Summary

OUR WORLD - 1939 #2

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Title: OUR WORLD - 1939 #2
File Number: TAP-3B Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 01/01/1939
Subjects: Aerials
Description: Universal Newsreel Vol 11 Rel # 755 (March 20, 1939): 02:00:55:00 New York City - St Patrick's Day Parade AV St Patrick's Cathedral (5th Avenue) Marching policemen Confetti Grand marshal New York Governor Al Smith watching parade Various parade shots Women marching (Original Universal newsreel description: 60,000 IRISH MARCH IN RECORD-BREAKING ST PATRICK'S PARADE New York City - The Irish, staunch supporters of Saint Patrick, headed by Monsignor Lavelle as grand marshall, take over 5th Ave for their annual parade of blaring bands and colorful marchers as hundreds of thousands cheer) 02:01:38:00 Washington DC - CZECH ENVOY DEFIES NAZIS WASHINGTON, DC --Vladimir Hurban, Czech minister who refuses to yield the legation to Germany following the seizure of his nation, arrives by plane [a DC-3 Flagship] from Chicago Hurban with wife they look grim 02:02:01:08 New York City (Queens, New York): New York World's Fair Czech pavilion under construction (Original Universal description: The fate of the partly-completed Czech World's Fair building is in doubt! Will Nazi absorption of the republic mean no tenant?) Trylon and Perisphere clearly visible 02:02:17:00 Zlin, Morovia - boot factory (aka shoe factory) Original Universal description: ZLIN, MORAVIA--The famed Bata shoe works falls to the Nazis, and manufacturers in the US see increased production here due to penalty tariffs on German imports Nearly all-women factory workers assembling boots very good 02:02:40:00 London, England - Oxygen helmets for babies Mothers with their babies in oxygen helmets (air is created for the baby by the mother pressing on bellows like an accordion!) Baby asleep in oxygen helmet Very odd Original Universal description: NOVEL MASK FOR BABIES TRIED - LONDON, ENGLAND--A unique gas mask to protect infants in case of air raids is demonstrated The device, into which filtered air is forced by hand, covers the kiddies from the waist up--and the tots seem to like it! 02:03:06:00 Washington DC - memorial for Japanese dead man Shrine containing ashes of decased transported by motor boat to military ship awaiting in harbor or river Fairly long segment Original Universal description: ENVOY'S ASHES HONORED BY USA - The ashes of the late Hirosi Saito, Nippon's former ambassador to this country, are taken from the capital to Annapolis and put aboard the USS Astoria for shipment to Japan, as America's tribute to the popular statesman 02:04:10:00 Shanghai - Japanese harass Chinese and British in Shanghai Constructing barbed wire VS troops frisking Chinese Original Universal description: Shanghai, China - CITY IN ARMS OVER TERRORISTS: The International Settlement is a beehive of military activity as US Marines and troops of other nations string barbed wire, search all natives and take vigilant steps to guard against terrorists 02:04:40:00 Washington DC - WILLIAM O DOUGLAS seated at his desk Douglas shakes hands with someone CU Douglas looking thoughtful and smoking a cigarette Original Universal description: DOUGLAS NAMED TO HIGH COURT - William O Douglas, 40, chairman of the Securities Exchange Commission, is named to the Supreme Court by FDR Born in Minnesota, he was raised in the State of Washington and is named from Connecticut 02:04:55:00 Chateauroux, France - Train Wreck VS wreckage, bodies, pretty devastating Original Universal description: 15 DEAD IN FRENCH RAILROAD WRECK - Many meet sudden death, and 30 are injured, when a speeding passenger train crashes into a freight Pitiful scenes as the dead and injured are removed from the shattered wreckage 02:05:20:00 Alder, Washington - plane crash, wreckage in woods Original Universal description: 10 DIE IN STRATO PLANE CRASH Alder, WA All aboard, including 2 Dutch observers, are killed when the huge 4-motored Boeing Stratoliner, first of a fleet of sub- stratosphere transports, crashes into a ravine during severe test maneuvers 02:05:52:00 Aurora IL - old-time train, stove-driven locomotive Original Universal description: Aurora, Illinois - AGED TRAIN OFF FOR New York FAIR - A 19th Century 76-yr-old choo choo train built in 1863, the William Crooks, brings back vivid memories of pioneer days as it gets up steam for its trip to the World's Fair Hold tight, grandpa! The old bus still has plenty of pep! Great CU shot of water filling train's water tank Train engineer waves from train cab CU train wheels MCU adding wood to steam engine Passengers aboard train 02:06:30:00 World of Sports - Miami, Florida diving class and exhibition Original Universal description: DRY-LAND DIVING PRACTISE TRIED - Youthful high and lowboard champs try out novel dry land instruction, right into their instructors arms Just to prove it's not all wet, they later show their skill at fancy diving into the Miami-Biltmore pool 02:07:25:00 New York City: CANARY DELIVERED IN PIGGY-BACK TRIP BY CARRIER PIGEON Pigeon coop in New York City - pigeon carrying message brought to ill girl girl kisses bird, and puts it in a cage next to her Original Universal description: National Wildlife Week gets off to a unique start with a novel flight! A Carrier Pigeon, carrying a pet canary in a special aluminum car on its back, arrives from Elizabeth, New Jersey Rare footage of a carrier pigeon 02:08:15:00 Pope Pius Crowned crowds at Vatican Pope on litter, whole ceremony Original Universal description: Rome, Italy: POMP MARKS POPE'S CORONATION Scenes of medieval splendor mark the crowning of Pope Pius XII at St Peter's, as