- Title: P-218-29
- Summary: DECADES: NEWSREEL STORIES FROM JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1946
- Description:01:00:47 - "OPERATION CROSSROADS" AS FORTHCOMING ATOM BOMB TESTS ON BIKINI ATOLL IN MARSHALL ISLANDS ARE ANNOUNCED VICE ADMIRAL W.H.P. BLANDY DESCRIBES DETAILS OF TESTS AGAINST NAVAL VESSELS 01:00:56 - VARIOUS SHOTS SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY IN MEETING ROOM TO TAKE UP SUBJECT OF PLANS OF FORTHCOMING ATOM BOMB TEST AT SEA TEST ON NAVAL VESSELS, IN WHICH 100 WAR VESSELS WILL BE USED. CU VICE ADMIRAL BLANDY SPEAKS TO COMMITTEE. 01:01:41 - MAP OF PACIFIC SHOWS ARROW POINTING TO ISLAND OF BIKINI, WHERE TEST WILL BE HELD. AERIAL VIEW OF THE TINY ISLAND. 01:01:55 - AERIAL - VARIOUS SHOTS HUNDREDS U. S. WARSHIPS OF ALL TYPES, ANCHORED IN WATERS AROUND BIKINI ATOLL. THEY WILL BE TARGETS OF THREE ATOMIC BOMBS, OF TYPE USED ON JAPAN. MS JAPANESE BATTLESHIP NIGATO, WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED, ALONG WITH (LS) GERMAN CRUISER.. 01:02:21 - MCU WILLIAM L. LAURENCE, WHO WITNESSED 1ST ATOM BOMB TEST IN NEW MEXICO, AND ATTACK ON NAGASAKI, SPEAKS FROM NEW YORK ABOUT HOW NUCLEAR BOMB WILL AFFECT FUTURE NAVY TACTICS. 01:02:57 - NEW YORK FILM CRITICS AWARD FOR BEST FILM GOES TO "THE LOST WEEKEND" STAR RAY MILLAND RECEIVES BEST ACTOR AWARD FROM PAUL WHITEMAN 01:03:04 - CU SHOT NOVEL, "THE LAST WEEKEND", BY CHARLES JACKSON. MS IN NEW YORK,PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, AND STAR (RAY MILLAND) SHOWN RECEIVING FILM PRODUCER;S AWARD FOR MOVIE. 01:03:14 - LS BROADWAY THEATER DISTRICT. MS THEATER AND MARQUEE SHOWING "THE LAST WEEKEND". MS LONG LINES WAITING TO GET INTO THEATER. 01:03:34 - MS PAUL WHITEMAN PRESENTS FILM CRITICS AWARD TO ACTOR RAY MILLAND. RAY SPEAKS. broadway, hollywood, movies 01:03:48 - FASHION SHOW FOR MARCH OF DIMES PREVIEWS SPRING FASHIONS IN NEW YORK CITY WITH FILM STAR ANNABELLA & DANCER SALLY DEMARCO AMONG THE MODELS 01:03:56 - 6 YEAR-OLD CRIPPLE BOY DONALD ANDERSON, THE BOY ON THE MARCH OF DIMES POSTER, WALKS ONTO STAGE TO OPEN THE MARCH OF DIMES FASHION SHOW, WITH STARS OF STAGE AND SCREEN AS MODELS. VARIOUS SHOTS MODELS WALKING ONTO STAGE SHOWING VARIETY GOWNS, DESCRIBED BY VOICE OVER. 01:04:08 - MS DANCER SALLY DEMARCO SHOWS LACED GOWN DESIGNED BY NETTIE ROSENSTEIN. 01:04:49 - LOVELY ACTRESS ANABELLA, MODELS BRIDAL GOWN. celebrity, actress, hollywood, 1946 fashions, movies. 