- Title: P-218-28
- Summary: DECADES: NEWSREEL STORIES FROM JANUARY 1946
- Description:01:55:17 - ARMY STORAGE WAREHOUSE FIRES IN YOKOHAMA, JAPAN DESTROY POST-EXCHANGE EQUIPMENT FOR OCCUPATION TROOPS 01:55:23 - VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE BELLOWING SMOKE RISING FROM BUILDINGS. FIREFIGHTERS FIGHT HUGE BLAZE. CROWDS AMERICAN SOLDIERS, JAPANESE, WATCH AS GIS CONTINUE TO FIGHT TO SAVE BUILDING. BUT FIRE, WHICH WAS CAUSED BY FAULTY WIRING, IS OUT OF CONTROL. 01:56:17 - 1946 GOLDEN GLOVES BOXING TOURNAMENT. VARIOUS SHOTS GOLDEN GLOVES MATCH IN PROGRESS AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IN NEW YORK. FIGHTERS MIX I8T UP, SWINGING WILDLY, BOTH AWKWADLY FALL TO CANVAS. AUDIENCE REACTS. 01:56:41 - IN LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION, JIMMY DONELLY GOES RIGHT IN ON OPPONENT EDDIE JONES. DONELLY FLOORS JONES WITH LEFT HOOK. JONES COMES BACK FOR MORE, IS KNOCKED DOWN AGAIN. REFEREE STOPS FIGHT. 01:57:00 - NEXT TWO FIGHTERS, MARVIN WARNER VS HERBIE WALKER. FIGHT IN PROGRESS. WILD SWINGING BY BOTH. WARNER HITS WALKER WITH RIGHT, IN DELAYED ACTION, WALKER FALLS TO CANVAS. AFTER 9 COUNT, WALKER GETS UP, THEN STAGGERS AND FALLS. REF. STOPS FIGHT. 01:57:32 - TITLE: A HERO COMES HOME" - SINBAD, THE COAST GUARD DOG COMES HOME TO NEW YORK AFTER SERVING IN WWII. 01:57:41 - CROWD WATCHES AS COAST GUARDSMAN WALKS DOG, SINBAD, (HOME FROM THE WARS) OFF PIER. CU CU SINBAD DITS ON HIND LEGS TO POSE FOR CAMERA. HUGE CROWD GATHERS AROUND THE TWO. CU SINBAD POSES. SINBAS HAS SAILED A MILLION MILWS AND FOUGHT IN 5 ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE ENEMY. SINBAD, SEATED ON HIND LEGS ON ADMIRAL'S DESK AS ADMIRAL POINTS TO BATTLE RIBBONS ON DOG'S COLLAR. 01:57:57 - ANIMAL IN MILITARY AS DOG RE-ENLISTS WITH ADMIRAL EDWARD SMITH 01:58:11 - GOOD SHOT, DOCTOR GIVING DOG SINBAD A PHYSICAL EXAM. animal antics 01:58:26 - MARCH OF DIMES 1946 ANNUAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST JUVENILE PARALYSIS KICKS OFF ON ANNIVERSARY OF FDR BIRTHDAY 01:58:39 - YOUNG PEOPLE IN WHEEL CHAIRS AND PARENTS WAVE TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WHO VISITED THEM IN 1938, AFTER HIS FOUNDING OF FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS. VARIOUS SHOTS PATIENTS RECEIVING TREATMENT IN IRON LUNGS AND LATEST PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR POLIO, AT WARM SPRINGS, GEORGIA, SITE OF LATE PRESIDENT'S WINTER WHITE HOUSE. 