Summary

MISC. NEWSREELS #19

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Title: MISC. NEWSREELS #19
File Number: ARI-19 Beta SP (PAL)
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Subjects: Aerials; New York City; Air Force One
Description: 00:00:28:00 B W 1950s MAURICE CHEVALIER DONATES HIS FRENCH RIVIERA VILLA TO THE FRENCH SOCIETY OF AUTHORS, COMPOSERS AND MUSIC EDITORS FOR USE A REST HOME, 1950s: the dapper Chevalier, MS, CU, and members of the society clink glasses in a champagne toast bare-chested groundskeeper carrying a rake kisses a classical statue of a nude woman, sort of creepy. 00:01:29:00 B W 1940s - 1950s FRANCE GRANTS LAOS INDEPENDENCE, 1948 or 1953: French President Vincent Auriol and Laotian King Sisavang Vong sign treaty documents and shake hands in baroque INT of the Elysee Palace in Paris. 00:01:51:00 B W 1940s THE FRENCH-INDOCHINA WAR, late 1940s early 1950s: French military convoy, tanks and soldiers move through countryside tank combat French General Navarre, MS. 00:03:02:00 B W 1950s TUBERCULOSIS TREATMENT AT THE NATIONAL JEWISH HOSPITAL IN DENVER, COLORADO, 1950s: two scientists wearing white coats in laboratory examine a rabbit with two small scars on its body a nurse hands a glass of water and a dose of medicine to a patient in her hospital bed a man's hands make fly-fishing fly lures, ECU teacher and students in small typing class, VS people eat at tables in cafeteria children on slide and swings in playground friendly boy picks up and carries a younger boy man in silhouette in dark vestibule shakes hands with a nurse, picks up suitcase and walks out the door onto the sunny sidewalk - leaving a hospital after recovery. 00:04:24:00 B W 1940s - 1950s INCUMBENT PRESIDENT ELPIDIO QUIRINO OF THE PHILIPPINES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, late 1940s early 1950s: Quirino deplanes and is greeted by a crowd of supporters carrying signs bearing pro-Quirino slogans. 00:04:58:00 B W 1950s THE F-4-D SKYRAY NAVY AIRPLANE, 1950s: the airplane on the deck of the USS Coral Sea aircraft carrier the airplane takes off from and lands on the aircraft carrier. 00:05:35:00 B W 1950s OPENING OF THE SEVENTH ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT THE UNITED NATIONS, circa 1950: diplomats arriving at and inside the General Assembly hall, among them are: Warren Austin, Herbert Lehman, Madame Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Eleanor Roosevelt, Mrs, Ogden Reid, Lester Pearson, Vincent Impelliteri, Dean Acheson, Andrey Vyshinsky, Andrei Gromyko and Carlos Romulo. 00:06:17:00 B W 1940s - 1950s DWIGHT EISENHOWER ON VACATION, late 1940s early 1950s: Eisenhower strolls down golf course fairway with entourage of friends Eisenhower takes a golf swing Eisenhower makes a putt Eisenhower fly-fishing in Colorado. 00:07:10:00 B W 1940s - 1950s NEW ATOMIC PILE REACTOR OPENS IN FRANCE, late 1940s early 1950s: technicians in white coats monitor gauges and turn knobs on control panels inside drab, non-descript control room Frederic Joliot-Curie and Irene Joliot-Curie lead a group tour of the facility. 00:08:41:00 B W 1950s FOREST FIRE IN FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE, circa 1950: emergency workers spray firehoses and fan the underbrush in effort to extinguish forest fire, VS peasant man pushes wheelbarrow laden with clothing. 00:09:50:00 B W 1949 JOE DiMAGGIO SIGNS RECORD CONTRACT, ONE YEAR FOR $100,000, 1949: DiMaggio sits at desk with two men, signs papers a smiling DiMaggio, CU. 00:10:11:00 B W 1949 GENERAL MacARTHUR GREETS SECY OF WAR KENNETH ROYALL IN TOKYO, 1949: Royall deplanes, MacArthur shakes his hand, night scene. 