ONE-OF-A-KIND TOYS
In New York, an enchanting array of what is probably the world's most unusual and most expensive toys. Toy spectaculars, actually, which are reporductions of living things, each of them animated by electrically-powered motors.
FIRE DISASTERS!
A 12,000-acre forest fire rages through the wealthy summer colony of Ojai, in Southern California. Bulldozers attempt to cut lanes through towering walls of wind-whipped flame. A second inferno within 24 hours at nearby Inglewood, Calif. Oil this time! Nine storage tanks explode in a costly spectacle of billowing flame!
TRENTON 150 MILE RACE
SS-Crowd and cars in pit...SS-Cars in pit...SS-Car in pit...Another-Same...Another-Same...Another same-(Autolite sign)...SS-Car #1 is pit (winner)...SS-Balloons go up...Start of race #1 leading...Crowd...LS-#1 leading...CU-Cars past starter...SS-Board at 140 lap (1-7-95)...LS-#1 leading...Crowd...SS-Finish (man flaging)...SS-#1 winner into pit...Crowd...SS-Hoyt with trophy and girl...Camerman...CU-Hoyt with trophy and girl...
BASEBALL'S ALL-STAR CLASSIC!
A capacity crowd in Milwaukee sees the All-Star game between the American League and National fan-picked teams. The Junior league players take a first inning lead on a homer by Mickey Mantle. The Nationals tie the score and then go on to win as The Man, Stan Musial of the Cardinals clouts it into the stands, wrapping up a 6-5 victory in the 12th inning of the game.
WORLD COURT FIGHT UP AGAIN IN SENATE
Johnson, California, leads war on the President's newest attempt to revive old issue.
PRESIDENT URGES MILITARY TRAINING!
Before a joint session of the House of Representatives and the Senate, Harry S. Truman makes a personal appeal for legislation he considers of utmost urgency, a bill providing universal military training for the youth of America in post-war years.
NEHRU AT UN
Nehru arrives..Same being greeted at entrance..Same escorted inside..
WINSTON CHURCHILL IN GAY MOOD GIVES INTERVIEW TO NEWSREELS!
Britain's great wartime leader and his Lady, Florida's most famous guests, pose for cameras, as "Winnie" speaks "ten little words" in his most humorous manner.
CANADIAN PICTURE PIONEERS
Canadian Picture Pioneers get together at annual affair. 25-new members are inducted to be eligible, one must be in the motion picture business for twenty-five years or more. Top executives and employees rub shoulders during free-easy evening. There are 752 regular and 17-honorary members in the Canadian Picture Pioneers across Canada, and the list is growing yearly. MGM's roadshow production "Doctor Zhivago" will be a Canadian picture pioneer performance, which will add greatly to the pioneer trust fund. LS-Crowd...CU-Crowd applauding...MS-Jack Bellany receives ribbon...MS-Crowd applauding...MS-Another receives ribbon...CU-Crowd applauding...Another receives ribbon...LS-Crowd...Mr. O.J. Silverthorne walks up and receives ribbon...
PRESIDENT VARGAS INAUGURATED IN BRAZIL!
The newly elected chief executive Getulio D. Vargas, receives in Rio an ovation as he begins his five-year-term. Victor in a free election, it is a day of triumph for the 67-year-old President.
"MIGHTY MO" FREE AT LAST!
Dramatic scenes as "Operation Pull-Off" finally ends the humiliating predicament of the giant battleship, stuck in the mud off Norfolk more than two weeks.
SUTTON TRIAL HEAVILY GUARDED
In New York City's Queens County Court, the robbery trial of ace bank bandit Willie Sutton opens in an atmosphere grim with the echoes of the murder of Arnold Schuster, the man who put the finger on Willie the Actor.
DRAMATIC SCENES AT THE JAPANESE TREATY CONFERENCE!
Highlights of history-in-the-making at San Francisco as delegates of 52 nations gather in its Opera House. President Truman welcomes representatives and delivers a ringing challenge directly at the Communists. The next day, with Secretary Acheson presiding, is fraught with drama. As expected, the delegates from Russia and her satellites open up with attempts to wreck the talks, Gromyko insisting that the first business be admission of Red China. Poland's Wierbrowski follows, and puts on quite a show defying for a time all efforts to quiet him. Secretary Acheson puts an end to the hysterical performance and is upheld by an overwhelming vote. Peace moves one step nearer.
