Summary

Universal Newsreel

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: Universal Newsreel
File Number: DN-LB-541 Beta SP (Vol 24 Rel 473)
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 01/01/1950
Subjects: Aerials
Description: 05:01:15:00 B W 1950 20Feb50 Si New York City 29 Die! Cars Knifed In Half In Long Island Rail Crash Night and police & firemen climbing through wrecked passenger railroad cars Bodies taken out on stretchers Makeshift hospital beds with nurses attending Pile of newspapers showing headlines about wreck Workers cleaning up wreckage Daytime & cars lying on side, twisted metal after head-on crash Transportation disaster 05:02:36:00 B W 1950 Si Sd News In Brief Washington, DC [Jackson Day Dinner] High angle of large hall with tables being set up by waiters CU of dinner items CU of Gov of Delaware Applause Vice-President Barkley at rostrum MCU Truman at podium: `I have an idea that is what they are complaining about' Guests applauding Democrats politics 05:03:33:00 B W 1950 Si New York City [Cardinal Spellman Leaves on Pilgrimage To Holy Year at Rome with 515 Americans] Men kissing his ring, Walking on ships deck escorted by policeman & crowd Sign Bon Voyage Cardinal Spellman People waving to 2 stack liner 05:04:21:00 B W 1950 Si Port Au Prince, Haiti [Bicentennial Exposition Celebrating 200th Anniversary of Founding of Port Au Prince] LS of building, art deco-like sculpture Black officials walking past camera CU sign Blvd Pres Truman Black leaders shaking hands with US Ambassador Inspecting jet fighters Costumed dancers through street in parade Celebration 05:05:15:00 B W 1950 Sd New York City [Times Square Brownout] Shots of coal mines after strike in effect CU sign: Times Square - Broadway & W 42nd St Neon signs of intersection and pedestrians walking about Signs turned off and cars and pedestrians along darkened streets Lights deliberately turned off because of on-going coal mine strike 05:06:02:00 B W 1950 Si Sports Arcadia, California [Santa Anita Derby won by `Your Host'] High angle of horses paraded, betters moving about MCU of Danny Kaye & ??? Spectators cheering Horses galloping to finish with winner crossing finish line 05:06:49:00 B W 1950 Si Aspen, Colorado [World Championship Downhill Ski Race] People watch with binoculars as ski starts then down long slope jumping over ridges and past camera Big fall Man filming with 16mm Other falls Spectacular fall at finish line Other successful racers MCU of winner, Zeno Colo of Italy 05:08:03:00 B W 1950 Si Charro Days Festival (Brownsville, Texas, in Rio Grande Valley) Daytime parade with floats and Mexicans in costumes and cowboy dress riding floats and walking MCU Beard contest judged by women who pull at the beards Woman with fake beard Winner applauded Mexican Celebration Mexican-Americans Ethnic End: 05:09:08 05:09:16:00 B W 1950 27Feb50 Si Canada Arctic Defense - US And Canada Join In War Maneuvers Snow covered supply depot CU sign: Army Headquarters - Sweetbriar Men walking in snow and bundled in heavy coats and parkas with fur caps Jets low over snowcovered airport Gunners on artillery as planes fly over AV of snow covered mountains Planes parachuting supplies and men on to field Men fire machine guns, moving up on targets Various road clearing machinery 05:10:47:00 B W 1950 Si London, England British Elections - Labor Wins By Scant Majority of Seven Votes Street scenes of London People voting & out of polling place Churchill & Attlee through crowds with handshakes Attlee talking to ditchdiggers Night and people in street during vote counting Pictures of candidates on placards People booing and others jubilant Fighting in street Attlee & wife waving 05:11:57:00 B W 1950 Si News In Brief New York City [Press Photographers