00:10:29:00 B W 1940s GERMAN SMUGGLER CHILDREN ARE APPREHENDED IN BELGIUM, late 1940s: Belgian policeman frisks boy children unpack bags full of smuggled goods large group of illegal border-crossers, mostly children, get off of trucks and walk down road, under supervision of policeman customs official. 00:11:36:00 B W 1920s THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE LIMITATION OF ARMAMENTS IN WASHINGTON, DC, 1921-1922: various diplomats and military officials outside of the conference building, among them are: PKC Thau of China, General Armando Diaz of Italy, Admiral David Beatty of England, General Baron Jacques of Belgium, and Z Horboshi, M Zumoto, Viscount Shibasaun and J Soyeda of Japan cavalry rides down street. 00:12:28:00 B W 1949 WINSTON CHURCHILL ON HIS 75TH BIRTHDAY, November 30, 1949: Anthony Eden, MS Churchill and wife leave building, phalanx of press people greets them. 00:13:01:00 B W 1921 PRESIDENT HARDING HONORS MARIE CURIE, 1921: Harding, Curie and group of women pose for CAM, MS Curie, CU, with her two daughters on deck of ship "Olympic." 00:13:29:00 B W 1920s THE "GREEN FLASH" AIRPLANE CRASHES, 1920s: crewmen (Yancy and Williams ?) prepare airplane man sits in cockpit the airplane on beach in distance skids out and collapses, WS men inspect the damaged airplane and tow it across the beach. 00:14:23:00 B W 1920s AVIATION, 1920s: crew of aviator men, MS, including Lotti, Assolant and Lefebvre airplane takes off from beach. 00:15:04:00 B W 1950s THE NAPOLEONIC WAR SHIP "IMPLACABLE" IS SUNK CEREMONIOUSLY BY FRENCH NAVY, circa 1950: sailor man looks through telescope, MS the "Implacable" in the water, explodes undramatically. 00:15:38:00 B W 1925 DIRIGIBLE "SHENANDOAH" DESTROYED BY STORM, September 1925: tangled steel girders lie in a wreck, the former skeletal structure of the dirigible the dirigible aloft Captain Craven, Admiral Moffett and Commander Lansdowne men inspect a stack of helium gas tanks the dirigible on ground, moored, crowd of people beneath it, HA dirigible flies over city dirigible descends for a landing, VS. 00:17:08:00 B W 1922 CLOSING OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE LIMITATION OF ARMAMENTS, 1922: group of stodgy diplomat men, virtually identically dressed, pose for CAM, MS, PAN among them are Earl Arthur Balfour, Auckland Geddes, Mr Rolandi-Ricci, Senator Schanzer and Lord Lee. 00:17:38:00 B W 1940s THE NETHERLANDS MOUNTS OFFENSIVE AGAINST SUKARNO'S REVOLUTIONARY FORCES, 1940s: paratroopers jump from airplanes, descend through sky, POV ground Indonesian man, a colonial official, rides in army jeep with Dutch soldiers Dutch soldiers are greeted amiably by villagers, they shake hands Indonesian men hand over guns to Dutch soldier Indonesian men enlist to serve in the Dutch army, they're handed uniforms dressed in the uniforms, they march crowd of Indonesian people seated on ground raises their arms in group cheer, MS. 00:19:51:00 B W 1910s - 1920s EL TRAIN DERAILMENT IN BROOKLYN, 1910s 1920s: at accident scene at intersection of Flatbush and Fourth Avenues, men gather around the wrecked fallen train cars, VS. 00:20:18:00 B W 1927 THE DOLE AIRPLANE RACE FROM OAKLAND TO HONOLULU, August 1927: two aviators wear leis (?) bundled around their necks, MS other aviators, MS, including a woman dressed in suit and tie military uniform various airplanes take off, one skids out while taxiing and crashes. Among these pilots may be Goebel, Davis, Jensen and Schulter. 