Summary

MISC NEWSREEL #8

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: MISC NEWSREEL #8
File Number: ARI-8 Beta SP (PAL)
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Subjects: Aerials
Description: 00:53:14:00 B W 1920s ITALIAN WRITER D'ANNUNZIO, 1920s: Gabriele d'Annunzio on boat with British speed-boat racer Kaye Don 00:53:56:00 B W 1930s BOBBY JONES, circa 1930: Golfer Jones, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr and Sir Harry Lauder stand around during the Walker Cup 00:54:16:00 B W 1920s SEAPLANE LAUNCH, 1920s: in harbor of Quincy, Massachusetts a woman christens seaplane, the Silver Eagle seaplane is launched into the water 00:54:46:00 B W 1920 ALLENTOWN FIRE, 1920: EXT of the badly damaged Lafayette Hotel in Allentown, Pennsylvania 00:55:18:00 B W 1920s CAMP MERRITT FIRE, 1920s: firemen battle the flames at this military depot in Tenafly, New Jersey 00:55:47:00 B W 1920s GENERAL ESCOBAR REVIEWS MEXICAN CAVALRY, circa 1929: General Gonzalo Escobar reviews cavalry soldiers 00:56:27:00 B W 1930 GERMANY HONORS STRESEMANN, 1930: in Berlin mourners lay wreaths on the grave of Gustav Stresemann on the first anniversary of his death 00:57:02:00 B W 1931 42ND TOURNAMENT OF ROSES PARADE, January 1, 1931: horse-drawn chariots and various theme floats 00:57:57:00 B W 1938 EAST COAST STORM, 1938: a high tide and powerful waves pummel the coastal town of Winthrop, Massachusetts men explore the house wreckage left by storm 00:50:45:00 B W 1920s CHAIN GANG, circa 1925: all-black chain gang in striped uniforms swing pickaxes in unison, doing road work, somewhere in the South Good shots, but fast-motion 00:59:19:00 B W 1931 SALVATION ARMY SHOW, May 26, 1931: Bill Bojangles Robinson tap-dances in Madison Square Garden, HA 01:00:40:00 B W 1932 JAPANESE FLEE (???) TIENTSIN, 1932: Chinese war refugees pack the streets as they flee the front line areas soldiers on the march rickshaw traffic both Chinese and Japanese soldiers behind sandbag and barbed wire barricades Tientsin street scene with streetcar 01:01:52:00 B W 1932 CHINESE FLEE AS JAPANESE BOMB TIENTSIN, 1932: buildings damaged by Japanese bombing, including Odeon Theater soldiers fire cannon and mortar fleeing war refugees, rickshaw traffic advancing soldiers marketplace scene, man holds up meat cleaver knives and speaks animatedly (he's either selling the knives or making a call-to-arms) 01:02:41:00 B W 1930s JAPAN ATTACKS SHANGHAI, 1930s: Japanese soldiers enter and march through Shanghai cannon line US British soldiers marching band with bagpipes, British soldiers 01:03:43:00 B W 1930s CHINA COMBAT SCENES, 1930s: Japanese and Chinese soldiers hurry into position during battle in city urban combat cannon unit fires many shells in succession Japanese tanks 01:04:42:00 B W 1925 CHARLESTON DANCE CONTEST RECORD IS SET, 1925: men and women do the Charleston at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City, good shots, the dancers' identification numbers are not always visible man plays banjo, MS hot and tired man loosens his shirt collar and tie, CU trophies are awarded, one to winner John Gioria who sets record by dancing for 22-1 2 hours fast-motion 01:05:44:00 B W 1920s MILTON DRIVES CAR 151 MILES-PER-HOUR, 1920S: Tom Milton sits in the driver's seat of his race car on dry lake bed in Muroc, California crew pushes the car off, it speeds across the desert at record-setting speed sensitive timing machine measures speed, ticker-tape unspools, CU 01:06:31:00 B W 1920s BATTLESHIP COLORADO LAUNCHED, 1920s: USS Colorado is launched from dry dock in Camden, New Jersey 