01:59:07 - LS EXTERIOR, WHITE HOUSE. MRS. TRUMAN SITS WITH FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, JR AND TWO OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS. CU FDR,JR SPEAKS ABOUT THE FOUNDATION IN THE NAME OF HIS FATHER. ASKS FOR SUPPORT OF THE "MARCH OF DIMES" CAMPAIGN. 01:59:40 - UNO DELEGATES ARRIVE FROM LONDON IN NEW YORK LOOKING FOR PROSPECTIVE SITE FOR UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS 01:59:46 - AIRLINER ARRIVES IN NEW YORK WITH DELEGATES FROM 7 NATIONS, TO CHOOSE UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS. GROVER CLEVELAND GREATS THE DELEGATES, WHO THEN POSE FOR CAMERA. MS DELEGATES POSE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN AT WHITE HOUSE OVAL OFFICE, BEFORE PROCEEDING TO INSPECT LOCATIONS. 01:59:58 - DELEGATES VISIT PRESIDENT TRUMAN AT WHITE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON, DC 02:00:08 - UN DELEGATES ARRIVE IN SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND ON THE QUEEN ELIZABETH CRUISE SHIP CONSIST OF ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, EDWARD STETTINIUS, SENATOR ARTHUR VANDENBERG, SENATOR TOM CONNOLLY. WITH SPEECH BY VANDENBERG ABOUT WWIII 02:00:12 - VARIOUS SHOTS LINER QUEEN ELIZABETH DOCKS AT SOUTH HAMPTON, ENGLAND PIER. ON BOARD ARE AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVES ON UN ASSEMBLY. MS SENATORS VANDENBURG AND CONNLLY, MRS ELEAMOR ROOSEVELT AND EDWARD R. STETTINIUS ARE GREETED BY BRITISH OFFICIAL. MS SENATOR VANDENBURG SPEAKS FOR THE DELEGATION. 02:00:46 - SCENES OF LABOR UNION STRIKES IN THE EARLY WEEKS OF 1946 INCLUDE STEEL, TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH, AND AUTO WORKERS FOR GENERAL MOTORS. 02:00:54 - LS TILT DOWN FROM SMOKE STACKS AT STEEL PLANT, TO HUNDREDS WORKERS EXITING PLANT. VARIOUS SHOTS MOLTEN STEEL AND SPARKS BEING POURED INTO HUGE POTS. 02:01:08 - TITLE: "TELEPHONE" - PHONE WORKERS EXITING TELEPHONE CO. BUILDING IN WASHINGTON TO GO ON STRIKE. GOOD SHOT EMPTY SWITCH BOARDS WHERE DOZENS OPERATORS USED TO SIT. LS TELEGRAPH POLES. TELEGRAPH SERVICE WAS ALSO CUT OFF. 02:01:27 - TITLE: "AUTOMOBILES" - LONG LINE OF UNFINISHED AUTOS, LINED UP ON ASSEMBLY LINE, MINUS WORKERS. PAN ENGINES AND OTHER AUTO PARTS SITTING ON BENCHES. LS HUGE PICKET LINES WALK ALONGSIDE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS WITH PICKETS CARRYING SIGNS."WE TRIED BARGAINING:, AND OTHERS.. 02:01:49 - ABOVE VIEW PICKETS AT SANFORD, CONNECTICUT WHERE 10,000 AFL AND CIO CITY WORKERS JOIN IN ONE DAY CITY WALK-OUT. 02:02:04 - GENERAL MOTORS STRIKE LEADERS AT CIO MEETING IN THEATRE IN DETROIT WITH WALTER REUTHER. 