Summary

Universal Newsreels

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: Universal Newsreels
File Number: DN-LB-533 Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 1939
Subjects: Aerials New York City
Description: 13:01:19:00 B W 1939 18Sep39 Si 'Russian Armies Invade Poland in Sudden Coup.' VS of army marching in parade, HA, as Stalin reviews with army officer beside him. Soldiers parachute from planes, land and hide gear. Tanks advance across field firing. Good. WWII USSR Invasion Eastern Front. 13:01:49:00 B W 1939 Si England. Business as usual in the traditional word, as Britain waits for enemy bombing planes. Aircraft carrier, plane lands on deck, crew follow it. Street scene, shopping, Londoners carry gas masks (not seen on screen). Traffic warden. 'You Can't Get Away with Murder,' sign. Wedding party leaves air raid shelter, walls of sandbags, confetti. Man smoking. Duke and Duchess of Windsor visit shelter, he salutes crowd, VS. Royals chat to commoners and Duchess packs bandages. Women farm, on tractor plowing, gathering and saving hay. Harvest. Wally Simpson and Edward 8th sit on wall posing for camera. He smokes. Photographers. Nationalism. Scandal. Gender roles WWII Homefront. 13:03:25:00 B W 1939 Si New York, N.Y. SS American Shipper arrives in New York w survivors of SS Blairlogia. CUs of men on board, possibly the Brits who were rescued after their freighter was sunk by Nazi submarine, VS. Brief PAN across downtown New York, good. LA of crowd waiting on dock. People waving and smiling as Americans arrive home on SS President Washington. Great MCU shot of ROSE KENNEDY waving and smiling from deck of SS President Washington at t c 13:04:27:09, followed by two MS shots of Rose Kennedy standing next to 13-year-old RFK (at t c 13:04:33:00) very rare, early footage of RFK. Pre-WWII Homefront. Greetings. Cityscape. 13:04:41:00 B W 1939 Si Portsmouth, New Hampshire. VS of damaged submarine Squalus with crews working. Officers on board. Shots of sub listing to one side. Pier. Docks. Lowering American flag as boat passes by. Disaster. Victims. 13:05:10:00 B W 1939 Si Coney Island, New York. Flames Sweep Beach Resort. AV, smoke billowing up to sky. Firefighters with hoses drench Steeplechase Park. Ferris wheel in background. VS destruction, mangled steel, ruins of park. 13:05:42:00 B W 1939 Si New York, N.Y. LS Danish training ship in New York Harbor, passing Statue of Liberty. Beautiful full sails. Crewman and Captain on deck, steering wheel. VS sailors in white uniform training, pulling ropes, adjusting sails, watching as ship passes by. VS sailors looking at skyline, waving, up on ropes. Good. Pre-WWII. Denmark Navy. Sailing Ship. 13:06:21:00 B W 1939 Si 'The World of Sports.' Glenview, Illinois. Ward Wins Amateur Gold Title. Marvin Bud Ward defeated Ray Billows at the North Shore Club. VS golf, swinging clubs, walking across course, spectators, putting on green, birdies, flags. Ward in pin-stipe suit holding trophy and smiling. Sports. 13:07:17:00 B W 1939 Si Forest Hills, New York. Alice Marble Retains Tennis Championship. She beat Helen Jacobs. The two women walk onto tennis court together, VS of play. Crowd scenes. MCU of women with flowers. In men's, Bobbie Riggs beats Welby Van Horn in straight sets. VS. Spectators applaud. End: 13:08:??:00, 13:08:53:00 B W 1939 20Sep39 Si 'The World of Sport.' Pendleton, Oregon. Famous Round up is Staged. Parade of indians and cowboys start off annual rodeo. CU of little boy. VS rodeo action, cowbowys being thrown by horses and steers, one is attacked by bull. Clown. Professional Sports. 