Summary

MISC. NEWSREEL #9

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Title: MISC. NEWSREEL #9
File Number: ARI-9 Beta SP (PAL)
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 1910s, 1920s, 1930s
Subjects: Aerials
Description: 00:01:01:00 B W 1930s BOOTLEGGER CAPTURED, 1930s: staged dramatization of the apprehension of a bootlegger in Champlain, New York by two border policemen: car storms through barn doors, swerves into path of oncoming car forcing it to side of road two policemen then nab the driver of the stopped car, handcuff him, and find sacks of liquor bottles in his car the two police officers and another man toss the bottles against a stone wall in a wryly deadpan manner, zombie-like destruction the bottles smashing against wall and spilling foamy alcohol, CU. 00:02:20:00 B W 1920s BOSTON RED SOX DEFEAT WASHINGTON SENATORS ON OPENING DAY, circa 1927: Herbert Hoover throws out the first ball plays from the baseball game, CAM behind 1st base. 00:02:54:00 B W 1930s US-MEXICO BORDER (???), circa 1930: American Brigadier General Moseley gets off of last car of train Mexican General Jose Escabar Mexican General Marcelino Murrieta US soldiers on military maneuvers exercises in the desert: armored vehicles mounted soldiers firing practice target practice, various weapons, day and night scenes. 00:04:57:00 B W 1920s ROMANIAN RULERS VISIT ENGLAND, 1920s: Queen Marie and King Ferdinand of Roumania with their royal retinue exit ship down gangplank they get on train in station are brought to Buckingham Palace in royal procession. 00:05:55:00 B W 1910s - 1920s NEW GOLD RUSH IN NEVADA, 1910s 1920s: gold prospectors in the vicinity of Rabbit Hole: men panning for gold, sorting through ore, setting up shelter, digging, drinking whiskey elderly earthy woman sets up campfire, she may be Indian. 00:06:33:00 B W 1930s GANGLAND GUNS CONFISCATED, early 1930s: Chicago Judge Edgar Jones sits at desk with pile of guns on it, man wearing police badge on jacket stands behind him Jones pounds a gun with hammer, destroying it handles the ruined gun, CU. 00:07:31:00 B W 1920s MAE MARSH, 1920s: Mae Marsh and her husband sit down on bench in garden nanny holding baby approaches them and gives the baby to Marsh for a moment just another role for Marsh, this reads like a scene from any of her films. 00:07:53:00 B W 1920s RACE HORSE "MAN O' WAR," 1910s 1920s: horses in practice on track Man O' War is saddled jockey on Man O' War Man O' War at finish line of race just ahead of horse Sir Barton. 00:08:21:00 B W 1933 - 1934 1933 1934 CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR GM EXHIBIT: the General Motors Pavilion at the Chicago "Century of Progress" Exposition AV and night shots of the sleek EXT facade people walk through the spacious showrooms, HA a car is assembled on model assembly line, visitors watch from balcony in BG. 00:09:57:00 B W 1940s SHANGHAI EXODUS, 1940s: Shanghai street scenes, people leaving city with their belongings as Communist forces approach city pedicab traffic woman shares her bowl of rice with boy. 00:10:59:00 B W 1910s WWI MISCELLANY: various military vehicles of the era: tanks, a small submarine u-boat (on land), fragile-looking airplanes (Spads-Fokkers ?) taxiing corpses of soldiers lie in trench and on battlefield WWI soldiers walking, carrying dead and wounded near the front lines. 00:12:39:00 B W 1940s INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS, 1940s: in Madison Square Garden, women runners in straightaway track sprint race in track sprint race with hurdles a woman track runner speaks to CAM, CU man makes successful pole vault jump of 13 feet and 6 inches man makes successful high jump men runners in straightaway track sprint race in track sprint race with hurdles two men in distance race run lap around track, both collapse at finish line. [women athletes]. 00:14:14:00 B W 1930s ??? IRELAND, circa 1930: Irish soldiers march across field Will Rogers shakes hands with President William T Cosgrave and Vice President Kevin O'Higgins. 