CANADIAN FLAG IS CHANGED AT UN
VS-U.N. Flags in breeze-U.N. bldg in frame...CU-UN Guard lowering old Canadian flag...MCU's-Raising new Canadian flag at U.N....MS-Flags at U.N. flying in breeze...CU-New Canadian flag flying in breeze...VS-Flags flying at U.N...LS-U.N. Bldg...
MARCH OF DIMES FASHION PARADE!--Commentary by Adelaide Hawley
With "Polio Poster Boy" leading the way, New York dress designers show latest creations, in a worthy cause.
THE WATER ROUTE TO FOOTBALL GAMES
Gridiron fans in Seattle, a big boat town, dock in Lake Washington adjacent to the football stadium. In addition to their own pleasure craft, they take advantage of charter service to beat the traffic problem. 50,000 are in the stands for the Washington versus Kansas State game - estimates of those who arrived by boat run as high as ten thousand.
BONNETS GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT!
What's new and chic in the way of summer millinery makes its appearance in New York with lovely models displaying frou-frou that will tempt the ladies and charm the men.
THE SPIRIT OF HOLLYBUSH
President Johnson and Premier Alexei N. Kosygin get together on a college campus outside Philadelphia for the first U.S.-Soviet summit meeting in six years. Their two days of sessions at Hollybush, the home of the college president, in Glassboro, New Jersey, give the leaders of the world's nuclear superpowers nearly ten hours of talk on outstanding issues. News of the Day cameras document the historic event, with intimate portraits of the participants and the colorful sidelight of a little academic community suddenly struck by the lightning of world prominence.
PARACHUTING IS THE RAGE IN BRITAIN
Until now packing chutes has been the only contact with parachuting for air women of the R.A.F. It's an all-important part of the business; careless folding could prevent the chute opening properly. Now, six of the parachute-packers are accepted as volunteers for parachuting. Each girl jumps twice from a balloon tethered at 800 feet and quickly realizes that the proof of the packing is in the falling.
IRISH ANSWER FOOTBALL CALL!--Commentary by Bill Stern
The Fighting Irish ready to go as Coach Leahy looks over a squad of sixty husky hopefuls. Notre Dame points for another national championship.
FIFTH GAME
-- History repeats itself in the ninth. Lavagetto up, with the tying run on second, takes a hero-busting third strike and Yanks lead three games to two.
OLD CITY IN SYRIA
The ancient village of Malula, is also a summer resort. LS Mts. and area pan over...LS town and cliffs LS cliffs town and trees below pan over ... MS town at foot of cliffs pan over Gen V holds in cliffs .. MLS holds in cliffs & opening in large rock city houses in B.G. MS cave? in rock..MS angle V church cliffs in B.G. Gen V pan building & street of town ... LS Mts. city - street etc. car thru town ... 59 ft.
NEW BREMEN IN DEBUT
Ocean liner, queen of West Germany's growing postwar fleet, completes maiden voyage. Arriving in New York harbor on a misty day, she gets traditional fireboat welcome. A reconditioned French transport, she's virtually a new ship.
LONDON'S NEW LORD MAYOR
Sir Gilbert Inglefield is star of London's eight-century-old Lord Mayor's Show as he rides through the streets in his gilded State Coach to take the oath of office. London proves itself the grand-daddy of all Fun Cities.
GERMAN WWII FOOTAGE - UKRAINE & RUSSIA
VS- Large artillery firing & explosions VS- German gun crews loading & firing the artillery pieces.....MS- German generals in field observing machine gun & artillery fire. MS-German soldiers moving across field.....VS-Bldgs in town ablaze & wreckage........VS-wreckage of Allied Planes-Russian......MS-German soldiers move thru burning town & wreckage (foot & soldiers on trucks)......VS-burning & smoking towns...VS- German soldiers engage in street fighting - running along bldgs - crouching & firing rifles etc. VS- wreckage.....VS- refugees in streets with few remaining belongings...Refugees on roadside watch passing German Troops
NOW WE'LL EXPOSE A FEW SECRETS
Engineer Darlington of the General Electric Co. shows you just what those sounds you hear look like.
FIERY DISASTER AT SEA
Greek and Yugoslavian tankers collide on Bosporus, envelop anchored Turkish passenger ship in flames. Fire ships fight the oil-fed blaze through the night and into the day, as spectators watch from shore. Dead put at 51.
FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WALL OF SHAME
The free world marks the fifth anniversary of "The Wall" which was built by Pankow to divide this city in two. Many refugees from the East have attempted to breach this barrier but have fallen victims to East Police bullets. VS-East German workmen working at wall-digging and repairing wall...CU'S-Guard walking w/ Police Dog at wall-CU'S-of dog on leash...VS-of wall...VS-of East Germans working at wall...MS-Pan of new prefabricated slab wall...MCU-Street Sign "Bernauer Strasse"...VS-Wreaths at memorial...VS-Graves w/ wreaths annd crosses...LS-Guard tower at wall...MS-Sign "Soviet Zone Do Not Enter"...VS-Crosses and Wreaths at wall.
MOVIE STAR HONORED!
Glamorous Esther Williams, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film star, becomes honorary mayor of Twentynine Palms.
WORLD ON WHEELS
Cars from U. S. and nine foreign countries are featured at fourth International Automobile Show in New York's Coliseum. Models range from 1898 vintage carriage to sleek new sports models that are still in the experimental stage.
PAKISTAN NEWS
PAKISTAN TROOPS ADVANCE INTO RAJHISTAN SECTOR—Manabao Railway Station in the Gadro Sector captured by the Pakistan Army. Train approaching the Manabao Railway Station...Indian Arms & ammunition captured by the Pakistan Army...Indian Vehicle captured...Pakistan Army in position at "Chore"...Pakistan Red Cross Car fired by the Indian Plane...Commander of Rajhistan Sector talking to Press people...Border mark of India & Pakistan in between Khokrapar and Manabao...Army officers discussing at Pak-Indian border...Sign-Board of Manabao Railway Station— Immigration Check Post...Pakistan flag on the station..Roberi village occupied by Pak Army... Hand grenade left behind Indians..."Hurs" (A tribe in Sindh) with their camels who are also fighting Indian Army in Rajistan Sector—A close up of a Hur who is said to have fought alone against 100 Indian soldiers & killed 10 out of them...INFORMATION SECRETARY VISITS FRONT LINE AREA OF LAHORE SECTOR-Sect. Information being received by Brigadier Qayyum Sheikh at the Brigade Head Quarters on the Lahore front. The Brigadier explaining the strategy on the map about fighting on the left back of B.R.B. bank canal...Sect. interviewing the Front Line Col. in charge (Lt. Col. Akhtar Alam)...A letter from the mother of a Jawan written to the Officer Commanding saying that she will be proud of her son's Martyrs on this front...'Wagerian' village now in possession of Pak Army-Sect. talking to the Jawans & Officers...Sect. on the bank of the Hurikay Burki Sector with Brigade-Commander Mohammad Asghar...Mar. Shafqat Balluch who held full one Division of the Indian Army for nine hrs in wounded condition, is being introduced to the Secretary...Sect. getting down from helicopter in the Khem Karan Sector shot of taking off...
FASHION LOOKS TO THE FALL
The News of the Day style-wise cameraman takes us along on a trip to London, where lovely American tourists give the British capital an advance look at our Fall wear. The accent is on around-the-clock creations for the busy modern woman.
MOON STORY
CU's-(stills) of the surface of the Moon...
ROOSEVELT-GARNER POW-WOWS BEGIN
Heads of Democratic ticket hold first conference on campaign plans at Governor's home.
ALLEGED "RED" DEFIES CONGRESS!
Gerhard Eisler, termed boss of American Communists by F.B.I., refuses to testify under oath before House Un-American Activities Committee, and is jailed for contempt.
EISENHOWER'S NEW YEAR MESSAGE!
The Supreme Commander in Europe returns to New York after a short vacation before taking up his new duties. Talking about the immediate future, General "Ike" says that with a clear understanding of the problem we face and with unity here and in Europe we can have peace through strength!
FOLKLORE DAY IN LAREN - HOLLAND FESTIVITIES ARE STARTED BY THE LARENSE NATIONAL DANCERS
...Farmers from near by surrounding join in the festivities..
FIRST FLYING LST
In a dramatic demonstration at San Diego, the U. S. Navy shows its giant, new seaplane they call the "Flying LST"! The huge plane can fly with 103 assault troops, or 24 tons of cargo.
AUSCHWITZ-POLAND.
Central celebrations of the 20th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz and Birkenau-the biggest extermination camp in Europe. Celebration & pilgrimage..requiem and roll call, tribute to the victims from almost all European countries. A warning for the living. In the history there has never been a country, which would use its whole energy, inventiveness and mighty organization for the creation of mass-murder. Hitler has introduced into the vocabulary of the world one new word: genocide. HS & VS-Crowds moving about at Auschwitz... VS-Former prisoners of Auschwitz placing urns of ashes at Auschwitz...HS-pan full screen crowds...CU-Premier Josef Cyrankiewicz speaking (SOF)....Pan-Crowds...CU-Premier speaking-(SOF) ...Crowds...CU-Ext-Inmates of Auschwitz, some in prison garb...MCU-Delegates place wreath at grave...
