Summary

MISC. NEWSREELS #16

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Title: MISC. NEWSREELS #16
File Number: ARI-16 Beta SP (PAL)
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Subjects: Aerials
Description: 00:50:12:00 B W 1920s COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Red Grange of the University of Illinois heads downfield after catching short pass, slow-motion, 1924 Albie Booth of Yale returns punt for a touchdown, Yale defeats Army, 1920s Knute Rockne, CU, MS, supervising team calisthenics, a row of punters kick footballs in succession various plays from two games between Army and Notre Dame, including a handoff for a touchdown and a punt returned for a touchdown, featuring Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis, Army wins both games, 1944 and 1945. 00:52:07:00 B W 1933 GREAT DUSTBOWL DROUGHT AND SANDSTORMS IN THE MIDWEST, 1933: barren prairie farms covered in sand cars drive with headlights on during sandstorm hat flies off man's head, he runs to retrieve it farmers hand-water desecrated crop seedlings, plant-by-plant man shovels sand, hazy sun shines through dusty sky, telephone poles with 2 or 3 feet of sand accumulated at their bases man gets out of ground door of storage silo weary, thirsty-looking cattle Okies move out of farm house Okie man with thin beard, CU jalopy cars piled with family belongings drive along road Okies at small Hooverville shantytown farm workers on ladders pick fruit from trees in orchard farm workers in field Okies attend to their jalopies men jump down from open boxcar, policeman escorts them away. Excellent Great Depression sequence. 00:55:08:00 B W 1930s SINO-JAPANESE WAR, 1930s: marching Japanese soldiers Tojo (?) on horseback soldiers board ship bound for Manchuria a horse is hoisted aboard ship by crane soldiers travel by train into Mongolia war in China combat scenes: artillery units fire cannons charging soldiers machine gun Chinese (?) soldiers a session of the Diet (?) Japanese armored vehicles in Peiping (?) smoldering and ruined buildings in either Nanking or Canton. 00:57:25:00 B W 1910s THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION, 1910s: Pancho Villa, MS (in gray suit, puts on hat, wipes brow with hand) combat scenes: soldiers advancing, charging through brush, desert line of soldiers shoots, advances Red Cross workers carry corpse on stretcher, men stand over stretcher Conestoga wagon train herd of mules on road General Pershing on bridge at US-Mexico border trucks carry US soldiers into Mexico armored vehicles. 01:01:10:00 B W 1910s - 1950s LEADERS OF RUSSIA THE USSR, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s: Czar Nicholas II (?), his family, and many Russian officials royal personages in procession Russian soldiers march in review bolsheviks, citizens march with banners through Red Square around the time of the Czar's abdication, 1917 Lenin makes speech, MS people run across field, through large arch gate angry mob of people with scythes and other implements raised in the air as weapons storm into building, toward a confrontation Trotsky makes speech from railing of train car, whistle stop-style Trotsky gets off train, greeted by German (???) military officials Trotsky makes speech from parapet, Kremlin tower in BG Trotsky and Stalin seated at table, MS, CU Trotsky saluting, CU, to soldiers marching in review Stalin makes speech, MS Khrushchev makes speech in assembly hall, MS Malenkov and Bulganin may be present in some shots? 01:04:58:00 B W 1928 RACE CAR DRIVER FRANK LOCKHART KILLED IN CRASH, April 25, 1928: Lockhart's car speeds along the sand at Daytona Beach, Florida, POV AV the car skids out, flips and crashes as it passes by CAM and spectators perilously close Lockhart is savagely thrown out of the driver's seat, lands 20 feet away. 01:05:16:00 B W 1920s - 1930s ???, 1920s 1930s: race car driver in rocket car speeds down beach, past grandstand, POV AV and pan shots. 01:05:41:00 B W 1947 RACE CAR DRIVER JOHN COBB BREAKS LAND SPEED RECORD, DRIVES 402 MPH ON SALT FLATS IN BONNEVILLE, UTAH, September 16, 1947: Cobb in driver's seat of his sleek, futuristic race car, hatch is secured over his head the car races across the dry lake bed, PAN. 01:06:10:00 B W 1952 JOHN COBB KILLED IN HYDROPLANE ACCIDENT, September 29, 1952: boat speeding at 206 MPH on lake suddenly explodes. 