00:14:51:00 B W 1930s SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF CALVIN COOLIDGE, circa 1930: Coolidge, CU Coolidge's family (???) relaxes on lawn Coolidge reads newspapers at desk Coolidge decorates Charles Lindbergh with medal Coolidge with Vice President Hoover, MS Coolidge and wife relax on front lawn of house Coolidge rides on horse-drawn plow. 00:16:29:00 B W 1937 WORLD SERIES, October 1937: sitting in the stands are: Herbert Hoover Jack Dempsey Jimmy Braddock Babe Ruth and his family Jimmy Walker James Farley and his family Governor Herbert Lehman with Edward Mulrooney Judge Kenesaw Landis Joe McCarthy and Bill Terry talk to reporters on field scenes from game 5 of New York Yankees vs New York Giants: Joe DiMaggio hits homerun, circles the bases other plays crowds make their way across the field at the Polo Grounds after the game the Yankees enter the locker room, having won the Series: Joe DiMaggio, Lefty Gomez, Bill Dickey, and the rest of the team All-Star Game (year?) sequence: Lou Gehrig with Jimmy Foxx Joe McCarthy with ?? plays from the game, HA Gehrig gets hit, rounds the bases. Excellent sequence. 00:19:48:00 B W 1920s FRENCH PLANE CRASH, 1920s: large biplane takes off airplane on fire after having crashed three men, CU shots, two of them aviators, the other French soldier officer they may be Rene Fonck, Jacob Islamoff and Charles Clanier. 00:20:22:00 B W 1920s BYRD, NOVILIE AND BURNETT IN PLANE CRASH, 1920s: man, CU (Richard Byrd?) airplane lands, somersaults abruptly and crashes, CU people rush to the airplane, help the three aviators out of it. 00:20:50:00 B W 1920s CLARENCE CHAMBERLIN, 1920s: Aviator Chamberlin, CU airplane lands. 00:21:12:00 B W 1927 PLANE CRASH, April 26, 1927: Lieutenant Commander Noel Davis and Lieutenant Stanton Wooster, MS their large broken-up and crashed biplane wreck is examined by people in marsh. The aviators die in the crash. (They had attempted to make the first nonstop air crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, from New York to Paris). Location: Langley Field, Virginia. 00:21:29:00 B W 1920s FRENCH AVIATORS NUNGESSER AND COLI, May 8, 1927: Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli on airstrip, MS biplane takes off from Le Bourget airfield. The two fliers crashed in the Atlantic Ocean and were never seen again. (They had attempted an East-West Atlantic crossing from France to America). 00:21:45:00 B W 1920s LINDBERGH, 1920s: VS Charles Lindbergh, CU two men inspect the "Spirit of St Louis" airplane. 00:22:03:00 B W 1930s SARNOFF AND MARCONI, 1930s: President of RCA David Sarnoff with inventor of wireless telegraphy Gugliemo Marconi, in front of microphone. 00:22:49:00 B W 1920s NEWARK AIRMAIL SERVICE BEGINS, 1920s: crowd assembled around airplanes at Newark Airport Mayor Jerome Congelton with pilot Paul Reeder and Assistant Postmaster-General Glover airplane takes off on its first mail run airplane takes off from different airport. 00:24:05:00 B W 1920s - 1930s SELASSIE REVIEWS HIS MILITARY, 1920s 1930s: soldiers followed by procession march through gate in city in Abyssinia Ethiopia, crowds watch brief shot of circle of men jumping up and down in ecstatic dance ritual, fast-motion men in thin turbans stand under large parasols Haile Selassie and his retinue approach dais Selassie sits in throne on dais, reviews marching soldiers and warriors in traditional clothing. 00:25:33:00 B W 1920s RAMSAY MacDONALD IN New York City, 1920s: British Prime Minister MacDonald with wife, speaks to man on deck of ship, crowd gathered around them. 00:26:26:00 B W 1926 NATIONAL LEAGUE'S GOLDEN JUBILEE, 1926: old timer baseball players march on the field in celebration of 50th anniversary of the National League among them are Judge Kenesaw Landis, Tom Foley and Jim White with hats removed they gaze upward at the American flag Babe Ruth kisses his wife, CU Ruth receives gifts from old timers. 00:27:20:00 B W 1930s ITALY WELCOMES CARNERA, 1930s: Heavyweight boxing champion Primo Carnera waves from ocean liner as it docks in Genoa, Italy Carnera and other passengers disembark via gangplank. 