01:05:05 - NEWEST JET FIGHTER PLANE: XP-81 WHICH COMBINES JET ENGINE IN REAR WITH GAS TURBINE ENGINE FOR PROPELLOR DRIVE IS UNVEILED. aviation 01:05:15 - VARIOUS CU SHOTS NEW X-P81 FIGHTER PLANE. LS PLANE TAKES OFF FRO TEST FLIGHT AT AIR FORCE STATION, LITTLE ROCK, CALIFORNIA. VARIOUS SHOTS PLANE IN FLIGHT. 01:06:00 - PRESIDENT TRUMAN AWARDS CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR TO FOUR WWII HEROES IN WASHINGTON, DC. SGT. JOHN MCKINNEY & LT. DANIEL LEE OF GEORGIA, LT. DONALD GARY & COMMANDER JOSEPH O'CALLAHAN (JESUIT CHAPLIN FROM CARRIER USS FRANKLIN WHO RECALLS EVENTS OF JAPANESE AERIAL ATTACK) 01:06:43 - CU COMMANDER O'CALLAHAN, TELLS OF HIS HEROIC ACTIONS ON THE CARRIER BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. 01:07:08 - LS VIEW HUGE EXPLOSION ON AIRCRAFT CARRIER BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, AFTER BEING HIT BY JAPANESE KAMIKAZE (SUICIDE) PLANE. VARIOUS SHOTS COMMANDER AND CHAPLAIN, ADMINISTERS TO WOUNDED, SAILOR, BLESSES HIM, ON DECK OF SHIP AS OTHERS FIGHT HUGE BLAZE IN B/G. CU SHOT, O'CALLAHAN. 01:07:30 - POST-WAR REVIVAL OF FAMOUS NORGE SKI CLUB JUMPING TOURNAMENT IN FOX RIVER GROVE, ILLINOIS. MERRILL BARBAR WINS WITH 176 FOOT LEAP. 01:07:42 - MS SKIER WAXING HIS SKIS. MS SKI JUMPING CHAMP ART DEVLIN AND FELLOW EASTERNER MERRILL BARBER POSE AFTER COMING IN #1 AND #2 IN POST WAR REVIVAL OF THE FAMOUS NORSE SKI CLUB TOURNAMENT. 01:07:50 - GREAT SHOTS SKI RAMP AND SKIERS SPEEDING DOWN AS FANS ENJOY THE TOURNAMENT. MONTAGE GREAT SHOTS SKIERS LANDING, TAKING SPECTACULAR FALLS AS THOUSANDS WATCH. 01:08:49 - LS GOOD SHOT MERRILL BARBER WINING JUMP OF 176 FT.. sports, skiing. 01:09:00 - P-80 JET PLANES BREAK SPEED RECORD FOR COAST-TO-COAST TRAVEL WITH AVERAGE SPEED OF 585 MPH. MAJOR WILLIAM H. COUNCILL ARRIVES IN NEW YORK AFTER 4 HOURS, 13 MINUTES 01:09:07 - LS CROWD AT LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA WATCH 3 ARMY JET PROPELLED P-80S TAKE OFF TO TRY TO SHATTER COAST TO COAST RECORD. 01:09:22 - MS COLONEL COUNCILL SETS HIS PLANE DOWN IN NEW YORK AIRFIELD, EXACTLY 4 HOURS, 13 MINUTES AND 26 SECONDS LATER. OTHER JET LANDS, 3 MINUTES LATER, PILOT POSES. aviation 01:09:56 - NAVY BTM MAULER CARRIER PLANE IS MOST POWERFUL SINGLE SEATER DIVE-BOMBER. VARIOUS SHOTS OF FEATURES ON PLANE. SHOTS OF PLANE TAKING OFF AND IN FLIGHT. aviation 01:10:21 - NAVY BT2D WITH FOLDING WINGS 01:10:23 - VARIOUS SHOTS BT2D FIGHTER PLANE ON ASSEMBLY LINE IN PLANT. MS PLANE'S FOLDING WINGS BEING TESTED AT FACTORY. 01:10:36 - WINGS UNFOLD BT2D ON RUNWAY AT AIRFIELD. LS VARIOUS SHOTS PLANE TAKING OFF AND IN FLIGHT. 