02:02:09 - PAN HUGE UNION CROWD IN THEATER. ABOVE SHOT WALTER REUTHER MAKING DRAMATIC SPEECH.VARIOUS UNION ADDS IN DAILY PRESS, WITH UNION STATING ITS CASE. 02:02:22 - FACT-FINDING COMMISSION IN WASHINGTON DC MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS 02:02:34 - THREE MEMBER COMMISSION INCLUDE WALTER B. STAFFEY, ROY K. GARRISON, AND MILTON EISENHOWER, RECOMMENDED A GENERAL WAGE BOOST OF 19 1/2 CENTS AN HOUR, IN GENERAL MOTORS CASE. 02:02:36 - HENRY FORD JR MAKES STATEMENT FROM DETROIT. MCU HENRY FORD JR AT DESK, SPEAKS TO CAMERA. SPEAKS OPF COOPERATION BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND LABOR. 02:03:01 - KAISER-FRAZER PLANT IN WILLOW RUN DESIGNS NEW CAR. HUNDREDS DRAFTSMEN AT THEIR DRAWING BOARDS IN HUGE WELL-LIT OFFICE. 02:03:06 - THREE ENGINEERS (?) AT DRAFTING TABLE, LOOK OVER BLUEPRINTS, SMALL SCALE MODEL, OF THEIR BRAND NEW CAR. 02:03:11 - HENRY J. KAISER, MEETS WITH FRAZIER, AND TWO UAW REPRESENTATIVES, GIVES UNION A WAGE INCREASE OF ABOUT 30%. KAISER SIGNS THE AGREEMENT. CU MR. KAISER SPEAKS. VARIOUS SHOTS WORKERS AT WORK IN THE PLANTS. 02:03:59 - TITLE: "JOB WITH A FUTURE". U.S. ARMY RECRUITING CENTER PSA PROMOTING JOBS FOR THE FUTURE WITH LIFETIME PEACETIME ARMY JOBS 02:04:06 - GOOD SHOTS AUTO AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND PEOPLE SHOPPING IN BUSTLING CITY BUSINESS CENTER. MS ARMY RECRUITING POSTER. YOUNG MAN WALKS OUT OF RECRUITING OFFICE. VOICE OVER ASKS HIM, "HOW ABOUT IT, JOE" GOT YOURSELF A NEW JOB?" "YEAH, I JUST RE-ENLISTED". HIS WIFE SAYS SHE LIKES THE IDEA. GOES ON TO SAY WHY, THEN MAKES A BIG PITCH TO OTHERS. 02:05:55 - HELICOPTER DESIGNER IGOR SIKORSKY SEES R-5 HELICOPTER SMASH WORLD RECORDS IN STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT IN ALTITUDE & SPEED WITH HOVERING ABILITY & MID-AIR TIRE CHANGE DEMONSTRATED 02:06:03 - AERIAL PAN, SHADOW ON GROUND, OF HELICOPTER IN FLIGHT.. SIKORSKY RECORD BREAKING R-5 HELICOPTER ON GROUND. FAMOUS DESIGNER IGOR SIKORSKY, SHAKES HANDS WITH PILOT BEFORE HE WATCHES HIS BRAINCHILD GO THROUGH UNBELIEVABLE FEATS.R-5 TAKES OFF STRAIGHT UP, THEN GOES THROUGH ITS PERFORMANCES. R-5 IN FLIGHT SHOWS ITS SPEED (105 MPH), THEN SHOWS ITS HOVERING ABILITY. MECHANIC CHANGES TIRE ON HELICOPTER WHILE IT HOVERS IN MID AIR. aviation, inventor 02:07:10 - CROWD OF 18 PEOPLE, SOME STANDING ON OUTSIDE STRUTS OF HELICOPTER AS IT RISES, TO SHOW R-5'S WEIGHTLIFTING PAYLOAD CAPACITY OF OVER 2700 POUNDS. 