- Title: P-218-44
- Summary: DECADES: NEWSREEL STORIES FROM 1949. ARMISTICE IN PALESTINE;ACTOR BURT LANCASTER RETURNS TO CIRCUS; EASTER PARADE IN NY; BASEBALL SEASON OPENS; PRES. TRUMAN THROWS OUT 1ST BALL; DUROCHER; DIMAGGIO; EBBETS FIELD; CHINESE COMMUNISTS IN SHANGHAI. BERLIN BLOCKADE ENDS. BOB HOPE GRAND MARSHAL APPLEBLOSSOM PARADE. "PONDER" WINS 75TH (DIAMOND JUBILEE)KENTUCKY DERBY.
- Description:01:00:53 - "DR. RALPH BUNCHE" - "HAILS PALESTINE ARMISTICES ON RETURN TO U.S." LS VIEW LINER QUEEN MARY ARRIVING IN NEW YORK HARBOR. ACTING U.N. MEDIATOR RALPH BUNCHE SPEAKS TO NEWSMEN OF SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED ARMISTICE. 01:01:30 - "STEPHEN T. EARLY" FORMER FDR AIDE ACCEPTS DEFENSE POST". SHOT OF PRESIDENT TRUMAN AWARDING EARLY A DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL IN 1945. 01:02:06 - "BURT LANCASTER" - "BACK TO THE "BIG TOP". LANCASTER SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS AS HE ARRIVES FOR THE COLE BROS. CIRCUS IN LOUISVILLE. 01:02:23 - FORMER CIRCUS ACROBAT LANCASTER GROOMS HIMSELF BEFORE PUTTING ON ACROBATIC ACT ON HIGH BARS. VARIOUS SHOTS LANCASTER ON PARALLEL BARS. 01:02:52 - "AS THE WORLD MARKED A DAY OF DEVOTION.....". LS HOLLYWOOD BOWL FILLED WITH PEOPLE CELEBRATING EASTER SUNDAY 01:03:22 - "FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK" - VARIOUS VIEWS HUGE CROWDS OUTSIDE ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL. FOR EASTER MASS. MANY MASSES HAD TO BE HELD TO ACCOMMODATE THE CROWDS. 01:03:38 - PAN CROWD OF 1 1/2 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHING EASTER PARADE ON 5TH AVENUE. CHILDREN AND ADULTS SHOW EASTER OUTFITS,HATS. CU DOG WEARING EASTER HAT. 01:04:28 - "BASEBALL GETS DOWN TO BUSINESS!" - "TIMELY FACTS AND MAJOR PREDICTIONS AS THE MAJOR LEAGUES "PLAY BALL!". AERIAL VIEW MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYERS RUNNING OUT TO FIELD. 01:04:47 - VICE PRESIDENT BARKLEY AND SENATOR VANDENBERG WATCH THE WASH. SENATORS BEAT THE PHILA. A'S. LEFT HANDER PRESIDENT TRUMAN THROWS OUT THE FIRST BALL/ 01:05:12 - ABOVE VIEW GAME (SEN. VS PHILA.) IN PROGRESS. 01:05:28 - NEWSMEN GATHER AROUND JOE DIMAGGIO, AN OUT PATIENT IN NEW YORK HOSPITAL, IS FITTED WITH NEW SHOE FOR HEEL INJURY. 01:05:38 - MS EXTERIOR EBBETS FIELD - HOME OF BROOKLYN DODGERS - BECAUSE OF THE OVERLLY-EXCITEABLE DODGER FANS, RED CROSS FEMALE WORKERS ARRIVE AT EBBETS WITH PACKAGES TITLED :FIRST AID FOR DODGER FANS" 01:06:08 - VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE CROWD OF 1949 DODGER FANS IN STANDS GETTING EXCITED DURING GAME. MONTAGE VARIOUS FANS GETTING EXCITED. 