIRCA 1957. CHIFFON TURBAN. BONNETS CU MODEL CHANGING HUGE MALLEABLE HAT FORM, COVERS ENTIRE FACE & SHOULDERS 00:06:14 - "SPORTS" NEW YORK CITY. BOXING BOUTS PAL PUGILISTS. POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE AMATEUR BOXERS. MS FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT BOXER LOU NOVA ?SP AT RINGSIDE. MS FOUR YOUNG BOYS WATCHING IN PAL BASEBALL SHIRTS. MS BOXER KNOCKED OUT 00:08:08 - "BRITISH H-BOMB FIRED AS DEBATE ON ATOM TEST BAN RAGES". ATOMIC BLAST OVER OCEAN MUSHROOM CLOUD THERMO NUCLEAR TEST NEAR CHRISTMAS ISLAND 00:08:59 - "ALGERIA". VILLAGE OF MALUSA ?SP DESTROYED BY WAR, CU WORN OUT SHOES LEFT IN RUBBLE. MONTAGE SURVIVORS OF THE RAID. INJURED ALGERIANS AT HOSPITAL 00:09:46 - "WASHINGTON, D. C." HELICOPTER TAKING OFF FROM WHITE HOUSE LAWN, PRACTICE LANDINGS. MS IKE'S WHITE HOUSE STAFF MEMBERS POSING. WHIRLYBIRD 00:10:16 - "ISRAEL". MONTAGE ISRAELI "NOMADS" IN NEGEV DESERT. CU CAMEL GRAZING. ARABS RIDING TRACTORS ARAB FARMERS AGRICULTURE. CU ISRAELI SOLDIER WEARING U.S. ARMY UNIFORM. HARVESTING COMBINES SET UP BY GOV'T AID PROGRAM. FARM MACHINERY 00:10:46 - "NEW YORK CITY". HUGE THRONG JAMS FLOYD BENNETT FIELD IN BROOKLYN TO WATCH MODEL FLYING FAIR. CU MODEL AIRPLANES OF CONVENTIONAL CRAFT, JET PLANES, MODEL AIR FORCE PLANE. MODEL PLANES FLYING AT HIGH SPEEDS. CU CONTROL BOX 00:11:37 - "MAINE" ALEWIFE, HERRING FOOD FISH SWIMMING UPSTREAM TO SPAWN. SCENIC SHOTS. CU CAUGHT ALEWIFE SQUIRMING JUMPING 00:12:33 - "SPORTS" NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK. PALM BEACH ROUND ROBIN TOURNAMENT. SAM SNEAD, DOUG FORD, BEN HOGAN AMONG PLAYERS. INTERCUTS SPECTATORS. MS SAM SNEAD REACHING INTO TROPHY TAKING OUT & WAVING SLIP OF PAPER 00:13:20 - "CALIFORNIA" COMPTON INVITATION TRACK & FIELD MEET, GUN STARTS 100 YARD DASH. MS WILLIE WHITE & ROBERT MORROW SHAKING HANDS. HIGH JUMP EVENT. MILE RUN. 00:15:00 - "GRADUATION, JUNE WEEK FOR CADETS, MIDDIES". WEST POINT. UNDERCLASSMEN PARADE PAST MEMBERS OF GRADUATING CLASS. TRADITION. GRADUATION CEREMONY. CAP THROWING TRADITION. 00:15:54 - MONTAGE JUNE WEEK ANNAPOLIS. CEREMONIAL DRESS PARADE. FUTURE ADMIRALS PASS IN REVIEW. CU LITTLE BOY LOOKING THRU BINOCULARS. GRADUATION CEREMONY HATS THROWN 00:17:15 - "NEW YORK CITY" NEW MOTHERS LOOKING OUT HOSPITAL WINDOWS. BIRTH OF HARRY TRUMAN'S GRANDCHILD. CU BABIES IN MOTHERS ARMS. CU TRUMANS SON IN LAW, CLIFTON DANIELS LOOKING STRAINED. CU HARRY TRUMAN 00:17:41 - "BROOKLYN, NEW YORK". DEDICATION CEREMONY AT CONEY ISLAND BOARDWALK. PARK COMMISSIONER ROBERT MOSES. MS PENGUIN CUTTING RIBBON. INTERIOR AQUARIUM. CU PEOPLE LOOKING AT FISH IN TANKS. LITTLE SEA-HORSES. 