Awards at 14th Annual Exhibit] Flash bulbs lighting toward camera Gov Dewey giving awards to photographers & looking at photos with someone else CU of some photos 05:12:49:00 B W 1950 Si Rio De Janeiro, Brazil [Mardi Gras Carnival] Float with various flags through streets, others with elaborate turning figures in night parade People dancing in street Costumed dancers 05:13:37:00 B W 1950 Si Florida [Bill McGowan's School for Umpires] Large group of men in caps listening to Umpire teacher Then practice calls with gestures CUs Sports professional baseball Instruction Gag Oddities 05:14:38:00 B W 1950 Si Marineland, Florida Social Notes At Marineland Diver underwater feeding fish Shark, Manta Ray, Turtles, Groupers, Small fish High angle of feeding of porpoises being fed Seen from underwater and above Tricks MCU of dolphin & long shot of swimming with rings Cu with trainer 05:16:20:00 B W 1950 Si Miami, Florida Fun & Frolics For `Francis' Mule led by stewardesses & checked into hotel as people watch CU of woman in swimsuit lathering him and barber giving shave Black man giving him a shoe shine On beach with bathing beauties putting sun glasses and oil on him and all posing for camera Mule wears bathing trunks End: 05:17:38:00 05:17:45:00 B W 1950 07Mar50 Si Vatican City, Rome, Italy Pilgrimage - Spellman Leads 500 Through Holy door Spellman & others carry cross & American flag while leading group across St Paul's plaza in Rome MCU walking Crowd following Kneeling at door, walking in Men & women in dark robes Performing mass and crossing selves Pilgrimage to Pope, MCU of Pope & Spellman 05:18:58:00 B W 1950 Si News In Brief Bamangwato, East Africa [White Queen] Ruth Williams, one-time London typist now Queen Ruth Khama ruling over 100,000 subjects with her native husband, King Seretse Khama CU at car window CU of King & shot of King with her High angle of village with thatched roofed round houses People lined up and sitting Colonialism Ethnic 05:19:40:00 B W 1950 Sd (German) Germany [Magicians' Convention] Man with cups & small ball performs tricks for others Card tricks MCU of laughing Men smoking cigarettes and tricks with cigarettes & cigar Man eating reappearing sausage Oddities gags 05:20:39:00 B W 1950 Si Sports White Plains, New York [Harlem Globe Trotters] Warming up, passing balls & gags Running plays around opposing team Spectators laughing Fancy dribbling 05:21:59:00 B W 1950 Si Tuscon, Arizona [Cleveland Indians welcome motion picture film stars] Shelley Winters, James Stewart & Dan Duryea, on location for Winchester 73, play catch at spring training camp Stewart pitching Winters batting in tight sweater Oddities, Gags Sports, Baseball 05:23:01:00 B W 1950 Si Boston Red Sox Spring Training Camp CU of manager Pitchers warming up CUs Hitting CU Ted Williams 05:23:57:00 B W 1950 Si Puerto Rico [Pittsburgh Pirates] Posing for cameras Managers, MCU of players Pitchers Man swinging bat, pitcher Baseball batting practice 05:24:44:00 B W 1950 Si ?? [Cincinnati Reds spring training] Pitching, hitting 05:25:31:00 B W 1950 Si St Petersburg [St, Louis Browns Spring Training] CU manager 05:26:19:00 B W 1950 Si ?? [Philadelphia, Phillies Spring Training] Coach in MCU Pitchers, catchers, fielding Hitting 05:27:09:00 B W 1950 Si Detroit, Michigan [Detroit Tigers Spring Training] Coach, pitching, MCU of players Fielding Coach & players 05:27:56:00 B W 1950 Si Chicago White Sox Cu of players Practicing sliding Catching with giant mitt Swish pan 05:28:40:00 B W 1950 Si Chicago Cubs Managers, players in MCU Pitching practice and runs around base Hitting End: 05:29:24:00 05:29:31:00 B W 1950 10Mar50 Sd Title: Universal International Newsreel w music underneath 05:29:42:00 B W 1950 Sd Manchester, NH Sander Acquitted - Jury Frees `Mercy' Doctor People into court house Dr Herman Sanders with wife walking to hear verdict Newspaper articles in CU Smiling and shaking hands with lawyer as pictures are taken 05:30:39:00 B W 1950 Sd News In Brief New York City [Judith Coplon sentenced to 15 years] Spectators outside as Coplon taken out of court to House of Detention Photographers taking pictures Van past camera Valentin Gubitchev sentenced to life but suspended if he leaves country within 2 weeks 05:31:17:00 B W 1950 Sd Norfolk, Virginia [Fighters & Dive Bombers Loaded on French aircraft carrier Dixmude] Sailors tow planes and hoisted as aid to Western Europe Cold War Post-WWII Propaganda 05:31:52:00 B W 1950 Sd Vatican City, Rome, Italy [Pope Pius Carried Through Square] Night celebration with large crowd MCU of Pope with Spellman receiving 500 American pilgrims Catholic Religion Rite Blessing 05:32:37:00 B W 1950 Sd Spain Sports [Bullfight with bull winning] Throws various matadors Failure Oddities Gags Violence Brutality Animals Ritual 05:33:29:00 B W 1950 Sd Bradenton, Florida [Boston Braves Baseball Spring Training] Manager Billy Southworth in MCU, Norman Roy pitching Vernon Bickford, Warren Spahn, Johnny Sane (?) Bob Elliot & Dan Jethrow, Willard Marshall, Dick Jordan batting 05:34:08:00 B W 1950 Sd Phoenix, Arizona [New York Giants Baseball Spring Training] MCU Leo Durocher, players to field Pitchers Sheldon Jones, Cliff Hartung Monte Irwin, Kenny Irwin, Hank Thompson, Ford Smith Eddie Stankie (?), Alvin Dark 05:34:45:00 B W 1950 Sd St Petersburg, FL [New York Yankees Baseball Spring Training] Casey Stengels Ralph Houck, Joe Dimaggio hitting 05:35:12:00 B W 1950 Sd New York City [Eastern Gold Gloves Boxing Championships] Fast boxing match Al Anderson vs Mario DeSanders box in Madison Square Garden with Anderson winning by knockout 175 lbs bout with knockout Cameraman spectators violence sports boxers 05:36:28:24 B W 1950 Sd Title: The End with music under End: 05:36:34:00 05:36:42:00 B W 1950 13Mar50 Si Wembly, England Sports [Ice Championships in England] Aya Vzranova, 1949 amateur champion from Czechoslovakia and Dick Button of USA doe solo performances with fans applauding Photographer crossing ice falls several times and finally walks off pushing camera (may be staged) 3 women on steps holding trophies 05:37:59:00 B W 1950 Si England [National Hunt Race steeplechase won by Ellesmere] Tote board, women looking at programs, horses off and over jumps with falls Slow motion, people with binoculars More violent falls in slow motion and at regular speed Winner across finish line several lengths ahead Horserace sports 05:38:53:00 B W 1950 Si Vero Beach, Florida [Brooklyn Dodgers Baseball Spring Training] Pitchers, manager in mcu Various pitchers in CU & MCU Throwing through string target Jackie Robinson practicing sliding CU of various players with bats including Robinson Hitting practice Professional sports practice 05:39:50:00 B W 1950 Si London, England World-Wide News Events Princess Elizabeth in gown, out of car and into hall Winston Churchill with medals King George & Queen Elizabeth and greeting President Vincent Auriol & wife at Opera Arriving in Royal box Others watching Royalty entertaining diplomacy wealth 05:40:55:00 B W 1950 Si California [920 lb Jet Helicopter demonstrated] LS with jets on rotors, MS of pilot, CU of jets and cover plate shown Hands operate controls and view of rotor and tilt as motor started Helicopter lifting off slowly and hovering, End: 05:41:49:00 05:41:54:00 B W 1950 13Mar50 Si [St Louis Cardinals Baseball Spring Training] CU of catchers, manager, pitchers Batters in MCU batting End: 05:42:41:00 05:42:44:00 B W 1950 Si Canada [Austrian Wins Ski Title] Skiers wearing numbers standing on steep slope Start down mountain