- Title: P-218-40
- Summary: DECADES: NEWSREEL STORIES FROM MARCH 1946 PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND BRITISH COLUMBIA FLOODS - WHEAT FOR ITALY. CANADIAN WORLD TRADE FAIR. PRESIDENT TOURS US FOR 1948 ELECTIONS. ROYALTY ATTENDS BRITISH DERBY.CEASEFIRE SHOWDOWN IN PALESTINE. BABE RUTH #3 RETIRED. GOP PICKS THOMAS DEWEY TO BEAT TRUMAN IN 1948.
- Description:01:00:47 - "FLOODS TAKE TOLL!" - "PACIFIC NORTHWEST HARD HIT BY RAGING WATERS!" MAP SHOWING AFFECTED AREAS. WORST HIT WAS VANPORT, OREGON. 01:01:11 - AERIAL VIEWS OF FLOODED VITY OF VANPORT.. PRESIDENT TRUMAN DECLARED WHOLE REGIONS OF THE NORTHWEST INCLUDING VANPORT, DISASTER AREAS. 01:01:38 - AERIAL VIEW OF FLOODS IN PORTLAND, OREGON. VARIOUS SHOTS DISASTER AREAS BEING SET UP BY RED CROSS AND OTHER AGENCIES IN PORTLAND, FOR FLOOD WEARY VICTIMS. 01:02:07 - "BRITISH COLUMBIA" - AERIAL VIEWS OF FLOODS PEOPLE GETTING AROUND IN ROW BOATS AND CANOES. MEN BOLSTERING DYKE WITH SANDBAGS. 01:03:05 - "SMUTS LOSES IN SO. AFRICAN ELECTIONS: - JOHN CHRISTEN SMUTS AT HIS DESK. POSTER WITH CARTOON MAN CUTTING OFF HIS NOSE :TO SPITE HIS FACE:. 01:03:25 - UNITED PARTY POSTER SHOWS MEN PULLING ROPE IN TUG O' WAR, "WE STILL MUST PULL TOGETHER FOR A UNITED NATION".PRO-NAZI PARTY POSTER SHOWS NAZIS AND AXIS PARTIES WITH SLOGAN "THEY STOOD TOGETHER IN 1939 - 45'. 01:03:58 - "GENOA - ITALY GREETS AID CARGO FROM U. S." - ITALIAN OFFICIAL CEREMONIOUSLY ACCEPTS A BAG OF WHEAT FROM U. S. CHIP CAPTAIN, AS PART PF THE MANY TONS ON BOARD. 01:04:39 - "FOUR CHAPLAINS" - "NEW STAMPS HONOR HEROIC CLERGYMEN". PRESIDENT TRUMAN PRESENTS STAMPS TO NEXT OF KIN OF EACH OF 4 CHAPLAINS THAT WENT DOWN TOGETHER IN TORPEDOED TRANSPORT IN 1943. CU STAMPS. 01:05:13 - "NEW YORK" - "U. S. STATESMEN HONORED AT COLUMBIA" AERIAL - CROWD AT COLUMBIA COMMENCEMENT.. GENERAL EISENHOWER, SENATOR VANDENBERG,, JIMMY BURNS, IN CAP AND GOWN INCLUDE THOSE HONORED. 01:05:47 - VANDNBERG AND BURNS ARE MADE HONORARY DOCTOR OF LAW. 01:06:10 - "BREST, FRANCE" - PRES. AURIOL REVIEWS FLEET" - VARIOUS SHOTS AURIOL REVIEWING BATTLE WAGONS ON NORTHERN COAST OF FRANCE. HUGE CROWD ATTENDS... 01:06:50 - "HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT" - GERMAN CHAMP RETAINS TITLE" - AERIAL PAN CROWD AT OLYMPIC STADIUM, BERLIN. VARIOUS SHOTS BOUT IN PROGRESS. GERMAN CHAMP KEN HOLTS (?) WINS BY KO IN EXITING FIGHT. 01:08:29 - :HEEL 'N' TOE CLASSIC" - "LASKAU WALKS INTO AMERICA'S OLYMPIC LINE-UP~" 41 OLYMPIC WALKERS TAKE OFF AT NYC TRACK FOR AAU 10,000 METER WALK. VARIO9US SHOTS RACE IN PROGRESS. 01:09:00 - FUNNY SHOT CAMERAMAN WALKING BEHIND ATHLETE AS HE AIMS CAMERA WHILE WALKING. VARIOUS ALL ANGLE SHOTS OF HIS CAMERAWORK.HENRY LASKAU WINS, WILL GO TO OLYMPICS IN EUROPE.. 