02:07:26 - FLYING VETERANS OF AAF SIGN GIANT TELEGRAM TO PRESIDENT TRUMAN REQUESTING THAT SURPLUS IMMOBILIZED ARMY TRANSPORT PLANES BE RELEASED FOR COMMERCIAL FLYING IN AIR-FREIGHT BUSINESS 02:07:33 - 200 FLYING WAR VETERANS, GROUNDED BY WAR'S END CARRYING SIGNS, TOWARDS CAMERA. VETERANS LINE UP TO SIGN HUGE TELEGRAM TO PRESIDENT TRUMAN. PAN VARIETY SIGNS HELD UP BY VETERANS, INCLUDE: "AMERICA DON'T FORGET US". 02:08:30 - WINSTON CHURCHILL ARRIVES IN NEW YORK CITY ABOARD THE QUEEN ELIZABETH SHIP FOR VACATION TO FLORIDA. 02:08:36 - AERIAL VIEW LINER QUEEN ELIZABETH SAILING INTO NEW YORK HARBOR. EX-PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL AND WIFE, IS GREETED BY ADORING CROWDS AND POLICE AS HE DEBARKS. CU CHURCHILL SPEAKS TO CROWD, MAKES JOKES OF "THIS PRIVATE RECEPTION" 02:10:09 - TITLE: 'DEATH RIDES SOUTH RIVERS" NATURAL DISASTER AS FLOODS IN SOUTH CAUSE DESTRUCTION ALONG CUMBERLAND, BIG SANDY & KENTUCKY RIVERS 02:10:15 - HOUSES IN ROME GEORGIA, INUNDATED BY FLOOD WATERS. AUTO TRAFFIC SLOWLY DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED STREETS IN TOWN. VARIOUS SHOTS 1800 BALES OF COTTON NEATLY PILED IN CENTER OF STREET IN RESIDENTIAL AREA, MOVED OUT OF HARMS WAY. 21 ARE DEAD AND THOUSANDS HOMELESS, THROUGHOUT THE AREA. 02:10:30 - FLOODED TOWNS IN KENTUCKY. FAMILY IS EVACXUATED ON ROW BOAT. GOOD SHOT GAS PUMP AT STATION, 1/2 SUBMERGED IN FLOOD WATERS. MS DOG SWIMMING FOR IT'S LIFE. PICK-UP TRUCK CARRYING CROWD OF PEOPLE AS IT ROLLS THROUGH WATER. SIGN TELLING OF INOCULATIONS FOR TYPHOID FEVER. PEOPLE LINE UP FOR SHOTS. disaster 02:11:06 - STORE OWNER USES BROOM TO SWEEP WATER OUT OF HIS STORE TO STREET. MUS AND WATER IS SHOVELED ONTO TRUCK. CU MUD AND SHOVEL. 02:11:15 - "VICTORY PARADE" - WWII VICTORY PARADE IN NEW YORK CITY AS 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION MARCHES UP 5TH AVENUE, LED BY GENERAL JAMES M. GAVIN. MAYOR O'DWYER, GOVERNOR DEWEY GENERAL WAINWRIGHT AND EX MAYOR LAGUARDIA, WATCH FROM REVIEWING STAND. 02:11:29 - GREAT SHOTS, FROM ALL ANGLES, ENTIRE 2ND AIRBORNE DIVISION, ARTILLERY, ARMORED VEHICLES, TANKS, MARCH DOWN 5TH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY IN MIGHTIEST PARADE OF THEM ALL, WATCHED BY 2 MILLION CHEERING NEW YORKERS. 02:11:41 - GREAT SHOTS 82ND AIRBORNE TROOPS JUMPING OUT OF PLANES DURING WAR. VARIOUS SHOTS TROOPS ARRIVING ON FERRYBOATS FROM MANHATTAN, NEW JERSEY AND BROOKLYN, FILE ASHORE IN FULL BATTLE DRESS, EXIT PIER AND MARCH INTO HEART OF NEW YORK. MONTAGE CU FACE SHOTS OF SOLDIERS. 