- Title: VM-960
- Summary: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS: Includes 25 Years Later (1936)
- Description:00:01:23 - SEA MIGHT: NEW U. S. SUB JOINS FLEET DAUGHTER OF THOMAS EDISON CHRISTENS ATOMIC SUB "THOMAS EDISON". 00:02:25 - NEWS IN BRIEF JACKIE KENNEDY TOURS THROUGH ANCIENT RUINS OF GREECE. "PARTHENON" STANDS MAJESTICALLY IN BKGD. JACKIE, HOLDING TINY DOG, POSES WITH KING PAUL & QUEEN FEDERIKA. 00:03:13 - RUSSIAN CRANE OPERATOR USES TV SCREEN TO SEE WHAT HE IS DOING AS HE OPERATES AN ENORMOUS EARTH MOVING DERRICK AT AN OPEN FACE MINE IN UKRAINE. 00:03:21 - MECHANICS SERVICE DERRICK'S 96 MOTORS FROM CATWALKS. SHOVEL DIGS 26,000 CUBIC YARDS OF ORE PER DAY. 00:03:54 - MONTAGE RESCUE WORKERS SEARCH THROUGH TANGLED WRECK OF 2 TRAINS THAT CRASHED HEAD ON IN GERMANY. BODIES ARE PLACED IN COFFINS AND CARRIED AWAY. 00:04:41 - MONTAGE RUSSIAN FISHERMEN SCOOP UP NETS OF STURGEON FROM FISHING SHIPS. 00:04:52 - RUSSIAN WOMEN IN WHITE UNIFORMS & HATS PACK CAVIAR, TAKEN FROM STURGEON, INTO SMALL CANS FOR SHIPMENT TO U. S. 00:05:14 - INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR FAIR IN ROME ITALIANS TAKE CLOSE LOOK AT U.S.'S "FREEDOM 7" CAPSULE ON DISPLAY AT FAIR. 00:05:41 - CIRCUS IN RUSSIA FEMALE TRAPEZE ARTIST HANGS BY HER TEETH & TWIRLS IN THE AIR. CLOWNS DO BALANCING ACTS, GET LAUGHTER FROM GIRLS IN AUDIENCE. HIPPO DOES EXTRAORDINARY BALANCING ACT. BOWS TO THE APPLAUSE. 00:06:29 - SPORTS: CALIFORNIA YOUNG MAN IN SWIM SUIT HOSES DOWN GROUP OF GIRLS IN SWIM SUITS PRIOR TO TRYING LATEST CRAZE CALLED "SLIP AND SLIDE". 00:06:46 - GIRLS RUN & DIVE ONTO A WET PIECE OF VINYL LAYED OUT ON GRASS & WET DOWN, CAUSING GIRLS SLIDE ALONG SLIPPERY SURFACE. MONTAGE MEN DO ROLL-OVERS AND OTHER ACROBATICS ON WET VINYL 00:07:19 - TEENAGER AND LITTLE BOY SLIDE TOWARDS CAMERA. 00:08:00 - FREEDOM RALLY: 100,000 IN BERLIN DEFY RED THREAT CROWDS OF WEST GERMANS MASS ALONG EAST GERMAN BORDER. THEY MARCH AND CARRY BANNERS. 00:09:00 - ATHLETE LIGHT TORCH OF FREEDOM IN BERLIN SQUARE AS 100,000 WATCH. MAYOR WILLY BRANDT ADDRESSES CROWD. 00:09:34 - NEWS IN BRIEF: ENGLAND UNITS OF BRITISH ARMY NAVY & AIR FORCE PUT ON LARGEST MILITARY EXERCISE SINCE THE WAR, IN OPERATION "SAUCY SUE" 00:09:53 - BRITISH PARATROOPS IN MASS JUMP DURING MANEUVERS. 00:10:42 - CANADA CARGO PLANE IS HINGED IN CENTER & OPENED TO FACILITATE LOADING CARGO OF CRATES. 00:11:10 - SPORTS QUEEN ELIZABETH RIDES INTO STADIUM IN ROYAL CARRIAGE FOR THE ROYAL HUNT CUP HORSE RACE IN ANCIENT ASCOT. POSH SET IN TOP HATS & TAILS & FINE DRESSES TURN OUT. 00:11:11 - MONTAGE WOMEN AT THE TRACK SHOW OFF THEIR HATS & DRESSES WHICH IS ALSO A TRADITIONAL FEATURE OF THE EVENT. 00:12:19 - 39 HORSES TAKE OFF FOR RUNNING OF THE ASCOT. "KING'S TROOP" WINS. 00:13:05 - SPORTS 15,000 FIELD AND TRACK FANS WATCH NATIONAL COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN PHILADELPHIA. 3 TIE FOR POLE VAULT CHAMPIONSHIPS. 