01:07:14:00 B W 1920s New York City HONORS GENERAL JOSEF HALLER, 1920s: Polish General Josef Haller with crowd on the steps of City Hall 01:07:37:00 B W 1920s New York City FIRE, 1920s: firemen shoot streams of water from firehose at the smoking rubble left by fire on 2nd Avenue between 26th and 27th Streets 01:07:59:00 B W 1920s DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR, 1920s: Fairbanks, Jr at age 13, with William Eliot, his mother Beth Evans, singing teacher Jurien Hockstra, and others Fairbanks plays tennis, balances on top of fence, and sings 01:08:32:00 B W 1920s CENTURY TRAIN IS WRECKED, 1920s: wreckage from train accident in Forsyth, New York is removed from tracks by crane 01:09:01:00 B W 1920s MARY PICKFORD DAY, 1920s: crowd of calm people, pan shot Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, Sr speak to the crowd of Hollywood hopefuls, CU, MS 01:09:54:00 B W 1925 CALVIN COOLIDGE'S CABINET, 1925: Coolidge and his cabinet gathered for photo opportunity: Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon, Attorney General Harlan Stone, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, Secretary of the Navy Curtis Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work, and Secretary of War John Weeks 01:10:24:00 B W 1920s SHIP ANAHUAC RUNS AGROUND, 1920s: the SS Anahuac, beached just off shore person is brought ashore via breeches buoy conveyance sailor men sit in row in front of campfire while resting on beach 01:11:03:00 B W 1920s ???, 1920s: two men in a speed boat, the Baby Gar IV 01:11:30:00 B W 1920s ???, 1920s: a ship lists in harbor 01:11:57:00 B W 1920s BRIAND AND CABINET IN New York City, 1920s: French officials in New York City for arms conference: Prime Minister Aristide Briand, Rene Viviani, Albert Sarrault, and Admiral Lebon 01:12:19:00 B W 1910s - 1920s AUSTRIAN BATTLESHIP SINKS, 1910s 1920s: probably WWI strange sequence in which footage of sinking battleship is prefaced by an obviously staged and doctored re-enactment of a torpedo attack the footage of the sinking battleship however, is excellent: many sailors jump into water, swim away the ship capsizes dramatically, men still running on the exposed hull and jumping into the water 01:15:02:00 B W 1910s - 1920s PEACE CONFERENCE IN GENEVA, 1910s 1920s: various world diplomats and officials enter the conference building crowds fill the plaza outside the conference building 01:17:38:00 B W 1920s BABE RUTH APPEALS SUSPENSION, 1920s: SFU sequence due to underexposure 01:17:52:00 B W 1920s BABE RUTH CATCHES BALL FROM AIRPLANE, 1920s: biplane flies about fifty feet over Mitchell Field, Long Island, New York, and drops baseball to Ruth below, who catches it and falls POV ground, Ruth in distance, silly undramatic stunt 01:18:16:00 B W 1920 BROOKLYN DODGERS VS CLEVELAND INDIANS, 1920: Dodger player and Indian player converse on field man on baseball field speaks into megaphone the players on the field during World Series baseball game, spectators in the stands crowd gathered on street, perhaps outside of stadium (??) 