NEW RUSSIAN SUBWAY OPENED
Ceremonies in Leningrad mark the start of Russia's second major subway system. The new underground rivals the Moscow Metro in elaborate decor!
DEMPSEY AND FIRPO HONORED BY PERON
Argentina's President leads thousands in Buenos Aires in honoring two famous, former boxers. Ex-World Heavyweight Champ, Jack Dempsey and his erstwhile foe, Luis Firpo!
PUTT-PUTT REGATTA! --Commentary by Bill Stern
Buzz-boats compete for Hearst Gold Trophy at Long Beach, California, Marine Stadium to keep alive one of nation's great sporting classics.
ITALY WINS INTERNATIONAL LIFEBOAT RACE!
Half million see salts of six nations row over choppy two-mile course in New York harbor to decide merchant marine championship.
THE NATION'S HEALTHIEST! --Commentary by Bill Stern
Winners of 4-H Club titles at convention in Chicago representing 1,700,000 boys and girls of farm communities who exemplify true spirit of American youth ... not only the healthiest but the happiest.
SCRAP FOR THE BIG SCRAP
The national scrap drive is stepped up in Cleveland as eleven old steam locomotives are junked - contribution of 37 Eastern railroads who'll replace them with Diesels.
RECORD FLOOD SPREADS HAVOC IN MID-WEST!
The Kansas and Missouri Rivers, swollen by extra-heavy rains, engulf city after city as they burst their banks in a 400-mile rampage of destruction. Estimated property damage - one billion dollars as Kansas City, Topeka, Lawrence and vast outlying areas are devastated. Complete film story of a great disaster.
BASEBALL CLASSIC STIRS JAPANESE
Wintry breezes fail to cool fans' ardour as college teams battle for championship. Japanese "Babe Ruth" slams honorable pill for a homer.
PAUL HOFFMAN, MARSHALL PLAN ADMINISTRATOR ARRIVES IN PARIS, FRANCE
Gen. View of plane... Hoffman canes down & shakes hands with Harriman & Amb. Caffery & Auphand, French Representative.. Shots of the three... Hoffman speaking for newsreels..
"MONTY" SEES WEST-EUROPE'S FLEETS IN BATTLE DRILL!
The commander of the Western Union nations' defense, Field Marshal Montgomery, is an observer aboard the flagship Implacable in sea-air battle maneuvers of the newly combined fleet of ships from the navies of Britain, France, Belgium and The Netherlands.
ALL RUSSIA STIRRED BY SENSATIONAL TREASON TRIAL
Metrotone takes you inside Moscow court room as traitors confess plot.
PARIS MOURNS MILITARY HERO!
The French capital pays tribute to General Jacques-Philippe Leclerc, Fighting French leader and veteran of desert warfare, killed in an airplane crash. A stirring memorial to a man whose deeds won the admiration of all Paris.
CHANNEL SWIMMERS! ONE WINS, ONE FAILS!--Commentary by Bill Stern
Florence Chadwick, 31-year-old San Diego girl, conquers the English Channel in record time. Unheralded, without fanfare or ballyhoo, she completes the 22-mile crossing from the coast of France to set a new women's record. Seven- teen-year-old Shirley Mae France of Somerset, Massachusetts, fails again, eight miles from her goal.
NEW CONGRESS SETS KEYNOTE!
PROGRESS IN BATTLE ON CANCER
A ceremony at the White House symbolizes the nation's support of the Cancer Crusade. Mrs. Eisenhower greets delegates as the 30 million dollar campaign of the American Cancer Society gets under way, to finance research, service and education programs in the coming year. A cured cancer congress in Washington reveals that scientists are on the verge of "major breakthroughs" to conquering cancer.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR & HUSBAND MICHAEL WILDING ARRIVE IN LONDON, ENGLAND
Elizabeth Taylor, her husband Michael Wilding and their son Michael arrive in Britain on vacation, at London Airport.
MEXICO "WETBACKS" KEEP U.S. BORDER PATROL BUSY
The continued invasion of Mexican farm laborers is the big headache along the Rio Grande border. Dramatic films show U. S. Border Guards rounding up stowaways trying to enter California riding freight trains from Mexico. With hundreds attempting to sneak in every day, the U. S. Border Patrol force has a job on its hands.
