- Title: VM-793
- Summary: MOVIETONE NEWS:
- Description:06:00:33 - GALE FLOODS AND WRECK HAVOC ON ATLANTIC COAST HEAVY SEAS POUND PIER AT ATLANTIC CITY. DESTROYED STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. HOUSE LIES IN MIDDLE OF AN OCEAN OF WATER. 06:01:07 - VINTAGE BUS RIDES THOUGH A FOOT OF WATER IN ROCKVILLE CENTER, LONG ISLAND. VINTAGE MODEL-T FORDS SPLASH THROUGH HIGH WATER. 06:01:24 - WAVES REACH HOMES ALONG BEACH AT BEACHMONT, MASS. HOME LEANS OVER AS ITS FOUNDATION IS WASHED AWAY. 06:01:37 - STAGE DEDICATED TO WILL ROGERS IN HOLLYWOOD CHILD ACTRESS SHIRLEY TEMPLE UNVEILS PLAQUE AS OLD FRIEND, IRVING COBB ANNOUNCES. 06:02:17 - PRIME MINISTER STANLEY BALDWIN VICTOR IN BRITAIN'S ELECTIONS MAKES SPEECH OVER CAMERA. TELLS OF POLICIES OF HIS NEW GOVERNMENT 06:03:58 - AVIATION: CLIPPER SHIPS LINK U.S. WITH BRAZIL AND FAR EAST. HUGE SEAPLANE LANDS IN HARBOR OF RIO DE JENEIRO ON FLIGHT FROM NEW YORK. CUTTING 2 DAYS OFF FLYING TIME. 06:04:37 - POSTAL WORKERS WORK FEVERISHLY TO COMPLETE MAIL TO ORIENT VIA CHINA CLIPPER. 06:05:00 - CU 4 ENGINES ATOP WING OF CHINA CLIPPER REV UP. CHINA CLIPPER IN FLIGHT. 06:05:06 - LEW LEHR ANTICS GIRL DAREDEVIL DRIVER CRASHES THROUGH A WALL OF FIRE AND THEN MAKES FAST TURN WHICH OVERTURNS HER CAR. GROUND CREW TURNS IT BACK OVER 06:06:09 - HERBERT HOOVER FIRES FIRST GUN IN 1936 CAMPAIGN SPEAKS TO CAMERA. CRITICIZES PUBLIC PUBLIC WORKS SPENDING BY GOVERNMENT AND RETURN TO GOLD STANDARD. 06:08:08 - SPORTS. COLLEGE FOOTBALL. NOTRE DAME TIES ARMY BEFORE 80,000 AT YANKEE STADIUM. ARMY'S GROVE CATCHES PASS FOR TD. MALE CHEERLEADERS DO ACROBATICS ON SIDE LINES. CU ARMY MULE WHINES 06:09:05 - NOTRE DAME'S MEYER BREAKS THROUGH FOR LONG GAIN. NOTRE DAME'S SHAKESPEARE PASSES & ARMY INTERFERES AT GOAL LINE GIVING NOTRE DAME THE BALL. FANS ARE UPSET BY DECISION 06:11:39 - BIG CLIPPER SHIP MAKES HISTORY OVER PACIFIC IN SYMBOLIC GESTURE, MAIL IS DELIVERED TO THE GIANT CHINA CLIPPER BY STAGE COACH. 06:12:02 - POST MASTER GENERAL JIM FARLEY HELPS STACK MAIL BAGS AND HANDS LETTER TO CAPTAIN OF GIANT SEAPLANE FROM FDR TO PRESIDENT OF PHILIPPINES. 9-MAN CREW OF CHINA CLIPPER POSE. 06:12:30 - CHINA CLIPPER TAKES OFF FROM SEA. CU GROUP OF SMILING CHINESE GIRLS WAVING PLANE GOODBYE. MONTAGE THE CLIPPER IN FLIGHT OVER SAN FRANCISCO 06:13:06 - SOUTH OF FRANCE HARD HIT BY RISE OF RHINE RIVER AERIAL FLOODED HISTORIC CITY OF AVIGNON. PAN TRUCK LIES IN AN ALLEY 1/2 COVERED BY WATER. CROWDED ROW BOATS RIDE DOWN FLOODED STREET. 06:13:32 - POLICEMAN AND VILLAGERS WALK IN ANKLE DEEP WATERS WITH CHIVALROUS MEN CARRYING THEIR WOMEN 06:13:48 - MAN ON RAFT USES A BOARD TO ROW IN WATER. MANY COWS IN BARN STAND IN KNEE DEEP WATER. PAN 06:14:11 - ALL GREECE REJOICES AS KING GEORGE RETURNS TO HOME AND THRONE 06:15:33 - GREEK PEOPLE GIVE TIGHT FISTED SALUTE AS PATRIARCH OF GREEK CHURCH GIVES OATH OF OFFICE TO THE KING 06:15:35 - NEWSETTES BY LEW LEHR COMIC NARRATES AS CROWD WATCHES TAILOR MEASURE CHIMP FOR SUIT. AS TRAINER HOLDS CHIMP, TAILOR SLIPS PANTS ONTO APE'S LEGS. THEN THE REST OF THE SUIT AND HAT. 06:16:37 - FASHIONS LITTLE MODELS PLAY WITH BLOCKS ON A TABLE AS THEY SHOW DRESSES FOR CHILDREN. 