for downhill race with good shots from various positions on course spectacular falls Valley floor seen from high on mountain CU of winner End: 05:43:44:00 05:43:50:00 B W 1950 20Mar50 Si Canada Men modeling top coats and hats on runway in front of large audience Man at mic describing Formal wear with tuxedo and top hats Women whistling Bathrobe modeled by mad and taken off to show bathing trunks Male fashion show 05:44:56:00 B W 1950 Si Ottawa, Canada [West Point Army Cadets Visit Canada] Military Marching in review in snow with cadets and officers on side at attention Man looking at plaque on stone Other troops drilling and shown military sites End: 05:45:54:00 05:46:00:00 B W 1950 27Mar50 Si Sd Aintree, England The Grand National Large crowds, arrival of Queen, horses walked for spectators Princess Elizabeth & Margaret with King George Horses begin, crowd cheering Slow motion over jumps with falls MCU of spectators, view from beneath jump and horses landing, alongside another jump with falls in slow motion Longer shot at regular speed Around corner and downstretch, another jump Two horses neck and neck and over jump where one falls Winner pulling up at end of race Royalty Sports Steeplechase horse race 05:48:42:00 B W 1950 Sd Hollywood, California The 1950 Cancer Crusade Bing Crosby on sound stage makes appeal to raise funds Says 20% of all will get Cancer of which 10% will be saved by early diagnosis End: 05:50:34:00 05:50:41:00 B W 1950 27Mar50 Si World-Wide News Events Formosa [Chiang Kai Shek off plane and reviewing troops at airport with US (?) military officers Pilots by planes with map, fueling and loading shells on single-engine fighters P-38's take off and in flight 05:51:54:00 B W 1950 Si Hong Kong [American-owned Planes Turned Over To Communist China by British Court] Commercial airliners viewed by man 05:52:32:00 B W 1950 Si Sports South Bend, Indiana [Football Players Through Paper Sheet Labeled Notre Dame 1950] Mascot dog & coach Leahy Running through rope maze, blocking practice Passes thrown at tire Oddities Gags College Sports Practice Promotion 05:53:13:00 B W 1950 Si New York City [Basketball - CCNY 78, North Carolina State 73] Long shot and MS of game Long good shot Spectators in MCU applauding & cheering Coach Congratulations at end of game College Sports 05:54:49:00 B W 1950 Si Austin, Texas Three Die In Austin Fire Heavy smoke and people watching fire in store (?) Nurse and medics on street treating patients Body covered on stretcher and carried through crowd End: 05:55:45:00 05:55:53:00 B W 1950 27Mar50 Canada [Christmas Card Bonanza] Steam train into snowy station People walk along platform Large amount of mail unloaded and carried to movie theater where Christmas cards and packages are dumped out Kids cutting out addresses Arrivals 05:56:48:00 B W 1950 Si Canada [Canadians vs Maple Leafs in Hockey Final] Well shot on brightly lighted ice Professional sports End: 05:57:55:00 05:58:02:00 B W 1950 30Mar50 Si Sports Cypress Gardens, Florida [Flips & Tricks Water Skiing] Couples, spectators, Oddities, Gags Falls Failures 05:59:20:00 B W 1950 Si Cleveland, Ohio [Professional Wrestling] Barefoot South American vs Nature Boy Rogers Thrown out of ring Violence Violent Sports Woman applauding in MS & CU Kicks Pin Winner Sports Oddities Gags 06:00:54:00 B W 1950 Si Chicago, Illinois [East-West Golden Gloves Boxing Matches] Fast action with knockout Amateur Boxers Sports 06:01:21:00 B W 1950 Sd New York City [CCNY Wins both Invitational & Collegiate Titles] Good spectators cheering shot Collision and knockout in front of camera Sync sd intercut Win over Bradley College Sports Basketball Injury End: 06:03:00:00 06:03:07:00 B W 1950 03Apr50 Canada [Funeral for ?? Steinhard] American flag at halfmast, Hearse & motorcade through city streets lined with Canadian army officers, American flag over coffin into church as Canadian troops at attention Steam train out of station, toward & away from camera 06:04:08:00 B W 1950 Si Canada [Variety Club Dinner] Formal dinner with speaker standing CU of men watching, smiling Applauding people as man given award as ?? of Year Cu of award, MS of men 06:04:57:00 B W 1950 Si Canada [Prime Minister & ?? signing] Men looking at maps while sitting at table LS & MS of Niagara Falls End: 06:05:55:00 06:06:01:00 B W 1950 03Apr50 Sd Washington, DC Sec Snyder Opens Bond Buying Drive People stand and applaud Treasury Sec Snyder speaks of America as a young nation and what can be accomplished by free enterprise & thrift Ensures future security of country End: 06:07:37:00 06:07:44:00 B W 1950 03Apr50 Si The Hague, Holland (Netherlands) Atlantic Defense - Staff Chiefs Meet As Arms Leave For Italy Ext of meeting room, Generals arrive and enter Gen Bradley & others standing & seated around U-shaped table 06:08:24:00 B W 1950 Si New York City [Arms Leave For Italy] Train with covered artillery to dock and loading onto ship as Army General and civilians watch 06:08:51:00 B W 1950 Si Washington (State) [Paper Mill Tour in Pacific Northwest] Men walking past camera, Log pond and sawmill with logs lifted out of pond and onto chain, into mill and men looking at pulp in water Large rolls of paper Men looking at sheets, walking past paper making machines 06:09:47:00 B W 1950 Si Sports Seattle, Washington [Motorcycle mud race] Men wearing rain gear start motorcycles, thru puddles and deep mud as people watch Woman kisses muddy rider as she gives him trophy 06:10:44:00 B W 1950 Si Hollywood, California [New Baseball Shorts & Uniforms Modeled] Pitcher and batter, spectators in grandstands Team onto field, opposing Portland team waves handkerchiefs 06:11:16:00 B W 1950 Si West Point, New York [Gymnasts Meet] Parallel bars, MCU of man after routine Man from Syracuse doing routine on horse Rope climb Trampoline routine in slow motion and regular 06:12:58:00 B W 1950 Si Miami Beach, Florida Break Ground For New Miami Beach theater People beneath banner of Wometco's Carib theater Men on stage, crowd watching Ushers lowering time capsule into ground and filled in around it Owners (?) stand and pose for camera End: 06:13:52:00 06:13:59:00 B W 1950 06Apr50 Si Sd The Hague, Holland (Netherlands) Atlantic Pact - Johnson States Aim Of ??? Nations Various shots of the delegates seated at table (06:14:30) `The objectives of the North Atlantic Treaty are very simple First, we seek to deter aggression Second, to defend our selves And finally to defeat an aggressor if he forces war upon us To deter, to defend, to defeat these in brief are the themes we seek to promote' 06:15:21:00 B W 1950 Si News In Brief New York City [Kids Fashion Show] Young children in couples costumed as pioneers model for camera and other kids Boy and girl in furs Other kids applaud Girl kisses boy on cheek 06:16:20:00 B W 1950 Sd (German?) Frankfurt, Germany Volkswagen driven into tiny box as garage, and man out of door and shuts it Garage slightly larger than car Large exposition floor Bicycle with shock absorbs shown and demonstrated by riding down stairs Shoe that collapses to allow interchangeable toes shown Camping table and benches that fold up into suitcase Inventions Inventors Oddities Gags 06:17:28:00 B W 1950 Sd Washington, DC Labor Speaks - AFL Chief Calls For Repeal Of Excise Taxes William Green stands and speaks to camera: `The American Federation of Labor calls upon Congress to repeal the excise taxes upon amusements, travel, telephone and telegraph messages, cosmetics and leather goods and many other products in daily use Why should citizens