Summary

UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS

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Title: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS
File Number: DN-LB-405 Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Subjects: Aerials, WWII, Italy, diplomacy, sports, politics, Holocaust, Jewish, refugees, fascism, totalitarianism, dictatorship, sports, crew, racing, car racing, motorcycle racing, fashion, stunts, Hindenburg, aviation, boxing, boat launching, China, military, US
Description: 15:01:15:20 b w silent 1936 ITALIAN VICTORY DRIVE CONQUERS RUGGED TERRAIN - May 6, 1936 Ethiopia - Mussolini's army advances over Pontine Marshes, VS battle, firing rifles, explosions, sending signals Good AVs, HA POV bombs being dropped from planes PAN across Ethiopian citizens holding white flags of surrender to Italian troops VS of village, huts, raising Italian flag 15:02:40:10 - 15:03:06:29 b w silent 1930s-1940s Benito Mussolini drives Fiat tractor over rough land, CU of earth turning as tractor plows Mussolini lays corner stone in ceremony HA models of buildings CU Mussolini 15:03:07:00 - 15:03:46:29 b w silent 1930s-1940s NEW SUBMARINE LAUNCHED FOR THE BRITISH NAVY Woman christens spearfish submarine, smashes bottle of champagne VS of sub in water, Union Jack flag, sailors waving hats from deck of sub 15:03:47:00 B W 1937 UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL OPENING SEQUENCE (Silent) 15:04:20:10 - 15:05:19:09 b w silent 1937 '10,000 At Services For Zeppelin Dead On Steamship Pier' New York City Excellent scenes of funeral for Hindenburg victims Swastika flags hang from ceiling, draped over coffins of dead following Hindenburg dirigible disaster in New Jersey Mourners file past coffins, arms outstretched in Nazi salute Bouquets of flowers, lillies Pan over mourners in audience Zeppelin in sky over ship VS coffins hoisted by crane 15:05:19:10 - 15:06:16:24 b w silent c 1937 'President Roosevelt Welcomed Ashore After Fishing Trip' FDR on fishing boat Reviewing military parade at College Station, Texas, Good CU of FDRtalking to local officials 15:06:16:25 - 15:06:44:14 b w silent 1937 '150th Anniversary of Constitution Enacted' in Philadelphia Historical reenactment Man rings Liberty bell with mallet Actors in wigs and costumes hold conference to ratify, sign US Constitution 15:06:44:15 - 15:07:18:14 b w silent c 1937 Navigation Aid Demonstrated in San Antonio, good CUs of instrument being adjusted and tested in plane 15:07:18:15 B W 1930s-1940s 'HA VANDERBILT New Cup Defender Goes Down Both Ways,' Bath, Maine Boat launched, woman smashes bottle of champagne with great gusto VS boat men working on board boat with crane 15:08:19:00 - 15:09:11:29 b w silent 1930s-1940s 'June Brides to be Queenly in Disarray, Says Dame Fashion,' Chicago Fashion show with wearing wedding dresses VS individual models wearing frilly swimwear, bikini (early), gowns, parasols CU eye makeup 15:09:12:00 - 15:10:05:09 b w silent 1930s 'Jim Braddock Puts Muscles In Trim For St Louis Battle' Golfmore, Michigan VS Braddock in training, hitting punch bag, sparring with opponent in ring, wearing protective head gear, riding horse with other men 15:10:05:10 - 15:11:11:19 b w silent 1946 25Jan46 'US Prepares Atomic Tests On War Ships' Joint Task Air Force One briefing, charts and maps VIPs sit at table Officer uses pointer at map of ship routes VS battle ships, crew, officers smiling on deck, American flag 15:11:11:20 - 15:12:08:29 b w silent 1946 'General Marshall Brings Peace To China' George Marshall chats with other officer outside of stone cottage VS Marshall meets with Nationalist and Communist leaders in Chungking, trying to broker peace in civil war CU Chinese leaders (nationalist, Communist) sign documents Chiang Kai-Shek speaks inside temple 15:12:09:00 - 15:13:17:29 b w silent 1940s CU hands packing bottles of liquid explosive into wooden box, marked 'TNT-High Explosive- Dangerous' Men working in laboratory with jars, vials PAN across snow-covered barracks Men settling in, lying on bed smoking, playing card game, hanging pin-up girl posters Women arrive carrying suitcases and skis Dark meeting in session New recruits? 