00:18:25 - "ITALY". ROME'S AIRPORT. GROUND CREW SIGNALING TAXIING PLANE. ESTER WILLIAMS & DAUGHTER SUSIE DEBARKING PLANE MET BY DIRECTOR DICK WILLIAMS. CU WILLIAMS' HIGH HEELED STOCKING LEGS. CU DAUGHTER KISSING MOTHER 00:18:55 - "CALIFORNIA". SANTA'S VILLAGE. SANTA CLAUS OPENING HIS DOOR, LETTING CHILDREN IN THE HOUSE. CU LITTLE GIRL LICKING HUGE ICE POLE. CHILDREN AT PETTING ZOO, CU LITTLE GIRL BOTTLE FEEDING BABY ANIMAL MINIATURE MAGIC TRAIN FILLED WITH EXCITED CHILDREN GOING THRU ENCHANTED FOREST. POV PASSING MINIATURE WINDMILL & DON QUIXOTE. MOTHER HUBBARD UPSIDE DOWN BOOT FILLED WITH KIDS, LOLLIPOP HOUSE. 00:19:37 - CHILDREN RUNNING TO LOLLIPOP TREE FRANTICALLY PICKING LOLLIPOPS FROM TREE 00:19:43 - CU HAPPY BABY EATING LOLLIPOP 00:19:48 - "FRENCH AIR SHOW". FRENCH JET FIGHTERS STAGE AN AIR SHOW. MID AIR JET REFUELING. FOUR FIGHTER PLANES SPLIT UP LEAVING VAPOR TRAILS 00:20:53 - "SPORTS, ENGLAND". EPSOM. SLO ZOOM BACK TO 300,000 FILLING STADIUM. DERBY STAKES. CU QUEEN ELIZABETH & PRINCESS MARGARET WATCHING FROM ROYAL BOX. HORSE RACE. CU MAN TURNING PANTS POCKET INSIDE OUT, EMPTY. JOCKEY SURROUNDED IN WINNERS CIRCLE. INTERCUTS ROYAL FAMILY. PROPELLO ?SP WINNER 00:22:19 - "MANEUVERS IKE ON SUPER CARRIER SEES NAVY AIR MIGHT" DWIGHT EISENHOWER ON AIR CRAFT CARRIER SARATOGA WATCHING NAVAL AVIATION PROGRAM PLANES TAKING OFF CARRIER. MS MEN ON BOARD HOLDING EARS SHIELDING EARS FROM SOUND. IKE SHAKING HANDS WITH PILOTS, FIRST TRANS CONTINENTAL CARRIER TO CARRIER FLIGHT 00:23:53 - "HOLLAND". MS & CU OWL. BLACK HEADED GULLS ON MOORS IN HOLLAND, NESTING SEASON. CU FEMALE CHECKING HER NEST. CU BABY CHICK HATCHING FROM SHELL. CU THREE NEWBORN FLUFFY CHICKS. SCENES LS GULLS FLYING OVER GRASSY BOGGY MOOR 00:24:34 - "JORDAN". KING HUSSEIN VISITED BY KING SAUD OF SAUDI ARABIA. CU KINGS KISSING BOTH CHEEKS. CU ARAB SOLDIERS. 00:25:06 - "OHIO" GIRAFFES IN CAGE. MS BABY GIRAFFE WALKING THRU SLIM DOORWAY AT COLUMBUS ZOO. CU GIRAFFE EATING HUGE LONG TONGUE. ZOO ANIMALS 00:25:37 - "IN PARIS THE EYES HAVE IT". WOMEN WEARING GLASSES GETTING ON PLANE BLOWING KISSES. CU MODELS WEARING LATEST GLASSES & SUNGLASSES FASHIONS. CATS EYE. CU REFLECTION OF AIRPLANE WITH PROPELLERS TURNING SEEN IN SUNGLASSES. WILD SHAPES OF GLASSES. ARTY CREATIVE DESIGNS 00:26:31 - "SPORTS, ENGLAND". EPSOM DOWNS. DERBY OAKS. HORSE RACING. CAROSA ?SP WINNER. HS QUEEN OF ENGLAND LEADING HER WINNING HORSE TO WINNERS CIRCLE 00:27:15 - "SPAIN". OCTOGENARIAN FELIX SUAREZ IN BICYCLE RACE. BICYCLE RACE. MS SUAREZ COMING IN FINISH LINE. MS SUAREZ SURROUNDED CARRYING BOUQUET. AGED. ELDERLY. MAN IN HIS 1980s RIDES 2 MILES IN 20 MIN.'S 00:28:13 - "CALIFORNIA". RODEO IN LITTLEMORE. BUCKING BRONCOS. COWBOYS SITTING ON FENCE SHOUTING WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT. BULL NAMED MARIJUANA THROWS RIDER TO GROUND, KNOCKS HIM OUT 00:29:30 - "NAVAL REVIEW 18 NATION FLOTILLA SALUTES JAMESTOWN". 350TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF JAMESTOWN BLIMPS, HELICOPTER HOVERING OVER SHIPS. SHIPS INCLUDE CARRIERS FROM BRITAIN, FRANCE, HOLLAND ITALY CU LIFE PRESERVER FROM SHIP HM DE ZEVEN PROVINCIEN. CANADIAN CARRIER CU SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WILSON. 14 MILE ROW OF SHIPS. FIRST AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL NAVAL REVIEW IN 25 YEARS 00:30:50 - "MAYFLOWER II REACHES NEW WORLD - NATIVES FRIENDLY". MAYFLOWER II, REPLICA OF 17TH CENTURY BARK ARRIVING AT NANTUCKET LIGHTSHIP MS NAVY BLIMP. POV INSIDE BLIMP BEHIND PILOT OF BLIMP. CROWDS CHEERING AT PLYMOUTH. 92 FOOT REPLICA SURROUNDED BY SMALLER VESSELS. MS NATIVE "INDIANS" MEETING SHIP AT PLYMOUTH ROCK. HISTORICAL RECREATION REENACTMENT. 00:32:10 - "U.S.A." THE HAWK, ARMY AIR DEFENSE MISSILE 16 FOOT ROCKET. SELF GUIDED ROCKET HITTING TARGETS, BLOWING THEM UP. MILITARY DEFENSE. 00:32:48 - "POLAND". RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY AT INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR. EXCAVATION MACHINERY FROM GERMANY, HEAVY MACHINERY FROM RUSSIA, FRENCH RENAULT CARS, USA PAVILION CARS TRUCKS AMERICAN CONSUMERISM 00:33:32 - "FRANCE". NEW PRIME MINISTER MEETING PRESIDENT ARRIVING AT ELYSEES PALACE BORGES MANNERY ?SP RENE COTY 00:33:53 - "CALIFORNIA" HOUSE OF THE FUTURE AT DISNEYLAND DESIGNED BY MONSANTO, PLASTIC & CURVES. MS WALT DISNEY PRESENT AS LITTLE GIRL ENTERS HOUSE 4 WING PLASTIC SHELL. HIP MODERN PLASTIC FURNITURE. PERFECT FAMILY OF FOUR TOURING THE HOUSE. MODERN KITCHEN FOOD STORAGE FOR ATOMICALLY IRRADIATED FOOD COMES DOWN AUTOMATICALLY FROM HIDDEN CABINET. WORK SERVICE POPS UP REVEALING DISHWASHER. GIRL ADJUSTING WASH BASIN TO HER HEIGHT. CU QUINTESSENTIAL 1950s MOTHER & DAUGHTER 00:34:50 - "SPORTS, WASHINGTON". NORTHWEST COASTAL NATIVE INDIAN TRIBES GATHERING AT LUMI ?SP RESERVATION NEAR BELLINGHAM FOR CANOE RACES CU POLISHING CANOES, INDIAN CANOE RACE. CANOES CARVED FROM SINGLE CEDAR LOG. 00:35:49 - "BUY BONDS, JACK WEBB TELLS WHY". PSA. PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT. TELLS A STORY ABOUT FIRE BURNING BONDS, BUT REPLACED BECAUSE OWNER HAD RECORD OF SERIAL NUMBERS. "BONDS ARE A SAFE WAY TO SAVE". CELEBRITIES. 00:37:27 - "PAGEANTRY FOR QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY". QUEEN ELIZABETH & PRINCE PHILIP IN DRESS PARADE BRITAIN POMP & CIRCUMSTANCE. BUSBIES QUEEN SALUTING REGIMENT AS HONORARY COL. OF THE GUARDS MS QUEEN OF ENGLAND ON HORSEBACK SALUTING IN FULL TROOPING OF THE COLORS. RUSHING CROWD. ROYAL FAMILY ON BALCONY WAVING TO PUBLIC 00:38:37 - "PORTLAND, OREGON". 