- Title: P-218-6
- Summary: DECADES: NEWS STORIES FROM FEBRUARY 1941
- Description:01:00:47 - TITLE: "FIRST MERCY SHIP' - VARIOUS SHOTS AMERICAN SHIP "COLD HARBOR" HUGE RED CROSS PAINTED ON ITS SIDE, IS LOADED FOR MERCY TRIP TO SPAIN AND UNOCCUPIED PARTS OF FRANCE. . WOMEN RED CROSS WORKERS PACK FOOD STUFF, MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND CLOTHING IN CRATES WHICH IS LOADED ON SHIP. VARIOUS SHOTS LONGSHOREMEN LOADING THE GOODS IN HOLD OF SHIP VIA OVERHEAD BOOM. ABOVE VIEW HUNDREDS SACKS FLOUR FOR SPAIN WHOSE PEOPLE FACE FAMINE, BEING LOADED. LIGHT TRUCKS ARE ALSO LOADED. LS VARIOUS SHOTS SHIP SAILING OFF IN HARBOR BLIMP OVERHEAD. 01:02:05 - "TROOP TRAIN WRECK - SANDERVILLE, TEXAS - VARIOUS SHOTS WRECKAGE OF WHERE FIREMAN WAS KILLED AND 27 NATIONAL GUARDSMEN WERE INJURED. VARIOUS SHOTS DERAILED TRAIN. GREAT SHOT CRANE LIFTING LOCOMOTIVE OFF ITS SIDE TO AN UPRIGHT POSITION ON THE TRACKS. 01:02:37 - TITLE: "RUSH PUERTO RICO DEFENSE" VARIOUS SHOTS ARMY UNITS AND WARPLANES ON PUERTO RICO WHICH IS ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE FROM VITAL PANAMA CANAL. LARGE ARTILLERY GUNS BEING PUT INTO PL;ACE. 01:02:38 - TITLE: "HOME FROM BOMBED LONDON - NEW YORK CITY - AMERICAN BROADCASTER JUST IN FROM ENGLAND SAYS "THE ENGLISH WANT GERMAN TO TRY TO INVADE ENGLAND. I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THEY WON'T SUCCEED. THE ENGLISH KNOW IT WOULD BE TOUGH, BUT THE ENGLISH WANT THEM TO TRY 01:03:23 - TITLE: "U. S. ON WATCH" - WASHINGTON, D. C. - VARIOUS SHOTS GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES, MALE AND FEMALE, WEARING IDENTIFICATION BADGES, BEING CHECKED BY GUARDS AS THEY ENTER GOVERNMENTAL BUILDINGS. MS AT NAVY DEPARTMENT ALL ARE CHECKED. MS SECRETARY OF NAVY IS NO EXCEPTION, AS GUARD CHECKS OUT HIS PICTURE ID ON HIS LAPEL. 01:04:05 - "LISTENING POST" - FBI AGENTS WITH EARPHONES SIT AT LISTENING POSTS IN OFFICE, CHECKING ALL FOREIGN LANGUAGE BROADCASTS. 01 05 12 TITLE: "SPORTS" - HORSE RACING - VARIOUS SHOTS CALIFORNIA'S 2 MILLION DOLLAR GOLDEN GATE SURF CLUB. INNOVATIONS INCLUDE SWIVEL CHAIRS AND UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW FROM ANY ANGLE. MS MAN IN SWIVEL CHAIR WATCHES RACE THROUGH BINOCULARS. 01:05:40 - HORSES ENTER MODERN STARTING GATE, AND"THEY'RE OFF!" THE WINNER "CLOUDY WEATHER". 01:05:52 - HORSE RACING ON ICE - DERRY, N. H. - HORSE BEING TRANSPORTED IN OPEN TRAILER, PULLED BY CAR. HORSE ISA WALKED INTO BARN, WHERE BLACKSMITH REMOVES RED HOT HORSE SHOW FROM FURNACE, THEN PLACES IT ON HORSE'S HOOF (CU). 