00:27:54:00 B W 1920s WALLACE BEERY, 1920s: Beery, CU Beery gets out of car, MS. 00:28:03:00 B W 1930s - 1940s HURRICANES HIT EAST COAST, 1930s 1940s: speeding river current and ruined bridge man carries girl via breeches buoy to the riverbank person swims toward house which is half underwater cars drive on flooded road car bridge ruined by flooding river deck of ship in disarray row of damaged beach houses lie at precarious angles, having been knocked off of their foundations very brief shots of man digging car out from sand drift and man bathing in bathtub of ruined house a storm-damaged boardwalk children play in flooded residential street pilings of a no-longer extant pier flooded river, POV AV wreckage of derailed train and rail bridge. 00:30:01:00 B W 1930s LEAGUE OF NATIONS CENSURES JAPAN, 1930s: the Committee of 19 holds meeting on subject of Japanese imperialism, PAN conference room Japanese representative speaks before the assembly. 00:30:56:00 B W 1920s BILL ROBINSON, 1920s: runner Bill Robinson exhibits his strange ability to run backwards at high speed, beating two forward-runners with just a 25-yard handicap runs alone on Olympic track wins another race, crowd on sidelines. Wacky sports. (Note: this Robinson is NOT famous dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson!!!) 00:31:18:00 B W 1920s - 1930s SENATOR THOMAS JAMES WALSH, 1920s 1930s: VS the stern-faced Walsh: in Senate committee, wearing pince-nez eyeglasses CU, banging gavel before an assembly, donning a hat. 00:31:48:00 B W 1930s AIMEE SEMPLE McPHERSON, circa 1930: evangelist McPherson speaks to CAM, CU. 00:32:23:00 B W 1930s FDR AT CCC TRAINING CAMP, circa 1930: FDR speaks to CCC men below him from White House Balcony, aviator Wiley Post wearing eye patch stands next to him, receives his praise. 00:33:15:00 B W 1930s POLICE APPREHEND MURDER SUSPECT AFTER APARTMENT SIEGE, 1930s 1940s: New York City crime scene: police hold back large crowds on West Side street, as Shorty "2-Gun" Crowley is carried on stretcher into ambulance flashbulbs explode as photographer holds his camera above the heads of the crowd police escort Crowley's girlfriend, Helen Walsh out of building. 00:34:44:00 B W 1950s FRANCE LOSES INDIA COLONY, 1950s: coastal town of Chandernagor in French-ruled India people wait on line and cast ballot at voting place. India flag is raised. France handed over Chandernagor and the rest of French India to India in the early 1950's. 00:35:47:00 B W 1930s ??? AFL ENDORSES FDR, 1930s: AFL President William Green speaks while seated at desk. 00:36:29:00 B W 1930s CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH, 1930s: steam shovel acts as wrecking ball and demolishes remnants of buildings damaged by earthquake. Good shots of building destruction demolition. 00:37:23:00 B W 1930s BABE RUTH AND JOE McCARTHY, 1930s: Ruth and McCarthy shake hands on the practice field, converse Ruth warms-up: plays catch and takes swing at batting practice Brooklyn Dodgers warm-up: play catch, do group calisthenics. 00:38:16:00 B W 1920s PREPARATIONS FOR BYRD'S PARIS FLIGHT, 1920s: men work on Rodman Wanamaker's airplane "America" in hangar at Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey man attaches propeller to the nose aviator Richard Byrd with two men, one of whom may be designer Anthony HG Fokker, CU. 00:38:51:00 B W 1930s BRITISH NAVY fighter planes, 1930s(?): squadron of biplanes with their propellers spinning on deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Courageous biplane takes off from the aircraft carrier, POV AV - rear of the airplane the aircraft carrier, POV AV biplane just above ocean surface fires torpedo biplane approaches and lands on aircraft carrier. Good shots. 00:38:49:00 B W 1920s CHAMBERLIN PLANE CRASH, 1920s: small airplane takes off due to damage incurred during takeoff small airplane makes bad, lopsided landing, men run toward the airplane as it comes to a stop aviator Clarence Chamberlin is pilot. 00:40:27:00 B W 1930s CRIME FIGHTING CONFERENCE, 1930s: Senator Royal Copeland stands at head of table in conference room, speaks about racketeering to men assembled among the men are Edward Mulrooney and Joseph Keenan. 00:41:51:00 B W 1910s - 1920s GERMANS TURNS OVER ITS NAVY, 1910s 1920s: various German naval vessels in the North Sea, on their way to England to be surrendered under terms of the Versailles Treaty. 