01:06:36 - VARIOUS SHOTS NEWSAPAPER SPORTS HEADLINES BY BRANDON RICE. DEAN OF THE SPORTS WRITERS, PICKS THE BOSTON RED SOX AND THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES TO WIN IN 1949. CU RICE TELLS WHY?. 01:07:12 - 2 MEN AT NEWSPAPER STAND READING THE HEADLINES. ONE MAN HOLDING PAPER HIGH, COVERING HIS FACE, IS ASKED BY NEWSMAN, :WHO DO TIU PICK?" HE ANSWERS "THE NEW YOTK GIANTS. WHEM HE LOWERS THE PAPER IT IS LEO DUROCHER, MANAGER OF THE GIANTS. 01:07:44 - MONTAGE - VARIOUS SHOTS CROWDS IN STANDS WATCHING BASEBALL GAMES IN PROGRESS. 01:07:57 - "FIRST PICTURES RIOT IN MUNICH!" - "D. P'S STAGE ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION" VARIOUS SHOTS 10,000 DISPLACED PERSONS WITH SIGN DEMONSTRATE SOVIET EMBASSY IN MUNICH, GERMANY/ 01:08:23 - BANNERS PROTEST S PERSECUTION OF CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANT PEOPLES IN RUSSIA AND COMMUNIST NATIONS. GERMAN POLICE AND U. S. ARMY UNITS HAVE DIFFICULTY HOLDING BACK THE DEMONSTRATORS. TEAR GAS IS USED TO DISPURSE THE MOB. 01:09:33 - "SPECIAL" - "TAXES SLASHED IN AMERICA!" - VARIOUS SHOTS CROWDS OF SHOPPERS IN STORES AND SHOPPING CENTERS IN CITY BUSINESS DISTRICTS. EXAMINE JEWELRY, LUGGAGE AND GLASSWARE, LOWERED BY 10% DISCOUNTS. 01:10:02 - VARIOUS SHOTS PASSENGER TRAIN, SPEEDING TOWARDS CAMERA, TELEPHONE OPERATORS AT SWITCH BOARDS, AS TAXES ARE LOWERED ON TRANSPORTATION AND TELEPHONES. 01:10:15 - TAXES WERE LOWERED ON INCOME TAXES. MS PEOPLE HAVING TAXES EXAMINED BY IRS AGENTS. 01:10:30 - VARIOUS NEWSPAPER HEADLINES TELLING OF TAX CUTS IN CANADA, LARGER THAN THAT IN U. S. 01:10:46 - "FROM EGYPT" - NEWS PORTRAITS OF FAROUK AND BEAUTIFUL SISTERS" - 01:11:01 - 29 YEAR OLD KING FAROUK ARRIVES WITH LARGE ITINERARY, INCLUDING HIS 2 SISTERS TO DEDICATE EGYPT'S 16TH AGRICULTURAL EXPOSITION IN CAIRO. 01:11:27 - KING FAROUK'S 2 SISTERS (PRINCESSES) ARRIVE AT FAIR, VIEW EXHIBITS. 01:11:58 - "TRUMAN RALLIES NATION TO BOND DRIVE" - ABOVE VIEW PATRIOT'S DAY DINNER, TRUMAN AT DAIS, ADDRESSES MANY GUESTS AT DINNER TABLES. 01:13:14 - "GREAT DAY FOR THE IRISH!" - "ERIN HAILS BIRTH" - "Pablacht na h'Eireann" REPUBLIC OF IRELAND" - AS PRESIDENT SEAN O'KELLY AND THOUSANDS LOOK ON, THE IRISH FLAG IS RAISED ABOVE THE GENERAL POST OFFICE IN DUBLIN. AS CROWD CELEBRATES NEW INDEPENDENCE FROM ENGLAND. 