01:06:13 - VARIOUS SHOTS HARNESS RACE IN SNOWBOUND TRACK. sports 01:06:25 - WOMEN'S GOLF - CORAL GABLES, FLA. - - FINAL ROUND TOURNAMENT BETWEEN ELIZABETH DIX AND OPPONENT PAULA GRACE AMERY FOR, COVETED BILTMORE CHAMPIONSHIP - MLS HILLARY HICKS TEES OFF, FOLLOWED BY MISS AMERY, AS CROWD WATCHES. MS DIX PUTTS IN A LONG ONE FOLLOWED BY AMERY WHO MISSES. TITLE GOES TO ELIZABETH DIX. CU ELIZABETH SMILES BROADLY. 01:07:05 - EASTERN OPEN TABLE CHAMPIONSHIPS - WASHINGTON, D. C. - VARIOUS SHOTS DOZENS OF CONTESTANTS PLAYING PING PONG ON LONG STRING SIDE BY SIDE PING PONG TABLES. NATIONAL CHAMPION LOU TAGLIERA, ,NATIONAL CHAMP, VS BRENDON BRYAN. VARIOUS SHOTS GAME IN PROGRESS. TAGLIERA WINS. 01:07:34 - TABLE TENNIS - WOMAN;S CHAMPIONSHIPS - SARA WILSON OF WASHINGTON VS PRISCILLA WOODBURY OF WOOSTER, MASS. VARIOUS SHOTS GAME IN PROGRESS. COMIC SHOT MAN WATCHING MATCH WITH HEAD UNCONTROLLABLY GOING BACK AND FORTH AS HE WATCHES BAL. WINNER SARAH WILSON. 01:07:56 - BOSTON, MASS. -NEW ENGLAND INDOOR SPORTSMAN SHOW - INDIAN CHIEF PLACES DEAD FURRY ANIMAL AROUND NECK OF MODER WHICH SHE MODELS AS A FUR COAT. MAN CARVING WOOD ANIMALS - PEOPLE FEED DEER BY HAND - MAN DEMONSTRATES KAYAK IN POOL, TURNS IT UPSIDE DOWN REMAINING IN SEAT. - TRAINED SEAL JUMPS INTO POOL TO FETCH BALL . 01:08:54 - TITLE: "DANGER - CURVES AHEAD" - BOTHEL, WASHINGTON - SMALL SPEEDBOATS TRAVELLING AT 40 MPH THROUGH NARROW CHANNELS CREATED AT FLOOD STAGE OF COLUMBUS RIVER, SPEED BY FARMER MILKING COW, WOMAN HANGING CLOTHING ACROSS CHANNEL, WAVES HER FIST AT SPEEDSTERS AS THEY SPEED UNDER HER CLOTHES LINE. 01:09:31 - TITLE: BATTISTA HOLDS CUBA" - HAVANA - MS DICTATOR FULGENCIO BATTISTA IN ARMY UNIFORM REVIEWS HUGE PARADE AND CROWD OUTSIDE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE AFTER PLOT TO OVERTHROW HIM. CIVIL LIBERTIES WERE SUSPENDED FOR 15 DAYS. MS BATTISTA SITS ON PATIO WITH WIFE AND KIDS, PLAYS WITH CHILD. CORPORAL BATTISTA WHO BECAME PRESIDENT, ADDRESSES RALLY. politics, foreign government 01:10:16 - TITLE: "NAVY SPEED UP" - ANNAPOLIS, MD. - MIDSHIPMEN ON PARADE AT NAVAL ACADEMY DURING GRADUATION. GRADS CUSTOMARILY THROW THEIR HATS IN AIR AFTER GRADUATION CEREMONY. NEW ENSIGNS LINE UP AND RECEIVE THEIR SHIP ASSIGNMENTS. VARIOUS SHOTS MIDSHIPMEN IN SHOPS AND CLASSROOMS. GRAD REMOVES HIS MIDSHIPMAN HAT, RE[PLACES IT WITH NEW NAVAL OFFICER CAP. GIVES FAREWELL SALUTE TO STATUE OF INDIAN CHIEF TECUMSEH ON ACADEMY GROUNDS. VARIOUS SHOTS U. S. FLEET AT SEA. 01:11:05 - TITLE: "CONQUEST OF LIBYA!" - AMAZING BRITISH DRIVE THROUGH ITALY'S AFRICAN EMPIRE - VARIOUS SHOTS BRITISH ARTILLERY, TANKS IN ACTION ACROSS THE LIBYAN DESERT. BRITISH FIGHTER PLANES (VINTAGE BI-WING) TAKING OFF AND IN FLIGHT AS THEY MASTER THE AFRICAN SKIES. CU GENERAL ARCHIBALD WAVELL POSES AT HIS DESK. 01:12:07 - VARIOUS SHOTS DESTROYED REMNANTS OF ITALIAN AIR FORCE, ABANDONED CONVOY OF TRUCKS AND TANKS. PAN AERIAL VIEW, SAME. ABANDONED ITALIAN AMMUNITION AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT, FOODSTUFFS OF ALL KINDS, BRITISH SOLDIERS PILE UP ITALIAN RIFLES AND MACHINE GUNS CAPTURED DURING ITALIAN RETREAT. BRITISH TROOPS ENTER PORT CITY. CU SIGN: "VIA BENITO MUSSOLINI IS CROSSED OUT BY BRITISH SOLDIER. 01:13:30 - LONG COLUMN OF ITALIAN PRISONERS (ALTOGETHER 150, 000) MARCH TO REAR. PAN FACE SHOTS OF NOT TO UNHAPPY ITALIAN PRISONERS. 01:14:03 - TITLE: "WILKIE'S TOUR OF LONDON" - VARIOUS SHOTS WENDELL WILLKIE ARRIVES BY PLANE AT LONDON FOGGY AIRPORT. SAYS A FEW WORDS TO NEWSMEN. VOWS TO DO HIS PART IN GETTING THE "UTMOST AID TO BRITAIN" 01:14:53 - VARIOUS SHOTS WILLKIE GIVING PRESS CONFERENCE TO BATTERY OF 210 REPORTERS. WILLKIE SPEAKS. 01:15:39 - WILLKIE AND PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL EXIT 10 DOWNING STREET. AFTER LONG DISCUSSION. CHURCHILL ESCORTS WILLKIE TO WAITING LIMO, WAVES HIM OFF. VARIOUS SHOTS WILLKIE MEETS THE BRITISH PRESS. MAKES SPEECH. 01 16 50 WILLKIE MEETS RITISH LABOR CHIEF BEVIN. BOTH SPEAK. VARIOUS SHOTS WILLKIE VISITS BRITISH PUB, POURS HIMSELF MUG OF BEER FROM TAP. PLAYS GAME OF DARTS WITH A LOCAL. VARIOUS SHOTS WILLKIE MEETING WITH THE LOCALS, SPEAKING TO THEM. THEY SING "HE'S A JOLLY GOOF FELLOW". 01:18:47 - TITLE: "THE MONEY HORSE!" - ARCADIA, CALIF. - GREAT RACE HORSE, SEABISCUIT" IS HONORED - PAN HUGE CROWD AT TRACK TO SEE THE RETIRED RACE HORSE "SEABISCUIT" AND THE UNVEILING OF LIFE SIZE BRONZE STATUE OF THE WORLD CHAMPION MONEY WINNER. MS VARIOUS SHOTS OF SEABISCUIT. 01:19:15 - VARIOUS SHOTS SEABISCUIT WINNING THE $100,000 SANTA ANITA HANDICAP, THE FINAL RACE OF HIS CAREER. MS TRAINER HOLDS LIVE VERSION OF SEABISCUIT ALONGSIDE THE STATUE. sports, horse racing. 01:19:31 - TITLE: "STARS AND GREECE" - HOLLYWOOD - SAMUEL GOLDWYN PUTS ON GREAT GREECE WAR RELIEF SHOW. VARIOUS SHOTS PARADE OF STARS AND DIGNITARIES OUTSIDE THEATRE IN HOLLYWOOD, HUGE CROWDS COME TO SEE THE STARS. 01:19:37 - THEATER EXECUTIVE CHARLES KOURIS (?) AND TYRONE POWER POSE IN FRONT OF MICROPHONES. MS BARBARA STANWYCK AND ROBERT TAYLOR POSE TOGETHER. CAROL LOMBARD AND CLARK GABLE ALSO THERE AS WELL AS MICKEY ROONEY. MADELEINE CARROLL POSES, IS FOLLOWED BY GROWN UP SHIRLEY TEMPLE. BOBBY DASILVA, THEN FRED MACMURRAY POSE. CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD SAYS A FEW WORDS OVER MIC. hollywood, theater, movies, actors and actresses. 01:20:35 - TITLE: "JAPAN SENDS ENVOY" - SAN FRANCISCO - LINER WITH ENVOY IN SAN FRANCISCO HARBOR. AMBASSADOR ADMIRAL KICHISABURO NOMURA POSES ON DECK OF LINER BEFORE GOING ASHORE TO TALK PEACE WITH AMERICA. CU FACE SHOT NOMURA. 