01:06:42:00 B W 1955 BOAT RACER DON CAMPBELL, 1955: Campbell sets new record as his hydroplane boat speeds across lake at 225 MPH. 01:07:14:00 B W 1920s - 1930s WINSTON CHURCHILL: a younger Churchill, 1920s, 1930s with FDR at Casablanca with FDR aboard the USS Augusta for the signing of the Atlantic Charter wears sun hat with British soldiers in Africa on small boat with soldiers with FDR and Stalin at Yalta, Stalin laughs on stage at the Royal Academy displaying his painted portrait of his wife, he kisses wife makes speech circa October 1951, becomes Prime Minister once again. 01:10:50:00 B W 1927 SPORTS: the "long count" boxing match between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney, slow-motion, September 22, 1927 swimmer Gertrude Ederle and Mayor Jimmy Walker on steps of City Hall, 1926 golfer Walter Hagen takes a swing, makes a put, 1930s golfer Babe Didrikson takes a swing, makes a put, makes grateful, exultant prayer motion with her arms in moment of triumph, could read as wacky sports 1930s 16-car accident during race at the Indianapolis Speedway, 1957 Don Budge in tennis match, serves MS, jumps over net after winning, 1938 Baltimore Colts defeat New York Giants in football playoff game, VS, December 28, 1958 Roger Bannister wins track race, collapses into arms of man at finish line, May 6, 1954 Goebbels, Hitler and Goering (and maybe Himmler looking through binoculars) watch the 1936 Olympics, Hitler obviously is rooting for a German competitor, swaying his body in anticipation as the event heads toward its finish, sadly too brief of a shot Jesse Owens wins race, Owens CU, 1936 Olympics. 01:13:27:00 B W 1940 BATTLE OF BRITAIN, 1940: English airplane spotters point skyward RAF squadron taxis and takes off bombs fall toward pock-marked ground away from CAM in bomb-bay a dirigible-like observation balloon is hit by enemy fire, burns up as it descends antiaircraft cannons shoot flak skyward Underground train stops at station, people taking shelter there sit on platform people rest beneath "Piccadilly Circus" sign in Underground train station, TD artillery barrages and bombing illuminate the night sky people lie on bunks in bomb shelter burning buildings, smoking ruins, firemen, wreckage, town in ruins after German bombing, day and night scenes King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on tour of bombed areas, poor shots women and children are evacuated from London, board train a V-2 rocket speeds through sky, WS. 01:16:22:00 B W 1920s BASEBALL: Judge Kenesaw Landis circa 1920, VS the 1927 New York Yankees in team portrait, MS Babe Ruth, ECU Ruth leaves dugout, tips his hat to crowd Ruth touches home plate after hitting home run Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Jimmy Foxx, MS on field before 1934 All-Star game pitcher Carl Hubbel strikes out Ruth, Gehrig and Foxx Lou Gehrig speaks at his farewell to baseball ceremony, Ruth embraces him Ted Williams hits home run in 1940 All-Star game Joe DiMaggio hits home run Bobby Thomson batting before his famous 1951 home run, MS. 01:18:50:00 B W 1932 BABE DIDRIKSON: Didrikson, CU makes successful high jump, wins hurdle race at Palo Alto track and field competition, 1932 throws javelin at 1932 Olympics Didrikson at the punching bag on the treadmill spars playfully with trainer man. 01:20:50:00 B W 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s ??? USSR SPIES ON TRIAL IN YUGOSLAVIA: courtroom scenes VS from trial of 10 USSR Russian citizens, tried for espionage and found guilty. (???). 01:21:43:00 B W 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s ??? WESTERN POSSE ON MANHUNT IN WYOMING ??? THIS FOOTAGE FEELS STAGED FAKE: cowboys take cover on ground, behind rocks in western desert landscape, aim guns cowboys with guns carry corpse of man they've shot and killed? cowboy points out bullet hole in door of bank building. 01:23:11:00 B W 1939 THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, 1939: the scale model of New York City diorama with subway trains, PAN workers preparing the diorama for the Fair's opening reveal themselves from behind the large buildings to very funny, ironic effect, weird sense of perspective one man straddles the top of the Empire State Building the diorama wonderfully illuminated for a skyline night scene, PAN excellent shots. The fairgrounds, HA before opening day Grover Whalen and Mayor La Guardia shake hands on the steps of City Hall in ceremony introducing the sale of World's Fair tickets the fairgrounds, POV AV the Trylon and Perisphere buildings, POV bird's eye, circling. 