01:09:50 - "CANADA" - "SHOW WINDOW FOR THE WORLD" - CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL WORLD TRADE FAIR OPENS. VISCOUNT ALEXANDER, CANADA'S GOVERNOR GENERAL MAKES IT OFFICIAL. 01:10:39 - "INSIDE CZECHOSLOVAKIA" - "REDS WIN SINGLE SLATE ELECTION" 11% OF VOTERS CAST PROTEST BLANK BALLOTS IN PROTEST. 01:11:34 - "PRESIDENT BENES" - PRESIDENT BENES OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA, RESIGNS AS PRESIDENT OF THE FORMER DEMOCRACY, RATHER THAN SIGN THE COMMUNIST CONSTITUTION. 01:12:15 - "PRESIDENT TRUMAN MAKES 10,000 MILE SPEAKING TOUR". MONTAGE PRESIDENT TRUMAN IS GREETED BY CROWDS AND SPEAKS TO THEM AT VARIETY OF PACIFIC COAST STATES ON HIS TOUR. 01:13:18 - CROWD ENJOYS TRUMAN AS HE MARCHES WITH WW1 VETERANS IN OMAHA.. 01:14:10 - "100-9 SHOT WINS!" - "BRITISH DERBY RUN BEFORE MILLION FANS". AERIAL PAN TRACK WHERE 1 MILLION FANS IN ATTENDANCE THE 169TH RUNNING OF"EPSOM DERBY".. 01:14:45 - DUKE OF EDINBURGH AND PRINCESS ELIZABETH ATTEND DERBY. QUEEN MARY IS ALSO THERE. LS RACE STARTS/ VARIOUS SHOTS RACE IN PROGRESS. "MY LOVE" WINS. 01:16:17 - "WATER SPORTS!" - "TUNA FISH ON THE HOOK!" FISHERMAN SPEED OUT TO SEA FROM THE BAHAMAS FOR THE 5TH ANNUAL TUNA FISHING CONTEST. 01:16:46 - VARIOUS FISHERMEN STRUGGLING TO REELING IN 700 POUNDS OF TUNA. WINNER POSES ON THE DOCK WITH HIS CATCH. 01:17:43 - "BOSTON" - THREE AMERICANS HONORED BY INTER-FAITH GROUP" - CONGRESSMAN JOHN W. MCCORMACK, FLEET ADMIRAL WILLIAM F. HALSEY AND BARNEY TALIBAND,, PRESIDENT OF PANAMA PICTURES, BY MASS. COMMITTEE OF CATHOLICS, PROTESTANTS AND JEWS. 01:19:09 - "WASHINGTON" - "VANDENBERG ASSAILS CUT IN FOREIGN AID!" SENATOR VANDENBERG SPEAKS BEFORE THE SENATE APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE. 01:20:28 - "PALESTINE" - "CEASE-FIRE SHOWDOWN!" VARIOUS SHOTS UNITED NATIONS IN SESSION AS A PROMISE OF PEACH FOR AT LEAST 4 WEEKS, COMES TO THE HOLY LAND. VARIOUS SHOTS SHOW WAR STILL IN PROGRESS BETWEEN JEW AND ARAB. 01:22:07 - "THE GREAT VACATION SEASON" - 50 MILLION AMERICAN HEAD FOR THE WIDE OPEN SPACES AND CANADA.CROWDED TRAFFIC AT CANADIAN BORDER. MONTAGE CU VARIOUS AMERICAN LICENSE PLATES ON CARS AT BORDER. 01:23:14 - VARIOUS SHOTS AMERICANS SHOPPING IN CANADIAN DEPARTMENT STORES. SIGN: "RAINBOW BRIDGE TO U. S. A." LS RAINBOW BRIDGE AT NIAGRA FALLS. 01:23:31 - "STAR FROM BRITAIN!" - 'QUEEN MARY' BRINGS POPULAR ENGLISH ACTOR". LS BRITISH OCEAN LINER "QUEEN MARY" IN HARBOR AT NEW YORK. 01:23:40 - ACTOR SIR RALPH RICHARDSON, WHO WAS KNIGHTED FOR HIS BRILLIANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENGLISH STAGE, AND WIFE, COME ASHORE, ARE INTERVIEWED BY PRESS. 