Summary

MISC. NEWSREEL #15

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Title: MISC. NEWSREEL #15
File Number: ARI-15 Beta SP (PAL)
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s
Subjects: Aerials
Description: 00:00:20:00 B W 1934 FASHION MODELS, 1934: models wear sleek evening gowns with fur mantles and sequined mantles. 00:00:58:00 B W 1930s FRANK BUCK SAFARI, 1930s: a gibbon pounces upon and plays with a tiny bear cub Buck holds a chevrotain mouse deer in palm of his hand, CU man drops crate containing a cobra, Buck dives on it and returns it to a cage a safari caravan. 00:03:17:00 B W 1930s SELF-LAUNCHING LIFEBOAT IS TESTED IN New York City, 1930s: three men enclose themselves in their small, rocket-like "lifeboat" which then launches itself into the water from the dock it fails to balance itself in the water, and the three men take to the water and swim to shore. Very funny absurd invention wacky technology, harebrained scheme, etc. 00:04:08:00 B W 1930s GALE STORM DAMAGE IN CALIFORNIA, 1930s: high winds sway trees downed trees collapsed houses, church a toppled antenna tower man in store window picks up a fallen mannequin. 00:04:51:00 B W 1931 GH STAINFORTH BREAKS AIR SPEED RECORD, September, 1931: the Supermarine seaplane is rolled down ramp into the ocean the low-flying seaplane races through sky above the coast of England, setting record of 408 mph the seaplane is rolled ashore aviator Stainforth, CU. 00:05:50:00 B W 1933 MACHINE GUN KELLY AND WIFE ARE CAPTURED, 1933: gangster Kelly is escorted under heavy G-Man guard from Memphis, Tennessee courthouse onto airplane Kelly's wife also escorted out of courthouse. 00:06:29:00 B W 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s FERRY BOAT NEGOTIATES HEAVY ICE FLOES: the Sault Sainte Marie (Michigan) ferry plows across frozen lake, probably Lake Superior. 00:07:04:00 B W 1936 FUNERAL OF ARTHUR BRISBANE, December 29, 1936: newspaper columnist and editor in his office, reading newspaper, etc., VS funeral service at St Bartholomew's Cathedral, among those in attendance, outside the cathedral are Governor Herbert Lehman, Postmaster General James Farley, Gene Tunney, William Randolph Hearst, Bernard Gimbel and Mayor La Guardia pallbearers leave church and load coffin into hearse traffic jam on Park Avenue. 00:08:40:00 B W 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s FREIGHTER SHIP SINKS IN NEW ORLEANS HARBOR: damaged pier, after freighter accident freighter just off the coast, sinking in shallow water, doesn't fully submerge. 00:09:18:00 B W 1930s MARRIAGE OF KING ZOG OF ALBANIA AND COUNTESS GERALDINE APPONYI OF HUNGARY, 1930s: Zog and Apponyi review marching soldiers Count Ciano of Italy deplanes with silly smile on his face, reviews soldiers Albanian girls in traditional clothing, clapping the bride and groom, CU, in long gown and royal military uniform. 00:10:25:00 B W 1930s "YANKEE CLIPPER" SEAPLANE, 1930s: Eleanor Roosevelt christens the enormous seaplane the seaplane flying over Washington, DC, POV AV. 00:11:00:00 B W 1927 NEW YORK YANKEES VERSUS PITTSBURGH PIRATES IN GAME 2 OF WORLD SERIES, 1927: various players, CU various players warming up and taking batting practice, VS. 00:11:44:00 B W 1920s WASHINGTON SENATORS DEFEAT BOSTON RED SOX 8-4, 1920s: Massachusetts Governor Fuller raises American Flag a movie cameraman on the baseball diamond makes hand motions, directing someone, CU various plays from the game, Nick Altrock pitching. 00:12:19:00 B W 1920s NEW YORK GIANTS DEFEAT PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IN THEIR DEBUT AT THE POLO GROUNDS, 1920s: players march abreast across the baseball field manager John McGraw, MS Rogers Hornsby, CU Hornsby shakes hands with Mayor Jimmy Walker, MS Walker throws out first ball unceremoniously. 00:12:45:00 B W 1920s NEW YORK GIANTS DEFEAT PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 15-7 ON OPENING DAY, 1920s: players watch as American flag is raised up flagpole and unfurled Rogers Hornsby, CU Philadelphia Mayor Kendrick throws out first ball unceremoniously plays from the baseball game, VS 00:13:29:00 B W 1930s FILM PREMIERE AT GRAUMAN'S CHINESE THEATER, circa 1930: crowded sidewalk, passing traffic and klieg lights pointed skyward outside the lavish Hollywood theater. 