00:13:19 - ZERP BURLSON OF OREGON WINS THE MILE RACE. 00:13:42 - JOHN THOMAS OF BOSTON MAKES HIGH JUMP OF 7 FEET 2 INCHES. FRANK BUDD OF VILLANOVA WINS 220 YARD DASH. 00:14:40 - STATE VISIT: U. S. WELCOMES JAPAN'S HEAD 4 JAPANESE GIRLS IN KIMONOS ATTEND RECEPTION GIVEN BY ERIC JOHNSTON, HEAD OF MOTION PICTURE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION, FOR PREMIER AKIHITO OF JAPAN. 00:15:04 - JOHNSTON INTRODUCES SOCIALITES TO AKIHITO AT RECEPTION. 00:15:17 - PRESIDENT JFK & FORMER PRESIDENT IKE & THEIR WIVES (JACKIE & MAMIE), WELCOME JAPANESE PREMIER & WIFE, TO WHITE HOUSE FOR LUNCHEON 00:15:32 - PREMIER AKIHITO BOARDS PRESIDENTIAL YACHT, "HONEY FITZ" AS JFK ARRIVES BY LIMO & BOARDS IN CRUTCHES. 00:16:16 - NEWS IN BRIEF COLORFUL UNITS OF NATO COUNTRY MILITARY PARADE IN NAPLES, ITALY, TO COMMEMORATE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF NATO. 00:16:37 - ITALIAN "ALPINI" TROOPS IN FEATHERED HATS, RUN IN DOUBLE TIME AS THEY GO BY. OTHERS WEAR ANCIENT MILITARY COSTUMES. ADMIRAL ROBERT CARNEY REVIEWS THE PARADE. 00:17:17 - POPE JOHN XXIII GREETS HIGH CHURCH DIGNITARIES WHO ARE IN ROME FOR START OF 1ST ECUMENICAL COUNCIL SINCE 1869. 00:18:00 - "DRAGON BOATS", LONG CANOES WITH DOZENS OF ROWERS, RACE UP RIVER IN FORMOSA ON ANNUAL DRAGON FESTIVAL. MANY CHINESE PICNICERS WATCH COLORFUL CANOE RACE FROM THE SHORE. 00:18:20 - CREWMEN ROW TO THE BEAT OF DRUMMER FACING THEM ON EACH CANOE. 00:18:31 - 25 YEARS AGO TODAY (1936) ALBEN BARKLEY FACES THOUSANDS AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN PHILADELPHIA TO NOMINATE FDR FOR A 2ND TERM. CU CORDELL HULL WAS AMONG DELEGATES. FDR'S SON JAMES APPLAUDS 00:19:24 - FDR MAKES ACCEPTANCE SPEECH. 00:20:05 - CU HAND OF FARMER EXPOSE VEGETABLE PLANT LOADED WITH BUGS DURING A HEAT WAVE AND DROUGHT CAUSED DAMAGE AND PLAGUE TO PLANTS AND FARMERS. 00:20:18 - AERIAL HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE JAM BEACH IN CHICAGO DURING HEAT WAVE OF MID 1930s. CU LARGE THERMOMETER REACHES 100 DEGREES. 00:20:29 - CU WOMAN WALKS OUT OF HER SHOE WS IT GETS STUCK IN PAVEMENT WHILE WALKING ACROSS STREET IN NEW YORK CITY. MONTAGE KIDS FROLIC UNDER FIRE HYDRANT IN CITY STREET TO COOL OFF 00:21:22 - PEACE CORPS "PEACE CORP REGISTRATION", SIGN OUTSIDE RUTGERS UNIVERSITY. 2 YOUNG MEN JUMP UP & DOWN TO RAISE HEART RATE DURING VIGOROUS PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS FOR RECRUITS. 00:21:53 - DENTIST LOOKS INTO RECRUITS MOUTH. DOCTOR LISTENS TO RECRUIT'S HEART. 00:22:06 - SARGENT SHRIVER, WHO HEADS THE DRIVE, SPEAKS TO GATHERING OF YOUNG MEN. 00:22:18 - NEWS IN BRIEF ENGLAND'S ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL WHERE DOCTOR M. RAMSEY, NEW ARCH-BISHOP OF CANTERBURY IS INSTALLED. THE 100TH ARCH-BISHOP TAKES OATH TO QUEEN ELIZABETH. 00:23:15 - FRENCH & AMERICAN MILITARY PAY TRIBUTE TO GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON IN FRENCH TOWN HE FREED. AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE JAMES GAVIN, UNVEILS BUST OF PATTON IN TOWN SQUARE 00:23:47 - CATAMARAN, DESIGNED WITH CABIN, & FOR CRUISING TO MEDITERRANEAN PLEASURE SPOTS, IS LOWERED INTO WATER IN ENGLAND BY LARGE WINCH. SAIL IS RAISED & TWIN-HULLED BOAT SPEEDS ALONG. 