Summary

Universal Newsreel

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Title: Universal Newsreel
File Number: DN-LB-555 Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 1947
Subjects: Aerials
Description: 07:27:12:00 B W 1947 18Aug47 Sd Haute Garonne, France French Corn Crop Ruined By Locusts. People moving through stripped corn. Many locust in CU and climbing on corn. Poisoned mash spread by hand and from trucks spraying bushes. Swarms of locust on clothes and crops. Plagues Agriculture Nuisance Natural Disaster Insects Grasshoppers. End 07:28:18:00 07:28:25:00 B W 1947 18Aug47 Sd Ferndale, Michigan [Kid Speed Demon]. 3 1 2 year-old Bobby Mentell with sister riding, drives jeep out of garage. Jeep powered by battery. Policeman gives ticket. Boy drives back and turns around in driveway. Miniature Automobile Oddities Gags 07:29:30:00 B W 1947 Sd Forest Hills, New York [American Women Win Wightman Cup for 11th Year In Row] British & American teams pose. High angle of women's doubles match umpire with head going back and forth. Slow motion. Osborne & Ruff for US. MCU of winners. Mrs. Weightman (sp?) shown. Sports 1947 Women's Tennis Champions. 07:30:44:00 B W 1947 Sd Akron, Ohio [1947 Soapbox Derby] Boys working on cars. Entries weighed. Boys in cars and down 3 lanes. High angle of finish line. Kenny Holmboe gets trophy & kiss. Sports Miniature Race Car End: 07:31:53:00 07:32:00:00 B W 1947 18Aug47 Sd Long Beach, New York [16th Annual Orphans Day Out]. Crowd on sidewalk with kids waiting for buses nuns women Dave Soden & Eddie Stanke hosting 4,000 children at beach kids in water. Rockie Graziano eating ice cream with kids. Parade with clowns and others taking kids on rides on boardwalk. Recreation Poverty Ghetto Charity Philanthropy. End 07:32:45:00 07:32:51:00 B W 1947 18Aug47 Sd Yokohama, Japan Yanks Marry Nippon Maids Couple up steps of American Consulate. Former Army Lt. Frank White & Saburu Krusu, daughter of Japanese envoy to Washington at time of Pearl Harbor. Inside signing paper work Don Murray of Dallas Texas along with Druku Hito (sp?) register Nick Sapeti from New York and bride Yoshiko Isuzumi. 175 have applied for permission to marry Japanese women. Post-WWII 1947 Occupation of Japan Mixed Marriage Ethnic. 07:33:50:00 B W 1947 Sd News Flashes Lake Success, New York Indian flag raised at United Nations as people look on. Indian man speaks but track not useful. Independence New Nation India. 07:34:34:00 B W 1947 Sd News Flashes LaGuardia Airport, New York City Sir Wilfred Eady down steps from airplane as photographers take pictures. He heads a group to get new terms for three-billion dollar loan due to economic crisis in England. Post-WWII 1947 Inflation Economics. End: 07:35:00:00 07:35:08:00 B W 1947 21Aug47 Sd Petropolis, Brazil Delegates At Rio Draft Defense Pact. EXT of large hotel fronting on lake and with mountains behind. Interior of meeting room with Secretary of State George Marshall in MCU. Mexico delegate, Argentina's representative, Representatives from Cuba, Columbia and other countries. Pres. Dutra of Brazil at mic (MOS). Post-WWII 1947 Mutual Assistance Conference Inter-American Affairs. End: 07:36:21:00 07:36:28:00 B W 1947 21Aug47 Sd Burbank, California [Six-Year-Old Stunt Rider]. Donny Emery, Jr. rides small motorcycle with others around dirt track. Rides standing on seat. Turns around on gravel sliding and jumps over ramp. Oddities Stunts Children Danger. 07:37:23:00 B W 1947 Sd Montreal, Quebec, Canada [Davis Cup Tennis Tournament] Players shake hands, spectators applaud. Mens singles play. Czech wins only Czech winner. Australian doubles led by John Bromwich win over Czechs. 