01:10:36 - LS MILLION OF CROWS BLANKET KANSAS SKY. THIS YEAR THEY MULTIPLY SO FAST, THEY ARE A MAJOR MENACE TO FARMERS. MS DEAD TREE ON FARM, KILLED BY WEIGHT OF CROWS. FARMER LOOKS AT DEAD CORN STALKS AS WELL AS WHEAT WHICH IS ALSO KILLED OR RUINED BY CROWS. 01:11:51 - FARMERS USE BOMBS TO FIGHT CROW INVASION. MS VARIOUS SHOTS FARMERS MAKING TNT BOMBS. CU FILL CANISTER WITH STEEL PELLETS FARMERS, ATTACHING FUSE, THEN PLANTING THEM AT TOPS OF TREES. THE BOMBS ARE EXPLODED AT NIGHT WHEN CROWS COME BACK TO ROOST. 01:12:26 - VARIOUS SHOTS FARMERS PICKING SOME OF THE 50,000 DEAD CROWS, KILLED BY BOMBS. LS MILLIONS OF CROWS IN FLIGHT, STILL PLAGUE KANSAS FARMS. 01:12:41 - MIAMI KITCHENWARE DEALER DESIGNS BIZARRE FASHION OF POTS & PANS FOR HATS INCLUDES HAT MADE OF SOUP STRAINER & MOUSETRAPS, PIE PLATE, EGG BEATER & POTATO PEELER 01:12:49 - PAN LONG LINE OF MODELS WEARING THE BIZARRE KITCHEN GADGET HEAD WEAR. CU MODEL SHOWS LIGHT FIXTURE HAT WITH BULB AT TOP. CU SOUP STRAINER OR MOUSETRAP HAT. CU VARIOUS OTHER BIZARRE HEAD WEAR SHOWN BY MODELS, INCLUDE HAT WITH MINIATURE CANNON WHICH FIRES. 01:13:52 - UNITED NATIONS MEETS FIRST TESTS FROM LONDON. BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY ERNEST BEVIN ANNOUNCES THAT CERTAIN AFRICAN COLONIES WILL BE PLACED UNDER UNO SUPERVISION. IRAN DELEGATE CHARGES NUMEROUS INTERFERENCES FROM SOVIET AUTHORITIES. FIRST MEETING OF SECURITY COUNCIL 01:14:01 - VARIOUS ABOVE SHOTS REPRESENTATIVES OF OVER 50 NATIONS SEATED AT UN IN LONDON TO TAKE UP THE ONE PROBLEM OF OUR TIME, "HOW TO PREVENT A THIRD WORLD WAR????" BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY ERNEST BEVIN TAKES THE PODIUM, MAKES LENGTHY SPEECH. 01:15:40 - IRAN DELEGATE TO UN SPEAKS, BRINGS UP DISTURBING QUESTION OF RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN HIS COUNTRY. MS RUSSIAN REPRESENTATIVE ANDREI GROMYKO LISTENS. MORE SHOTS UN MEMBERS MEETING. 01:16:14 - CARRIER FDR BEGINS SHAKEDOWN CRUISE AS SHE HEADS FOR RIO DI JANEIRO. GREAT SHOTS CARRIER AT SEA, INCLUDING GUNNERY PRACTICE AND PLANES TAKING OFF, LNDING ON ITS HUGE DECKS. 01:17:38 - SUBMARINES OF 19TH PACIFIC FLEET BERTH AT MARE ISLAND NAVY YARD AFTER BEING DECOMMISSIONED. CREW SALUTES COLORS, DECK GUNS GET PLASTIC COCOONS, EQUIPMENT CLEANED & PUT IN WORKING ORDER 01:18:18 - CU SHOT CAPTAIN OF SUB PEERING THROUGH PERISCOPE DURING WAR. IRIS SHOT JAPANESE FREIGHTER BEING HIT BY TORPEDO, POV PERISCOPE. 01:18:31 - GOOD SHOT WORKER AT NAVY YARD, SAND BLASTING SUBMARINE TO REMOVE RUST. DECK GUNS GET PLASTIC COCOONS. IF NEEDED AT FUTURE DATES, SUBS CAN BE REDIED IN 10 DAYS. GOOD AERIAL VIEW SUBMARINE FLEET IN MOTH BALLS. 