01:20:53 - TITLE: "FLYING FORTRESS CRASHES" - VARIOUS SHOTS OF REMNANTS OF PLANE. 01:21:17 - TITLE: "R. F. D. ON WHEELS" - WASHINGTON, D. C. BUS CONTAINING ALL ALL THE MAIL HANDLING EQUIPMENT OF REGULAR POST OFFICE. TRAVELS TO SMALL TOWNS AND RURAL AREAS, NOR HAVING THEIR OWN POST OFFICE. MS WORKER, SECURED TO DESK WITH HARNESS, SO HE WOULD NOT FALL WHILE SORTING MAIL. MAN IN RURAL AREA MAILS LETTER IN SLOT ON SIDE OF BUS 01:21:59 - POSTMASTER GENERAL FRANK WALKER WATCHES MEN AT WORK IN BUS. 01:22:09 - TITLE: "NIGHTINGALE SINGS IN ROCKEFELLER "SQUARE" - LS TILT DOWN ROCKEFELLER SKYSCRAPER AT ROCKEFELLER CENTER IN NEW YORK CITY WITH SOUND OVER OF NIGHTINGALE TWERPING. JOHN ROCKEFELLER, JR. ADDRESSES LARGE CROWD FROM PODIUM, AS HE UNVEILING NEW MURAL, BY SWEDISH SCULPTOR. THE FIRST CONTAINING SOUND AND MOTION. PAN SCULPTURE TO MECHANICAL BIRD, MOVING IT'S WINGS EACH TIME IT SINGS LIKE A NIGHTINGALE. CU REAL PET NIGHTINGALE, FLIES ONTO FINGER OF OWNER, SINGS IT'S SONG WHICH IS PIPED TO THE MECHANICAL ONE ON SCULPTURE. oddity 01:23:24 - TITLE; "WILLKIE REPORTS" - LS HUGE SEAPLANE WITH WILLKIE ABOARD, LANDS ON RIVER IN NEW YORK CITY. WIFE, BACK TO CAMERA, WAVES TO HIM. VARIOUS SHOTS WILLKIE BEING ESCORTED DOWN DOCK BY POLICE. WILLKIE MAKES STATEMENT TO PRESS. SAYS, AMERICA CAN KEEP OUT OF WAR BY HELPING BRITAIN. MCU WILLKIE SPEAKING. 01:24:39 - TITLE: "DRIVE TOWARDS TRIPOLI" - ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT - VARIOUS SHOTS UNITS OF BRITISH MEDITERRANEAN FLEET HEADING TOWARD TRIPOLI. BRITISH OFFICER SCANNING SKY WITH BINOCULARS. ELS NAZI PLANES IN SKY DROPPING BOMBS ON FLEET. LS VARIOUS EXPLOSIONS NEAR BRITISH SHIPS. 01:25:17 - VARIOUS SHOTS BRITISH WARSHIPS BOMBARDING ITALIAN CITY NEAR BENGASI. CU MOUTH OF BRITISH CANNON ABOUT TO FIRE. 01:25:46 - BRITISH ARTILLERY UNITS BOMBARDING ENEMY IN WESTERN LIBYA. TANK UNITS ON THE MOVE, FOLLOWED BY AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY. AERIAL PAN HUGE NUMBER OF ITALIAN ABANDONED TANKS AND MECHANIZED UNITS. CU PAN (GRAPHIC) DEAD ITALIAN SOLDIERS. PILES CAPTURED RIFLES. CU BRITISH SOLDIER SCANS THROUGH PHOTOS OF FAMILY MEMBERS OF ITALIAN DEAD SOLDIERS. MORE OF INTENSE BOMBARDMENT. LONG COLUMNS OF ITALIAN POWS. 140,000 OF THEM. 01:27:44 - TITLE: "PUERTO RICO AIRS DEFENSES" - VARIOUS SHOTS U. S. FIGHTER PLANES AND BOMBERS TAKING OFF AT PUERTO RICO AIRFIELDS. VARIOUS SHOTS FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS IN FLIGHT. AERIAL VIEW SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO AND NEW NAVAL BASE. 01:29:00 - TITLE: "NO MAN'S LAND, ARKANSAS - ARMY ARTILLERY UNITS MOVE INTO 49,000 ACRES THAT HAVE BEEN HOME FOR 340 FAMILIES, TO MAKE ROOM FOR ARTILLERY FIRING RANGE. VARIOUS SHOTS SOLDIERS HELPING FAMILIES MOVE. SOLDIER CARRIES LITTLE GIRL TO ARMY TRUCK. 