2 LITTLE BOYS PLAY WITH TOYS ON FLOOR. BOY SPINS AROUND TO SHOW OUTFIT, AS MODEL DOES. TWIN BOYS POSE 06:17:31 - BOY AND GIRL TOTS POSE IN SIMILAR OUTFITS. SHE GIVES HIM QUICK KISS ON CHEEK. 06:17:43 - SPORTS. COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTRE DAME 20 SO. CALIFORNIA 13. 50,000 FOOTBALL FANS AT SOUTH BEND, INDIANA STADIUM. 06:18:07 - NOTRE DAME'S BILL SHAKESPEARE RUNS BALL FOR 27 YARDS THEN THROWS FOR TOUCHDOWN AS HE DOMINATES GAME. 06:18:40 - WALLY CROMEHEART INTERCEPTS SO. CAL. PASS & ZIG ZAGS HIS WAY TO 75 YARD GAIN. SHAKESPEARE THEN TAKES IT IN FOR TD. 06:19:09 - PRINCETON 26, DARTMOUTH 6, AT PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY IN BLIZZARD. THOUSANDS OF HAT WEARING FOOTBALL FANS WATCH AS SEEN FROM BEHIND THEM. BLIZZARD COVERS FIELD WITH SNOW 06:21:02 - PLAYER IS TACKLED AND BOTH SLIDE IN SNOW FOR SEVERAL MORE YARDS. MAN IN COAT JOINS THE PLAYERS, THEN IS OUSTED. 06:22:35 - MANILA ROARS A WELCOME FOR CHINA CLIPPER AERIAL MANILA AS SEEN FROM CHINA CLIPPER. PLANE LANDS IN MANILA BAY WITH PHILIPPINE CROWD & THEIR PRESIDENT KASON WAIT. 06:23:38 - CAPTAIN EDWARD MUSIK DELIVERS AIR MAIL LETTER FROM FDR TO PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT. 06:24:06 - PRESIDENT FDR DEFENDS HIS FOREIGN POLICY & ATTACKS CRITICS AT AGRICULTURAL MASS MEETING IN CHICAGO. 06:25:26 - ITALIANS GIVE GOLD AND IRON TO AID WAR AGAINST ETHIOPIA. ITALIAN SOLDIER SPEAKS TO ITALIAN SCHOOL CHILDREN IN SCHOOLROOM. ALL-BOY CLASS WEARS STIFF WHITE COLLARS, WHITE BOW TIES. 06:25:45 - YOUNG GIRLS PLACE BITS OF GOLD AND SILVER ON TEACHER'S DESK AND GIVE FASCIST SALUTE. PROCESSION OF CHEERFUL BOYS AND GIRLS CARRY THEIR TOYS OF IRON AND PLACE THEM ON PILE. 06:26:06 - MEN AND WOMEN PLACE THEIR GOLD POSSESSIONS ON LARGE TABLE IN MILAN WHERE TON OF GOLD WAS COLLECTED IN WEEK. OLD MAN GIVES HIS MEDAL 06:26:20 - CU WOMAN SLOWLY TAKES OFF HER WEDDING RING WHICH SHE GIVES RELUCTANTLY. 06:26:26 - SCIENCE: WORLD'S LARGEST TELESCOPE "EYE" IS COMPLETED WORKERS PULL SOME OF 20 TONS MOLTEN GLASS FROM BLAST FURNACE TO USE IT IN MAKING LENS. GLASS IS POURED AND COOLED FOR YEAR. 06:26:46 - WORKER IS DWARFED BY GIANT LENS. WORKER STANDS ON LENS WITH SAND BLASTER WHICH WILL TAKE 2 YEARS. 06:27:25 - RELIGION VAST HINDU THRONG HOLDS GREAT FEAST OF PANDHARPUR IN INDIA. THOUSANDS CAMP AT BANKS OF RIVER. 06:28:03 - STRANGE LOOKING HOLY MEN, THE SARDUS, SIT & PRAY. UNUSUAL FEMALE HOLY WOMAN CLOSES HER EYES IN PRAYER. 06:28:18 - CROWDS BATHE IN RIVER TO PURIFY THEMSELVES BEFORE ENTERING SHRINE. PILGRIMS WEARING TURBANS FILE INTO SECRET SANCTUARY. 