01:19:17 - TITLE: "POPE HONORS DONOVAN" - MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM J. DONOVAN, FORMER DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES RECEIVES GRAND CROSS OF ORDER OF SYLVESTER IN NEW YORK. HIGH PAPAL HONOR FROM POPE IS PRESENTED BY CARDINAL-DESIGNATE FRANCIS J. SPELLMAN 01:19:26 - MS CARDINAL SPELL MAN POSES WITH WITH GENERAL. CO GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF SYLVESTER, ON GENERAL'S CHEST. CU SPELL MAN SPEAKS. 01:20:11 - JOHN L. LEWIS RETURNS TO AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR (AFL). WELCOMED BACK INTO UNION BY PRESIDENT WILLIAM GREEN 01:20:19 - MS WILLIAM GREEN WELCOMS BACK JOHN L. LEWIS TO AFL. LEWIS MAKES SPEECH. 01:20:49 - HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMP JOE LOUIS JOINS LOUIS RUSSELL & HIS BAND ON TOUR 01:21:02 - SHOTS OF LOUIS RUSSELL AND BAND PLAYING, CAVORTING ON STAGE, THEN GREET CHAMP JOE LOUIS AS HE WALKS OUT. JOE SITS ON STAGE AND AUTOGRAPHS PROGRAMS FOR FANS. sports, boxing 01:21:32 - 1946 MARCH OF DIMES CAMPAIGN CELEBRATES FDR'S BIRTHDAY WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN & WIFE MARGARET TRUMAN AT WHITE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON, DC. HOLLYWOOD STARS PRESENT INCLUDE: DIANA LYNN, VAN JOHNSON, MARGARET O'BRIEN, WILLIAM BENDIX, EDDIE BRACKEN. TRUMAN MAKES APPEAL TO FIGHT DISEASE OF INFANTILE PARAYLSIS 01:21:44 - GOOD SHOTS PRES. HARRY TRUMAN AND WIFE SEATED ON CHAIRS AT WHITE HOUSE, SURROUNDED BY BEVY OF STARS FOR GROUP. PAN STARS. SHOTS. 01:21:59 - VARIOUS SHOTS BESS TRUMAN CUTTING LARGE CAKE AT BIRTHDAY BALL. MS WILLIAM BENDIX GETS LARGE SLICE, POSES WITH IT. IS FOLLOWED BY LITTLE MARGARET O'BRIEN AND EDDIE BRACKEN. STARLET DIANA LYNN AND BRACKEN EXCHANGE BITES FROM EACH OTHERS CAKE. hollywood, movies, actors and actresses. 01:22:37 - PRES. HARRY TRUMAN SEATED AT DESK, SPEAKS OF MARCH OF DIMES DRIVE. CU PORTRAIT OF FDR. 01:22:55 - NEW FRENCH PRESIDENT FELIX GOUIN TAKES OVER FROM CHARLES DE GAULLE AT PARIS CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES IN FRANCE. HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE 01:23:08 - BEVY OF CAMERAMEN, REPORTERS, TAKE SHOTS OUTSIDE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES WHERE MEMBERS OF THE BIG THREE OF FRENCH POLITICS, COMMUNISTS, SOCIALISTS AND REPUBLICANS POSE FOR GROUP SHOT, AGREE ON FELIX GOUIN FOR PRESIDENT. GOUIN POSES. MONTAGE, FRENCH NEWSPAPER HEADLINES TELL STORY. CU SHOT GENERAL DE GAULLE. foreign government. 