MOTORCYCLE SPEED CLASSIC
At Reims in France the world championship 155-mile motorcycle classic sees a score of daredevil riders competing at blazing speeds. A new world mark is set.
HISTORIC FILMS OF REIMS SURRENDER!
Famous "red schoolhouse" is scene of dramatic climax of World War Two, as Colonel General Jodl, former aide to Hitler, surrenders to U.S. General W.B. Smith and Soviet General Susloporoff. Day of triumph for General Eisenhower filmed by the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
MOTORCYCLE THRILLER!
In the Grand Prix on the Isle of Man, daredevil riders set new records in the speed classic of motorcycle racing!
LAND & WATER SPEED BIDS FAIL PENDINE SANDS, CARMARTHEN & CONNISTON WATER, ENG
. Pendine Sands, Carmarthen Shots of Bob Berry makes an attempt to win world motor cycle speed record for Britain...German pre-war record is 173.6 & Bob's record is 133.6 MPH.... At Conniston Water: Donald Campbell takes Bluebird II and makes an attempt on his father's world record of 141.74 Mph but falls short by 6.4 Mph....
BIKE THRILLER!
Britain's motorcycle speed classic, run over the open country lanes of the Isle of Man, is a whirlwind cross country marathon full of spills and thrills.
SCOOTERS RACE!
A cross country Paris-Alpine marathon for midget motor bikes sets new records over perilous ice covered roads.
MOTORCYCLE DAREDEVILS IN A SPEED THRILLER
200-Mile Motorcycle Race at Daytona Beach, Florida, proves to be a spectacular contest with spills aplenty. California's John Gibson is the winner.
BUZZ BIKE SPILLS GALORE!
Speed test for amateur motorcycle pilots on New Hampshire's tricky Belknap mountain course and the crack-ups are fast and furious.
CYCLE SPEED IN GERMANY
Side-car, with a partner, and solo, the motorcyclists show speed and daring in championship competition. The West German team is upset by the Swiss team in the side-car final. The solo title goes to John Surtees, big name in European motorcycle racing.
NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE RACE A SUPER THRILLER
Sensational spills mark the 200 mile classic at Daytona Beach, Florida. Ohio's Bobby Hill wins with an average speed of 95 miles per hour!
MOTORCYCLE RACE
MOTORCYCLE RACE: SCENES OF SAME
"IRON HORSE" JOCKEYS COMPETE!
National Motorcycle Hill Climb Championships at San Jose, Cal. Many start but few finish on this killing 75° grade. Spills galore!
NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE MEET IN INDIANA!
Replica of famous English obstacle race lures daredevil riders from all parts of nation to compete over rugged terrain for U.S. championship.
MOTORCYCLE THRILLER!
The National 100-Mile Road Race Championship over New Hampshire's Belknap mountain course proves a tough test for motorbike daredevils with spills galore.
DIRT TRACK RACE - MOTORCYCLES
Crowds in stands...Racers line up.. They're off...Race around track.... Winner.....
MOTORBIKES CRASH IN WEST COAST RACE
Daredevils find it hard going over treacherous road course in contest at Burlingame, California, for San Francisco cup.
SPORTS SPEED: THEY CALL IT "MOTOSKIJORING"
Motorcycles plus "hitch-hiking" skiers give us a sports event which is novel and sensational. In Czechoslovakia, it's an annual event, raced over an icy circuit which mostly leads through the streets. At mile-a-minute speed, with risky turns, an interesting experience for contestants and spectators.
THRILLS ON WHEELS!
Buzz-bike jockeys bring climax to spectacular thrill season at New Jersey State Fair, and hell drivers take over the peril department of a track meet on rubber wheels.
MUDDERS' DAY ON 'CYCLE SPEEDWAY.
Motorbike thriller in Germany, Europe's ace buzz bike jockeys skid through speed trials on a muddy track and there are spills galore!
MOTOR BIKE REVIVAL!
Rough riding jaunt over 28-mile course as Belgium holds International Motorcycle marathon.