00:24:40 - DOZENS OF "MISS UNIVERSE" CONTESTANTS, IN SWIM SUITS, LINE UP FOR PHOTO ATOP ROOF OF SKYSCRAPER IN NEW YORK CITY PAN OF THE BEAUTIES 00:25:25 - SPORTS: TRACK & FIELD ATHLETIC UNION AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN NEW YORK. FRANK SONS BREAKS 100 YARD DASH RECORD AT 9.2 SECONDS. 00:25:56 - RALPH BOSTON LEAPS 26 FEET 11 1/4 INCHES IN BROAD JUMP FOR RECORD. JOHN THOMAS IS UPSET IN HIGH JUMP. 00:26:48 - JOHN MORRIS POLE VAUNTS 15 FEET 8 INCHES 00:28:03 - FREE ELECTIONS: KENNEDY ANSWERS REDS ON BERLIN JFK SPEAKS AT PRESS CONFERENCE ASKS FOR FREE ELECTIONS IN BERLIN. 00:29:22 - NEWS IN BRIEF: CONGO RELEASED AFTER 3 MONTHS IN PRISON BY CENTRAL CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT, MOISE TSHOMBE RECEIVES WILD WELCOME BY FAITHFUL FOLLOWERS AS HE RIDES IN OPEN LIMO. 00:30:12 - WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AT SARANAC LAKE, NEW YORK. MARKS ITS 31ST YEAR FOR CARE OF ILL & DISABLED OF AMUSEMENT WORLD. ABE MONTAGUE OUTLINES THE HOSPITAL'S GREAT WORK. 00:30:51 - A 2-STAGE THOR ROCKET IS LAUNCHED AT CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, AT NIGHT, LIGHTING UP THE AREA 00:31:12 - ANIMATED DRAWINGS SHOW THE PACKAGE SEPARATING INTO 3 STAGES. 00:32:00 - SPANISH ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE IN JOINT MANEUVERS 00:32:29 - SPORTS: RODEO FOR KIDS YOUNG BOY & GIRL TEENAGERS & YOUNGER, RIDE BUCKING CALVES AT RODEO IN LA HOMBRA, CALIFORNIA. MONTAGE ALL KIDS EXCEPT ONE ARE THROWN TO GROUND BY THE CALVES. 00:33:30 - MONTAGE 1 & 2-MAN KAYAK TEAMS BRAVE RAPIDS IN RACE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA. KAYAK OVERTURNS & DRIVER HOLDS ON TO BOAT FROM THE ROUGH WATER. 00:41:29 - 80 MUSLIMS DIE: ALGERIAN RIOT TO BAR PARTITION POLICE LINE UP IN STREETS OF ALGIERS WHICH IS QUIETED BY HEAVY SECURITY GUARD. 00:42:08 - POLICE FIRE MORTAR WHICH EXPLODES DOWN NARROW STREET. POLICE ESCORT A GROUP OF RIOTERS WITH HANDS ON THEIR HEADS, DOWN STREET 00:42:33 - BRITISH MOVE TO STOP IRAQ'S KUWAIT CLAIM BRITISH TROOPS ARRIVE IN KUWAIT TO CHECK IRAQ'S TAKEOVER ON CLAIM OF HISTORICAL OWNERSHIP. 00:43:20 - HERO'S WELCOME: HAIL MACARTHUR IN PHILIPPINES MILLIONS OF PHILIPPINOS TURN OUT IN MANILA TO WELCOME NATIONAL HERO, DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, ON 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE 00:45:04 - SPORTS WOMEN'S OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP IN NEW JERSEY. MONTAGE EACH OF THE GIRLS TEE OFF. CATHY CORNELIUS MAKE GREAT PITCH, THEN BIRDIES WITH A LONG PUTT. 00:45:54 - SHIRLEY ENGLEHART SINKS A LONG PUTT AS DOES MRS. PHILIP CORDONA. MISS MICKEY RICE WINS OPEN. 00:46:54 - DOZENS OF SLICK SAILBOATS TAKE OFF FOR TRANS-PACIFIC HANDICAP YACHT RACE FROM LOS ANGELES TO HONOLULU. MONTAGE FOR 1ST TIME TALL SHIPS ARE ENTERED IN RACE ALONG WITH ALL SORTS OF SMALL VESSELS. 00:47:29 - EARLY AMERICAN 3 MASTER CLIPPER SHIP SAILS SMOOTHLY BY.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1961
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-960