01:23:53 - FIRST MAN-MADE CONTACT WITH MOON ACHIEVED WITH RADAR AT ARMY SIGNAL CORP SHACK IN BELMAR, NEW JERSEY AS SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS RECORD ENERGY SENT TO MOON & BACK ON ICONOSCOPE TUBE & RECEIVING SET. LIEUT. COLONEL JOHN H. DEWITT MAKES STATEMENT 01:23:59 - VARIOUS GOOD SHOTS GIANT RADAR TOWERS, SENDING HIGH FREQUENCY RADIO BEAM TO MOON AND BOUNCING BACK TO EARTH.ARMY SCIENTISTS AT CONTROLS. 01:25:05 - CU GOOD SHOT SCOPE SHOWS FIRST RADAR BEAM EVER REFLECTED FROM THE MOON . MS COLONEL JOHN DEWITT TELLS OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EXPERIMENT. CU SHOTS OF MOON SURFACE. VOICE OVER, "RIGHT NOW A BEWAM HAS REACHED THE MOON, WHO CAN SAY IT WILL NOT BE FOLLOWED BY MAN HIMSELF". science 01:26:07 - CHICAGO CUBS BASEBALL TEAM OPEN PRE-SEASON SCHOOL FOR EX GIS, AT LAKE WORTH, FLORIDA. sports, baseball. 01:26:45 - BOB FELLER & BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL STARS CONDUCT 3-WEEK REFRESHER COURSE IN TAMPA, FLORIDA FOR BALL-PLAYING GIS AS BIG LEAGUE SCOUTS LOOK ON. 01:26:47 - VARIOUS SHOTS PLAYERS ON FIELD PRACTICING, PLAYING CATCH. CU YOUNG PLAYER SITS IN GRASS SEWING CUBS LOGO ON SHIRT.. CU "CUBS" UNIFORM SHIRT. PLAYERS POSE FOR GROUP SHOT, THEN ALL GET UP AND RUN TOWARDS CAMERA. VARIOUS HOTS BATTING PRACTICE. spots, baseball. 01:26:49 - ANOTHER GROUP ROOKIES, EX GIS, PRACTICING ON FIELD IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, IS CONDUCTED BY PITCHING GREAT BOB FELLER. FELLER SPEAKS TO THE PLAYERS. FELLER DEMONSTRATES PITCHING SKILLS AS SCOUTS LOOK ON. sports, baseball, celebrity. 01:27:40 - CHINESE TROOPS OF SIXTH ARMY LEAVE SHANGHAI TO OCCUPY MANCHURIA REPLACING RUSSIAN TROOPS. SOLDIERS DELOUSED BEFORE LOADED ONTO LST SHIPS 01:27:50 - VARIOUS SHOTS FULLY-EQUIPPED CHINES SOLDIERS MARCHING ONTO PIER IN SHANGHAI AND BOARDING U. S. LSD'S. GOOD SHOTS U. S. NAVY MEN SPRAYING DDT POWDER ON EACH SOLDIER, INCLUDING ON THEIR HEADS. (THIS PRACTICE HAS SINCE BEEN STOPPED BECAUSE OF HEALTH HAZARD.. 01:28:24 - VARIOUS SHOTS PLANE TAKING OFF AND IN FLIGHT. SHOTS INSIDE PLANE SHOWS STEWARDESS SERVICING PASSENGERS. 01:28:30 - NEW RECORD FOR COMMERCIAL AVIATION AS TWA CONSTELLATION AIRPLANE TRAVELS FROM CALIFORNIA TO NEW YORK IN LESS THAN 8 HOURS. VARIOUS SHOTS 48 PASSENGERS BOARDING PLANE AT BURBANK, CAL. FOR RECORD TRIP. 01:29:24 - LS AFTER 7 HOURS AND 28 MINUTES PLANE LANDS IN NEW YORK LAGUARDIA FIELD. CROSS COUNTRY AT 335 MPH. PASSENGERS, CREW POSE FOR SHOTS. 