02:11:53 - AT WASHINGTON SQUARE, 38 YEAR-OLD MAJOR GENERAL GAVIN AT, YOUNGEST DIVISIONAL COMMANDER, GIVES ORDER TO MARCH. GREAT ABOVE SHOT 2ND AIRBORNE DIVISION MARCHING UNDER WASHINGTON ARCH AND U 5TH AVENUE. GREAT SHOTS CROWD, PARADE. 02:13:52 - MS "BATTLE OF BULGE", NEW YORK STYLE. NEW YORK COPS HOLDING BACK CROWD OF THOUSANDS TRYING TO GET A CLOSER LOOK AT PARADE. ABOVE VIEW SAME. MORE GREAT SHOTS HUGE PARADE, INCLUDING HEAVY ARTILLERY (MAKING IMPRESSIONS IN THE STREET) JEEPS AND TANKS. 02:14:52 - GENERAL GAVIN JOINS MAYOR O'DWYER, GOVERNOR DEWEY, GENERAL WAINWRIGHT AND EX-MAYOR LAGUARDIA IN REVIEWING STAND. 02:15:08 - DEMONSTRATION OF FLYING CAR IN GREENVILLE, TEXAS WITH DETACHABLE WINGS & PROPELLER 02:15:17 - LS GREAT SHOTS AUTO WITH WINGS IN FLIGHT AND COMING IN FOR LANDING AT AIR STRIP. AFTER LANDING, OWNER WHEELS IT INTO HANGAR, REMOVES PROPELLER, LIFTS OFF WINGS AND TAIL SECTION WITH OVERHEAD BOOM, GETS INTO AUTO AND DRIVES AWAY. RIDES UP TO GAS STATION AND GASSES UP, RIDES HOME. MS GOOD SHOT FLYING AUTO TAKING OFF. oddity, invention. 02:16:18 - COMMANDER OF THE PACIFIC FLEET AT TIME OF PEARL HARBOR ATTACK, REAR ADMIRAL HUSBAND E. KIMMEL, TAKES STAND AT CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE IN WASHINGTON, DC TO TESTIFY THAT HE MAINTAINED HIGH STATE OF ALERTNESS 02:16:19 - TITLE: "KIMMEL'S OWN STORY" - REAR ADMIRAL STANDS TO BE SWORN IN AT SENATE HEARING. CU VARIOUS SHOTS KIMMEL TESTIFYING. SAYS HE DID NOT GET INFORMSATION FROM WASHINGTON, TELLING HIM WHEN AND WHERE JAPAN WILL STRIKE. 02:17:01 - GENERAL IKE EISENHOWER MAKES OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON CONTROVERSY OF DEMOBILIZATION FROM WASHINGTON, DC 02:17:07 - MS GENERAL EISENHOWER SPEAKS FROM HIS DESK. SPEAKS OF CONFUSION OVER THE DEMOBILIZATION OF THE ARMY. SAYS WORSE THAT COULD HAPPEN WOULD BE THAT MEN HAVE TO STAY IN ARMY ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO 3 MONTHS LONGER. 02:17:44 - LABOR UNION STRIKES IN AMERICAN: 200,000 MEAT PACKING WORKERS WALK OUT NATIONWIDE 02:17:48 - MS GOOD SHOT BUTCHERS IN FREEZER WITH HANGING SIDES OF BEEF. LARGE GROUP BUTCHERS WORKING ON LONG BENCH CUTTING UP SIDES OF BEEF. CU LARGE STEAK BEING CUT FROM SIDE OF BEEF. 02:18:01 - VARIOUS SHOTS UNION BUTCHERS CARRYING PICKET SIGNS OUTSIDE MEAT PLANT IN NEW YORK CITY. 4000 LEFT THEIR JOBS. 02:18:17 - VARIOUS SHOTS EMPTY STOCK YARDS IN CHICAGO. PICKET LINES IN CHICAGO. IN WASHINGTON, SECRETARY OF LABOR SWALINBACH, KEY FIGURE IN STEEL STRIKE ALONG WITH CIO PRESIDENT PHILIP MURRSAY, ARRIVES FOR MEETING AS DOES BENJAMIN FEARLESS, PRESIDENT OF UNITED STEEL CORP. BEVY NEWSMEN TAKE FLASH SHOTS. 