01:13:54 - HUGE CROWD IRISHMEN WATCH SPECTACULAR PARADE IN DUBLIN. O'KELY WATCHES FROM VIEWING STAND AS MILITARY UNITS ROLL DOWN O'CONNELL STREET. 01:15:12 - "WARM-UP FOR KENTUCKY" - "OLYMPIA" WINS WOOD MEMORIAL BY A NECK!" 43,000 AT JAMAICA, N.Y. RACE TRACK WATCH RACE IN THE RAIN. 01:15:37 - LS HORSES BREAK FOR START OF RACE. VARIOUS SHOTS RACE IN PROGRESS - "OLYMPIA" WITH EDDIE ARCARO UP, WINS BY A NECK IN TOUGH RACE. 01:16:22 - "WORLD RECORD" - PAINT VET'S HOUSE IN 2 MIN.32 SEC. FLAT~" TOWNS PEOPLE OF NEW BRUNSWICK, CONN. GET TOGETHER TO PAINT PARALYZED VETERAN TO PAINT HIS HOUSE IN RECORD TIME.. 01:16:49 - 96 PAINTERS AWAIT SIGNAL TO START PAINTING. CU CLOCK SHOWS SECONDS TICK BY. CROWD ENCOURAGES PAINTERS ON. 01:17:22 - "NEW CURE REPORTED" - "DR. LAUGHTER TAKES OVER" RINGLING BROS. BARNUM AND BRADLEY GO TO BELLVIEW HOSPITAL TO ENTERTAIN SICK KIDS. 5000 YOUNG AND OLD WATCH OUTSIDE SHOW. 01:17:28 - CLOWNS, ELEPHANT, ENTERTAIN THE KIDS ON THE 47TH ANNUAL VISIT BY THE CIRCUS. HUGE CLOWN EXITS TINY CAR. 01:18:28 - "CHINA" - "DECISIVE STAGE OF CIVIL WAR!" - "WORLD INTEREST FOCUSES ON ORIENT AS RED TROOPS DRIVE SOUTH OF SHANGHAI!" "BRITISH WARSHIPS SHELLED BY COMMUNISTS!" WAR MAP SHOWS WAR AREAS. 01:18:50 - VARIOUS SHOTS SHANGHAI , WARSHIPS IN PORT SHOW HOLES FROM COMMUNIST FIRE. MS BRITISH SKIPPER WHO WAS WOUNDED ALONG WITH 82 OTHERS AS WELL AS 40 SAILORS KILLED. 01:20:53 - VARIOUS SHOTS AMERICAN CITIZENS BOARD U. S. WARSHIPS AS THEY EVACUATE SHANGHAI. 01:21:02 - MONTAGE - VARIOUS SHOTS CHINESE CITIZENS, BY TENS OF THOUSANDS STAMPEDE IN SHANGHAI AS MORE THAN 1 MILLION COMMUNIST SURROUND THE CITY. 01:21:55 - VARIOUS SHOTS CHINESE SOLDIERS AND REFUGEES FLEEING SHANGHAI. 01:22:26 - "SIX WEEKS IN THE SKY!" - "CALIFORNIA FLIERS SET ENDURANCE MARK" - HUGE CROWD AT CALIF. AIRFIELD AWAIT THE END OF WORLD RECORD ENDURANCE FLIGHT.. 01:22:52 - MAN IN CAR HANDS CAN OF FUEL TO CO-PILOT IN SINGLE ENGINE MONOPLANE, PLANE THAT FLIES LOW OVER MOVING CAR TO PICK IT UP, SO PLANE DOES NOT HAVE TO LAND TO REFUEL. 01:22:59 - FLYERS FAMILIES AND CROWD WAVE AS PLANE LANDS ON SAME FIELD IT TOOK OFF, AFTER 6 WEEKS AND 2 MINUTES AGO. CROWD AND FAMILY MEMBERS CROWD AROUND THE PLANE. 