'CYCLE SEASON BEGINS IN MAD WHIRL
Daredevils of the handlebars ride cross-country in thrilling competition in Germany. Throttles wide open, they enjoy a dusty adventure over a rough course.
MOTORCYCLE MUD RUN
The going is rough for speedbike drivers in the Seattle cross country motorcycle mud run. Water hazards and stretches of jumbo mud make it the skiddiest handicap of them all.
MOTO RACE
The 7th Spanish Grand Prix and the 13th International Prix of Barcelona is disputed in the presence of more than 250,000 people lining both sides of the track...15 400 C.C. engines start. They have to make 30 laps of the circuit to cover a total of 113 kms. 719 metres. A hand struggle takes place between the British Surtees, world Champion, and the Italian ace Carlo Bandirola. After lap no. 27 the English John Grace, the Spaniard. Francisco Gonzalez and the Austrian Klinger are on the lead but it is John Surtes who first crosses the goal accomplishing the total race in one hour three minutes four and 2/10ths seconds, and is awarded the Spanish Motor rand Prix...in the side car test 13 engines participate. The competition consists of 20 laps of the circuit with a total of 75Kms. 823 metres.
SENSATIONAL SPEED THRILLS!
Buzz-bike jockeys in sizzling motorcycle marathon with the throttles wide open in a dart for Austria's Riesberg Cup.
MUD MANIACS!
The toughest handicap race ever devised for the buzz-bike daredevils! Seattle's Motorcycle Mud Run is a splash-happy marathon!
SIDE-CAR MARATHON!
A buzz-bike thriller as two-man teams navigate the tricky, twisting course in the national cross country classic of France. It's rough on the outriders!
TRAFFIC COPS PUT ON A SHOW!
A European police sport thriller. Crack motorcycle cops of Vienna and Paris take top riding honors at the big Saarebruck meet. An action-packed exhibition!
MOTORCYCLES RACE CROSS COUNTRY
Bumpety-bump fans from Garfield, N.J., invent a new pastime for Sunday afternoons.
ROUGH RIDING CYCLE DERBY!
Over tortuous rock quarry roads near Paris, daredevil motorcycle drivers from all over the Continent compete in a cross country marathon for the championship of Europe!
1943 ROUGH RIDERS!
Former dirt-track motorcycle racers among those training as Army specialists, where obstacle course beats the shoot-the-chutes.
MOTORCYCLE THRILLER!
Spills galore as the buzz bike pilots open 'em wide in the 100-mile road race championship at Guilford, N. H.
CROSS-COUNTRY CYCLISTS "WOW" RUSSIA
Motorcycle speed classic behind the Iron Curtain. In a fifty-mile cross country test in Soviet Armenia, the buzz-bike jockeys compete for the Russian title. There is plenty of action as they open "em up on a rugged course.
NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE SPEED CHAMPIONSHIP!
Over a hundred starters roar away in the 200 mile A.M.A. classic at Daytona Beach, Florida. There are spills galore as daredevil drivers push their luck for the national buzz bike title!
CYCLE MUDDERS!
Daredevil motorcycle jockeys brave water and mud in the splash classic of the year at Seattle, Washington. Speed gets 'em and the mud does, too!
MOTORCYCLE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
The cross-country motorcycle classic in Czechoslovakia's Sarka Valley attracts daredevil riders from many lands. There are spills and thrills in the dash across rugged terrain. The winner is Valek of the host nation.
"DEATH DRIVERS"
From Germany comes the newest motorcycle stunt thriller. It's a dizzy marathon in a steelmesh sphere where a mistake in timing would spell disaster.
NEW LOOK IN BUZZ-BUGGIES!
A unique streamlined motorcycle has speed tests in West Germany. The tiny vehicle, less than two feet high, makes better than a hundred miles an hour in its trial run.
SPORTS SPEED SPECTACLES
From motorcycle hill climb, to bicycle race and auto stunt driving - that's the dizzy patterns for the Spring outdoor season. News of the Day cameras cover unusual demonstrations of thrill-packed riding.