15:13:18:00 - 15:15:47:19 b w w sound 1948 02Feb48 (Sound) GANDHI ASSASSINATION (Sound cuts in and out, not good) Gandhi montage, walking through crowds, meeting VIPs, includes Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Moslem leader Riots, demonstrations Hindu Jawaharlal Nehru makes speech at podium United Nations meeting Good side view: Indian representative says, 'We have lost our biggest man If I may venture to say so, the world has lost its tallest man, judged by all moral standards' Funeral Mourners pay respects at funeral and drop petals into dish at altar 15:15:47:21 - 15:17:05:09 b w silent 1940s 'Canada Greets Homeless Europeans' Upbeat, paternalistic, horrifying VO, Canada's experiment in the importation of displaced persons gains momentum400 carefully picked refugees from war's backwash VS of refugees, concentration camp survivors, women, men and children stand on line, eat, smile for camera Labor Minister Humphrey Mitchel, enters room to greet refugees CUs of women, some sad, some smile, woman has concentration camp tattoo on her arm, VO, 'All this is a far cry from the dread memory of Auschwitz and Belsen concentration camps where people became forgotten numbers' Women folk dancing Holocaust 15:17:05:10 - 15:18:49:29 b w silent 1936 18May36 (Silent) 'Victory Crowns Italians March Through Ethiopia' Mussolini claims Addis Ababa Italian army advances, trucks camouflaged, transportation of guns over rough terrain, truck rolls down hill and crashes Plane drops bombs, infantry running, POWs injured and dead Ethiopian soldiers with rifles, sacks Good CU Ethiopian men VS captured ammunition Camel train crosses landscape, horses Good CUs Ethiopian women sing and clap hands, men with spears dance then bow to Italian officer 15:18:50:00 - 15:19:25:19 b w silent 1930s Rome, Italy VS of huge pro-Mussolini demonstration, streets of Rome, Coliseum in BG Mussolini speech from balcony, square full of crowds waving flags etc 15:19:25:20 - 15:19:55:19 b w silent 1930s Old Man Bock Makes Bid For 'Quint' Honors' Goat gives birth to five kids Mother goat with babies, woman feeds goats with baby bottle, kid chews sleeve of dress, cute 15:19:55:20 - 15:20:22:29 b w silent 1930s 'Streamline Ferry Launched To Ply The Chesapeake' VS of ferry being prepared for launch, good Woman christens, smashes bottle of champagne, splashes all round her 15:20:23:00 - 15:21:20:02 b w silent 1930s 'Lunches In Chicago And Hops To LA For His Dinner' Billionaire industrialist Howard Hughes sits at table surrounded by people, finishes lunch, stands and leaves Good CU of Hughes with aviator goggles on his forehead CU propeller, single engine plane takes off Light rotates on top of airport control tower in Los Angeles Hughes lands plane, disembarks, walking on runway, wearing suit and tie 15:21:20:03 - 15:21:52:14 b w silent 1930s 'Bull Calf Made Into A Unicorn By Maine Scientist' Calf with horn in middle of head displayed, VS of horn, calf runs around field, has ring in its nose Weird 15:21:52:15 - 15:25:06:18 b w silent 1936 'Preakness Won by Bold Venture In Amazing Finish' Maryland VS jockeys in horse race Good HA race action of horses circling track, close finish and crowds of people at track Good SLO MO two horses in close finish Good Winner Bold Venture and jockey G Woolf in uniform 15:25:06:19 - 15:26:00:16 b w silent 1930s 'Thousands View Festival Bringing Holland To US' Women and men in traditional Dutch dress sweep street with brooms and brushes, carrying buckets, pails, re-enactemnt perhaps Good VS clog dance Spectators watch folk dancing and parade with floats Windmill, children in Dutch costumes sitting in field of tulips 15:26:07:03 - 15:26:54:09 b w silent 1936 11May36 '20,000 Observe Mother's Day In Park Exercises' Central Park, New York City Mayor LaGuardia presents flowers to his mother VS of park and crowds of people Unidentified elderly man speaks Elderly woman holds head up high 15:26:56:12 - 15:27:55:13 b w silent c 1936 'Wellesley Girls In First Outdoor Crew Practice' Women's college crew team VS of women in uniform rowing sculls, coxswain at front with bullhorn WS sculls in motion Some rowers out-of-sync 15:27:55:14 - 15:28:28:04 b w silent c 1936 'Homing Pigeon Derby Off To A Whirring Start' Homing pigeon race WS birds released from baskets, sky full of birds flapping wings chaotically 15:28:28:05 - 15:29:10:16 b w silent c 1936 'Freight Engine Explodes Killing 3 of Train Crew' VS train wreckage, disaster, injured animals, calf Cattle rescued, broken cattle cars Bull lifted from wreckage by crane, rope around horns, legs kicking as it's carried through air to ground, looks cruel and painful 15:29:10:17 - 15:29:50:24 b w silent 1930s-1940s '7-Year-Old Boy A Crack Shot With A Rifle' CU boy's face, dressed in cowboy hat, concentrates, aims and shoots at targets surrounding real man's face in hole with suit painted on backdrop 15:29:50:25 - 15:30:35:09 b w silent 1930s-1940s 'Glider Expert Tries Take-Off By Foot-Power' Man in glider checks equipment, straps himself into glider VS man runs down grassy hill in glider with assistants, attempting takeoffs and falling each time 15:30:35:10 - 15:33:37:25 b w silent 1930s 'Giant Dirigible Sets Record On Ocean Crossing' New Jersey, Good VS of Hindenburg AVs, people watching dirigible VS zeppelin on ground Crew looking out windows Good CUs blimp moving into hangar AV with swastikas on tail in FG Crowds on runway Closing sequence, Universal Newspaper Newsreel 15:33:45:01 - 15:34:14:25 b w silent 1930s World-Wide News Events Newscastle, England Huge crowd present as King George VI launches battleship, swinging bottle VS ship moving down track to water, ship building yard VS crowds of spectators running, bow of ship towards CAM 15:34:14:26 - 15:34:32:22 b w silent 1930s Rajkot, India VS of Gandhi with other men, talking, briskly walking outdoors with group Gandhi beginning fast 15:34:32:23 - 15:35:08:18 b w silent 1939 March 26 Pan American B-314 Yankee Clipper leaving Washington, DC - first transatlantic trial flight Eleanor Roosevelt launches transatlantic clipper from Maryland, smashing bottle of champagne Clipper takes off from water AV POV clipper AVs of Washington DC, Capitol, good 15:35:08:19 - 15:35:41:25 b w silent 1939 Hotel Fire Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Smoke and smoldering ruins of hotel Firemen using hoses Coffin lowered by rope, wounded firemen put into ambulance VS damage Original Universal description: 35 DIE IN CANADIAN HOTEL FIRE - Scenes of fiery destruction as flames sweep the old Queen Hotel, taking 35 lives and causing damage estimated at $800,000 Spectacular pictures taken by a cameraman staying at the hotel, who had to jump for his life! 15:35:41:26 - 15:36:19:27 b w silent 1930s-1940s 'Tricky New Easter Lids Blossom Out As Sign Of Spring' Miami Beach, Florida Women model Spring fashions outdoors, walking & feeding ducks - hats, Easter bonnets 15:36:19:28 - 15:37:46:24 b w silent 1939 Capital 'Celebs' Attend Preview Of 'Culver' Picture, Washington, DC Nighttime, RKO Keith theater marquee announcing World Premiere 'Spirit of Culver' Brass band plays as boy scouts and VIPs enter cinema 15:37:46:25 - 15:38:46:25 b w silent 1930s-1940s 'Plane Completes 1st Hop In Dominion Fast Mail Service' Montreal, Quebec, Canada Canadian air mail service, double-engine plane lands, uniformed men exit Trans Canada Air Lines plane, shake hands with men in overcoats and hats Sacks of mail unloaded and put into postal van, van drives off on snow-covered road 15:38:46:26 - 15:40:00:29 b w silent 1939 'Special Release: Cardinal Pacelli Elected As Pope Will Be Pius XII' Vatican City, Rome, Italy VS Vatican architecture, St Peter's Basilica Sombre Pacelli surrounded by clerics, girls wearing white, and nuns, cheer (brief) VS Pacelli greeting Cardinal, walking through crowd, kissing altar Religious processions, Papal flags, academics in gowns and caps Cardinal Spellman greets Pacelli at airport, Pacelli speaks at podium, CBS microphone attached Good CU Pacelli looking sternly at CAM 15:40:07:14 - 15:41:30:08 b w silent 'US Fleet Faces Important Battle Tests In Pacific' Arms industry, gun manufacturing, sparks in steel foundry Long gun barrel POV shot Testing propeller Map of Pacific Message sent from ship through light and flag signals, officer looks through binoculars, good INT: control, engine room War ships on rough sea Naval guns fired, black smoke, planes fly over Factory, gun barrels checked, single engine planes taxi, manufacturing engines, torpedo launched and moves through water (brief) 15:41:30:09 - 15:42:27:04 b w silent c 1939 Personalities In The News Point-counterpoint talking heads Senator Key Pittman sits at desk with books behind him Pittman makes speech about building invincible US navy, shelves of books behind him Representative Brewster talks about unnecessary increase in military spending 15:42:27:05 - 15:42:54:08 b w silent c 1939 'Five Kennedys Sail To England' VS Joseph Kennedy and family leaving for England CU children waving, including Joseph Jr, John, Rose, Kathleen, Robert and Edward 15:42:54:09 - 15:43:14:22 b w silent 1930s Italian