a tremendous crowd jams the plaza before the church to see the new pontiff become spiritual head of 330,000,000 Catholics Universal Newsreel Vol 11 Rel# 757 (March 27, 1939): 02:09:30:00 Irish Sweepstakes: large family of winners, other winners Original Universal description: IRISH SWEEPS WINNERS REJOICE LADY LUCK SMILES ON BIG WINNERS IN IRISH SWEEPS - Lucky Sweepstakes ticket holders in New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and elsewhere, celebrate the running of the Grand National which put them in line for $150,000 or other prize awards And are they happy! Toothless elderly man smiles Black man in suit and tie smokes a cigarette - takes a long, slow drag on a cigarette Man gives an animated review of the horse race, another man describes his luck occurrence (with faint sound) 02:11:30:00 NAZIS OVERRUN CZECHOSLOVAKIA - March 1939 Mechanized columns of German troops, with tanks and field guns, speed into the leading cities of Bohemia and Moravia to establish order and protect the Czechs--their new vassals (original Universal description) Nazis cheered in parade through Czech streets (Prague??) Crowd heils Armored vehicles drive through 02:12:07:00 Washington DC - SENATOR BORAH URGES US NEUTRALITY - Sen William E Borah, militant Republican, warns that the United States must heed the advice of Washington--no entangling alliances--and regard the Monroe Doctrine as part of our national defense (very faint sound) 02:12:44:00 New York City - 20,000 IN ANTI-NAZI PARADE - Thousands, including marchers in gay Czecho-Slovakian costumes, stage a colorful parade in protest against Hitler's seizure of the Czech Republic, while a half-million on-lookers jam the route to Columbus Circle (original Universal description) Czech-American parade traditionally dressed paraders Signs: Jesus, not Hitler, and Keep America Open for Refugees Confetti, crowd 02:13:23:00 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - plane crash small plane in pieces Original Universal description: 8 KILLED AS AIRLINER CRASHES - Scattered wreckage is all that remains of a huge transport plane which crashed shortly after taking off All but four persons perish when the once-proud craft explodes and bursts into flames 02:13:48:00 Bear Tooth, Wyoming - Posse in pursuit tracking a criminal or outlaw Scene outside bank robbery Original Universal description: Powell, Wyoming - AMAZING OUTLAW SHOT AT LAST - A reign of terror comes to a fantastic end! Earl Durand, renegade of the Rockies, who killed five men and eluded a posse in the mountains for nine days, is potted by a 17-yr-old boy while trying to rob a bank EXT First National Bank, bullet hole in door shot of bullet-riddled corpse of Durand Boy wearing sweater with college letter, holding rifle 02:14:42:00 Baltimore, Maryland - Pan Am Yankee Clipper seaplane crew poses holding map plane's lift-off from Baltimore Harbor Original Universal description: CLIPPER MAKES ATLANTIC HOP - The 11-ton Yankee Clipper, America's 74-passenger challenge for trans-Atlantic supremacy, takes off from the Pan-American base with 21 aboard for its first shakedown flight to the Azores and Europe Universal Newsreel Vol 11 Rel # 763 (April 17, 1939): 02:15:22:00 FDR - Americas will match force with force - Sound Cabinet around a table 4 17 39 EXT Capitol building FDR CU Claude Pepper speech supports FDR - Sound Senator Bridges - mind our own business Original Universal description: 'USA TO DEFEND AMERICAS - AMERICAN NATIONALS WILL MATCH FORCE WITH FORCE'--FDR - Washington DC - FDR, speaking before the Pan-American Union, says any European conflict will affect us and warns the dictators that the US will match force to force to defend this hemisphere!--Dem Senator Claude Pepper defends the President's note to the Dictators, while Rep Senator Henry Styles Bridges of NH attacks it as war mongering! 02:17:21:00 American ship being loaded with cargo sailors wave happily Original Universal description: Norfolk, Virginia - FLEET ORDERED BACK TO PACIFIC: Hurriedly ordered back to the West Coast by FDR in a mysterious move said to be connected with War threats in the Far East, battleships and other vessels are hastily loaded for a quick return trip! 02:17:50:00 New York City, April 1939 - Charles Lindbergh back from Europe, returning from self-exile allegedly to tell Congress his views on the AV armadas of European nations! (original Universal description) Lindbergh is led through a media blitz also, Barbara Hutton, Woolworth heiress (wearing a veiled hat), is interviewed by the press: she is hoping to reclaim her American citizenship She was on the same ship as Lindbergh, the SS Aquitania (MOS) 02:18:33:00 Liverpool, England - Airplane factory British Air Minister visits Original Universal description: BRITAIN RUSHES AIR ARMADA - Sir Kingsley Wood, Air Minister, arrives to inspect production of fast bombers at one of the country's big airplane plants! The British are rapidly getting ready for trouble in the air! 02:19:00:00 Baltimore, Maryland - Pan Am Yankee Clipper seaplane Original Universal description: CLIPPER ENDS PIONEER FLIGHT - The Yankee Clipper, huge 74-passenger seaplane, lands at the Pan American base after successfully completing its 10,000-mile shakedown flight to Europe She's ready for regular trans-Atlantic service! 02:19:31:00 Capron, Oklahoma tornado damage Original Universal description: 40 DEAD IN MID-WEST TORNADO - Spectacular destruction and wreckage follow in the wake of a 70 MPH twister, which swept through Western Oklahoma and nearby States, leaving many dead, 336 injured and property damage estimated in the millions!
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