Summary

Longines Chronoscope - Thornburg, Max. W.

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Title: Longines Chronoscope - Thornburg, Max. W.
File Number: DN-LB-109 Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 1951
Subjects: watches, debates, politics, Iran, Persia, Middle East, Longines, Thornburg, Max, Nye, Frank, Hazlitt, Lester, petroleum, oil, government, Cold War, talk shows, Yankee Stadium, Shah
Description: 14:28:41:28 - 14:43:08:09 B W 1951 Longines Chronoscope - Thornburg, Max. W. Sponsored by Longine's watches. 14:28:41:28 - 14:30:26:20 B W Sound 1951 CU wristwatch with hands reading 11:00 PM. Sound: Bells ringing to tell time. Title: Longine's Chronoscope. Host Frank Nye sits casually in armchair & introduces program w night baseball game at Yankee Stadium. Player makes hit, runs bases. Electric scoreboard. VO host: umpires use Longine's watches exclusively for timing all games including World Series. Montages of organization logos w Longine's sponsorship. Official watch for US Olympic Committee, American Automobile Association, National Aeronautic Administration, other sports groups. Host promotes accuracy of "Longine's- The World's Most Honored Watch." 14:30:26:21 - 14:43:08:09 B W Sound 1951 Longines Wittnauer logo. Host introduces current events discussion w panelists- political economist Lester Henry Hazlitt, editor William Bradford Huie, Max Thornburg, petroleum advisor to US State Department, Middle East expert. First question to Thornburg (smoking pipe) about oil industry experience. Standard Oil. Middle East- advisor to Shah of Iran. Thornburg mentions British interference in Iran, unpredictability of politics, danger of communist control of oil. Anglo - Iranian oil policy failure. Calls Shah "young man of admirable qualities." Host cuts short discussion, promotes watches.
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