00:42:54:00 B W 1930s - 1940s MIAMI AIR SHOW, 1930s 1940s: man flies a 1911 Wright brothers biplane, weaves up and down uneasily car with airplane attached to its roof drives down airport runway, airplane detaches and rises at extreme angle, then dives and nearly crashes, flies daringly up and down, very close to ground at slow speed. [stunt flying, funny flying attempts, (sort of)]. 00:43:29:00 B W 1933 FDR HONORED IN New York City, 1933: FDR, CU Radio City Music Hall EXT facade (2 different shots), can pass for "grand opening of Radio City, December 1932" the RKO building (aka RCA building ?), EXT facade, LA people wait on line on sidewalk outside Radio City Music Hall, for President's Day celebration on April 30, 1933 FDR, CU, slowly DISSOLVES to CU of a wind-blown waving American flag, very patriotic. 00:44:06:00 B W 1930s UNEMPLOYMENT SCENES, 1930s: Depression-era bread lines on the Bowery in New York City CU hand posts a sign reading "no help wanted", CU long line of men's legs and feet slowly trudging along, CU men mete out bowls of food to men on bread line, MS good shots. 00:44:51:00 B W 1918 WWI ARMISTICE CELEBRATION IN New York City, November 11, 1918: the usual post-war euphoria scene as New Yorkers pack the streets waving little American flags, ticker-tape on ground, people ride in backs of trucks, policeman directs traffic, etc. 00:45:32:00 B W 1916 - 1917 US SOLDIERS IN MEXICO, 1916 1917: soldiers in artillery units load and fire their cannons. 00:46:03:00 B W 1920s HIROHITO REVIEWS SOLDIERS, 1920s: marching Japanese soldiers Emperor Hirohito reviews marching Japanese soldiers from dais. 00:46:46:00 B W 1910 RE-ENACTMENT OF CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE, 1910: hundreds of cavalry soldiers race their horses across spacious plain, shells explode around them lines of old-fashioned cannons fire their artillery. 00:47:24:00 B W 1920s - 1930s BELGIAN BICYCLE SOLDIERS, 1920s 1930s: an official reviews Belgian soldiers as they stand saluting beside their bicycles Belgian soldiers ride their bicycles through town, coasting. 00:47:43:00 B W 1900s - 1910s CZAR NICHOLAS II, 1900s 1910s: the czar reviews line of Russian soldiers marching Russian soldiers a Russian battleship. 00:48:37:00 B W 1930s STOCK MARKET CONFERENCE, circa 1930: group of stuffy financiers industrialists assembled before CAM, called to conference by President Hoover after the 1929 stock market crash CU of several of the men: Henry Ford Andrew Mellon Roger Babson JP Morgan Thomas Lamont Gerard Swope Owen Young John D Rockefeller, Jr and evangelist Billy Sunday, who preaches and gesticulates excitedly. 00:50:52:00 B W 1930s CALVIN COOLIDGE AND INDIANS, 1920s: the always expressionless Coolidge wears oversized cowboy hat, CU cowboys stand behind him and raises their hats in the air Indians dance in powwow on field, Indians wear feather headdresses and traditional clothing, WS, good shots Coolidge wears feather headdress, looks uncomfortable, CU all in Black Hills of South Dakota, Indians are probably Sioux. 00:51:41:00 B W 1930s FARMERS ON STRIKE, 1930s: farmers wield sticks at road block, force oncoming truck off road farmers on town sidewalk barter bags of produce for store goods, quick shots. 00:52:20:00 B W 1920s EDISON AND HARDING, 1920s: Thomas Edsison engaged in experiment in his laboratory Edison sits outside with President Harding and other men, MS Harding takes golf swing, MS. 00:52:40:00 B W 1920s AVIATION MISCELLANY, 1920s: man stuffs some bags of mail into biplane for first ever air mail flight? (this would be about 1918) a dirigible over New York City skyline dirigible, POV city street in between skyscrapers wreckage of the dirigible "Shenandoah" after it crashed on September 3, 1925. 00:53:33:00 B W 1930 WORLD'S BIGGEST AIRPLANE, 1930: large German seaplane, the Dornier DO-X propellers begin spinning, one by one, as the seaplane slowly strats out on the water the seaplane takes off, WS. 00:54:46:00 B W 1930s KING AND QUEEN OF ITALY VISIT THE PYRAMIDS, 1930s King Victor Emmanuel III and Queen Elena of Italy with retinue of Egyptian officials (and King Fuad I ???) who have greeted them in Cairo, walking on red carpet in procession of royal carriages with large entourage visiting the Pyramids and the Sphinx.
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