01:24:31 - "SHRINE ROLLS ON" - "FREEDOM TRAIN BEGINS 10TH MONTH OF TOUR" MONTAGE - VARIOUS SHOTS TRAIN TRAVELING THROUGH COUNTRYSIDE.. SIGN SON TRAIN "SPIRIT OF 1776" AND "AMERICAN HERITAGE OF FREEDOM". 01:25:23 - ABOVE VIEW CROWDS LINE UP TO SEE THE FREEDOM TRAIN'S EXHIBITS OF OUR NATION'S PAST.. 01:25:50 - "ZOO CIRCUS" - CHIMPS NO CHUMPS AT CLOWNING!" - ZOO CROWD WATCH AS CHIMS FORM PYRAMID ON BACKS OF 3 PONIES RIDING SIDE BY SIDE IN CIRCLE. 01:26:27 - AS PONIES RIDE IN CIRCLE LIKE MERRY-GO-ROUND, CHIMPS JUMP ONTO THEIR BACKS FROM PLATFORM. 01:26:47 - "FASHIONS FROM PARIS" - "NEW LOOK GETS INTO THE PICTURE". MONTAGE MODELS SHOW NEW STYLES, INCLUDING SWIM SUITS BY THE POOL. 01:27:47 - "POLITICS" - "PRESIDENTIAL FIREWORKS!" - "WHILE REPUBLICANS GAIN IN PHILADELPHIA TO NAME CANDIDATES, PRESIDENT TRUMAN COMPLETES WESTERN 'INVASION' 01:27:59 - PRESIDENT SPEAKS TO CROWD AT SPOKANE, WASH. MRS TRUMAN AND DAUGHTER MARGARET ARE THERE. 01:28:25 - VARIOU7S SHOTS TRUMAN , MOTORCADE STOPPING ATOP GRAND COULEE DAM; TRUMAN AND MARGARET LOOKS AT FALLS BLOW. (3 TIMES GREATER THAN NIAGARA) . LS GREAT SHOTS GRAND COULEE DAM. 01:28:45 - TRUMAN MOTORCADE DOWN STREETS OF SEATTLE. CROWD LINES STREETS. 01:29:06 - HUGE CROWD AT BERKELEY STADIUM, CALIF., GREET TRUMAN. HE RECEIVES HONORARY DOCTORATE OF LAW. HANDS OUT AND NAVY OFFICERS. 01:29:46 - "MEANWHILE IN PHILA." EXTERIOR VIEW CONVENTION HALL. MONTAGE - WORKERS PREPARE HALL FOR 1948 PRESIDENTIAL FIGHT 01:30:24 - PHOTOS OF REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT. INCLUDE DEWEY WHO WAS SELECTED. 01:30:38 - "BABE RUTH" - "HIS NUMBER THREE BECOMES IMMORTAL" - ABOVE VIEW NEW YORK YANKEE STADIUM ("THE HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT") CELEBRATES IT'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY. 01:30:57 - ABOVE VIEW YANKEE BALLPLAYERS FROM 1923 TO PRESENT LINE UP AT SIDELINES, AS BABE RUTH (IN UNIFORM) COMES OUT ONTO FIELD, FOLLOWED BY MANY NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS . . 01:31:30 - BABE RUTH IN UNIFORM, BACK TO CAMERA (SHOWING HIS FAMED #3) STANDS WITH BAT IN HAND 01:31:41 - VARIOUS SHOTS, BABE RUTH TAKES A CUT WITH HIS BAT FOR BENEFIT OF THE C CAMERAS. 01:32:04 - "SPORTS AROUND THE GLOBE" - MONTAGE - VARIOUS SHOTS BOXING BOUTS IN PROGRESS AS U. S..SAILORS FOR A SPOT ON THE U. S. OLYMPIC TEAM. . 01:33:04 - "TENNIS" - "AMERICAN GIRLS ROUT BRITISH AT WIMBLEDON ". MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS WOMEN'S SINGLES MATCH.. AMERICAN MR.S DUPONT. WIN.. 01:34:12 - "NIPPON GOES TO THE RACES" - VARIOUS SHOTS CROWDS ATTEND $10,000 "NIPPON DERBY" NEAR TOKYO. VARIOUS SHOTS AVID PLAYERS CHECKING OFF SCRATCH SHEETS. . 