01:23:55 - "FROM NEW YORK" - "FIRST MOVES TOWARD ENDING BERLIN BLOCKADE" - NEWSMEN GATHER AROUND PARK AVENUE HADQUARTERS OF RUSSIAN UN DELEGATION IN NY. 01:24:23 - RUSSIAN DELEGATE ANDRE GROMYKO ALSO ATTENDS MEETING TO HALT BERLIN BLOCKADE 01:24:34 - "WASHINGTON D.C." "ACHESON (SEC''Y STATE) ASKS ARMS SUPPORT FOR PACT" - VARIOUS SHOTS SENATE FOREIGN RELATION COMMITTEE MEETS TO BEGIN HEARINGS ON RATIFICATION OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC PACT. 01:24:44 - SENATORS VANDENBERG AND CONNELLY MEET WITH SEC. OF STATE ACHESON. VARIOUS SHOTS OF MEETING..ACHESON SPEAKS. "IF WE WISH PEACE WE MUST BE PREPARED TO WAGE PEACE.....". VANDENBERG ALSO SPEAKS. 01:26:45 - "FROM PARIS" - "RED-BACKED PARLEY GIVES 'PEACE' AIMS" COMMUNIST SUPPORTED RALLY IN PARIS IN THE NAME OF 'PEACE'. DELEGATES FROM 53 COUNTRIES MEET FOR 6 DAYS. CU WILLIAM DUBOIS HEADS U. S. DELEGATION. 01:27:39 - "INT''L BOXING" - STEVE BELLOISE (USA) TKO'S JEAN STOCK (FRANCE) IN BLOODY BOUT!" VARIOUS SHOTS FIGHT IN PROGRESS IN PARIS BOXING RING. WORLD CHAMP MARCEL CEDAN CASABLANCA) WATCHES FROM RINGSIDE. 01:29:33 - "MAY DAY" - U. S. AND ABROAD" - HUGE RALLIES IN BERLIN, BOTH ON THE U. S. SIDE AND THE RUSSIAN SIDE.. PARIS ALSO HAS BOTH COMMUNIST AND NON COMMUNIST RALLIES. GEN. CHARLES DEGAULLE ADDRESSES ANTI COMMUNIST CROWD. 01:30:33 - "NEW YORK" - VARIOUS SHOTS LOYALTY GROUPS PARADE ON 5TH AVE. AND LEFT WING GROUPS PARADE ON 8TH AVE. BANNERS, SIGNS, FLOATS. MAYOR O'DWYER AND CARDINAL SPELLMAN WATCH THE LARGER PARADE ON 5TH AVENUE. 01:31:50 - "RUNNING ON WATER" - "ZANY SKIERS SKIP OVER THE WAVES!" - MONTAGE- SKIERS PUT ON ACROBATIC WATER SKIING SHOW IN FLORIDA, INCLUDING JUMPING PLATFORM.. 01:32:38 - "SHANGHAI" - "THE GREAT EXODUS" - ABOVE VIEW SHANGHAI AND ITS PORT. THOUSANDS PEOPLE, INCLUDING NATIONALIST TROOPS, BOARD ALL SORTS OF SHIPS TO ESCAPE ONCOMING HORDES OF COMMUNIST TROOPS. 01:33:29 - HUNDREDS OF AMERICANS ARE EVACUATED FROM PORT OF SHANGHAI, BY U. S. NAVY SHIPS AND COMMERCIAL AIRLINES. DEPARTING NUNS GET ABOARD SHIP. 01:35:06 - "BLOSSOM FESTIVAL" - HOPE BOBS FOR THE APPLE!" - QUEEN WAVES FROM HUGE FLOAT AS IT ROLLS DOWN VIRGINIA STREET CELEBRATING "22ND SHENANDOAH APPLE FESTIVAL". 01:35:17 - ACTOR, COMEDIAN BOB HOPE STANDS IN CONVERTIBLE, WAVING TO CROWD LINING THE STREETS. HOPE IS GRAND MARSHAL OF THE FESTIVAL. DAUGHTER OF ICELAND MINISTER IS QUEEN OF FESTIVAL. 01:35:49 - HOPE MEETS QUEEN BEFORE VAST AUDIENCE. MAKES TYPICAL JOKES. HE KISSES HER PASSIONATELY. HOPE KNEELS ON GROUND AS QUEEN KNIGHTS HIM AS "APPLE MARSHAL HOPE". 01:36:55 - "BERLIN BLOCKADE LIFTED" - 'OPTIMISM AND CAUTION - - - " "FREEDOM'S TIMETABLE - MARSHALL PL;AN, WEST EUROPEAN UNITY, ATLANTIC PACT' AND NOW - RUSSIA GIVES GROUND IN THE COLD WAR....". 