WORLD'S FASTEST MOTORCYCLE
A streamlined motorcycle so designed that the driver has to lie on his back to drive it, sets a new world speed mark of a hundred and thirty-five miles per hour, in Germany.
MOTORCYCLE THRILLER!
Daredevil buzz bike jockeys race in a short course thriller in Vienna. There are spills galore in a speed marathon around a sharp turn dirt course. Austria wins!
"FLYING MOTORCYCLE" HELICOPTER DEMONSTRATED
A nationwide demonstration tour begins in Washington for a revolutionary single-seat helicopter. Folded into a box-like trailer which serves as its take-off and landing platform, the tiny jet turbine "motorcycle of the air" leaps straight up at almost rocket speed.
MOTORBIKE DAREDEVILS!
British motorcycle pilots serve up sizzling thrills in a fast action stunt circus driving full speed ahead through flaming barriers and targets of plate glass.
SPORTS NOVELTIES
In West Germany, the annual cross-country motorcycle races are held near Ansbach. There are unusual 'cycle acrobatics, as the daring riders leap over ditches at full speed. At Lippstadt, the rough-water canoe championships also produce rare thrills. A dramatic rescue takes place after a spill in the wild rapids.
MOTORCYCLE ROUGH RIDERS!
Daredevil drivers put their machines through rugged tests in Ger- many. They take water hazards and perilous hills with throttles wide open!
ICE-CYCLING!
Most dangerous sport ever thought up, as Czechoslovak buzz-bike riders speed over an oval of ice that's smooth as glass and twice as slippery.
LEAPING CYCLELENAS
Motorcycle road race for the European Cup through the hill country near Montreuil, France. The buzz bike jockeys hit the high spots with throttle wide open!
CROSS COUNTRY BIKE THRILLER!
The Grand Prix of France sees Europe's champ drivers fight rain and mud on a slippery course. It's a speed thriller won by Britain.
VIENNA MOTORBIKE MARATHON!
First cycle race in seven years as entries from England, Hungary and Austria vie in "gasoline bronco" events before American G.I. audience.
NEW DAREDEVIL SPORT!
Moto Polo makes its debut in Paris. Roaring down the field with throttles wide open, teams from France and England play ball on motorcycles! It's plenty dangerous!
SPORTS SPEED
The first big bicycle race of the new season is held in Belgium. It is a 150 mile grind through the provinces of East and West Flanders. In Spain, it's motorcycles and the News of the Day camera covers the exciting International Motor Cross of Barcelona.
MOTORCYCLE FANS GO OVER THE TOP
Some do, and some don't, as breakneck riders of the Midwest compete in Cary, Ill., climb.
MOTORCYCLE STEEPLECHASE!
Daredevils of the buzz-bikes thrill 20,000 in a dizzy, international free-for-all near Paris. It's a steeplechase on wheels.
MOTORCYCLE THRILLER IN FINLAND
Europe's champ buzz-bike pilots have a rip-roaring motorcycle marathon in Finland, where only the hardiest last to the finish!
MOTORCYCLE ROUGH-RIDING!
In France, Europe's best motorcycle pilots compete in the tough Cross Country rough-riding classic. It's a rugged marathon by buzz bike daredevils and France wins the title!
MOTORCYCLE ENDURANCE TEST
Spain welcomes Europe's top motorcyclists for a 24-hour race, with 45 machines, piloted by a team of two each. The News of the Day camera captures a spectacular spill as the riders make their dizzying circuits of the tough course. The winner is the Italian team of Spaggiari and Mandolini.
MOTORCYCLE RACES IN THE MUD
In West Germany, top motorcyclists race for international laurels. There's rain, and mud, and the spills are spectacular. Spectators have a merry time avoiding mud in their eyes.
BOY GUNNER, 16, TELLS DRAMATIC STORY OF HIS 22 AIR BATTLES!
Decorated for shooting down something like 16 Axis planes, Sgt. Cliff Wherley, of Illinois, who enlisted at 14, is sent home as too young to fight!
REDS VISIT GEN. MONTGOMERY!