CHICAGO GRAIN ELEVATOR DESTROYED BY FIRE!
Huge structure crashes in flames as blaze consumes more than 700,000 bushels of grain while snow impedes efforts of firemen to halt conflagration.
KHRUSHCHEV DOWN ON THE FARM
Soviet Premier, in the heart of the corn belt, gets a first-hand view of modern agricultural methods practiced on the Iowa farm of Roswell Garst. The hectic visit includes the attempts by the irate host to push away a small army of newsmen that surrounds the party in the cornfields and around feed pits. Beset journalists also dodge cattle feed tossed by farm machine in one of most frantic episodes of Khrushchev's tour.
WITH ADMIRAL BYRD IN THE ANTARCTIC!
Official Navy films of "Task Force 68" plowing the "smoking seas" of Antarctica. Dramatic chapter from a real-life adventure story, as Capt. Durfek, Eastern Task Force commander, transferring ships by boatswain's chair is catapulted into the icy sea. The numbing moments as he is swept toward the perilous wake of the ship, only to be rescued as waning strength fails. Then the takeoff of Adm. Byrd's plane for Little America where the only native inhabitants are the playful seals and the pompous penguins. The historic takeoff for the flight over the South Pole, as Byrd makes a new contribution to exploration, to earn an everlasting place in America's Hall of Fame.
CLARK GABLE WINS COMMISSION IN AIR FORCES THE HARD WAY!
Bronzed and tough, former movie idol proudly wears hard-earned lieutenant's bars, starring in greatest role of his career . . . for Uncle Sam.
ALL ABOARD! UNIQUE RAIL JOURNEY TO WHITEHORSE
The path of the gold rushers of 1898 to the Klondike is kept alive in the narrow-gauge White Pass and Yukon Railway. Visitors go from Skagway, Alaska to White Horse in the Canadian Yukon Territory along some of the most rugged and beautiful mountain passes on the North American continent.
VOLCANO ERUPTION SPREADS TERROR IN JAPAN!
Mt. Mihara, long dormant, roars into its worst outbreak in many years. The tiny island of Oshima, only 50 miles from Tokyo, is shaken, its villages imperiled by three ominous streams of white hot molten lava. By night, Mihara is a deadly but spectacular sight!
RUSSIAN RESEARCH SHIP REACHES SAN FRANCISCO
A Russian ship makes a peaceful call at San Francisco. She's the wooden schooner Zarya, enroute from Vancouver to Honolulu to gather hydrographic data for the USSR Academy of Sciences, and is believed to be the only one of her kind afloat.
TRUMAN WARNS WORLD WAR IS STILL A THREAT!
President reports to Congress on the state of the nation. With Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden in the packed gallery he sets forth what must be done to save the free world from Communism.
HORSE RACING:
Kelso, leading money-winner of all time, was named Horse of the Year for the fifth straight time. The 7-year-old gelding ended the season by beating Gun Bow in the Washington, D.C. International.
LOOKING AHEAD TO '60
The political fires burn brightly these days, as newsmen and average citizens look for clues as to the possible Democratic and Republican candidates for the presidency in 1960. In Texas, Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson is openly put in the race by fellow Texan House Speaker Sam Rayburn. Senator Johnson is host to Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateos at his ranch near Johnson City. Meanwhile, in the G.O.P. ranks, Nelson Rockefeller stirs the interest of observers as he begins a series of talks on national issues. The New York Governor is host too, at his Pocantico Hills estate, to the father-in-law of son Steven Rockefeller, who was married in Norway last August.
JUNE ALLYSON WITH CHICAGO WHITE SOX COMISKEY BALL PARK, CHICAGO, ILL.
June Allyson, star of Monty Stratton picture sitting on White Sox players bench before game...Allyson talking to players...June receives players contract from Chuck Comiskey, owner of White Sox. L to R: Clara Provost, mother of June, Arthur, Brother of June & Chuck Comisky Talk by Chuck Comiskey & Miss Allyson...
AMERICAN LEGION DEMONSTRATION AGAINST WAR AND FASCISM, NEW YORK CITY
American Legion Demonstration Against War And Fascism, New York City
ART STUDENTS' HIGH JINKS!
Members of the Art Students' League of New York dress up - or vice versa - for their annual costume ball! Oh, for the life of an artist!
F.B.I. CAPTURES NAZI SPIES LANDED HERE BY U-BOAT!