06:28:44 - DOCTOR LEW LEHR'S UNNATURAL HISTORY BOOK OPENS TO THOUSANDS OF PELICANS FLYING AROUND A SWAMP AREA. AT NESTING GROUND. DOZENS OF BABY PELICANS WALK TO EDGE OF WATER. 06:29:11 - MAN HAND FEEDS BABY PELICANS AS ADULTS WATCH CAUTIOUSLY FROM DISTANCE. BABIES TRY TO BITE HAND THAT FEEDS THEM. LEHR NARRATES. 06:29:36 - FASHIONS KID MODELS SHOW CHRISTMAS FASHIONS IN TOYLAND. KIDS WATCH TOY TRAINS AND WINDMILL ON DISPLAY AS THEY SHOW FASHIONS. GIRL MODEL ANSWERS TOY TELEPHONE. 06:30:26 - TOYS MADE OF CLOTHESPINS INCLUDE MOTHER CLOTHESPIN HANGING CLOTHING ON LINE AND OTHERS. 06:30:51 - SPORTS BOXING: AMATEURS BATTLE FOR PLACE ON OLYMPIC TEAM MONTAGE WILD SWINGING BOXERS PUT ON EXCITING SHOW AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. 06:31:42 - HORSE RACING SPECTACULAR SPILLS USHER IN BRITAIN'S JUMPING SEASON IN 1ST STEEPLECHASE OF SEASON AT BERKSHIRE. 06:33:53 - IN EXERCISE, ARGENTINE POLICE IN CARS BUSES AND ARMORED CARS STAGE A RAID ON BANDIT STRONGHOLD IN BUENAS AIRES. POLICE WEAR GAS MASKS AND PROTECTIVE ARMORED PLATES OVER CHESTS AND HEADS. 06:34:09 - AS "BANDITS" FIRE FROM BUILDING, POLICE WITH POLICE DOGS HIT THE GROUND AND FIRE BACK. 06:34:31 - BAVARIA, FISHING FESTIVAL MARCHING BAND WEARING COLONIAL OUTFITS FOLLOWED BY FISHING BOAT FLOAT CROWDED WITH WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL COSTUMES. 06:34:46 - GONDOLAS STAGE JOUSTING TOURNAMENT IN RIVER USING LANCES TO KNOCK OPPONENTS OUT OF BOATS. JOUSTER IN BIRDS OUTFIT KNOCKS OPPONENT INTO WATER THEN "FLIES" IN HIMSELF 06:35:07 - BELGIUM MINISTER OF DEFENSE REVIEWS HUNDREDS OF SOLDIERS STANDING NEXT TO THEIR BICYCLES IN OPEN FIELD. A COLUMN OF CYCLISTS, 4 ABREAST, PASS IN REVIEW THROUGH VILLAGE. 06:35:29 - JAPAN 30 THOUSAND SCHOOL CHILDREN DOING GYMNASTIC DRILL IN OPEN FIELD. 06:35:54 - AVIATION COAST-TO-COAST RECORD SET BY HOWARD HUGHES. HOWARD HUGHES CLIMBS OUT OF COCKPIT OF PLANE IN NEW YORK AFTER FLYING FROM LOS ANGELES TO NEW YORK IN 9 1/2 HOURS. CU YOUNG HUGHES TELLS OF HIS TRIP. 06:36:35 - SCIENCE: NEW GLASS PASS SPECTACULAR TEST OF FIRE & WATER. WORKERS MOVE A WINDOW OF GLASS AND STEEL IN PLACE FOR TEST. 06:37:00 - WALL OF FLAME FROM GAS JETS HITS WINDOW AS WORKER USES LONG POLE WITH THERMOMETER WHICH REGISTERS 1640 DEGREE. FIRE HOSE POURS COLD WATER ON GLASS AND IT FAILS TO SHATTER. 06:37:45 - COMIC LEW LEHR WITH DISTORTED FACIAL EXPRESSION NARRATES. 714 POUND WOMAN IS HELPED ONTO A TRAMPOLINE BY TRAINER. 06:38:28 - WHILE LAYING ON HER BACK ON TRAMPOLINE THE HUGE GIRL DOES ARM AND LEG EXERCISES, THEN ROLLS BACK AND FORTH FROM END TO END. 06:38:47 - FASHIONS 5 MODELS SHOW SKI OUTFITS AS THEY LOUNGE IN FRONT OF FIRE PLACE AT SKI LODGE. AS THEY POSE IN SKI OUTFITS SCENE CHANGES AND THEY ARE POSING IN SWIM SUITS AT "BEACH", (BACK DROP). 