49TH ANNUAL ROSE FESTIVAL, LENNON SISTERS LEAD PARADE. FLOATS MADE FROM ROSES, FLOWERS. SPACE TRAVEL FLOAT, WOMEN IN CAT COSTUMES ON PIANO FLOAT, HORSE & BUGGY FLOAT TELEPHONE FLOAT, WOMEN IN PETTICOATS MADE OF FLOWERS, AMERICAN FLAG MADE FROM ROSES. 00:39:36 - "EGYPT". CAIRO AIRPORT, PRESIDENT NASSER BIDS FAREWELL TO SYRIA'S PRESIDENT, KISSING CHEEKS GETTING ON PLANE 00:39:58 - "JORDAN". AMBASSADOR RECALLED FROM CAIRO, MS MEETING BETWEEN KING HUSSEIN & KING SAUD. DISPLAY OF BEDOUIN HORSEMANSHIP. GIFT OF AN ARABIAN HORSE TO KING SAUD 00:40:41 - "OHIO". TOLEDO, U. S. OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYERS INCLUDE DICK MAYER, CARY MIDDLECOFF RUSHING CROWDS RUNNING ACROSS GOLF COURSE. CU DICK MAYER HOLDING WINNING TROPHY 00:41:41 - "BELMONT PARK, N.Y.". 37,000 IN STANDS FOR THE 89TH RUNNING OF BELMONT STAKES. CLOSING EVENT OF TRIPLE CROWN TURF SERIES. PARADE TO POST. START OF RACE. BELMONT STAKES RACE. INTERCUTS SHOUTING SPECTATORS. WINNER GALLOP MAN. FIRST IRISH BRED TO WIN BELMONT. CU JOCKEY & OWNER 00:42:57 - "TEXAS". AUSTIN, TEXAS. NCAA TRACK MEET, BROAD JUMP RECORD OF 26' 7" FOR GREG BELL OF INDIANA. CU ATHLETE TYING SHOE LACE. DON BOUDEN OF CALIFORNIA SETTING NEW RECORD IN THE 880 RUN. CU BODEN ?SP WAVING. POLE VAULT EVENT. 00:44:14 - "JAPAN PREMIER VISITS AND GOLFS WITH PRESIDENT" GUARD OF HONOR MEETS PREMIER'S KISHI'S PLANE MET BY VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON & SECRETARY OF STATE DULLES. DWIGHT EISENHOWER PLAYING GOLF WITH KISHI. PRESIDENTS AND SPORTS. MS LINE OF PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS ELBOWING PUSHING EACH OTHER. MS KASHI SINKING GOLF BALL 00:45:03 - "PAPAL AUDIENCE PONTIFF GREETS CONGRESS OF EUROPE". POPE PIUS HOLDS INFORMAL AUDIENCE AT ROYAL HALL AT THE VATICAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS OF EUROPE. PONTIFF MINGLING WITH DELEGATES. CU FORMER FRENCH PREMIER SCHUMAN 00:45:48 - "HOLLAND". AIR SHOW SPANS 50 YEARS OF AVIATION. 1909 DANISH PLANE STILL FLYING. MS SPECTATORS LOOKING UP AT THE SKY. BRITAIN SUPERSONIC JAVELIN JET FIGHTER. FOUR FRENCH JETS PUT ON DARING CLOSE FORMATION AEROBATICS CU SPANIEL TYPE DOG 00:46:34 - "FRANCE". DEVASTATING FLOODS HIT THE ALPINE REGION OF FRANCE. NATURAL DISASTERS. HOUSES WRENCHED FROM FOUNDATIONS, FLOOD VICTIMS LEAVING TOWN WITH POSSESSIONS PULLED ON CART BY HORSE. STRONG FLOOD CURRENTS. 00:47:02 - "HOLLAND". PRINCESS CHRISTENING ROYAL YACHT BIRTHDAY PRESENT IN AMSTERDAM. 