01:29:42 - WINSTON CHURCHILL AT HIALEAH RACE TRACK BETTING ON CEDAR CREEK IN HORSE RACE. PSN CROWDED RACE TRACK. MS CHURCHILL WITH HIS EVER PRESENT CIGAR, WIFE AT SIDE, SITS IN BOX SEATS AT TRACK, WATCHES RACE THROUGH BINOCULARS. 01:30:07 - WINSTON CHURCHILL TAKES OFF FROM MIAMI AIRBASE FOR CUBA WHERE HE'S GREETED BY CHEERING CROWDS IN HAVANA, MAKES SPEECH AT PRESIDENT'S PALACE 01:30:25 - SHOTS OF HUGE CROWD AND NEWSMEN, GREETING THE CHURCHILLS AT HAVANA AIRPORT. MOTORCADES TO PRESIDENT'S PALACE. CHURCHILL MAKES ONE OF HIS CHURCHILLIAN SPEECHES. foreign government, celebrity. 01:31:18 - UNO SITE NAMED ON RURAL AREA OF NEW YORK & CONNECTICUT BORDER. IN LONDON, UNITED NATIONS DELEGATES MOVE TO ACT ON RECOMMENDATION OF SITE FOR PERMANENT HEADQUARTERS 01:31:26 - UN COMMITTEE, MAP IN HAND, LOOK OVER SITE BORDERING ON NEW YORK AND CONNECTICUT. CU MAP SHOWS LOCATION OF FIRST CHOICE CHOSEN. SHOT OF LOCAL MAIN STREET, WHOSE PEOPLE ARE UP IN ARMS ABOUT PROPOSAL. 01:31:49 - ABOVE SHOT NEW YORK TOWERING SKY SCRAPERS IN BUSINESS DISTRICT. TILT DOWN FROM UN EMBLEM ON BACKDROP CURTAIN TO DELEGATES HAVING MEETING IN UNITED NATIONS AUDITORIUM. 01:32:01 - ENGLISH WAR BRIDES & BABIES ARE TRANSPORTED TO NEW YORK RED CROSS HEADQUARTERS TO BE REUNITED WITH HUSBAND SOLDIERS. OPERATION WAR BRIDE. 01:32:08 - 456 BRITISH BRIDES, WITH 175 GI BABIES, ARRIVE IN NEW YORK ON TRANSPORT "ARGENTINA". SHOTS OF GI BRIDES AND BABIES DEBARKING FROM SHIP. 01:32:14 - SHOTS OF MOM'S FEEDING, POSING WITH BABIES ON BOARD SHIP. 01:32:27 - TRAIN IN ENGLAND, WHERE LONG JOURNEY BEGAN, ARRIVES AT STATION.BRIDES WITH BABIES IN GO FROM TRAIN TO BUSES, TRANSPORT THEM TO BUILDING WHERE THEY SIGN "GOING AWAY" PAPERS. SHOTS OF BRIDES BOARDING TRANSPORT SHIP AT LONDON PIER. PAN FAMILIES OF BRIDES WAVING THEM OFF, PAN TO BRIDES WAVING BACK FROM SHIP. 01:33:35 - AT RED CROSS HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, BRIDES AND U. S. SERVICEMEN MEET, EMBRACE, KISS PASSIONATELY. COUPLES, SOME WITH BABIES, POSE. MONTAGE, BRIDES SPEAK. 01:34:42 - BRAZIL INAUGURATES NEW PRESIDENT, GENERAL EURICO GASPAR DUTRA CARRIER FDR COMES INTO RIO DE JANEIRO HARBOR. FIORELLA LAGUARDIA REPRESENTS AMERICA AS SPECIAL ENVOY 01:35:03 - MS FIORELLA LAGUARDIA EXITS PLANE AT REO DE JANIERO AIRPORT. HE WILL REPRESENT THE U. S. AT INAUGURATION. HE MOTORS TO AMERICAN EMBASSY, WHERE HE MAKES SPEECH. 01:36:13 - GENERAL DUTRA TAKES OATH OF OFFICE, ADMINISTERED BY RETIRING PRESIDENT. 01:36:24 - MILLINARY FASHION BUREAU WITH PREVIEW OF HAT STYLES IN NEW YORK INCLUDE USE OF CHIFFON, TULLE & ELABORATE VEILINGS AS WARTIME RATIONING OF FABRICS END. 1946 hat fashions 01:37:15 - MONTAGE - CU UNUSUAL HAT STYLES BEING SHOWN BY MODELS. 