01:34:33 - LS HORSES TAKE OFF FOR START OF NIPPON DERBY. VARIOUS SHOTS RACE IN PROGRESS. VARIOUS SHOTS WINNERS LINED UP AT PAY OFF WINDOWS. 01:35:08 - "FRANCE REMEMBERS" - MEMORIAL TO FALLEN YANKS DEDICATED" - FRENCH PRESIDENT ORIOL AND U. S. AMBASSADOR ARRIVES AT CENTURIES OLD CATHEDRAL TO HONOR THE FALLEN YANKS. 01:35:32 - CONCRETE MEMORIAL IS UNVEILED. IT WILL CONTAIN DIRT FROM GRAVES OF YANKS AT 17 WW2 CEMETERIES IN FRANCE.. MAYORS OF CITIES WHERE CEMETERIES ARE LOCATED, DIG UP THE BITS OF EARTH FROM THE GRAVES. 01:36:23 - "TRUMAN FAMILY" - "AMERICA'S NO. 1 TOURISTS". MONTAGE LOS ANGELES GIVES TRUMAN MOTORCADE TICKER TAPE WELCOME. TRUMAN SITS ON BACK SEAT OF CONVERTIBLE, WAVES TO THRONG. 01:36:50 - CALIFORNIA PARTY CHAIRMAN JIMMY ROOSEVELT, MEETS WITH PRES. TRUMAN. 01:37:04 - TRUMAN WAVES FROM BACK OF TRAIN, TO HUGE CROWD AT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. BESS AND MARGARET ARE ALSO ON TRAIN. MISSOURI AND OTHER STATES ARE ON THE TOUR. 01:37:41 - "MEDITERRANEAN COAST" - "NEW OCEAN PHENOMENA UNCOVERED" - SAILING SHIP "ALBATROSS" PUTS OUT FROM MOROCCO IN ROUGH WEATHER TO FIND NEW ECOLOGICAL DATA ON THE MEDITERRANEAN FLOOR. 01:38:07 - SAILORS ON BOARD THE SAILING SHIP BATTLE BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS. 01:38:24 - EQUIPMENT TO BRING BACK SPECIMENS FROM THE BOTTOM (9000 FEET) ARE LOWERED VIA WINCH.. VARIOUS EXTRAORDINARY FILM OF STRANGE FISH LIFE AT BOTTOM INCLUDE RARE VARIETY WATER PORPOISE, OCTOPUS. 01:39:56 - "G.O.P. MEETS TO NAME 1948 TICKET". "REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETS IN PHILADELPHIA. 1094 DELEGATES WEIGH THE CHANCES OF FAVORED AND DARK-HORSE CANDIDATES". 01:41:18 - MONTAGE - PROMINENT REPUBLICAN LEADERS ARRIVE, INCLUDING GOV. WARREN OF CALIF. GENERAL WAINWRIGHT,, HOWARD TAFT, NY GOV. THOMAS DEWEY, SEN VANDENBERG, SPEAKER OF HOUSE MARTIN, , OTHERS HUGH CROWDS WELCOME THEM. 01:42:23 - AERIAL VIEW CONVENTION HALL IN PA. WALL TO WALL CROWDS INSIDE, INCLUDE 1500 MEMBERS OF THE PRESS. GOOD SHOT LINE UP OF FILM CAMERAS TO RECORD THE SHOW. CONVENTION IS CALLED TO ORDER. 01:43:23 - VARIOUS SHOTS 6 GOP PRESIDENTIAL HOPES WALKING AND TALKING TOGETHER. STASSEN POSES WITH WIFE.. 01:44:26 - THOMAS DEWEY SPEAKS TO HIS FOLLOWERS. TAFT SPEAKS TO NEWSMEN. DWIGHT DEAN OF ILL. GIVES KEYNOTE SPEECH. 01:47:09 - "CONVENTION SPECIAL" - ":DEWEY WINS!" "REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT CHOSEN BY UNANIMOUS VOTE". 01:47:22 - TO 01:55:41 MONTAGE - VARIOUS SHOTS LEADING TO DEWEY WIN AT THE CONVENTION IN PHILADELPHIA.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1942
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: P-218-40