13:09:56:00 B W 1939 Si Berkeley, Calif. College Gridders Rarin' to Go. Players run towards camera and on to field. CU of coach Allison. MCU of smiling players. Training, two players at a time tackle padded machine that jumps back at each tackle. Line of players tackle and push large contraption. Sports, College Football Training. 13:10:33:00 B W 1939 Si Grants Pass, Oregon. Grid Stars on Warpath. Cavemen. Men dressed in animal skins, with long hair, wigs, wielding clubs play regular team. They carry player up field. Their female fans wearing furs in bleachers. VS running and clubbing. Players taken off in wheelbarrow. Gags. Oddities. Stunts. Sports. End: 13:11:??:00. 13:11:31:00 B W 1939 02Oct39 Si 'The World of Sports: South Bend, Indiana. Notre Dame 3 Purdue 0.' VS football action, HA, MCUs, crowd shot, runs, scores and tackles. Kelleher's goal wins game for Fighting Irish. College Football, Sports. 13:12:50:00 B W 1939 Si Seattle, Washington. Pittsburgh 27 Washington 6. Panthers ride rough shod over Huskies. Pan of crowd, plenty of space in the stands. VS football action, runs, tackles, passes, scores. Fans wave something in unison, looks good. Some good plays. College Football Sports. 13:14:34:00 B W 1939 Si Memphis, Tennessee. Mississippi State 19, Arkansas 0 in College Football. Field is in bad shape, wet. VS of play, many LA. One great run, crowd cheering. Sports. 13:16:04:00 B W 1939 09Oct39 Si 'Western Front. French Big Guns go into Action Against Nazi Line.' Soldiers behind barricade, walking thru trench, digging. MCU monument. Destroyed bridge. Tanks. General Gamelin gets out of car, walks up steps, to meeting. VS RR artillery gun, camouflaged. Montage, loading and firing big guns. Good. Cuts to Paris, 13:16:57 int church during mass. Raezkiewiez, new leader of Poland is guest. Mass is offered for liberation of Poland. Priest, altar boys, nuns, congregants praying. Celebrating mass. Ext Raezk- iewiez, who's austere, shakes hands with priest and gets into car. WWII 13:17:21:00 B W 1939 Si. Duke of Windsor, Edward, now a Major General, stands outside Paris home, with folder under one arm, pipe in hand, he walks towards camera and gets into waiting car. Good. Religion, Catholic. WWII. Royalty. Monarchy. 13:17:35:00 B W 1939 Si 'Chicago, Illinois. Impressive Rites Mark Funeral of Beloved Cardinal.' Funeral of George Cardinal Mundelein, Arch- bishop of Chicago. LA Int shot of church, procession up main aisle. Funeral rites on altar, open casket visible. Ext, pan down church, shot of procession thru streets. CU pall-bearers from behind with coffin. People watching procession along streets. AV, LA shots of march, VIPs in morning suits and top hats. Horse manure along route. Girl Guides, men wearing sashes, hearse. Death. Religion, Catholic. Ritual. Parade. Cortege. 13:18:26:00 B W 1939 Si 'The World of Sports. Cincinnati, Ohio. Yanks Win the Series.' 1939 Yankees come from behind to win tenth-inning beating the Cincinnati Reds. Packed stadium. VS pitching, batting, running. Fans in stands cheering, standing up. Teammates congratulate each other. CU of Joe Brown, Mayor La Guardia watching. Joe DiMaggio. Professional Baseball. World Series. 13:19:51:00 B W 1939 Si 'New York, N.Y. Alabama 7, Fordham 6.' VS of plays, tackles, runs, scores. Spectators in stands. 1939 College Football Sports. 13:21:00:00 B W 1939 Si 'Evanston, Illinois. Oklahoma 23, N'Western 0.' VS game and spectators. Northwestern University College Football Sports 13:22:26:00 B W 1939 Si 'South Bend, Indiana. Notre Dame 17, Georgia Tech 14.' Fighting Irish and Yellow Jackets. VS of game, good drop kick, good runs. Good dive. College Football University Sports. End: 13:24:3?:00 13:24:42:00 B W 1939 09Oct39 Si 'Minneapolis, Minnesota. Planes Raid City With Pamphlets Urging Neutrality.' Airfield with planes parked. Men pack bundles of leaflets into planes. Woman shakes hands with other women. 