01:19:02:00 B W 1930s WILL ROGERS AND SON PLAY POLO, circa 1930: a polo match Rogers and his son relax after the match, still in uniform 01:19:47:00 B W 1920s CHRISTY MATHEWSON AND MAYOR CURLEY, 1920s: Mathewson and Mayor of Boston James Curley shake hands, seated at desk 01:20:21:00 B W 1922 NEW YORK GIANTS VS NEW YORK YANKEES, 1922: base running, base stealing, and base sliding shots, some in slow-motion, from the World Series 01:21:31:00 B W 1925 PITTSBURGH PIRATES DEFEAT NEW YORK GIANTS, 1925: the Pirates practice on the baseball field Pirate players, CU shots 01:21:47:00 B W 1925 PITTSBURGH PIRATES AND WASHINGTON SENATORS AWAIT WORLD SERIES, 1925: various players pose for CAM on the field, among them are: Pirates: Manager Bill Mckenhie, Max Carey, Kiki Cuyler, Pie Traynor Senators: Manager Bucky Harris, Goose Goslin, Sam Rice, Roger Peckinpaugh, Joseph Judge, Walter Johnson, Muddy Ruel 01:22:40:00 B W 1920s BROOKLYN DODGERS VS PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES ON OPENING DAY, 1920s: marching band and the Dodgers walk across the field Dazzy Vance, MS etc 01:22:59:00 B W 1920s LITTLE LEAGUE, 1920s: two baseball boys have hand-stacking contest with bat Ty Cobb, CU baseball boys in the dugout little league baseball game in stadium, stands empty except for the bleachers boy slides into home plate, called out boy catcher argues with umpire shot of Miller Huggins somewhere in sequence (??) 01:24:00:00 B W 1920s NEW YORK GIANTS, 1920s: Andy Cohen warms up New York City Mayor Jimmy Walker tosses out the first ball Walker shakes hands with Giants manager John McGraw 01:24:15:00 B W 1925 SAN FRANCISCO SEALS VS PORTLAND BEAVERS ON OPENING DAY, 1925: marching band and the teams cross the field man who tosses out the first ball makes a wild pitch batter gets a base hit boys struggle with each other to look through peephole chink in fence 01:24:47:00 B W 1920s DETROIT TIGERS VS CHICAGO WHITE SOX ON OPENING DAY, circa 1925: the teams, escorted by soldiers (?) cross the field crowd cheers base runners during game, HA 01:25:17:00 B W 1927 BABE RUTH HITS AND SCORES, 1927: Ruth hits a double Ruth scores from second base 01:25:29:00 B W 1920s GAG BASEBALL GAME, 1920s: player of the House of David baseball team shakes hands with Maggie Riley, the woman leader of the Devil Dogs baseball team Riley, CU House of David players lined up, pan shot, all have beards VS their baseball game, stands virtually empty Wacky sports 01:26:03:00 B W 1920s USS LANGLEY, circa 1922: the first American aircraft carrier USS Langley off the coast of Yorktown, Virginia, MS 01:26:20:00 B W 1910s - 1920s DEBATE ON BONUS BILL, 1910s 1920s: debate in House of Representatives on the Bonus Bill, brief fast-motion shots 01:26:33:00 B W 1920s RAILROAD USES GAS-PROPELLED TRAIN CAR, 1920s: a gasoline-powered single-car train moves down the tracks rocky bluffs on either side of tracks, POV front of moving train the car pulls into open-air station 01:27:08:00 B W 1920s T-2 ON NON-STOP FLIGHT, 1920s: Oakley Kelly and John Macready board their T-2 airplane in Mineola, New York the airplane taxis the airplane in flight 01:27:24:00 B W 1920s NEW ORLEANS CANAL DEDICATED, 1920S: festivity and river boats near the lock of new canal to Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana 01:27:30:00 B W 1920s SHIP AGROUND, 1920s: beached tanker freighter ship the SS Lyman Stewart lies just off the California shore, pan shot person comes ashore via breeches buoy conveyance 01:27:47:00 B W 1920s WOMEN BARBERS, 1920s: two women barbers shave men in barbershop, MS barber's hand lathers man's face, CU woman barber sharpens straight razor on strap, MS good shots 01:28:06:00 B W 1910s BATTLESHIP CALIFORNIA, 1910s, WWI: the USS California at dock on Mare Island sailors and soldiers board via gangplank Captain, officers and sailors on deck sailor's cap is placed on head of baby bear mascot 01:28:37:00 B W 1910s US SOLDIERS TO COME HOME, 1910s WWI: American WWI soldiers march across field, the last European occupation forces in their final review 01:28:53:00 B W 1950s ITALIAN FLOOD, circa 1950: swift flood waters flow