Summary

Drugs, Love-Ins, Prisons, Universal Newsreels

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: Drugs, Love-Ins, Prisons, Universal Newsreels
File Number: DN-LB-339 Beta SP ; DN-116 1 inch
Color: B W, Color
Type: Newsreel
Year: 1916, 1968, 1950s
Subjects: Aerials, Border crossings, US, Mexico, drugs, Marijuana, smoking, Hippies, Love-Ins, dancing, rock bands, psychedelic, smuggling, contraband, customs, counterculture, British Empire, prisons, lifestyles, US presidents, politics, Korean War, aviation, military, atomic bombs, Japan, England, oceanliners, SS Lusitania, Eisenhower, Truman, disasters, royalty, prisons, UCLA, colleges, New York City
Description: 09:01:21:23 - 09:02:38:16 color silent 1968 Los Angeles, CA. US - Mexico Border customs office. Man and woman fill out forms at customs counter. Uniformed customs agents inspect vehicles - cars, trucks, Volkswagen Beetle. Agents frisk search young men at counter. Agents search tires in car trunk. POV plane on runway. 09:02:40:19 - 09:06:05:03 color silent 1968 Slate for 'Love-In.' Wooden sign for Tapia Park, LA County. VS crowds of 'Hippies,' young people gathered on grassy fields, wearing 1960s fashions- caftans, nehru jackets, smocks, beards. VS rock band plays on stage. Bearded drummer, shirtless singer, electric and acoustic guitarists. Good VS CU's people dancing. WS people moving by empty stage, loudspeakers. 09:06:06:04 - 09:08:30:04 color silent 1968 HA VS Boats in harbor with waterfront condos. Pan on Strip signs. Neon store and burlesque club signs illuminated at night. Theater marquee for 'Bonnie & Clyde,' 'Up The Down Staircase' AVs of highway, other lights in LA, CA at night. VS People walking on hillside, dancing during 'Love-In' event. 09:08:30:29 - 09:10:54:22 color silent 1968 Small-engine plane takes off on field, airdrops package into clearing. HA shadow of plane moving on ground. Plane POV landing on runway. CU Man smoking pipe. 09:10:55:22 - 09:13:00:22 color silent 1968 Slate. Middle class inmates in minimum security prison. CU two women (Black and Hispanic). Couple smiling outdoors. Wmen look out over compound with palm trees. Women enter building. PAN over compound. Men play handball on outdoor court. 09:13:02:22 - 09:14:30:12 color silent 1968 Slate. UCLA campus quad. Students walking & lounging. Dickson Plaza sign. VS Students read outdoors. UCLA sign. 09:14:31:11 - 09:18:00:17 color silent 1968 WS Inmates lift weights and exercise in prison recreation yard. DS past yachts, sailboats, motorboats at docks. Man leans back at desk in front of curtained window. WS beach scenes with tables, palm trees. VS Women sitting outdoors, talking at minimum-security prison. Sunset over harbor, anchored boats in Mexican bay. 09:18:03:09 - 09:20:01:04 color silent 1968 'Love-In' outdoors in park. VS hippies, conga drum players. Two policemen arrest shirtless man. COwboys, police ride by. Flower children. Police arresting & hauling off guy in handcuffs, people follow. Mounted police leaving to applause. Guitar players. 09:20:08:06 - 09:21:23:22 b w w sound 1953 Universal newsreel. VO male narrator- Ed Herlihy. Caption: 'Aviation News.' Edwards AFB, CA. Test pilot Scott Crossfield, 'World's Fastest Human,' inspects Douglas Skyrocket jet, holder of speed record- 1327 mph (twice the speed of sound). Small-engine lightweight Sierra 'pusher' test plane on runway. 09:21:23:23 - 09:22:08:02 b w w sound 1953 Caption- 'Royal Journey.' Queen Elizabeth II visits West Indies. Queen and Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh) disembarck from plane in Jamaica, greet British governor-general Hugh Foot. Queen and Prince review uniformed Guard of Honor, sit in back of car. Queen shovels dirt in King George Park ceremony planting cottonwood tree to initiate island reforestation program. 09:22:08:03 - 09:26:47:05 b w w sound 1953 'News in Brief.' Caracas, Venezuela. WS city. President Marcos Perez Jimenez in military uniform dedicates nutrition building. Children applaud. Highways. VO: 'land of oil and progress.' Germany. Two Czech amateur pilots with stolen crashed plane. Seattle, WA. US Boy Scouts honor scout with Polio in wheelchair. Football- Army vs. Navy game. King Paul and Queen Federica of Greece in bleachers. VS highlights, crowd in uniform cheering. USC vs. Notre Dame. 09:26:54:21 - 09:28:35:29 b w w sound 1952 Universal Newsreel. Caption: 'Top News Stories of 1952.' VO male narrator. Crowd scenes during election year. Candidate General Dwight Eisenhower making speech: "I shall go to Korea." Victory ceremony. Dwight and wife Mamie Eisenhower on stage. Korea: Eisenhower steps out of helicopter in coat & uniform, greets troops on tour of Korean War front. 