50 FOOT CRAFT DECORATED WITH GREEN DRAGON ANIMAL MOTIF INTRICATE CARVINGS INTERIOR MONTAGE YACHT, GALLEY, CROCKERY. KITCHEN TABLE. CU CARVED DRAGON. MAIDEN VOYAGE OF THE GREEN DRAGON 00:47:34 - "FASHION PARADE" MODELS WEARING LATEST 1958 COUTURE RESORT WEAR. BLOUSE ENSEMBLE DESIGNED BY FRENCH DESIGNER GIVENCHY. DUPONT FIBERS. HAUTE COUTURE. DRAMATIC BLOUSE WITH SQUARE PANELS. 00:48:33 - "SPORTS, AUSTRIA". ARTIST FROM SALZBURG WALKING ON HIS HANDS TO RAISE MONEY FOR CRIPPLE CHILDREN'S HOME. MS MAN WALKING ON HIS HANDS STOPPING AT RAILROAD CROSSING FOR TRAIN TO PASS. MS MAN WALKING ON HANDS SIGNALING LEFT & RIGHT TURNS. CU BARE CHESTED MAN BEING RUBBED DOWN, MASSAGING MUSCLES 00:49:12 - "HOLLAND". TENNIS MATCH INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS. WOMEN'S SINGLES. INTERCUTS SPECTATORS. MEN'S FINALS. MEN'S WINNER WITH TROPHY 00:51:00 - "CANADIAN POLITICS, LIBERALS ARE OUT AFTER 22 YEARS". GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT OTTAWA. CONSERVATIVE JOHN DIEFENBAKER ELECTED PRIME MINISTER. ELECTIONS. FIRST FEMALE CABINET MEMBER IN CANADA'S HISTORY, MRS. ELLEN FAIRCLUB. NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS POSING FOR OFFICIAL PHOTO. NEW PRIME MINISTER ENPLANES FOR VISIT TO LONDON 00:52:18 - "KOREA". COMMUNIST TRUCE TEAM RETURNS TO PANMUNJOM. MARINE GENERAL LITZENBERG LEADS U.N. DELEGATION. PRESS CONFERENCE 00:53:24 - "PUERTO RICO". MARINES READYING NEW RUBBER BOATS IN 30 SECONDS. COMMANDO TACTICS. MANEUVERS. CU MARINE SLIPPING OUT OF SUBMARINE HATCH CREWS TAKING PLACES ON RUBBER RAFTS. REHEARSAL FOR RECONNAISSANCE MISSIONS 00:54:03 - "MARYLAND". PLANE CRASHED INTO BUNGALOW CRUMBLED DEBRIS OF TWIN MOTOR AIRPLANE FILLING BACK YARD OWNER OF HOUSE LOOKING SAD 00:54:34 - "AUSTRIA" SHEPHERD MOVING HERD FLOCK OF SHEEP FROM ITALIAN SIDE OF MOUNTAINS TO NORTH SLOPES IN AUSTRIA TYROL. MS YOUNG BOY CARRYING BABY LAMB. BOY RIDING SLED WITH SHEEP, LONG LINE OF SHEEP WALKING ON PATH THRU SNOW COVERED MOUNTAINS 00:55:06 - "SEATTLE". ANNUAL RAY'S KID DOCK FISHING DERBY. THOUSANDS OF KIDS RUSHING MADLY TO GET SPOT IN BETWEEN BOARDS ON PIER FOR FISHING. MS KIDS FISHING. MS TODDLER GIRL HOLDING WORM. CU CRAB ON LINE. KIDS BRINGING FISH TO WEIGHING IN STATION. MS FISH ON SCALE. MS VARIOUS TYPES OF FISH ON DOCK 00:55:55 - "SPORTS, NEW YORK CITY". YANKEE - WHITE SOX GAME. AL LOPEX & CASEY STENGEL PUTTING NY CAP ON JAPAN'S PRIME MINISTER KISHI. KISHI THROWING OUT FIRST BALL. BASEBALL GAME. HANK BAUER BLASTS HOME RUN, RUNNING BASES 00:56:46 - "OHIO" 69TH AAU TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS. 100 YARD DASH. CU WINNER STEVEN KING. 120 HIGH HURDLES CU WINNER DAVE CALHOUN. 880 DASH. CU WINNER DAVE COURTNEY. POLE VAULT. CU WINNER BOB RICHARDS. MILE EVENT, CU WINNER MERV LINCOLN
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1957
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-955