00:21:35:00 B W 1920s FOOTBALL COACH HOWARD JONES OF THE USC TROJANS, 1920s, CU. 00:22:01:00 B W 1950s DROUGHT IN DALLAS, TEXAS, circa 1950: man uses portable rig to drill water well man waters sapling in yard with garden hose man shovels crushed ice from truck into wheelbarrow man pushes wheelbarrow through front yard of suburban house woman sprinkles ice over garden man points out and rubs the filthy hood of his car. 00:23:13:00 B W 1940s SHIGERU YOSHIDA ELECTED PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, late 1940s: Japanese people at polling place, some in traditional clothing, some in Western clothing, fill out ballots and drop them in ballot box, VS Yoshida and his wife vote Yoshida speaks outside polling place, CU. 00:24:13:00 B W 1950s VYACHESLAV MOLOTOV CHAIRS PRAGUE CONFERENCE WHICH REJECTS CALLS FOR GERMAN RE-ARMAMENT, circa 1950: Molotov deplanes, reviews contingent of Czech soldiers Molotov, CU, and other Eastern European officials sit at conference table Molotov walks down line of officials, shakes hands with each one in succession, MS. 00:25:29:00 B W 1950s PRIME MINISTER OF PAKISTAN MOHAMAD ALI VISITS INDIA, circa 1950: Ali and entourage Ali and Prime Minister Nehru shake hands Ali, Nehru and others sit in salon people throw confetti at Ali And his wife Ali and his wife walk through gauntlet Ali lays wreath at shrine to Mohandas Gandhi Ali holds up small camera to take photograph. Rajendra Prasad may be present in some shots. 00:26:34:00 B W 1940s COAL MINERS ON STRIKE IN AQUITAINE, FRANCE, late 1940s: soldiers on guard in vicinity of entrance gate to coal mine group of proud-looking strikers is escorted by policemen, under arrest. 00:27:17:00 B W 1950s HOSPITAL FIRE IN EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS KILLS 74, circa 1950: smoldering ruins of hospital building wall collapses emergency workers carry corpses of fire victims in blankets out of the building after fire a nun in white habit comforts a fire victim lying in bed. 00:28:39:00 B W 1950s PUERTO RICO CELEBRATES COMMONWEALTH STATUS, circa 1952: coastal San Juan, POV AV the Capitol building, POV AV marching soldiers Governor Muniz Marin in white suit and bow tie, MS, CU wounded soldiers walk with crutches parade float. 00:29:45:00 B W 1952 SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF EVA PERON, 1952: Peron, VS, some good shots. One shot of her with Francisco Franco, MS. 00:30:47:00 B W 1950s FLOODS IN THE MISSOURI VALLEY, circa 1950: flood waters in streets of town emergency crew men pile sandbags, poor shots bulldozers work on dikes. 00:31:44:00 B W 1950s PRODUCE TRUCKERS WORKERS ON STRIKE IN DETROIT, 1950s: idled trucks and striking workers in vicinity of shipping depot striking men gathered around, conferring the quiet distribution center, no trains on loading track large cache of sacks of potatoes waits to be shipped striking women play cards on loading platform. 00:33:00:00 B W 1950s ATOMIC BOMB TEST OPERATIONS ON ENIWETOK ATOLL (?) AND POSSIBLY IN LOS ALAMOS VICINITY, circa 1951: bomber airplanes take off surveyor man looks through theodolite apparatus atomic explosion test buildings damaged by the explosion, slow-motion men (some shirtless, in desert) operating various pieces of equipment, performing maintenance mouse experiments: man collects mice from large cage man places mice in small compartments in box mouse boxes are placed in building on atomic test site spinning radar antenna etc. Grainy, very poor quality footage. 00:41:05:00 B W 1940s - 1950s MIAMI REMAINS FLOODED AFTER HURRICANE, 1940s 1950s: people walk through the flooded city streets nonchalantly, children play in the flooded street collapsed buildings, fallen trees. Ironic, funny. 