3 SOLDIERS HELP COW INTO TRUCK. CARAVAN OF ARMY TRUCK DRIVE OFF WITH FAMILIES. 01:29:35 - TITLE: "PINING DOG JOINS MASTER" -SPECIAL ARMY PLANE TAKES "LADDIE", A 10 YEAR- OLD DOG FROM REMOTE KANSAS FARM TO CALIFORNIA FORT ORD. DOG IS BROKEN HEARTED AND WEAK FROM HUNGER STRIKE SINCE HIS MASTER JOINED THE ARMY AND LEFT HIM. SOLDIERS AT FORT PLAN TO USE DOG AS ITS MASCOT. VARIOUS SHOTS WAC AND SOLDIERS VERY TENDERLY CARRYING DOG IN BASKET. animal antics. 01:30:07 - TITLE: "ARMY SOLDIERS URGE CORPS" - LONG LINE OF GRADUATE NURSES SIGN UP FOR ARMY SERVICE. VARIOUS SHOTS NURSES LINE UP FOR PHYSICAL EXAMS. MS DOCTOR CHECKS REFLEXES ON NURSE BY TAPPING HER KNEE WITH SMALL INSTRUMENT. 01:30:42 - TO 01 34 20 TITLE: "WILLKIE TELLS HIS STORY" - CROWDS PACK HALLS OF SENATE BUILDING TRYING TO GET IN TO SEE SENATE HEARING WITH WENDELL WILLKIE AS STAR WITNESS. 1800 PACK SENATE ROOM AS WILLKIE SPEAKS OF MILITARY AID TO BRITAIN. ANSWERS QUESTIONS FROM SENATORS. 01:34:22 - TITLE: "THREE WAY GAS BLAST" - PHILA., PA. - VARIOUS VIEWS MASSIVE DESTRUCTION AS THREE GAS BLASTS KILLED FIVE, INJURED 26 MORE, LEVELLED 4 HOUSES BROKEN GAS MAIN IS BLAMED. disaster. 01:37:52 - "SPORTS" - DOG SHOW - TALKING BULLDOG WITH GLASSES HOSTS AND NARRATES THE SHOW. OWNERS WALKING THEIR WHITE POODLES DURING SHOW. VARIETY DIFFERENT SPECIES, INCLUDING POODLES, BULLDOGS, ST. BERNARD, CHIUAUAS, ETC SHOWN BY THEIR MASTERS. CU WOMEN WEARING FUR COAT. OPENS HER PURSE WITH A TINY DOG IN IT. HUGE ST BERNARD ALONGSIDE TINY CHIUAUA. CU CHAMPION COCKER SPANIEL. 01:39:19 - CU BIZARRE looking TINY HAIRLESS DOG. animal antics - oddity. 01:39:27 - "SPEED UP BRITISH AID" - BOMBERS - VARIOUS SHOTS FLIGHTS FLYING FORTRESSES IN FORMATION AND ON GROUND AT SEATTLE AIRFIELD. BRITISH INSIGNIA BEING PAINTED ON PLANES. 01:40:17 - "BUNDLES" - MS IN LONDON QUEEN ELIZABETH INSPECTS BUNDLES FOR BRITAIN. MS COMMENTS ABOUT THE BUNDLES. 01:41:00 - "BENEFIT" - WINDSORS ATTEND BRITISH WARTIME BENEFIT IN BRITISH BAHAMAS. 01:41:28 - TITLE: SELASSIE TAKES CHARGE" - ETHIOPIA - HAILLE SELASSIE FLIES OVER ETHIOPIA IN BRITISH PLANE. AERIAL VIEW OF MOUNTAINOUS ETHIOP REVIEWS HIS ETHIOPIAN TROOPS. VOWS HE HIMSELF WILL LEAD HIS TROOPS INTO THE ETHIOPIAN CAPITAL OF ADDIS ABABA, HELD BY ITALIANS. 01:42:27 - TITLE: "WAR REFUGEE SOLUTION ?" - "IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 32 NATIONS SURVEY A PIONEER REFUGEE EXPERIMENT - TEST TUBE PROJECT FOR THE FUTURE ... - DELEGATES FROM 32 NATIONS MEET IN TRUJILLO CITY, SANTA DOMINGO WHICH HAS ESTABLISHED A NON-SECTARIAN REFUGEE SETTLEMENT THAT MAY OFFER A WORKING HUMANE SOLUTION. 