01:37:53 - KING IBN SAUD OF SAUDI ARABIA ARRIVES IN SUEZ, EGYPT AS GUEST OF KING FAROUK. AGREE THAT PALESTINE MUST REMAIN ARAB COUNTRY 01:37:57 - SREVERAL SHOTS KING FAROUK AND OTHERS, ALL DECKED OUT IN UNIFORMS, MEDALS, WAITING AT EGYPT PIER FOR, KING SAUD TO DEBARK SHIP. TWO POSE. HUGE CROWDS CHEER THEM AS THEY RIDE IN ROYAL CARRIAGE. 01:38:30 - ANTI-BRITISH DEMONSTRATION RIOTS IN JERUSALEM AS EXPLOSIONS DESTROY BUILDINGS. GENERAL SIR ALAN CUNNINGHAM, NEW HIGH COMMISSIONER TAKES STEPS TO QUELL OUTBREAKS HOPING TO END NATIONALISTIC RIVALRIES IN ANCIENT LAND 01:38:43 - SHOTS DESTROYED BUILDINGS IN JERUSALEM,AFTER BOMBING. MS GENERAL SIR ALAN CUNNINGHAM, AT SITE OF BOMBINGS. BRITISH TROOPS PATROL THE STREETS. VARIOUS SHOTS MILITARY FUNERAL FOR MILITARY KILLED IN BOMBINGS. 01:39:22 - KOREAN REFUGEES RETURN TO HOME LAND AFTER LEAVING JAPAN - ABOVE SHOTS KOREAN FAMILIES CROWDED IN LANDING CRAFT ON WAY BACK TO KOREA. MANY WERE IN SLAVE LABOR CAMPS IN JAPAN. CU SHOTS 2 BABIES BORN ON POUTE TO KOREA. VARIOUS SHOTS REFUGEES LANDING IN THEIR HOMELAND AFTER SEVERAL YEARS AWAY. 01:40:42 - BOXING CHAMPION JOE LOUIS BOWLING, BEFORE FIGHT WITH BILLY CONN NEXT JUNE. GOOD SHOTS LOUIS MAKING STRIKES. sports, boxing 01:41:12 - CHALLENGER BILLY CONN TRAINING FOR BIG FIGHT IN HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS. SHOTS BILLY CONN HITTING BAG, JUMPING ROPE, DOING VARIETY EXERCISES, TO PREPARE FOR FIGHT WITH CHAMP JOE LOUIS. sports, boxing 01:41:49 - FRENCH PRESIDENT FELIX GOUIN MAKE FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO MARCH OF DIMES BALL IN PARIS WHERE HE MAKES SPEECH IN ENGLISH. ERICH VON STROHEIM PRESENT. 01:42:46 - MS MOVIE DIRECTOR IN AUDIENCE WATCH FRENCH PRESIDENT WALK IN. MS FRENCH PRESIDENT MAKES STATEMENT IN ENGLISH. GREAT SHOTS DANCING PROGRESS. AMERICAN ARMY OFFICERS DOING LINDY HOP WITH FEMALE PARTNERS. 01:43:07 - ARMY REVEALS NEW MINE CLEARING EQUIPMENT: "SNAKES" 400 FEET LONG LOADED WITH EXPLOSIVES ARE PUSHED ONTO MINE FIELDS BY TANKS OR PROPELLED BY JET UNITS CLEARING SAFE PATH FOR HEAVY ARMOR 01:43:35 - U. S. TANK DRAGS 400 FOOT LONG "SNAKE" LOADED WITH EXPLOSIVES, INTO MINE FIELD THEN DETONATED. MS HUGE EXPLOSIVE CLEARS LONG SWATH THROUGH MINE FIELD. GOOD SHOTS METHOD USED IN IN LAKE. invention, YANK INGENUITY 01:44:44 - FINAL EXODUS OF JAPANESE FROM MAINLAND CHINA TAKES PLACE FROM TSINGTAO ON NAVY LST SHIPS WHILE STARVING CHINESE SEARCH GARBAGE HEAPS FOR SCRAPS OF FOOD 01:44:53 - PAN HARBOR OF TSINGTAO LOADED WITH CHINESE JUNKS AND SMALL FISHING BOATS.PAN OUTSIDE MARKET WITH VENDERS SELLING FISH, WHICH IS IN ABUNDANCE, HOWEVER, MOST OF 800,000 RESIDENT CHINESE OF THAT CITY CANNOT AFFORD EXORBITANT PRICES. 