over farm fields and through small town streets in Tuscany chickens perched on debris mounds wait out the flood a derailed train 01:29:48:00 B W 1920s ROCKET SCIENCE, 1920s: Robert Goddard of Clark University demonstrates his ideas on space travel via ignited gas-powered rockets with models and blackboard diagram 01:30:17:00 B W 1923 STANLEY BALDWIN NEW BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, May 1923: Baldwin CU 01:30:23:00 B W 1920s - 1930s GREEK REVOLUTION, 1920s 1930s: an undulating, cheering crowd, HA pan Colonel Plastiras addresses crowd from balcony Royalist Generals Gargalides and Gerorgantopoulos get off of boat, into car 01:31:27:00 B W 1920s CHICAGO STREETCAR TROLLEY STRIKE, 1920s: Chicago street scenes, crowded sidewalks, heavy traffic congestion commuters ride in backs of trucks and other vehicles traffic drives down residential street policeman directs traffic, MS 01:32:31:00 B W 1949 ANGRY DEMONSTRATION AND RIOT AT ROBESON CONCERT, 1949: heckler people make ugly, aggressive gestures and thumb their noses toward buses of people attending Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York police hold back crowd veterans' parade sign reads commies and skunks not wanted- phew! and wake up, America - Peekskill did panic and violence in the crowds, policemen try to intervene, black man runs from policeman Civil rights strife, racists Cold War era anti-communists protest, etc Good shots, good quality 01:33:53:00 B W 1936 KING EDWARD VIII ABDICATES, 1936: montage of newspaper headlines detailing the Duke of Windsor's royal crisis still photograph of Wallis Simpson, CU montage of various members of the royal family, getting out of cars Windsor Castle, POV AV Prime Minister Baldwin gets into car in front of 10 Downing Street the Instrument of Abdication document, CU protester on bicycle wears sign saying we want Edward VIII 01:35:47:00 B W 1930s CAPTAIN FRANK HAWKS, 1930s: Aviator Hawks, CU Hawks taxis and takes off in small Texaco #13 airplane in flight, POV ground and airplane 01:37:07:00 B W 1930s RAMSAY MacDONALD, 1930s: MacDonald addresses conference on the sovereign status of India (?) MacDonald British Prime Minister at the time? 01:38:17:00 B W 1910s - 1920s FALLEN AIRPLANE SALVAGED FROM OCEAN, 1910s 1920s: men in lifeboat drag crashed downed biplane floating on surface of ocean toward ship, onto which it is then lifted aboard Good salvage operation shots 01:40:03:00 B W 1928 GERMAN AND IRISH PILOTS GET New York City RECEPTION, July 11, 1928: police hold back crowds police walking down street escorting cars police escort a newly-arrived pilot (???) soldiers march down canyon of heroes during ticker-tape parade ticker-tape filled sky, excellent shots panorama of City Hall and surrounding crowded streets and grandstand, ticker-tape still falling 01:42:19:00 B W 1937 HINDENBURG DISASTER, LAKEHURST, NEW JERSEY, May 6, 1937: Hindenburg over New York City and New Jersey, POV AV dumps ballast water (or pressurized gas?) and drops mooring cables passengers look out cabin windows the Hindenburg plunges to the ground in flames, the endoskeleton collapses, smoke bellows in huge clouds fire continues to burn as people on ground scurry about, gawk at wreckage good quality 01:45:03:00 B W 1933 DEATH OF PINEDO, 1933: aviator Franceso De Pinedo, CU Pinedo gets into cockpit of airplane airplane taxis to take off, doesn't make it off ground and instead continues on past the runway's end and crashes into hangar, then explodes firemen extinguish the fire Plane crash air disaster
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