00:14:06:00 B W 1920s DARTMOUTH DEFEATS UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 28-7, 1920s: the Seattle stadium, POV AV kickoff and plays from the last football game of the year, VS. 00:14:58:00 B W 1930s POLICE CATCH 2-GUN KILLER AFTER SIEGE: 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. 00:15:25:00 B W 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s ITALIAN WWI SOLDIERS: artillery unit soldiers pass shells from one man to another (a la bucket brigade) which are fired from the cannon in rapid succession the Duke of Acasta decorates soldier from Italian Automobile Service, MS row of Italian ambulance trucks parades past dais soldiers in a forest encampment, pan shots in a rocky hillside encampment, pan shot. 00:17:50:00 B W 1910s SOLDIERS OF "FIGHTING 69TH" DIVISION (RAINBOW DIVISION) RETURN TO New York City, circa end of WWI: ships in harbor people on deck of ship wave American flags and 169th Division banners, welcoming the large ocean liner transport ship USS Harrisburg whose decks are crowded with the returning soldiers. 00:18:44:00 B W 1924 FUNERAL OF LENIN, January 21, 1924: USSR officials bear Lenin's coffin, Tomsky and Stalin among them freeze-frame of the pallbearers, white circle around Stalin's face pointing him out officials and mourners stand beside open coffin as Lenin lies in state Lenin in coffin, CU. 00:19:30:00 B W 1920s ?????, circa 1920s: Chinese military official General sits on couch with family soldiers salute him facade of high fortification wall with arched gate at its base and pagoda tower above. 00:20:20:00 B W 1920s CONSTRUCTION OF THE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BRIDGE (?) BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA AND NEW JERSEY, circa 1926: one of the half-complete bridge towers, TU a large cable saddle is hoisted upwards by crane and placed atop the tower, LA the two bridge towers, POV Camden, New Jersey side of the Deleware River the massive concrete anchorage and surrounding construction site, WS. 00:21:07:00 B W 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s GAS FIRE IN CHICAGO STREET: firehoses spray the plume of fire rising up from gutter. 00:21:23:00 B W 1928 AL SMITH ON PRESDIENTIAL CAMPAIGN IN BOSTON, 1928: a tightly packed crowd cheers Smith as he stands in car and tips hat, WS. 00:22:11:00 B W 1920s BALANCING GYRO FOR SHIPS, circa 1920s: a huge gyro device sways back and forth as small group of people watches. Gyro is designed to counteract wave action and provide a moving ship with smooth ride, thereby preventing sea sickness. Weird machine. 00:22:37:00 B W 1920s AN EARLY AIR MAIL FLIGHT, 1920s: pilot gets into biplane and takes off on mail flight air mail stamps, CU. 00:24:05:00 B W 1920s BIPLANES LAND ON EARLY AIRCRAFT CARRIER, circa 1920s, VS, good shots. 00:24:38:00 B W 1920s CHEMICAL FACTORY FIRE IN JERSEY CITY LEAVES 1500 PEOPLE HOMELESS, 1920s: firemen battle raging fire in residential area a nurse pours cups of coffee for firemen. Poor. 00:25:37:00 B W 1915 THE LYNCHING OF LEO M FRANK, 1915: white people at the site of the lynching crowd of white people, mostly men in straw hats on Atlanta street, possibly outside courthouse or funeral parlor. 00:26:21:00 B W 1925 GOVERNOR NELLIE ROSS OF WYOMING, 1925: Ross, MS, CU. 00:26:43:00 B W 1920s POLISH PIANIST AND POLITICIAN JAN PADEREWSKI RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE FROM UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 1920s: graduates in caps-and-gowns in procession, single-file University President Von Klein Schmidt wraps honorary alumnus scarf around Paderewski's neck Paderewski tips his cap, CU. 00:27:09:00 B W 1920s CONVENTION OF FILM CELEBRITIES IN LOS ANGELES, 1920s: Maude George Wayne tosses oranges to people in train station among the people getting off arriving train are SR Kent, Jesse Lasky, Agnes Ayres, Sid Grauman, Adolph Zukor, Marcus Loew and Mayor Cryer greeting them. 00:27:47:00 B W 1910s MOSCOW, circa 1917: the USSR flag waving furiously in wind, MS, good shot military parade march through Red Square, including soldiers with bayonets pointed forward. 