Summary

1950 UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL

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Title: 1950 UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL
File Number: HD-39 Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 1950
Description: B W 1950 NEWSREELS OF 1950 AND 1951. TITLES IN CAPS 00:00:31:00 B W 1950 VOL. 23 REL. 415 - WAR OR PEACE ? 1950 FATEFUL YEAR!...NEWS HIGHLIGHTS SHOW OMINOUS MARCH OF EVENTS (Series of shots of past events tied to narrated message) ms "Will There Be Peace or War?" ...Warren Austin at the United Nations United Nations in session Nationalist China's delegate takes his seat in the Security Council...USSR delegate, Malik, walks out of the United Nations in protest, 1 10 50 (that's why, in June, the United Nations was able to unanimously approve armed intervention when North Korea invaded the South). 00:01:33:00 B W 1950 - COMMUNISM ws ms Mass demonstration march in Berlin on May Day, 1950 violent student protest in Tokyo police break up big communist inspired mob in Union Square, New York City deported United Nations Russian delegate, Valentin Gubachev, boards ocean liner 00:02:41:00 B W 1950 - KOREA INVADED ws ms Sign post reads,"38 Parallel" South Korean soldiers fire rifles from trench CU General MacArthur arrives in Korea series of shots of US Army combat troops in action on the fighting front lines...infantry shooting rifles...howitzer fires rounds medics attend wounded soldier newspaper headlines and photos highlighting atrocities news photo - dead body with arms bound US soldiers visit the graves of their comrade buddies Canadian troops board train...soldier dad, kisses his wife & baby goodby...they're going off to war 00:04:23:00 B W 1950 ws ms ship fires deck guns...amphibious troops land (Inchon) Superfortress bombers drop bombs on enemy targets United Nations troops advance deeper into North Korea...shell explodes...just misses a soldier North Korean landscape wounded soldiers combat troops retreat through wintry, freezing terrain. 00:06:09:00 B W 1950 - ATOM BOMB ms ws Atomic Bomb blast...explosion fleeing refugees masses of people in St. Peter's square workers United Nations headquarters building in New York City 00:07:30:00 B W 1950 VOL. 23 REL. 416 - 1950: BIG YEAR IN SPORTS ws ms Cheering and applauding spectators inside stadiums & arena's boxer gets knocked down...and knocked out new champ, Ezzard Charles 00:08:19:00 B W 1950 - HORSE RACING ws They come out of the starting gate CU Hill Prince racing (Horse of the Year) view of the Grand National race underway at Aintree, England. 00:09:13:00 B W 1950 - BASEBALL ws ms EXT Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York City...with crowds going inside Casey Stengal shakes hands with Eddie Sawyer... crowds fill the stands...Allie Reynolds strikes out the final batter (as the Yanks sweep the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series) Baseball Commissioner, "Happy Chandler". 00:09:56:00 B W 1950 - BASKETBALL ms ws Crowds go wild watching the City College "Beavers" in action beat Bradley for the NCAA championship coach Nat Holman & his team 00:10:28:00 B W 1950 - FOOTBALL ws ms Great play action scenes as Oklahoma crushes LSU 35-0 in the Sugar Bowl...crowd reaction shots. 00:11:15:00 B W 1950 - SPILLS AND THRILLS Cowboys ride backs of bucking bronchos & bulls at the Rodeo Matador, suddenly caught on the horns of a bull, gets tossed around the ring in a bullfight in Spain bobsledders take daring curves as they speed downhill...crashes motorcycle racers speed on sand track and crash on the curves bicycle racers zip around the track and many carom over the sides (Madison Square Garden event) water skiers smash & splash ski jumpers, plummet, flop, and tumble slalom skiers glide downhill...one topples in a snow bank. 00:14:30:00 B W 1950 VOL. 23 REL. 417 - KOREA EVACUATION COMPLETE- GEN WALKER HONORED ws ms Hungnam harbor, North Korea...GIs pull out howitzer artillery fire rounds civilians fight over food freight train goes off the tracks factory chimney blows up a blast explodes raging fires at night combat troops embark on LCIs General Walton Walker gets medal... Syngman Rhee pins it on General MacArthur heads buriel ceremony for the General...military honor guard (Walker was killed in an accident). 00:17:30:00 B W 1950 - HOLY YEAR ms ws POPE CLOSES ST. PETER'S DOOR - TO END JUBILEE At special ceremony Pope Pius XII blesses church bricks 00:18:27:00 B W 1950 - SPORTS ms ws Sonja Henie skates in Hollywood Ice Review Show ice skate clown, Freddie Trenkler, shows off some of his act. 00:19:34:00 B W 1950 - CLEVELAND ws NFL Championship game: Los Angeles Rams quarterback, Bob Waterfield throws a touchdown pass to end, Glenn Davis Cleveland Browns' Otto Graham passes for a touchdown...more game play action Lou Groza kicks a field goal crowd reaction shots. 00:21:56:00 B W 1950 VOL. 24 REL. 418 - KOREA United Nations FORCES BRACE FOR ALL OUT ATTACK ws ms Landscape view soldiers on the front at the 38th Parallel shooting range many Korean civilians in custody, marched off wearing grotesque coverings over their heads families welcome aircraft carrier, Valley Forge, back in port loved ones reunited...kisses & hugs sailors on destroyer come home toothless smiling sailor, with no front teeth 00:24:57:00 B W 1950 - HARVEY SIX FOOT RABBIT SPARKS DRIVE FOR HEART FUND ms Broadway lights at night Astor theater marquee...showing "Harvey" in lights celebrities at the movie premiere: Mayor Vincent Impellitteri & wife Charles Coburn Jinx Falkenburg & Eddie Cantor Josephine Hull Jimmy Durante rubs noses with Jinx (Jimmy Stewart starred in the film). 