02:18:40 - NEGOTIATIONS IN THREATENED STEEL STRIKE TAKE PLACE IN WASHINGTON, DC WITH KEY FIGURES SECRETARY OF LABOR SCHWELLENBACH, PHILIP MURRAY OF CIO, J.S. STEEL PRESIDENT BENJAMIN FAIRLESS 02:18:57 - ELECTRICAL WORKERS STRIKE IN BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY BUT ARE SUPPORTED BY CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN COMMUNITY WHO GIVE THEM FREE HAIRCUTS, FREE MEALS & SUPPORT 02:19:15 - MALE, FEMALE, STRIKERS SIT AT DINER COUNTER, BACKS TO CAMERA, EATING FREE BREAKFAST SUPPLIED BY SYMPATHETIC MERCHANTS. PICKETERS WITH SIGNS. ILINE UP FOR FREE HAIRCUTS AT BARBER SHOP. 02:19:39 - UNO ASSEMBLY OPENS IN LONDON WITH DELEGATES FROM 51 NATIONS. UNITED NATIONS 02:20:04 - BANQUET WITH KING GEORGE VI WELCOMING DELEGATES & MEETING SECRETARY OF STATE JAMES BYRNES, MS BRITAIN'S CLEMENT ATLEE, U. S. JIMMY BYRNES AND KING GEORGE CHATTING.. 02:20:21 - FIRST MEETING OF UNITED NATIONS AT CENTRAL HALL IN LONDON'S WESTMINSTER WHERE FIRST PRESIDENT IS ELECTED, PAUL-HENRI SPAAK OF BELGUIM 02:20:36 - MRS ELEANOR ROOSEVELT IS GREETED BY DELEGATES AS SHE ATTENDS TO CARRY FORWARD HER HUSBAND'S (FDR)IDEAL. LS SPEAKER OPENS THE HISTORIC CONCLAVE. SPEAKS IN FRENCH. SOVIET'S ANDRE GRMNYKO TAKES ROSTRUM, NONINATES LEE OF NORWAY AS PERMANENT PRESIDENT PF UN. DELEGATES VOTE FOR A PERMANENT PRESIDENT TO UNITED NATIONS. SPAAK OF BELGIUM WINS VOTE. 02:22:20 - BRITISH PRIME MINISTER CLEMENT ATTLEE MAKES SPEECH URGING CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY BE VESTED IN UNO COMMITTEE 02:23:39 - WINSTON CHURCHILL VACATIONS IN MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA 02:23:50 - MS WINSTON EXITS TRAIN AT MIAMI. GIVES "V" FOR VICTORY SIGN WITH FINGERS. LS NEWSMEN GATHER OUTSIDE RESIDENCE OF COL. FRANK CLARK, WHERE CHURCHILL WILL STAY. WORKERS MOVE CHURCHILL LUGGAGE INTO GARAGE. AMONG ITEMS IS CHURCHILL CANVASES AND OIL PAINT FOR HIS HONNY OF PAINTING. MR. AMD MRS CHURCHILL SIT ON FRONT LAWN, HOLD INTERVIEW. CU CHURCHILL PUFFS ON HIS CIGAR. 02:24:34 - NEW DIME HONORING FDR IS MINTED. 02:24:45 - PHILADELPHIA MINT DIRECTOR NELLIE KAYLO ROSS SHOWS MODEL FOR THE MILLIONS OF NEW DIMES, HONORING LATE FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. CU MODEL. VARIOUS SHOTS STAMPING MACHINES AT MINT, STAMPING OUT COINS. WOMEN WORKERS POUR THOUSANDS OD DIMES INTO BAGS. 02:25:09 - JUVENILE PARALYSIS POSTER BOY DONALD ANDERSON MAKES APPEAL FROM NEW YORK 02:25:16 - YANKEE GREAT JOE DIMAGGIO, POSES WITH TINY POSTER BOY ANDERSON, PUT A CATCHERS GEAR ON HIM, THEN SHOWS HIM HOW TO HOLD AND SWING BAT. JOE AND DONALD PLAY CATCH. CU BOY MAKES PITCH FOR MARCH OF DIMES. baseball, sports, celebrity, medicine. 