00:42:43:00 B W 1954 SENATORS PREPARE FOR THE OPENING OF THE 83RD CONGRESS, 1954: Senators, VS, among them are: Senator JFK, John Sparkman, Senator LBJ, Mike Mansfield, Stuart Symington, Robert Taft, Joseph McCarthy, Styles Bridges, William Knowland, Eugene Millikin and Henry Jackson. 00:44:57:00 B W 1953 CONVICTION OF AND DEATH SENTENCE FOR THE KIDNAPPERS OF 6-YEAR OLD BOBBY GREENLEASE, ST LOUIS, 1953: EXT Kansas City Courthouse policemen hold back crowd in hallway from entering courtroom, only a few people are permitted through people gathered in the Witness Room, among them is arresting policeman and perjurer Elmer Dolan defense attorneys Marshall Hoag and Roy Dietrich look over papers pieces of evidence, papers and such, CU men in suits escort the convicted kidnapper couple Bonnie Brown and Carl Hall out of courthouse in "perp walk," down to waiting police car which drives them away. 00:46:36:00 B W 1940s - 1950s PRISON RIOT AND FIRE IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, 1940s 1950s: fire engine with beacon drives down city street state police or National Guard men with rifles inside the prison policemen with guns, VS. 00:47:37:00 B W 1950s PROTEST IN BEIRUT AGAINST US SUPPORT OF ISRAEL DURING DULLES' VISIT, 1950s: demonstrators in small street march carry banner with Arabic inscription, soldiers escort them, HA Secy of State John Foster Dulles, VS. 00:48:49:00 B W 1950s JAIL SENTENCE IS COMMUTED FOR FORMER PRESIDENT OF IRAN MOHAMMED MOSSADEGH, circa 1953: courtroom scene, military tribunal-style, an ashen somewhat dejected Mossadegh wears shabby overcoat, VS. 00:50:01:00 B W 1950s PRESIDENT EISENHOWER VISITS DROUGHT-STRICKEN TEXAS, 1950s: Eisenhower boards airplane with Senator LBJ, Secy of Agriculture Ezra Benson and Chief of the Department of Civil Defense Val Peterson. 00:50:32:00 B W 1950s 7000 EAST COAST TELEPHONE WORKERS ON STRIKE, 1950s: striking women wear placards as they picket in front of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company building scab switchboard operator workers on the job. 00:50:59:00 B W 1940s - 1950s ??? POLITICAL PROTEST STREET RIOT IN ITALIAN CITY, PROBABLY ROME, 1940s 1950s: soldiers in jeeps soldiers chase after running people in plaza, VS young men chant in unison, MS man with bloody head, brief shot, MS soldiers make arrests. 00:52:25:00 B W 1940s - 1950s ??? A HEARING IN US MILITARY COURT IN GERMANY, 1940s 1950s: military judges enter the courtroom men are sworn in defendants hide their faces from CAM etc. 00:53:31:00 B W 1959 STREET RIOTS UNREST DURING ANTI-AMERICAN PROTEST IN THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE, November, 1959 (?): streetcar on fire in street, crowd watches crowds in chaotic streets buildings on fire debris in street on fire soldiers hit the deck, aim their rifles and take cover people hold their hands over their heads in sign of surrender. 00:55:24:00 B W 1940s - 1950s WATER PURIFICATION IN SMALL TOWN, 1940s 1950s: workmen operate a mobile water purification system people come with jugs and the like to fill boy with severe buck-teeth and ears that stick out takes a sip from ladle full of water, CU. 00:56:36:00 B W 1940s - 1950s CARDINAL SPELLMAN MEETS WITH POPE PIUS XII, 1940s 1950s: the Pope and the Cardinal with entourage, MS. 00:57:09:00 B W 1950s MISCELLANY, circa 1950: George Marshall and his wife sit in lawn chairs with blankets over their legs, MS, CU Dean Acheson speaks, CU. 00:58:27:00 B W 1950s PLANE CRASH IN THE ANDES MOUNTAINS, circa 1950: snow-capped Andean mountain peaks, POV AV plane crash wreckage on mountainside, POV AV South American Indians and pack mules on trail, one mule carries a man (dead alive?) wrapped in mats.
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