07:38:25:00 B W 1947 Sd Palisades Park, New Jersey [Two Shot From One Cannon] Sylvanna Zacchini & Bob Tazzani get into barrel of cannon together to celebrate their engagement as people watch. MCU of the 2 in mouth of barrel. Two shot out one after other and into net then reverse motion back into cannon and shot repeated. Amusement Park Stunts Romance Lovers Oddities Gags Sideshow. End: 07:39:12:00 07:39:19:00 B W 1947 25Aug47 Si Dominican Republic Dominican President Installed. Interior with swearing in of General Trujillo in formal uniform. Standing behind table with speech. Flag flying Army parade past reviewing stand. Saluting military VIPS & army units. Dictator Caribbean Inauguration Inaugural Politics. 07:40:14:00 B W 1947 Si Haifa, Palestine Orphans Admitted To Haifa Ship into harbor with children on deck behind wire mesh. Waving kids. Sign: E.'Comfort on ship. Children down gangplank. Ambulance with Star of David. Women serving food. Boys drinking milk. Children were freed by British from Cyprus concentration camps. Emigrants 1947 Middle Eastern Politics Jewish Ethnic Post-WWII refugees. End: 07:41:00:00 07:41:09:00 B W 1947 08Sep47 Sd News In Brief New York City [John W. Snyder & Wife Behind Microphone on Queen Elizabeth]. Secretary of Treasury Snyder: `As there will be 45 countries represented at this meeting we will have an opportunity to get a broad picture of the economic conditions throughout the world. I have no plans to negotiate any loan agreements while there.' 1947 Economic Conference International Bank & Monetary Fund. End: 07:41:44:00 07:41:51:00 B W 1947 18Sep47 Sd United Nations, New York City Sec. Marshall Scores Red Menace At United Nations EXT & interior. Marshall walks to podium. Speech: `The situation we face today may be summarized by the statement that more than two years after the end of the war fruits of peace and victory are still beyond our grasp. Men look anxiously toward the future wondering whether a new and more terrible conflict will engulf them. ..required from us all if we are to succeed in breaking through the vicious circles of deepening political and economic crisis. If the United Nations should fail to protect the integrity of one small state, the security of all small states would be placed in jeopardy. Inability of the Security Council to take effective action in this case passes a grave responsibility to the General Assembly. I am confident that the General Assembly will not fail to meet this responsibility. It must do so if the organization is to carry out its fundamental purposes.' Delegates in MCU listening. Speech Anti-Communist Post-WWII Security Council Veto Power. End: 07:43:44:00 07:43:52:00 B W 1947 18Sep47 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Freedom Train Brings History To Nation. Parade with marching units up wide street. Floats following honor guard ends at Liberty Hall where bunting draped speakers stand hosts VIPS. Freedom Train sung by Bing Crosby and Andrew Sisters as people board to look at exhibits of documents of the US freedom. Patriotic Americana Anti-Communism. End: 07:45:27:00 07:45:36:00 B W 1947 02oct47 White House, Washington, DC President Truman with Averill Harriman & others as members of his Citizens Food Committee talking at desk. Press conference, probably with Charles Luckman speaking (MOS). (07:46:02) drought scenes of river basins and dry dams. Shriveled up crops. Man looking at stunted corn. Cattle in feed lot. Stamped. Starving cattle. (07:46:52) Press conference in New York with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. head of CARE speaking (MOS) in MCU. CU sign: SHARE WITH CARE. Europeans receiving CARE packages and families opening them. Grain unloaded. Post-WWII Aid Charity Food Relief Cold War Anti-Communism. End: 07:47:39:00 07:47:47:00 B W 1947 09Oct47 Si Title: Universal International Newsreel (clean). 