09:28:36:00 - 09:30:42:00 b w w sound 1952 Steel workers on strike. (labor) Picket lines. President seizes industry by executive edict- court battle results. Judge David Pine who ruled against president, upheld by US Supreme Court. Death of King George VI VS George in royal uniform greeting crowds, ascension of Queen Elizabeth II to throne. British flag at half-mast for his death, women drying tears, etc. Queen Elizabeth on horseback, in uniform during funeral. British Empire in turmoil, disarray. Rebellion in Suez Canal, Sudan area. British soldiers search local rebels. Egypt- military coup. King Farouk and wife in exile with baby. Map of Iran- nationalization of oil industry. Crowd riots. Fragile Iranian premier Mossadeq is led up stairs of Hague, in Netherlands for hearings about nationalization. 09:30:42:01 - 09:32:07:07 b w w sound 1952 Aviation crashes, disasters. Elizabeth, NJ, West coast. British air show. Jet explodes in midair, hurling engines,. debris on spectators. VS crowds tending to injured, dead. Huge train crash outside London, wounded on stretchers. Sinking of American freighter ship Flying Enterprise off coast of England after long struggle. Surviving Captain Carlsen speaks at event. 09:32:07:08 - 09:32:55:27 b w w sound 1952 Korean War. North Korean POWs have mass rebellion in camp, climbing fences. US soldiers throw grenades. Soldiers tend to wounded on ground. Other riot Pyongyang Island. United Nations soldiers guarding marching procession of POWs. US prison riots Michigan, NJ. INT prison filled with ruins from uprising. Prisoners behind bars. Guard with rifle sits in watch tower. VO: prisoners bargaining with captors, governors. 09:32:55:28 - 09:33:40:00 b w w sound 1952 Atomic bomb testing. AV: site of first British atomic test, Monte Bello Islands, Australia. US Hydrogen bomb test in Eniweitok Atoll, Pacific. VO 'year of destiny.' 09:33:45:01 - 09:35:35:15 b w w sound 1952 Universal newsreel. Caption: 'Ike at Capital.' President-elect Dwight Eisenhower has transition meeting with outgoing pres. Truman at White House, Washington DC. Dwight & Mamie Eisenhower disembarck from plane, waving. Eisenhower addresses group of interim advisors, government workers. HA presidential motorcade- Eisenhower stands in back of convertible. Still of Truman, Eisenhower shaking hands. 09:35:35:16 - 09:40:25:29 b w w sound 1952 'News in Brief.' President Truman presents Harmon International Aviation trophy to Mdm. Jacqueline Aulio. Truman receives presidential Thanksgiving turkey. Chile inaugural celebrations. President Gabriel Gonzales Fideles hands over presidential sash to Gen. Carlos Ibanez. Ibanez waves to crowds, drinks wine from horn. Chile military on parade review. British FIDO fog dispersal aircraft is used for civilian purposes. Tokyo, Japan. Crowds gather on palace grounds to see Crown prince Akihito after he is invested as heir to throne. Emperor Hirohito, wife and prince Akihito wave from roof. England. Prince Charles' fourth birthday. Charles looks out of window of Buckingham Palace at crowds, changing of guard ceremony. Charles sits in toy car. Portrait of young Charles, sister Anne. Caption: 'It's Ski Time.' VS Skiers at Mt. Hood, OR. Children falling. Woman and St. Bernard dog ride on ski lift. Dog runs after skiers. 09:40:33:16 - 09:44:35:19 b w silent 1915 Cunard line RMS Lusitania leaving New York Harbor, May 1, 1915. Caption: 'bona-fide' picture, only existing film of last voyage of ship before sinking at sea from torpedo. Excellent scenes w intertitles. Cars carry passengers to dock for departure. Bustling groups of men and women in elegant dress. HA passengers board steps to ship. TU Passengers on decks. Women wave kerchiefs. PAN over ship. Crewmen runs to raise flag. Slow PAN over ship as it leaves dock. Title: author Elbert Hubbard waves to CAM from upper deck. WS ship in harbor with tugboat. Side view of SS Lusitania departing with tugboat beside it, smoke rising from large smokestacks.
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