Royals Newlyweds Turin, Italy Middle-aged couple leave church, crowd pressing behind them, crowd control, driving through narrow streets surrounded by cheering people 15:43:14:23 - 15:44:11:20 b w silent 1930s Philly Fighters Take Honors In Golden Gloves Go New York City Sound cutting in and out)VS boxing matches Good CUs boxers wildly swinging punches, few knock outs, shots of audience 15:44:11:21 - 15:44:43:25 b w silent c 1939 Spring Training baseball St Petersburg, Florida New York Yankee team walks quickly and pick up baseball bats happily CU Yankees manager Joe McCarthy Yankees pitchers (Spud Chandler?)warming up on field Good HA players on field 15:44:43:26 - 14:45:16:25 b w silent 1939 Catalina Island, California Chicago Cubs baseball Spring training VS pitchers and catchers in practice Good shots players doing tricks, tossing ball behind back, batting in goofy hats etc 15:45:16:26 - 15:45:48:05 b w silent c 1939 New York City, Fordham college football team practice WS players in uniform (no helmet) run towards CAM, do leg exercises Fordham coach (J Crowley) and two players Players on field throwing, catching, tackling, kicking in drills 15:45:48:06 - 15:46:26:01 b w silent c 1939 Snoqualmie Pass Washington Ski slope, VS downhill skiing, jumping ramps Good ski falls, skiers sliding on backs down slopes 15:46:32:06 - 15:47:36:26 b w silent c 1939 'Hindenburg Fights Gale On Second Trip To America' VS dirigible arriving in New Jersey, struggling with landing Crowds run on ground LA men on platform using ropes and tying down zeppelin Passengers disembark quickly in wind storm 15:47:36:27 - 15:48:26:17 b w silent 1930s 'Doc' Mackenzie Wins 50-Mi Auto Speed VS dirt track car race Good VS spectators in bleachers turning heads Brief shot car crash on track with tire flying through air Cars cross finish line as checkered flag is waved CU of George 'Doc' Mackenzie (winning driver) smiling and drinking from soda bottle 15:48:26:18 - 15:48:57:07 b w silent c 1939 'Coast Guardsman Gets Medal For Saving 16 Lives' Congressional medal of valor award ceremony - Coast Guard standing for review WS ship in harbor Officer shakes hands with crew CU of medal pinned to man's lapel 15:48:57:08 - 15:49:29:14 b w c 1939 'New Streamline Engine Will Be Flood-Lighted' Man oils wheel works of train, CU oil can Excellent shot of streamlined steam engine railroad riding side-by-side on parallel track with old model steam engine HA train coming towards CAM, smoke 15:49:29:15 - 15:50:06:29 b w silent 1930s-1940s 'Capetown-London Flight Record Set By Amy Mollison' Single engine plane lands, people waiting at airfield Pilot Mollison gets out of plane, wearing skirt suit waves and smiles to photographers, media VS Mollison smiling and holding bouquet of flowers Escorted through crowd by English police, Bobbys, sits in convertible and waves 15:50:07:00 - 15:50:46:12 b w silent 1939 'Backyard Zoos Turn Out For Kids' Pet Show' Children walk in parade carrying pets, CUs children with rabbits, hamsters, goats, cat, donkey, lamb, puppy Children pose in group with elderly man, animals Good cute CU's children holding animals (birds, hamsters, goats) 15:50:46:16 - 15:51:35:04 b w silent 1930s 'France Jails Pilot For Taking French Leave With Plane' Crowds surround plane as it taxis to stop in field Aviator is arrested by French police, struggles, resists, balls hands into fists Suspect waves to crowd as he is escorted to car 15:51:35:05 - 15:52:22:14 b w silent 1930s 'New Styles For Beach Wear Are Easy On The Eyes' Women model swimsuits with anchors on front CU individual models posing for CAM Group runs to shoreline and back to beach 15:52:22:15 - 15:53:02:27 b w silent c 1939 'Navy Crew Wins Adams Cup Race On The Charles' VS of crew race, close finish 15:53:02:28 - 15:53:48:12 b w silent 1930s 'Air-Conditioned Clothes Invented For Hot Weather' Wacky inventions Man in air-conditioned suit shows how apparatus works He steps with tubes attached to shoes, running up his back and under hat Man in AC suit walks funny outdoors, demonstrating device 15:53:48:13 - 15:54:56:27 b w silent 1936 'Thrilling Spills Feature Big Hill Climbing Contest' Motorcyclists compete make it to top of very steep dirt hill Dangerous driving and motorcycle stunts, motorbikes out of control, crashing into spectators, drivers fall off and jump clear of machines VS good HA shots motorcycles falling down cliffs
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