07:47:56:00 B W 1947 Si New Delhi, India Floods Add to India's Misery. AV over flooded factories, roads, etc. Fast flowing water. People wading with cattle. Other cattle swimming. DUKW with people in it. Man leads family through water knee deep. Weather Natural Disaster. 07:48:48:00 B W 1947 Si Hawthorne, California News In Brief California View of YB-19 Northrop Flying Wing bomber. View of bomb holders. Plane rolled out onto runway. Plane taxiing. Military Air Force Cold War. 07:49:23:00 B W 1947 Si Fort Dix, New Jersey Pilot of the 344th Squadron into P-80 fighter and planes flying over in formation. With skip bombing practiced. Low level flyovers. View of targets. Cold War Air Force Post-WWII. Practice. 07:50:14:00 B W 1947 Si Jacksonville, Florida [Aftermath of Tornado]. Houses damaged by high tides surf breaking over seawall. Sailors near water. People viewing downed timber and smashed cars. Trailer houses thrown about. People in bandages looking out to see where trailers have landed. 07:51:09:00 B W 1947 Si Shanghai, China. [China Orphans Saved]. Man riding bicycle with wicker baskets arrives at hospital and six or so orphan babies taken out and placed with Catholic nuns. They are wrapped in blankets, crying and displayed for camera. End: 07:52:06:00 07:52:09:00 B W 1947 09Oct47 Sd. Huntsville, Texas [Prison Rodeo] People arriving under banner. Inmates watching & guards in booth. Convicts riding bulls and thrown. Thrown from bucking horses. Oddities Sports. 07:53:13:00 B W 1947 Sd Los Angeles, California Rice 7, USC 7. Broken field running by Rice. Powers passes, then run over for tieing touchdown. Sports. 1947 College Football. Track leads picture out of sync. 07:54:07:00 B W 1947 Sd Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Green Bay 17, Los Angeles 14. Fumble recovered by Green Bay. Bruce Smith for touchdown. Waterfield punt blocked. Jim Benton for Los Angeles runs. Pat West for touchdown. Bob Waterfield scores touchdown. Sports 1947 Professional Football. 07:55:28:00 Title: The End 07:55:39:00 B W 1947 13Oct47 Sd San Francisco, California 1st War Dead Return To America. Steamer Honda Knot passing under Golden Gate arrives with bodies of 3,028 men who died in the Pacific. Salute fired by military at the Presidio Marine plays tapped. Caskets covered with flags being unloaded and rolled off from ship. 6 caskets selected at random for service held at City Hall with honor guard. Various views of flag draped coffins laying in state. End: 07:56:49:00 07:56:56:00 B W 1947 Sd Football Baker Field, Columbia university, New York City Yoblonski runs coach Lou Little in MCU. Howie O'Dell of Yale watching. Jim Fuchs intercepts. Yablonski touchdown run. Yale intercepts and Yale wins 17 to 7. Sports 1947 College Football. 07:58:19:00 B W 1947 Sd Dallas, Texas [Texas 34, Oklahoma 14] Layne throws long for successful passes and running over. Mitchell runs for Oklahoma touchdown. Layne passes to Blount. Mitchell runs 80 yards for Oklahoma touchdown. Texas then scores twice more. Sports 1947 College Football. End: 07:59:48:00 07:59:55:00 B W 1947 Si Canada Stop That Fire Blow torch used to set two fabrics on fire. One burns while other one scorches. Booth with Tamino fire resistant paint has similar results. Throwing gasoline on one doesn't cause it to burn. Firemen watching. Various fire evacuations. Students out of school building fireman carrying man down ladder people down fire escape others jumping from window into net. Fire retardant Fire Prevention Oddities. End: 08:01:00:00 08:01:07:00 B W 1947 16Oct47 Sports Madison, Wisconsin California 48, Wisconsin 7. Fumble. Erickson passes for touchdown. Many passes. Sports 1947 College Football. End: 08:02:25:00 08:02:32:00 B W 1947 Sd Belmont Park, New York United Hunt Steeplechase. Slow motion of jumping. Spectators watching, stretch run and 3 finishers neck and neck. Other jumps and falls. Jockey being checked by doctor while sitting on ground. Horse and rider fall in front of camera. Oddities Violence Injury. Sports Horse Racing. End: 08:04:01:00 08:04:09:00 B W 1947 20Oct47 Sd Football State College, Pennsylvania Penn State 40, Syracuse 0. Petchel passing. Big fumble by Syracuse. Lateral for another touchdown. Sports 1947 College Football. 