01:45:23 - VARIOUS SHOTS CHINES PEOPLE OF TSINGTAO SEARCHING THROUGH GARBAGE HEAPS FOR SCRAPS OF FOOD. GOOD EXAMPLE OF TRUMAN'S MEANING OF WORLD FOOD CRISIS. NEARBY WELL-FED JAPANESE AWAITING RETURN TO HOMELAND WHICH SOME HAVE NEVER SEEN. THEY WERE JAPANESE FARMERS SENT TO EXPLOIT CHINESE. 01:46:15 - SHOTS OF MARINE UNITS MARCHING IN TO PATROL CITY OF TSINGTAO AND WELCOME JOB OF EXPULSION OF JAPANESE TROOPS FROM THE CITY. VARIOUS SHOTS THOUSANDS JAPANESE TROOPS CARRYING THEIR BELONGINGS ON SHOULDERS, AWAITING. THOUSANDS ARRIVE IN GONDOLA TRAINS. TRANSFER. MANY ARE SEARCHED FOR WEAPONS. TO JAPAN. 01:47:00 - JAPANESE FORCED TO SALUTE AMERICAN FLAG WHEN THEy BOARD SHIP 01:47:18 - CHINA'S FIRST CARDINAL, THOMAS TIEN VISITS CHICAGO EN ROUTE TO ROME.HE IS THE FIRST NON-CAUCASIAN TO BE ELEVATED TO THE COLLEGE. RAISED IN ORPHANAGE, HE WENT FROM PAGAN TO PRINCE OF HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH. religion 01:47:42 - CARDINAL VISITS CATHOLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOM, SPEAKS WITH KIDS. LITTLE GIRL KISSES HIS RING. CU CARDINAL TEN SPEAKS. 01:48:00 - VESTMENTS OF LATE CARDINAL MUNDELEIN ARE CUT DOWN TO FIT HIM, BY OTHER PRIESTS, , DUE TO SHORTAGE OF SILKS. 01:48:29 - GREEK SPONGE DIVERS IN OLD-FASHIONED DIVING OUTFITS HARVEST SPONGES IN TARPON SPRINGS, A 3 MILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY. FLORIDA IN GULF OF MEXICO 01:48:37 - VARIOUS SHOTS GREEK WORKERS, CLEANING, PAINTING THEIR SPONGE BOATS BEFORE TAKING OFF TO SEA. VARIOUS SHOTS BOATS SETTING OUT TO SEA. 01:48:54 - ELDERLY FISHERMAN PLACES OLD FAsHION HELMET OVER HEAD OF DIVER, SCREWS IT ON. DIVER SLIPS OFF SIDE OF BOAT INTO WATER 150 FEET DEEP. 01:49:07 - GOOD UNDERWATER SHOTS, DIVER WALKING ALONG BOTTOM, PICKING UP SPONGES, PLACING THEM IN BAG WHICH ARE HAULED UP TO BOAT. SHOTS 2 DIVERS WORKING TOGETHER AS TEAM. DIVERS ARE HAULED ABOARD WHEN FINISHED. 01:50:18 - NEW AWARDS HONOR FILM INDUSTRY AS ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS ARE GIVEN OUT IN HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. MC BOB HOPE PRESENTS AWARDS TO INGRID BERGMAN, RAY MILLAND, LOUIS B. MAYER, PEGGY ANN GARNER, BILLY WILDER.Hollywood, actors, actresses, comedians, movies. 01:51:49 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1946
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: P-218-29