01:43:10 - VARIOUS SHOTS REFUGEES CARRYING THEIR BELONGINGS, CHILDREN TO TRAIN STATIONS. TRAIN LOADS OF UNWANTED REFUGEES PACK INTO TRAINS AND ONTO SHIPS, WHICH SAIL TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WHICH PROVIDES THEM A NEW PLACE AND A NEW WAY. VARIOUS SHOTS 'SOSUA' SETTLEMENT IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. THE PROJECTED HOME FOR 100,000 REFUGEES. VARIOUS SHOTS REFUGEES FROM VARIETY COUNTRIES, SPEAK IN VARIETY OF LANGUAGES ABOUT THEIR NEW HOME. VARIOUS SHOTS REFUGEES WHO TOOK THEIR AGRICULTURAL TALENTS WITH THEM, GROW VARIETY CROPS IN FIELDS PROVIDED TO THEM. TRACTORS WORKING IN FIELDS, COWS BEING MILKED. A CHEESE FACTORY IS A NEW AND SUCCESSFUL INDUSTRY. 01:45:15 - VARIOUS SHOTS REFUGEES AND CHILDREN ENJOYING DAY AT BEACH DURING HOT MID- DAY HOURS. 01:45:53 - "SPORTS" - VARIOUS SHOTS BROOKLYN DODGERS IN SPRING TRAINING IN HAVANA, CUBA. PAN TEAM DOING OUTDOOR CALISTHENICS. 01:46:10 - LEO DUROCHER WEARING BATHROBE EATING ICECREAM FROM CUP. SHIRTLESS "DUCKY" MEDWICK, SWINGING A BAT. PAN JOE BOSNICK, PEEWEE REESE AND VAN LINGO MUNGO POSE IN DODGER UNIFORMS. MS FREDDY FITZSIMMONS WARMS UP HIS PITCHING ARM AS WELL AS OTHERS. 01:46:40 - DODGER PLAYERS IN INFIELD PRACTICE. 01:46:58 - "HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS" - DOZENS YOUNG BASEBALL PLAYERS ATTENDING "ROGERS HORNSBY BASEBALL COLLEGE" RUN OUT ONTO FIELD FOR PRACTICE SESSION. PLAYERS GATHER AS RENOWNED EX-BIG LEAGUER SHOWS THEM HOW TO SWING BAT. YOUNG PROSPECTIVE CATCHERS LEARN BACKSTOP JOB. OTHERS LEARN HOW TO SLIDE INTO A BASE. 01:47:38 - "DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA" - CU BILLY MATHEWS OF CANADA, WEARING HELMET WITH GOGGLES WAVES TO CAMERA. HE WINS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MOTORCYCLE RACE ON DAYTONA BEACH. VARIOUS SHOTS MOTORCYCLES SPEEDING ALONG BEACH SAND AS CROWDS WATCH 01:48:14 - TITLE: "NAVY TESTS MOSQUITOS" - MIAMI, FLA. - VARIOUS SHOTS NAVY MOSQUITO BOATS PUT ON A MASS DISPLAY IN FLORIDA WATERS. VARIOUS SHOTS FLEET OF "PT" BOATS SPEEDING, TRAINING, IN MIAMI WATERS.. 01:48:50 - TITLE: "GIANT FOR R. A. F." - 1ST OF 26 ON ORDER, GIANT 26 TON BOMBER MADE FOR BRITISH IN U. S. A. IS ROLLED INTO HANGAR. VARIOUS SHOTS GIANT BOMBER TAXIING ON RUNWAY AND TAKING OFF. 01:49:30 - TITLE: "BRIT MYSTERY VOYAGE" - VARIOUS SHOTS LONGSHOREMEN CARRYING PILES OF LUGGAGE ONTO BRITISH LINER. WARPLANE ON DECK OF LINER AS IT SAILS OFF ON MYSTERY DESTINATION. 