08:05:06:00 B W 1947 Sd Los Angeles, California USC 48, Oregon State 6. USC running for several touchdowns. Ken Carpenter runs back 75 yards but not for touchdown. Don Samuel passes for touchdown. Sports 1947 College Football. 08:06:06:00 B W 1947 Sd Campaign, Illinois Illinois 40, Minnesota 13. Moss passes for touchdown. Rough tackling. 89 yard run for touchdown. Touchdown pass. Fast paced, good broken field and fumbles recovered. End: 08:07:53:00 08:08:00:00 B W 1947 23Oct47 Sd Title: Universal International Newsreel with music under (clean). 08:08:06:00 B W 1947 Sd Washington, DC Movies Fight Communism. George Murphy, Ronald Reagan, Robert Montgomery standing outside Capitol. Sam Wood at table speaks: `No sir, I haven't. I think that you have to awaken the public to the fact that they are here and what they are doing. And I think the underground, of course, has always got reasons for not doing anything to them. I mean, they are underground or they are a liberal. And they thump their chest and they're a liberal but if you mention that you are opposed to the Communist Party then you are anti-labor, you are anti-semitic, you are anti-negro and you always end up a fascist. But they never start that until they find out you're opposed to the Communist Party. If you want to drop their rompers, and look, you'll find the hammer and sickle on their rear end, I think.' Crowd shot. 08:09:11:00 B W 1947 Adolph Menjou being sworn in. He says: `I believe that 95 per cent of the people in California are decent, honest American citizens. The Communist Party is a minority but a dangerous minority. I believe that the entire nation should be alerted to its menace today. I think that Mr. Vyshinsky and Mr. Molotov have done the most magnificent job of awakening a great many people. The more information the American people get, the more they will realize it, and the more they will turn against it. It is completely against the United Nations-American feelings, this Communistic thing. I believe... I would move to the state of Texas if it ever came here because I think Texans would kill them on sight.' Anti-communism Cold War Red Scare Motion Picture Industry HUAC House Committee on United Nations-American Activities. 1947. 08:10:14:00 B W 1947 Sd US Marks Navy Day. Battleship through heavy seas. Sailors bailing out gun pit. Planes torn free. AV of Carrier Midway. V-2 rocket prepared for test firing. Admiral Blandy, Atlantic Fleet Commander and Admiral Sherman watching. Liquid oxygen tank raised and used to fuel V-2. Test fired and V-2 raises off deck of ship. Cold War Rocket Testing. Post-WWII. 08:11:44:00 B W 1947 Sd News In Brief Maine [Forest Fires Rage]. Kennebunkport and Cape Porpoise are hit by fires. Evacuating house National Guardsmen patrolling. Men watching homes burn fire in CU. People along road through smoke. Burning buildings and trees. Devastation 1947 Drought. 08:12:58:00 B W 1947 Sd Dayton, Ohio [Tow bar designed for Glider towing]. Army Air Forces demonstrate bar replacing towing cable. Transport takes off AV of glider behind. Military invention Post-WWII aviation. 08:13:44:00 B W 1947 Sd Hawthorne, California [YB-49 Flying-Wing Bomber] Test pilot Max Stanley & two assistants pose, then plane takes off in front of camera with black smoke overhead. Military Aviation Cold War Post-WWII. Oddities. 