02:25:35 - MIAMI-TO-BOSTON AIRPLANE CRASHES NEAR CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT. 17 DEAD IN DISASTER. 02:25:41 - VARIOUS SHOTS SECTIONS OF AIRLINER AMID TREES IT CRASHED INTO. OFFICIALS SEARCH THROUGH WRECKAGE. GRAPHIC VIEWS BODIES BEING REMOVED IN BODY BAGS. 02:26:30 - SEA LION, SEAL "BIG BOY" OF SAN FRANCISCO SETS HIGH-JUMP RECORD OF 7 FEET 02:26:37 - VARIOUS SHOTS LARGE CROWD AT SAN FRANCISCO ZOO WATCH SEA LION "BIG BOY"S PERFORM HIGH JUMPING FEAT, AS HE TRIES TO BREAK WORLD RECORD OF 6'9 3/4". VARIOUS SHOTS "BIG BOY SLIDING DOWN SLIDING POND, INTO WATER THEN MAKING HIS LEAP OVER FENCE. AFTER VARIOUS PRACTICE RUNS, "SEA BOY" MAKES HIGH LEAP OF 7", BREAKING THE WORLD RECORD. animal antics, sports, world record. 02:27:45 - TO PROVE IT WAS NO FLUKE, "BIG BOY" DOES IT AGAIN. THEN APPLAUDS HIMSELF BY CLAPPING HIS FLIPPERS. HE THEN SHAKES HANDS WITH TRAINER. 02:27:57 - PRESIDENT TRUMAN HONORS DRAFT BOARDS BY PRESENTING SELECTIVE SERVICE MEDALS AT EAST ROOM IN WHITE HOUSE 02:28:07 - MS PRESIDENT TRUMAN PINS MEDAL ON CHEST OF MAJ. GENERAL LOUIS B. HERSHEY, DIRECTOR OF SELECTIVE SERVICE. 54 LOCAL BOARD MEMBERS WERE ALSO AWARDED. MS PRESIDENT TRUMAN SPEAKS OF AWARDS. GENERAL HERSHEY RECIPROCATES BY PINING A MEDAL ON THE PRESIDENT. 02:29:06 - RESCUE CREW AT PLANE CRASH IN SHINGBWIYANG, BURMA JUNGLE SAVE LIFE OF PILOT WITH SUPPLIES DROPPED IN & TINY HELICOPTER LANDING AREA CARVED OUT OF JUNGLE 02:29:16 - MAP OF BURMA SHOWS LOCATION OF CRASH SITE. AERIAL VIEW OF CRASH DEEP IN JUNGLE. SHOTYS RESCUERS HACKING THEIR WAY THROUGH JUNGLE BRUSH TO WRECKAGE. 02:29:27 - CU SHOT PILOT BEING GIVEN FIRST AID ON SITE. SMOKE FLARES BEING USED TO GUIDE PLANE TO SCENE OF ACCIDENT. PLANE, POV GROUND, DROPS SUPPLIES VIA PARACHUTES. IV IS GIVEN TO INJURED PILOT WHO SUFFERED BROKEN PELVIS. 02:30:08 - RESCUERS START BLASTING TO LEVEL SMALL LANDING FIELD. NATIVE WORKERS USE HEAVY ROLLER TO LEVEL OUT FIELD. HELICOPTER LANDS AT TINY CLEARING IN THICK JUNGLE BRUSH. WOUNDED MAN IS CARRIED ONTO HELICOPTER ON STRETCHER. HELICOPTER TAKES OFF FOR HOSPITAL. 02:31:01 - OPENING DAY AT HIALEAH HORSE RACE TRACK WITH HIALEAH INAUGURAL HANDICAP RUN. PAN CROWD RACING FANS AT TRACK. 02:31:31 - LS RACE STARTS, VARIOUS SHOTS RACE IN PROGRESS. WINNER "HUEY D" BY A WHISKER sports, horse racing.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1946
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: P-218-28