00:28:27:00 B W 1939 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, 1939: the fair grounds, POV AV Trylon and Perisphere buildings, VS. 00:28:57:00 B W 1934 "CAVALCADE" WINS THE KENTUCKY DERBY, 1934: the horse race, VS. 00:30:34:00 B W 1934 KIDNAPPING OF JUNE ROBLES, 1934: Robles with her family, VS people at the pit in desert where she was found, detectives examine evidence. 00:31:29:00 B W 1930s KIDNAPPING OF WF GETTLE, 1930s: detectives escorting the three kidnapper men, on their way to jail EXT Los Angeles home of Gettle Gettle and her children on front lawn EXT house in which Gettle was held prisoner two women in prison clothes responsible for supervising her are placed in police lineup (?), ashamed and sad faces, downward gazes the three kidnapper men in prison clothes in lineup, CU one kidnapper has his fingerprints taken. Good gritty caught criminal shots. 00:33:09:00 B W 1920s FLOOD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, circa 1920s: muddy flood waters flow down streets of town, VS high flood waters, up to the windows of cars and first floors of houses people in rowboats. 00:34:01:00 B W 1920s KING ALEXANDER OF YUGOSLAVIA, 1920s: marching band, soldiers King Alexander gets out of car. 00:34:45:00 B W 1940s USSR GENERAL KONSTANTIN ROKOSSOVSKY BECOMES MINISTER OF DEFENSE OF POLAND, late 1940s: Rokossovsky in full military regalia in the Polish Parliament chamber, receives applause, VS walks past Polish soldiers standing at attention. 00:35:47:00 B W 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s ???: gendarmes policemen lead a man chained at wrist to one of the gendarmes down Paris street, VS EXT the Caisse de Credit Municipal building. 00:36:35:00 B W 1940s INDEPENDENCE DEMONSTRATION IN INDIA, 1940s: British colonial policemen beat Indians in street with long truncheons, the Indians sit down on ground after being hit in display of civil disobedience, VS. 00:37:40:00 B W 1933 NATIONAL RECOVERY ACT: large group of people on field arranges itself into the form of the NRA acronym and eagle icon, HA. 00:37:56:00 B W 1921 LILLIAN RUSSELL, 1921: with husband Alexander Moore, MS, CU. 00:38:06:00 B W 1920s POPE PIUS XI, 1920s: the Pope is carried in sedan chair the Pope looks over documents with assistant the Pope blesses crowd in plaza from balcony of summer palace in Rome soldiers in armor stand-at- arms various royal personages (???) get out of car. 00:39:33:00 B W 1930s FRED PERRY DEFEATS JACK CRAWFORD IN US OPEN, 1930s: the tennis match at Forest Hills, New York, HA, VS Perry jumps over net and shakes hands with Crawford Perry holds his trophy cup. 00:40:35:00 B W 1910s THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, circa 1917: montage of feature film and documentary sequences: old regime Russian aristocrats and officials Czr Nicholas II and his family war refugees peasants walk along road, sacks and trunks slung over their shoulders combat montage: cavalry, artillery, tanks, soldiers in trench crowd of people runs across field, WS, good shots mob of belligerent peasants with their hooks, sticks, and scythes raised in the air, knock down wooden fence crowded city streets, pamphleteers pass out leaflets to people soldiers converse, stand around in the snow mob of determined peasants armed with farm implements marches down road toward CAM cell of men sits around table in discussion woman ladles out cups of milk for children and other peasants military official knocks on door angrily, VS. 00:46:22:00 B W 1930 AVIATOR FRANK HAWKS, 1930: Hawks in his "Southern Cross" airplane on 12-hour flight between Los Angeles and New York, POV AV the "Southern Cross" landing in New York, WS policemen and crowd escort Hawks off tarmac glider airplane in flight and landing people hang onto branches of tree they've climbed, WS, good shot policemen hold back crowd of smiling and energetic children, good crowd control shot woman kisses Hawks still strapped into his glider airplane. 00:47:50:00 B W 1934 FUNERAL OF JOHN DILLINGER IN CHICAGO, 1934: men load Dillinger's coffin into hearse surrounded by crowd men ride on runningboard of hearse as it drives away line of people files into house where Dillinger lies in state corpse of Dillinger, CU children huddle under umbrella, boy places bag over head to escape rain. 00:49:10:00 B W 1934 SHOE FASHION, 1934: women model various boots and shoes, CU shots of feet, one pair of shoes DISSOLVES into the next.
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