08:14:30:00 B W 1947 Sd Football Nashville, Tennessee Kentucky 14, Vanderbilt 0. Rough tackling broken field running. Sports 1947 College Football. 08:15:37:00 B W 1947 Sd Title: The End with music under. End: 08:15:43:00 08:15:51:00 B W 1947 23Oct47 Si Canada International Plowing Test. Large crowd at fair people watching. Man plowing with two horses & reins around waist. Field with multiple teams plowing by hand with straight furrows. Men measure furrows. Agriculture Contest Farmers. End: 08:16:47:00 08:16:54:00 B W 1947 27Oct47 Sd New York City [Columbia 21, Army 20] Crowd in MCU. MCU of coach Lou Little. Army gets lead 14 to 0. Tackle and fumble play in CU. Many long passes for Columbia. Army long run for touchdown. Army coach Earl Blake. Yablonski kicks for winning point to end Army 32 game winning streak. Sports 1947 College Football. End: 08:19:32:00 08:19:39:00 B W 1947 27Oct47 Si 1st Postwar Luxury Ship Launched. Prince George on bow, Priest at mic (MOS). Woman with flowers men knocking blocks out and woman smashing bottle on bow. Ship sliding down ways. Men shaking hands. Ship floating in water. Liner Launching Post-WWII. End: 08:20:27:00 08:20:33:00 B W 1947 19JUN47 Sd Princeton, New Jersey Truman Urges Universal Training. Graduation. Einstein in line President Truman wearing Cap & Gown as Bess and Margaret watch. Crowd seated under trees. Gen. Eisenhower given Honorary degree. Others. President Truman given degree and at mic: `I have been speaking about the important contribution which educational institutions can make to the service of the nation thru preparing men and women to administer our far flung public enterprises. Another contribution which I regard as important at this time is support for a program of universal Training. I consider such a program vital to the national welfare. Since universal Training necessarily affects young men of college age I believe that our educational institutions should be particularly aware of the need for such a program and for what it can accomplish. We must remember above all, that these young men would be training in order not to win a war but in order to prevent one.' Post-WWII Cold War ROTC Former President Hoover. End 08:23:01:00 08:23:07:00 B W 1947 19Jun47 Sd New York City [New Fall Hats Take Bow]. 4 models behind hat boxes. Hats influenced by Joan Fontaine's new film, Ivy. Odd hat with birds wing Florence Reichman fits hat with fur. Model smiling. Oddities. 08:24:06:00 B W 1947 Sd Forest Hills, New York [One-Man Tennis Tried]. Bobby Riggs with Australian invention of tennis ball on elastic line tied to sand bag. Demonstrates for group of people. Seen from both sides of net. Sports Invention Tennis partner. Oddities. 08:25:10:00 B W 1947 Sd Tokyo Japan [Sumo Wrestling]. March past on-lookers. MCU of faces. Haguro Yama current title-holder. Crowd watching warming up. Pushing and throwing. Both fall out of ring. Sports 1947 Professional Sumo Wrestling. Occupation of Japan Post-WWII Oddities. Japanese Spectators End: 08:26:22:00 08:26:29:00 B W 1947 19Jun47 Sd Vienna, Austria [Cross-Country Bike Racing] Bicycle racing through city streets. Fall close to camera and many others fall also. Sports. Post-WWII 1947 Bicycle Racing. End: 08:27:08:00 08:27:15:00 B W 1947 19Jun47 Si Elmira, Canada Men riding on firetruck spraying along roads for weed killing. Seen form several angles. Sign: Speed 30 miles Elmira. Dead leaves shown. Limp vegetation. Spraying lawn along streets. Herbicides. End: 08:28:09:00 08:28:16:00 B W 1947 19Jun47 Si California [Bathing Beauty Contest] Women on runways at beach for Miss California. Seen in low angles with sashes. Applause for winners. One blows kiss. Crowning of 1947 Miss California. Bathing beauties. End: 08:28:55:00
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