have to pay taxes when they go to the movies or buy baby oil These wartime taxes are a burden on the people They hurt business, they threaten thousands of workers with the loss of their jobs Congress must recognize there is no justification for continuing such consumption taxes now that the war is over' Economics Labor Unions 06:18:37:00 B W 1950 Si Sd Sports England [Cambridge wins over Oxford in Rowing] College students and other spectators before the race Boats lined up and start People watching, view from bridge as shells go under Boats of spectators following Crew racing 06:19:53:00 B W 1950 Si England [Norwegian snow imported for artificial ski jump] CU of sign: Snow From Norway Shoveled out of boxes and put onto jump and landing Skiers run out into hay Falls Boy is buried in hay Oddities Gag Sports Ski Jumping End: 06:20:37:00 06:20:45:00 B W 1950 06Apr50 Canada [Collie Takes Dog Show Honors] Dogs posed for camera Walked Chihuahua Great Dane Girl and beagle Man with trophy & collie 06:21:34:00 B W 1950 Si Canada [Harold Lloyd Opens ???] Snow on ground, Lloyd & ?? in front of Shriners Hospital wearing fez With plaque Going through hospital shaking hands with nurses MCU of children Holding children Entertainers Charity Children's Hospital Motion Picture Actor Comedian Celebrity End: 06:22:29:00 06:22:36:00 B W 1950 11Apr50 Si Vatican City, Rome, Italy Easter - Holy Day Celebration Ushers In The Season Pope Pius blessing from St Peter's balcony CU of people in crowd LS of crowd 06:23:19:00 B W 1950 Si Hollywood, California [Jimmy Stewart and Harvey the Rabbit with kids Donald O'Connor Bunny gives kids dolls Pose for camera 06:24:02:00 B W 1950 Si New York City [Rockefeller Center] Crowds in front of St Patricks and Dutch windmill with tulips People parading in fancy clothes and gag hats Black couple in fancy dress Indians in native costumes Dressed up dogs costumed chickens Easter egg hats Crowds seen from high angle Ethnic stereotyping Party Oddities Gags 06:25:16:00 B W 1950 Si News In Brief Key West, Florida [Turtles Caught] Men dragging large turtles onto dock, weighted & marked Slid into water Fishing Industry 06:26:01:00 B W 1950 Si Florida [Shrimp fishing boats] Nets, equipment, sorting shells from shrimp after bringing in nets Unloading at dock and holding up large shrimp Fishing Industry 06:26:50:00 B W 1950 Si Italy [Tide of Toys for War Orphans] VFW and shipment of toys for kids displayed in park Kids look, one crying Nurses holding little ones Post-WWII aid 06:27:35:00 B W 1950 Si New York City Canadian Navy Group Tours US Navy ship #214 into harbor Aircraft carrier with New York City skyline behind People wave to it Navy men off ship greeted by wives and girl friends Kisses Docked carrier 06:28:40:00 B W 1950 Si Tennessee Mule Market Gets A Star Men walking mule teams in street with crowd watching 3 men ride mule Floats in parade depicting mules Francis the mule in trailer With Chill Wills in street and proclamation signed by governor Shows teeth standing by Queen Oddities Gags Farm animals Celebration End: 06:29:26:00 06:29:33:00 B W 1950 11Apr50 Sports [Demaret Wins Masters Golf Tournament] Many golfers teeing off Putting Crowds following Applaud putt CU of winner 06:30:31:00 B W 1950 11Apr50 Sd Majorca, Spain [Dogs and men hunt goats] Goats along rocky cliffs, running One dives into water Others roped and loaded onto boats Oddities end: 06:31:26:00 06:31:34:00 B W 1950 11Apr50 Si Canada [Hockey - semi-final] Good coverage of well-lighted rink 06:32:30:00 B W 1950 Si Canada [Hockey - Rangers Top Montreal In Semi-Final] Match starts, violent, falls, fast skating Well-lighted Spectators Cheering fans Applauding Throwing paper onto ice End: 06:33:30:00
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