Britain's Eighth Army Chief meets Russian officers in Italy on eve of his departure to lead British troops in invasion of Hitler's Europe.
NIXON RECEIVES VARIETY CLUBS AWARD
Vice President is made honorary "barker" by Variety Clubs International. Accepting gold membership card, he praises work for needy children done by worldwide show business association.
NAVY AIRSHIP TESTS PLANE HOOK-ON
Technique of hitching on in mid-air is perfected as Los Angeles makes training trip to N.Y.
AIR AND ARMY CHIEFS DENOUNCE NAVY CHARGES!
The bitter inter-Service feud continues before the House Armed Services Committee in Washington. Air Secretary Symington says the Navy's exposure of our defense plans imperils the nation. Gen. Omar Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaking in sharp, clipped fashion, demands full cooperation from all officers and all service branches in our unified command!
THE WARRENS MEET THE DEWEYS!
Following the Battle of Philadelphia, the Deweys and the Warrens hold a victorious double-family reunion. The Republican candidates for President and Vice-President with their wives, the three charming Warren daughters and the Dewey's two sons, pose for a family group newsreel portrait. Later, Mrs. Dewey meets the Ladies of the Press and answers some leading questions.
THE OATIS CASE! U.S. NEWSMAN HOME AFTER 2 YEARS IN CZECH PRISON
William N. Oatis, the U. S. correspondent, suddenly pardoned by Red Czechoslovakia after two years confinement on a 10-year sentence for "espionage", returns to America and reunion with his wife in New York! Thin and pale from his imprisonment, Oatis answers a barrage of newsmen's questions; and his wife quotes an excerpt of the letter she wrote to the Czech president which is said to have played a part in obtaining his release.
BONN READY FOR EISENHOWER VISIT
White House news secretary James Hagerty arrives in capital of Federal Republic of West Germany to arrange for President's talks with Chancellor Adenauer. He is met by large crowd reflecting German concern about subsequent Eisenhower-Khrushchev talks.
SPEEDY BOATS RACE FOR GOLD CUP
Hotsy Totsy triumphs at Red Bank, N.J., making over 52 miles an hour in spectacular meet.
EGYPT BUILDS MODEL VILLAGES FOR THE FRAMER, GOURNA, EGYPT
Gourna, new city for 9000, goes up without the use of nails, wood, steel or cement & will last 3000 years says Egyptian architect....Various shots of the village of Gourna under construction...CU Camels & farmer walk by...LS camels enter market place..
AFTERMATH TO DAYS OF VIOLENCE
The 42 square miles of the Watts section of Los Angeles is a scene of ruin and terror after six days of uncontrollable rioting, burning and looting. Even after order is restored, 15,000 national guardsmen remain on duty against any resurgence of these 'riots without a cause.'
ROYAL RETREAT
For the first time, cameramen are admitted to "The Happy Elephant," which is not a tavern but the summer retreat of the Dutch Royal Family. They pose for informal pictures on the grounds of the villa on the Mediterranean coast of Italy.
ASIAN WRITERS CONFERENCE AT NEW DELHI
An Asian Writers Conference was held in New Delhi. Roll 1: Shots of various delegations seated in Conference Hall..LS..Meeting..Shot of M. Ananad, Sec'y Gen'l of the Conferenced..Various delegates..Roll 2: Various shots of delegates.. Shot of Prof. Kelakar and others..Prof. H. Kabir, President..Delegate..Sign--'Asian Writers Conference'..
NORWEGIAN TRAINING SHIP
Norwegian training ship "Christian Radich" sails into Toronto Harbour with grace and dignity. Altho her 27 sails were not set, she made an impressive sight on her first visit to Canadian waters. Toronto's mayor is on hand to welcome the captain and his crew for their two-day visit here. The floating school is carrying 88 boys 15-18 years of age as a training course, after which they will go to technical schools at Celo. Stavanger and Bergen. LS-Ship...CU-2 sailors at wheel...MS-ship...CU-Ship...LS-Fire hose display-pan to ship...MS-Capt. Backen off ship, greeted by Mayor Givens...CU-Capt. gets flower from little girl...CU-Flag...High shot- Mayor inspecting cadets...CU-cadets...MS-Mayor talking to cadet...CU-Same...CU-Ship...