'Times Tribune Peace Ship' on side of plane. Man waves checkered flag, planes take off. Airplane drops leaflets, fluttering thru air. Pre-WWII Peace Efforts Isolationism Pacifism Leafletting. 13:25:55:00 B W 1939 Si 'Los Angeles, California. Dead End Kids have their Day as City Officials.' Kids shaking hands with officials, one sits at desk and listens to instructions of official. Cop pins badge on shirt of other kid who blows on it and then shines. Cocky kid sits back at desk of Fire Dept official. Fire Prevention poster brought to his attention. CU fire alarm, bell. Kid responds to alarm, runs to pole and slides down after second thought, lands on his backside. He gets into Engine 3 truck and puts on cap. Children Responsibility Oddities. Gags. 13:27:20:00 B W 1939 Si 'Toronto. Ontario, Canada.. Scottish Regiment Trains For Service with Machine Guns.' Men in kilts marching up road, telephone and power poles and wires visible. Soldier on guard. Men sit at table with regiment banner behind them, MCUs. Marching with rifles in full uniform, kilts, VS. good. Machine gun training, setting up gun on stand, putting between legs and using painting of landscape as target. Military Training WWII Homefront Canada. 13:28:28:00 B W 1939 Si 'Berkeley, California. Galloping Gaels Trim California in Coast Classic.' VS football. Good drop kick. Good fans in stands cheering. Lots of tackling. Touchdown. College Football Sports. Notre Dame. 13:30:41:00 B W 1939 Si VS football, field full of mud. Players covered in mud. Some good running. Touchdowns. MCU bunch of women fans, wearing rosettes and applauding. Stanford v Oregon (?) College Football Sports. End: 13:32:4?:00 13:32:50:00 B W 1939 16Oct39 Si Sd 'Aberdeen, Maryland. Army's Newest Weapons are Shown in Action.' Crowd gathered to watch test, big gun loaded, crowd puts fingers in ears and gun is fired. MCU breech of gun, huge. VS powerful guns being aimed and fired. (13:33:16) Sd. White dome in middle of field used as target, smoke and artillery flying past. Dome blows up, flames. Anti-tank guns fired. Whistles sound in background. MCU damage to burning tank. Military. Pre-WWII Aberdeen Proving Ground. 13:34:24:00 B W 1939 Sd Brooklyn, New York. Erasmus High Grid Ace Beat Madison in ? Classic. Good run, sports commentator gets excited, roars at tackle. VS of plays. Shot of young boys in stand watching game. Paper cracker explodes. Touchdown. McEvoy tackled. Fans pour onto field after game. Rivalry. High School Sports. Football. End: 13:36:4?:00 13:36:54:00 B W 1939 18Oct39 Si 'The World of Sports. North Little Rock, Arkansas. Spectators watch rodeo parade come down street, sunny. Cowboys, cowgirls, clown, blackface. Cowboy thrown from horse. Woman in saddle for long time despite bucking horse. Tricks, man with two horses jumps fence and convertible. VS rodeo. Brahma bull attacks man. 13:38:09:00 B W 1939 Si Brooklyn, New York. VS Long Island University freshmen and sophomores mud-slinging, flour-tossing, pants-pulling. Cameraman in the middle of rough play, young men tearing clothes from each others backs. Young women and men watch, amused. Ritual. Moronic. Macho fighting College. 13:38:59:00 B W 1939 Sd 'Princeton, New Jersey. Cornell 20, Princeton 7. VS college football game and spectators. Some good running. Fight in crowd. Troublemaker. Sports violence. End: 14:40:1?:00 continues on entry 94.
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