01:24:55:00 B W 1920s EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES FALLS OFF HORSE DURING STEEPLECHASE POINT-TO-POINT RACE, circa 1920: the race VS a rider falls off horse after jumping over hurdle obstacle, Edward falls off his horse, #13. 01:25:19:00 B W 1940s STORMS IN NORTHERN EUROPE, late 1940s: Netherlands: high winds sweep up snow dust from ground, people on street struggle against the wind freighter ship which has run aground just off the shore due to high winds man climbs down rope ladder from deck to small boat amid stormy surf. Germany: Berlin airlift cargo planes covered in ice lay idle in Wiesbaden Air Base in West Berlin during winter storm, VS Berlin airlift pilots relax in a lounge during the lull. 01:26:47:00 B W 1950 CELEBRITY WEDDINGS: newlyweds Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rosselini getting off of airplane, 1950, VS. Rita Hayworth and Ali Khan during their wedding ceremony the newlywed couple, VS in attendance are Aga Khan and his wife. 01:27:27:00 B W 1930s - 1940s WPA WORKERS ON STRIKE RETURN TO AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION SITE IN New York City, 1930s or 1940s: construction workers on the way to work walk through gate past guards President of the WPA Bill Harrington, seated at desk, MS, and CU. 01:28:12:00 B W 1940s SUPREME COURT JUSTICE FELIX FRANKFURTER, 1940s: Frankfurter and his wife relax on couch, MS. 01:28:36:00 B W 1938 WEST SIDE HIGHWAY OPENS IN New York City, 1938: car traffic on the brand new thoroughfare men install plaque to commemorate the "West Side Elevated Highway Canal Street Arch" Mayor La Guardia and other officials speak at the opening day ceremony marching band crosses a bridge (the new Canal Street Arch) officials and Mayor cut ceremonial ribbon on the bridge. 01:31:05:00 B W 1933 ACTRESS MAY ROBSON HONORED AT BANQUET, 1933: Lionel Barrymore presents Robson with an album book. 01:32:10:00 B W 1934 CHANCELLOR OF AUSTRIA ENGELBERT DOLLFUSS ASSASSINATED, July 1934: large crowd at memorial service funeral of Dollfuss his successor Kurt Von Schuschnigg shakes hands with officials Dollfuss, VS from his life, tips his hat to marching citizens, etc. soldiers are mobilized guns distributed to soldiers from the back of truck convoy of trucks carrying soldiers Dollfuss and Mussolini sign peace pact, shake hands, 1920s men (Italian soldiers ?) and mules make their way up narrow and winding steep mountainside path, WS, VS Von Schuschnigg, CU soldiers on Vienna streets, in vicinity of site of assassination, VS soldiers crouch over a machine gun. 01:35:02:00 B W 1920s INTERNATIONAL REPARATIONS COMMITTEE ENDS NEGOTIATIONS, 1920s: meeting of the committee as it sets Germany's debt at $800,000,000 Chairmen Owen Young, CU. 01:35:27:00 B W 1920s ??? BEGUM OF BHOPAL, 1920s: Muslim people bow in prayer in front of a London mosque, among them is a heavily veiled woman, the Begum of Bhopal. 01:35:47:00 B W 1934 THE "HAMBLETONIAN" HARNESS RACE IN HAMILTON, NEW YORK, 1934: the horse race, VS race is won by "Lord Jim" and jockey HM Parshall large wreath is placed around the horse's neck. 01:36:29:00 B W 1930s RUNNER JOHN LOVELOCK WINS RACE, 1930s: Lovelock out sprints Bill Bonthron in final leg around the track to narrowly win race. [Track and field]. 01:37:19:00 B W 1920s AFTERMATH OF PRISON RIOT UPRISING, 1920s: a prison, its grounds and its fortified walls, POV AV smoldering wreckage on prison grounds guards with tommy guns walk through the cellblock an empty cellblock, the wet floor littered with trash. 01:38:08:00 B W 1930s TORNADO HITS ILLINOIS TOWN, 1930s: people inspect damaged house, fallen trees, crushed car, VS. 01:38:37:00 B W 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s MEETING OF THE CATHOLIC WORLD CONGRESS IN BUENOS AIRES: a massive concrete cross towers over attendees at the end of a concourse Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli speaks, MS large crowd, including seated nuns, choral singers, and priests clergymen, VS. 01:39:30:00 B W 1935 THE PLEBISCITE APPROACHES IN THE SAAR VALLEY, 1935: French soldiers and tank squadron move across open fields a German Nazi soldier and two French soldiers converse at the border street scene of quaint town in the region a peasant family sits around long table. 01:40:43:00 B W 1934 THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH VERSUS USC, 1934: plays from the football game, VS.
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