00:26:06:00 B W 1950 - SPORTS ms ws Basketball court action as Kentucky beats St. Johns at Madison Square Garden crowd reaction shots. ms ws Boxers both land on apron outside the ring together...referee counts them both out and stops the fight...angry fans start a riot and wreck the arena (Tiger Jones fight in Berlin). 00:29:00:00 B W 1950 VOL. 24 REL. 419 - RETREAT IN KOREA SEOUL FALLS AS CHINESE REDS PASS 38th PARALLEL ms ws General Matthew Ridgeway, new commander at the front convoy of troops retreat civilian refugees flee...Korean women carry children on their backs as they leave homes view of Soviet fighter planes on the ground...and in flight US Panther jet fighter plane takes off from deck of carrier US plane shoots down Russian plane in a dogfight (Communist troops captured Seoul on Jan. 4, 1951). 00:31:08:00 B W 1950 - EISENHOWER CONFIDENT ON ATLANTIC PACT ms Ike & Dean Acheson Ike some 'Cold War' remarks 00:32:05:00 B W 1950 - HITLER'S PAPERS BLACK MARKET BRINGS DOCUMENTS TO LIGHT ms German bank in Munich collectibles on display...includes cu Nazi insignia buttons & pins 00:33:06:00 B W 1950 - BOWL GAMES ORANGE BOWL ws ms Football play action as Clemson beats Miami U by just one point...some great 'broken'- field running plays...crowd reaction shots. SUGAR BOWL ws ms Football play action as Kentucky upsets Oklahoma 00:36:33:00 B W 1950 VOL. 24 REL. #420 - PRESIDENT ASKS UNITY IN STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE ms ws Truman speaks to joint session of Congress (it's all about US involvement in the Korean War) gets big round of applause at the end of his speech seated behind him, on the dias, are Alben Barkley and Sam Rayburn 00:39:16:00 B W 1950 - KOREA SEOUL IN FLAMES AS ALLIES QUIT CAPITAL ms ws Views of troops on the defensive in the combat zone city in flames civilian refugees flee their homes CU sad looking young Korean girl...victim of the war 00:40:29:00 B W 1950 - SPORTS ws ms Night ski jumping at Bear Mountain New York...some spills daylight ski jump contest...more spills lead skier, Art Tokle. - NEW YORK CITY ms Boxing fans enjoy watching Golden Gloves in Ridgewood, Bklyn lots of ring action...a couple of TKO's. 00:44:08:00 B W 1950 VOL. 24 REL. #421 - PRESIDENT DECORATES KOREA HEROES ms ws Artillery fires rounds truck convoy in battle zone hospital ship...wounded soldiers at White House ceremony Truman presents Medals of Honor to the families of soldiers killed in battle 00:46:05:00 B W 1950 - EISENHOWER GEN. IKE TOURS PACT NATIONS ms Wears his military uniform as head of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)...greeted by French statesmen in Paris... Prime Minister, Rene Pleven...Robert Schuman, Foreign Minister attends meeting in room having an extra large roundtable meets with President, Vincent Auriol Ike drives off in limo with General Gruenther. 00:47:27:00 B W 1950 - BEAUTY GOES BATHING AND A' BICYCLING ms Lovely girls show off the latest in bathing suit fashions and sports wear (in Florida) 00:49:04:00 B W 1950 - BUCKING BRONCS OF THE BRINY ws ms Outboard motor speed boats race at Cypress Gardens (Florida) boats leap over hurdles, steeplechase fashion, and run up trees (something of an obstacle course race). 00:50:58:00 B W 1950 - MARYLAND INAUGURATES NEW GOVERNOR ws ms Theodore Roosevelt McKeldon(?) on his way to become the 4th Republican Governor in Maryland's history accompanied by the outgoing governor Preston Lane they head for the state house where the oath of office is administered new governor makes speech to crowd gathered outside 00:52:54:00 B W 1950 VOL. 24 REL. #422 KOREA: United Nations Fights Delaying Action On Peninsula. Military in winter fighting against the Chinese and North Koreans wrecked air transports on airfields casualties being carried out by stretcher Sabre jets take off from Korean airfield encounter Mig fighter and shoot it down strafing runs of enemy camps and supply lines 00:55:28:00 B W 1951 MARCH OF DIMES: Notables Open Annual Drive For Polio Fund. President Harry S Truman welcomes the March of Dimes poster child for 1951 Truman signs his autograph book In New York City poster child is greeted by Basil O'Connor, Jimmy Durante and Mayor Impellitteri banners and wheelchairs are part of the demonstration for the campaign 00:56:32:00 B W 1950 NEWS IN BRIEF. Plane crash aftermath at Philadelphia International Airport..."California"...over storm wreckage. Sunnyvale 50 miles south of San Francisco the town suffered heavy destruction after being hit by freak twister 01:44:48:00 B W 1950 ms Title: Chicago, Ill....over spectacular fire 01:44:52:00 B W 1950 ws Spectacular warehouse fire on edge of Chicago's Loop (LaSalle Street) large crowd of spectators watch fireboats on the Chicago river help 01:45:35:00 B W 1950 ms Title: Michigan...over incubators 01:45:39:00 B W 1950 ms Quadruplets at Pontiac, Michigan hospital Rosebush family looks at their Quads family faces the cameras 01:45:50:00 B W 1950 ms Title: Florida...over Chihuahua dog contest 01:45:51:00 B W 1950 ms Chihuahua club of Florida shows their prize dogs at get together in Miami prevue of its coming specialty show long haired Chihuahua puppies in basket dogs dressed in tiny clothes including crown on the queen
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