01:50:02 - "SERVICE WITHOUT WEAPONS" - LAKOMA PARK, MD - YOUNG 7TH DAY ADVENTISTS MEN, CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS, WHO FIRMLY BELIEVE IN COMMANDMENT "THOU SHALT NOT KILL", PARADE WITH STRETCHERS, INSTEAD OF RIFLES, ON THEIR SHOULDERS. DO THEIR PART BY LEARNING TECHNIQUES OF MEDICAL CORPSMEN. THEY TRAIN IN CARE FOR WOUNDED ON THE BATTLEFIELD. 01:50:48 - TITLE: "VACATION HEADLINERS" - NASSAU, BAHAMAS - DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR WITH THEIR TWO DOGS, VISIT AND ENTER DOGS IN FOG SHOW IN BAHAMAS. THE DUKE WALKS HIS YORKSHIRE TERRIER AS CROWD WATCHES. 01:51:38 - TITLE: "GALS - CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA - BATHING BEAUTIES HELP EACH OTHER PREPARE FOR "MISS CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA" BATHING BEAUTY CONTEST. - LONG ;LINE OF BEAUTIES PARADE ON RAMP AT BEACH AS CROWD WATCHES. JUDGES SALLY RAND, JACK DEMPSEY, MARTHA RAE AND PAUL WHITEMAN SIT AND WATCH THE BEAUTIES SHOW THEIR STUFF. WINNER MISS NMITZI FURTHER. MCU TILT DOWN, MISS FURTHER, FROM HEAD TO TOE. hollywood, broadway, boxing, music. 01:52:30 - "HITLER!, GETS AN EARFUL?" - NEW YORK CITY - FOR 8 DAYS GERMANY'S OFFICIAL RADIO STSTION INVITED AMERICANS TO CRITICIZE GERMANY'S PROPAGANDA PROGRAMS AT BERLIN'S EXPENSE. AMERICAN'S REALLY REPLIED. 250 RADIOGRAMS AN HOUR. CU VARIOUS SHOTS AMERICAN MEN AND WOMAN SPEAKING HEIR VIEWS TO CAMERA. 01:53:37 - "SPORTS" - HORSE RACING - 30, 000 WATCH STAKES AT HIALEAH PARK FOR THE FLAMINGO STAKES. VARIOUS SHOTS RACE IN PROGRESS - WINNER "DISPOSE". 01 5413 "NORTH CONWAY, N. H." - SKI FASHIONS 1941 - VARIOUS SHOTS WOMEN SHOW VARIETY OF SKI FASHIONS AT THE SLOPES ON MOUNTAIN TOP. sports, skiing. 01:55:13 - "NEW YORK CITY" - NATIONAL AAU TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP - VARIOUS SHOTS EARL MADDOX TRYING AND BEATING MEET POLE VAULT RECORD AT 14' 4 /8". CU FACE SHOT SMILING EARL MADDOX. D RECORD OF 14' 7 1/2', BARELY MISSES. 01:55:47 - MEN'S 3 MILE RUN - VARIOUS SHOTE RACE IN PROGRESS - WINNER GREG RICE, SETS A NEW WORLD RECORD AT 13MINUTES 51 SECONDS. MOM REACHERS OVER RAIL TO HUG AND KISS HER SON. CU FACE SHOT SMILING GREG RICE. 01:56:13 - SPORTS - WOMEN'S BOWLING - CHICAGO, ILL. - VARIOUS SHOTS WOMEN BOWLING ON SEVERAL SIDE BY SIDE BOWLING LANES. MOM HANDS DAD CHILD WHEN ITS. HER TURN TO BOWL . MS DAD WITH BABY ON LAP WATCHES MOM BOWL. CHEESECAKE SHOT PRETTY GIRL PUTTING ON BOWLING SHOES, SHOWS LOTS OF LEG. PRETTY GIRLS WITH SHORTS SHOW THEIR STUFF. FAT GIRL BOWLING. 01:57:10 - PRETTY GIRL WITH SHORTS, BACK TO CAMERA, BOWLS, SPREADS LEGS TO GIVE CAMERA A VIEW OF HER STRIKE.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1941
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: P-218-6