BALLET REVIVAL CHEERS GERMANS!
The Leipzig Opera Company presents the famous Armenian ballet with the Sabre Dance as a feature. A beautiful production to help the Germans forget their post-war troubles.
HERE'S A UNIQUE FESTIVAL
A live fish cocktail provides the fun at a 500-year-old festival in Grammont, Belgium, where traditional lucky biscuits are showered on the crowd.
CYCLE MUDDERS!
Daredevil motorcycle jockeys brave water and mud in the splash classic of the year at Seattle, Washington. Speed gets 'em and the mud does, too!
EASTER SEAL CHILD CALLS ON IKE
Courageous 4-year-old Clara Jo Proudfoot calls on President Eisenhower to sell him the first sheet of Easter Seals for the benefit of 122,000 crippled children.
RECEPTION FOR MT. EVEREST CLIMBERS
The first Indian team to climb Mt. Everest, headed by Lt. Commander M.S. Kohli, is greeted at the airport by Acting Prime Minister Nanda. LS-Plane...Officials waiting...Kohli being greeted by officials...Crowd...Kohli receives garlands...CU-man kisses Kohli...camerman...Kohli holding baby...Semi-other climbers being greeted...Same...Crowd...other climbers including Gombu greeted...Gombu kissed...Gombu walks off...Same...
FIRST "RANGER" ALOFT
The Atlas-Agena B rocket is sent aloft carrying the Ranger One satellite. Acting as a launching platform while in orbit, the Agena fails to successfully fire the satellite into an orbit 685,000 miles high. However, Agena and Ranger are separated and both are in a near earth orbit radioing back data.
ERHARD AT HELM IN WEST GERMANY
West Germans hail in-coming Chancellor Ludwig Erhard and bid farewell to out-going Konrad Adenauer. The 88-year-old De Alte will continue to sit in the Bundestag under "Onkel Ludi" as his jovial successor is called.
LAST RITES FOR CARDINAL MOONEY
In Detroit, funeral rites for Edward Cardinal Mooney who died in Rome just before the start of the papal conclave. Nearly 800 archbishops, bishops and other clergymen attend impressive ceremony for Detroit's first Roman Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal.
KING OF INDOOR MILERS
At the A.A.U. indoor championships in New York, Villanova's Ron Delany sets a new meet mark for the mile. He out-distances Hungary's Istvan Roszavolgyi, chief rival in the field of eight milers.
U.C.L.A. BEATS CALIFORNIA!
At Berkeley, Calif., the mighty Bruins of the U.C.L.A., highest scoring team in the nation, again show their power as they win their seventh straight game, downing the California Bears, 27 to 6.
NEW JET GIANT ON FIRST FLIGHT
America's first jet transport, a stream-lined, swept-wing, 90-ton plane makes its maiden flight at Seattle.
NIXON LEAVES FOR AFRICA
Vice President Nixon embarks on three-week good-will trip to new-born and awakening nations of Africa. His mission: win stronger friends for the United States.
THE GENTLER SEX!
Women's wrestling championship in Boston. Fast and furious action as the girls introduce some strictly feminie techniques to the ancient sport!
ALASKA HIGHWAY LINK!
The Peace River Bridge open to traffic and first convoy of supplies for North Pacific front crosses the $1,175,000 span.
IT'S APPLE BLOSSOM TIME!
Admiral Nimitz crowns lovely daughter of the Secretary of Agriculture, Nancy Anderson, Queen of the Shenandoah Festival, at Winchester, Virginia.
DARING BOATMEN IN DOWNRIVER CLASSIC
27 boating champions, from Europe, Canada and the U.S. battle the treacherous, fast-flowing and boulder-strewn Arkansas River. The 26-mile race for canoes and kayaks starts from Salida, Colorado...and follows a scenic route of rare beauty. It is the longest amateur course of its kind in the world, with rapids ranging from placid to very dangerous. The winner is the German champion, Siege Guenzenberger.