06:39:50 - MODELS SHOW BEACH WEAR WITH HATS. 06:40:25 - PRO FOOTBALL DETROIT TIGERS BEAT WESTWOOD CUBS 67-14 FOR POST-GRAD TITLE IN LOS ANGELES. DETROIT'S CADELL WHO DOMINATES GAME, TEARS THROUGH FOR 60 YARD TD. 06:41:40 - WRESTLING MANIGOFF, KALMIKOFF WRESTLE IT OFF TILL REFEREE CALLS IT OFF. THE 2 PUT ON THE USUAL SHOW AS THEY WRESTLE IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. 06:44:20 - WORLD EVENTS. UNITED STATES ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL BUILDING AT THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY IN NEW YORK IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF TEDDY ROOSEVELT BY PRESIDENT FDR. FDR SPEAKS. 06:45:39 - ETHIOPIA MARSHAL BADOGLIO AND HIS GENERALS LOOK OVER THE FRONT LINES FROM A HILLTOP. SWARMS OF VINTAGE TANKS AND TRACTORS RIDE ALONG HILLS. 06:45:58 - ITALIAN OFFICER ON HORSE BACK LEADS BATTALION OF BLACK INFANTRY THROUGH DESERT AND ACROSS RIVER ON RAFTS WITH THEIR CAMELS. BLACK AND ITALIAN SOLDIERS LAY DOWN BARBED WIRE FORTIFICATIONS. 06:46:36 - FRANCE AERIAL FLOODED RHINE VALLEY. PEOPLE RIDE BOATS & RAFTS THROUGH THE STREETS OF AVINGNON. LITTLE BOYS PLAY ATOP RAFTS OF WOOD PLANKS. 06:47:00 - MAILMAN WALKS THROUGH KNEE DEEP WATER WITH MAIL AND DELIVERS LETTER TO WOMEN ON STOOP OF APARTMENT. 06:47:09 - FLOOD REACHES JUST UNDER SEAT OF PARK BENCHES. 06:47:23 - FLOOD NEAR TOP OF BRIDGE WITH EIFFEL TOWER IN BACKGROUND. 06:47:26 - UNITED STATES NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR HOFFMAN STAYS THE EXECUTION OF HAUPTMANN, OF LINDBERGH BABY KIDNAPPING, FOR 30 DAYS. 06:48:04 - GERMANY HITLER REVIEWS COMPANY OF TROOPS IN BERLIN. HUGE CROWD CALL HITLER TO BALCONY & GIVE HIM NAZI SALUTE. CROWD SURGES FORWARD LIKE MAGNET AS HE SALUTES BACK 06:49:08 - ENGLAND DAUGHTER OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER MACDONNELL AND HUSBAND, WALK INTO "YE PLOW INN" AS BEVY OF CAMERAMEN TAKE SHOTS. SHE IS NEW HOSTESS OF INN AT TOWN OF HIGH WICKHAM.. 06:49:28 - CU 1ST CUSTOMER FACES CAMERA AND DRINKS GLASS OF BEER. 06:49:32 - PHILIPPINES CU GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, CHIEF ADVISOR TO PHILIPPINE COMMONWEALTH & OTHERS WATCH PRESIDENT KAZON SIGN BILL DECREEING NATIONAL ARMY. 06:50:17 - MAN FIRES GUN AT CAMERA TAKING FILM FROM BEHIND BULLET-PROOF GLASS. CAMERAMAN CONTINUES FILMING AS MORE THAN DOZEN SHOTS ARE FIRED AT HIM. 06:50:34 - WOMAN APPLIES LIPSTICK AS SHE IS FIRED UPON FROM BEHIND GLASS. 06:50:52 - SHIRTLESS COMIC LEW LEHR FLEXES HIS MUSCLES AS HE NARRATES. FAMOUS WRESTLER MAN MOUNTAIN DEAN LIES ON MIAMI BEACH ASLEEP AND SCORING. 06:51:12 - DEAN'S WIFE AWAKENS HIM AND CHALLENGES HIM TO WRESTLE IN SQUARE SURROUNDED BY BEACH BEAUTIES. DEAN BODY SLAMS HIS WIFE WHO COMES BACK AND KNOCKS DEAN DOWN. BEACH GIRLS PILE ONTO DEAN. 06:52:00 - SPORTS. HORSE RACING AERIAL PAN OF HIALEAH PARK. FLORIDA AMID THE PALM TREES. THE INAUGURAL HANDICAP. FEMALE HORSE RACING FANS CHEER ON THEIR HORSES. "WHOPPER" WINS BY NOSE .
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1935
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: VM-793