01:37:09 - "IN BERLIN TODAY" - VARIOUS SCENES LIFE IN BERLIN DURING THE RUSSIAN BLOCKADE., AND WHAT IT 'S LIKE WITH THE BLOCKADE LIFTED ON MAY 12,1949. 01:38:30 - "NEW YORK CITY" - AT U. S. UNITED NATIONS OFFICE, THE BIG 4 (RUSSIA, U.S, BRITAIN, AND FRANCE) NEGOTIATORS MET FOR FINAL AGREEMENT. CU INFORMATION OFFICER READS THE DETAILS OF THE MEETING. 01:39:44 - TO 01:44:00 - MONTAGE - FILM HISTORY OF EVENTS LEADING TO THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BERLIN BLOCKADE AND THE SUCCESSFUL AIRLIFT THAT CAUSED THE BLOCKADE TO FAIL. 01:44:04 - $5 MILLION DOLLAR RACE TRACK FIRE!" - "HOLLYWOOD PARKS LAVISH PLANT DESTROYED!" EXTERIO9R VIEW HOLLYWOOD PARKS RACE TRACK BEFORE FIRE. 01:44:17 - MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS HUGE FIRE DURING NIGHT-TIME, WHEN FIRE STARTED. DAY-TIME SHOTS SHOW THE ENORMOUS DESTRUCTION. 01:45:09 - "HUMANITARIAN AWARD" - "VARIETY CLUBS HONOR HOOVER" VARIOUS SHOTS, FORMER PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER. HOOVER IS AWARDED HUMANITARIAN AWARD BY VARIETY CLUBS INTERNATIONAL. 01:45:33 - SECRETARY OF TREASURY JOHN SNEIDER MAKES PRESENTATION. ACCEPTING IN BEHALF OF ABSENT HOOVER, IS CLOSE FRIEND DR. RUSSELL LEE OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY. 01:45:56 - "REPORT FROM SHANGHAI" - "LAST-DITCH DEFENSES!" - VARIOUS SHOTS PORT OF SHANGHAI - NATIONALIST ARMY TROOPS PATROL IN TRUCKS AND DIG DEFENSE POSITIONS, USE BARBED WIRE.. 01:46:31 - PEOPLE APPROACHING OR LEAVING SHANGHAI ARE SEARCHED. "FORD DEALERSHIP WINDOW IS BOARDED UP. REFUGEES ARE EVERYWHERE. 01:47:31 - BIG FOUR MEET IN NEW YORK (CROSS OUT "BIG" AND REPLACE IT WITH "LITTLE". 4 NURSES EACH WEARING FACE MASKS HOLD ONE OF FOUR QUADRUPLETS IN THEIR ARMS AND FEEDING THEM WITH BABY MILK BOTTLES. 01:48:10 - CU VARIOUS SHOTS OF QUARTET, WHICH IS THE 2ND SET OF QUADS BORN IN NY SINCE 1915. PROUD PARENTS POSE, SHE IN BED, NE NEXT TO HER. THEY KISS. PAN QUADS SIDE BY SIDE. 01:48:56 - "PONDER", 16 TO 1, WINS; FAVORED "OLYMPIA", OUT OF THE MONEY. VARIOUS SHOTS 100,000 RACE FANS AT THE 75TH (DIAMOND JUBILEE) RUNNING OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY AT CHURCHILL DOWNS, KENTUCKY. 01:49:13 - TRAINER WALKS DDS ON FAVORED HORSE "JUBILEE", WITH JOCKEY EDIE ARCARO UP, ONTO TRACK. HORSES LINE UP IN STALLS. RACE STARTS, VARIOUS SHOTS RACE IN PROGRESS. WINNER "PONDER".
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1942
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: P-218-44