FASHIONABLE ANNIVERSARY IN BRITAIN
A London style show boasts the very latest fashions, and a novel news angle. Among those looking on is no less than Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Heathcote Amory. His great-great-great-grandfather, John Heathcote, founded a textile firm 150 years ago and designed the bobbin net machine for imitation lace, one of his many inventions.
BOLD RULER TAKES PREAKNESS.
Thirty-five thousand turf fans at Pimlico see Bold Ruler, with Jockey Eddie Arcaro aboard, lead all the way to win the Preakness by two lengths over Iron Leige, the Kentucky Derby victor.
ARGENTINE NAVAL CADETS VISIT NEW ORLEANS!
The cruiser "La Argentina" steams into the Louisiana port city for a 10-day stopover. Aboard are 120 cadets of the Argentine Naval Academy on their final training cruise.
REDWOOD TREES
Looking up at trees... LS-Trees... CU-Pan up of tree... LS-Trees... Looking up at trees... Tree coming down... LS-Sawing tree... Closer-Same... Semi CU-Men preparing tree... Tree falling... Travel shot-Stumps of tree and some growing... LS-Same... Closer-Same... Tractor moving by cut lumber... LS-Lumber Mill... Int.-Cutting lumber... Int.-Same... Int.-Man at controls... Cutting lumber... Ext.-pan up of trees... LS-Camping area... Children going through tree... Car pulling up to toll booth... CU-Man at booth... Cars going away... LS-Car and trees... Travel-Trees.
METROTONE—FLIES WINTER ALPS
Improved air service makes seeing the majestic peaks just a sky joyride and climbing needless.
NAZI DIVE BOMBERS BLAST ALLIED BASES IN TUNISIA!
At Souk El Arba, captured by U. S. and British paratroops, enemy raiders launch the prelude to Rommel's big push, setting oil, gasoline and munitions stores aflame. At Bou Arada, R.A.F. fighters keep the Stukas falling as the Germans gamble all on a last stand battle.
THRILLING RESCUE BY SUBMARINE!
Real life drama of the open sea. Men of the U. S. Submarine Volador rescue squad plunge into rough waters to rescue two Navy fliers and their passenger, a woman correspondent, downed in the open ocean when their helicopter crashed.
U.S. WELCOMES QUEEN MOTHER
One of the most popular members of the British Royal Family returns to our shores after an absence of 15 years. The gracious and friendly Queen Mother begins a 24-day tour of the U. S. and Canada as she arrives in New York.
RAPIDS RIDERS!
Europe's champion kayak paddlers shoot the chutes in the roaring current, through tight gorges and jutting rocks, of Austria's perilous Enns River.
HORSE SHOW
LS-Crowds...SS-Same...SS-Parade of horses...AA-Same...CU-Same...Crowd...LS-Horse show...SS-Same...AA-Same...Crowd...SS-Can (#464) jumping...Crowd...SS-U.S. (#493) jumping...Crowd...SS-US (#485) jumping.
FIRST SOUND FILMS OF A PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCE
A new page in newsreel journalism. For the first time in history, sound cameras cover a Presidential press conference, heretofore open only to reporters forbidden to actually quote the Chief Executive. Now filmed excerpts allow theatre audiences to see and hear President Eisenhower comment on issues affecting the nation in reply to queries by newsmen!
MEET MISS AMERICA 1945!
In Atlantic City's traditional quest for the nation's modern Venus, Bess Meyerson, 21-year-old Miss New York, wins the world's most famous glamour sweepstakes.
WOMEN GOLF CHAMPS BATTLE TO A TIE!
The final round of the Weathervane cross country tournament comes to a climax at the Knollwood Club in White Plains, New York, as Mrs. Babe Zaharias and Patty Berg finish with 601 strokes each!
RADIO ANNOUNCER MORRISON MADE FOR HINDENBURG DISASTER STORY
