Summary

1953 UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL 2

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Title: 1953 UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL 2
File Number: HD-69 Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 1953
Subjects: Aerials
Description: 00:57:06:00 B W 1953 Vol. 26 Rel. 443 Henry Cabot Lodge at United Nations says USSR can stop Korean War. Meat market, beef brought in from New Zealand. Chile, Argentine dictator Juan Peron visits. Austria - parliamentary plebiscite on communism or democracy, they choose democracy. New cars of 1953 (Motor Sport Auto Show, New York City): fashion models pose in bathing suits, armored Mercedes-Benz used by Hitler, Spanish sports car Pegaso ($30,000, in 1953 dollars!!) Radar detecting antiaircraft cannon, sky sweeper. Tokyo Giants play exhibition baseball vs. US teams. Bowling in Chicago. 01:03:58:00 B W 1953 Vol. 26 Rel. 444 French train Vietnamese commandos in guerrilla warfare, barbed-wire crawling, bombs, going through water. Eisenhower makes Red Cross PSA. French airplanes imported to Norfolk, Virginia. Eisenhower w Bobby Jones, portrait of Bobby by President. Bill Goetz gets LOOK magazine award for 1952, Gardiner Cole presents award. Knights of Columbus track meet, Madison Square Garden, New York City, Mel Whitfield sets 2 world records in 600-meter & 500-meters. Ping-pong clown in France, Vicente Guitterez drinks while playing. 01:10:57:00 B W 1953 Vol. 26 Rel. 446 Korean War, mountains, bombs, US troops storm heights. Frogman, manta ray, submarine, 4 hours under water, plants depth charges. Christine Jorgensen, first transsexual, is named Woman of the Year by the Scandinavian Society of New York City. Spring training for Cleveland: Bob Lemon, Mike Garcia, Dale Mitchell, Doug Hansen New York Giants, Bobby Thomson, Darryl Spencer, Rene Williams, Whitey Lockman, Sal Maglie, Hoyt Wilhelm Dodgers, Russ Meyer, Joe Black, Don Zimmer, Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges, Pee-Wee Reese. Boys Club annual boxing tourney, little boys boxing. 01:17:33:00 B W 1953 Vol. 26 Rel. 447 MIG fighter planes shoot down US airplane in Germany. AV fights in Korea, Sabres down MIGs. McClain crashes her way out of channel. Ornithopter flies in Washington DC. Fashion show in Rome. Ski jumping in Austria. 01:24:33:00 B W 1953 Vol. 26 Rel. 448 Refugee registration centers in West Berlin. 21-year-old Duane Dewey gets Medal of Honor for jumping on grenade to save 2 buddies. Ike's grandchildren on White House lawn. Seton Hall vs. St. John's basketball game, at Madison Square Garden. Daytona amateur motorcycle championships, Paul Goldsmith wins. Nuclear explosion tests, latest mushroom cloud models. 01:31:28:00 B W 1953 Vol. 26 Rel. 449 35th atom bomb test, film crews, cars, soldiers watch at 2 miles. Cold weather army suits tested atop mountain in pools of cold water. Marshal Tito travels to Britain. Jet airplane lands on aircraft carrier, bomb comes loose and explodes Navy cameraman is killed. French spring hats, bonnets, hat boxes. Basketball NCAA championships, Indiana beats Kansas 69-68. 01:38:28:00 B W 1953 Vol. 26 Rel. 450 Nuclear explosion aftermath. Transport plane crash, 35 die. Adlai Stevenson visits Korean front. Trumans go to Hawaii as guests of oilman Ed Pauley. Escaped German POW who owned profitable bookstore faces possible deportation. Jeep goes through anything. French spring dresses & hats. New air-defense missiles for fighter jets. 01:45:10:00 B W 1953 Vol. 26 Rel. 451 Profile on dead dowager Queen Mary, 85 (widow of George V). Atomic research on animals. Home workshop, family uses it. Paris styles copied by New York City models. Kid fishing contest, Seattle.
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