America's alleged Number One traitor, William Colepaugh, Connecticut-born and raised, seized by G-Men with Erich Gimpel, German fellow-saboteur, after being landed on Maine coast by U-Boat. Quick arrest foils plans for spying and sabotage.
ALTHEA IS UPSET
At Wimbledon in London a dramatic upset in the famous tennis series wins the Wightman Cup for Britain for the first time in 28 years as 17-year-old Christine Truman defeats America's Althea Gibson.
SALVAGE CREWS CLEAR SUEZ
Work officially gets underway to clear the Suez Canal of sunken ships and blasted bridges. Salvage crews hope to clear at least one channel through the big waterway within the next sixty days.
CARDINAL TAKES HAND IN GRAVEYARD STRIKE!
Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, takes action as 1020 coffins remain uninterred at a strike-bound Long Island cemetery. Recruiting 100 seminary students to dig graves, His Eminence performs the burial rites committing the bodies to their final resting places.
ISRAELI-WAR CONFLICT MOVES TO U.N.
6347 - 1 - United Kingdom Ambassado, Lord Caradon rebukes the USSR....USSR delegate Federenko states "that any agression in the Middle East wil be met by Russia".........UAR Delegate Amb. El-Kouny criticizes USA activity in Vietnam....Israeli delegate Mr. Raphael talk....Goldberg replies with "Alice in Wonderland" quote aimed at USSR..China Pres. Liu suggest informal consultaitons on Canadian Resolution...Federenko objects to CHina acting as Pres. of Council....also objects to convening of Council by Canada and Denmark....Canadian Delegate George Ignatieff explains reasons for Convening Council.
6347 - 2 - Goldberg statement to Council
6347 - 3 - Members before debate began..UN exteriors...UN Flag flying..........Israeli flag...UAR flag...etc.
MCCARTHY CHARGES MURROW WITH RED TIES: MURROW REPLIES, NEW YORK CITY
The continuing controversy between the CBS commentator and the junior senator for Wisconsin. 1. MS, MCU..McCarthy seated at desk speaks. SOUND. 2. LS..Murrow at mike with reporters. 3. MCU, CU..Murrow answers reporters questions and completely refutes McCarthy's wild charges. SOUND
BULLDOG DOWNS TIGER!
Scooter Scussel runs away with the game as favored Yale rides rough shod over Princeton, 27 to 6.
US CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO VIETNAMES CHILDREN AND NEEDIES
Vietnamese people and the US Navy music band. Musicians of the Navy band. US and VN flags. Banners to welcomed Christmas and the US Marines in the region. The tree of Xmas and gifts...The US music band and the people of Hoa Vang district, Da Nang province. Colonels John Gorman of Vista, California and Thell Fisher of Springfield, Va., representatives the US Marines and US people presented Xmas gifts to Vietnamese children, veteran's families and refugees. Gifts were: toys, candies, soaps, clothes etc. Women, old men, and children were very happy with US gifts. Colonel John Gorman distributed gifts to needies. Colonel Thall Fisher handed the gifts to a widow of the killed soldier...High officials, representatives of the Vietnamese govt...Women and children enjoyed with the valuable gifts. Many other US advisors of the city handed gifts to Vietnamese needies. A wounded veterans recieved Xmas gifts. The US music band played for the opportunity. The distribution of US Xmas gifts in Da Nang...
STEVENSON'S BODY LEAVES ENGLAND
Scenes of family and Humphrey arrival at airport...Hearse arrives...Casket onto plane...Plane takeoff...
NOVELTIES FOR BOAT LOVERS
The annual National Motorboat Show is a tremendous hit in New York, where the entries run from a 61-foot yacht and unusual, plastic craft to the most glamorous outboard runabout ever built!
PRESIDENT OF KOREA IN NEW YORK
Ticker Tape Parade-Chung Hee Park, President of Korea up B'way to City Hall...At City Hall President Park meets Mayor Wagner and Mrs. Park...President Park signs New York City guest book...
BILLY GRAHAM ENDS BRITISH TOUR
A record crowd of 120,000 people hear American evangelist Billy Graham wind up his revival campaign in England's Wembley Stadium.
KEEP UP BATTLE ON HOME FRONT JAMES F. BYRNES URGES NATION!
In an appeal addressed to all members of the civilian production army, the War Mobilization Director asks Americans to stay on the job.
OFFICIAL OPENING NEW CITY HALL
$31 million City Hall is officially opened with pomp and ceremony. Gov. Gen. Vanier cuts traditional ribbon to declare edifice open. SS-Mayor Givens and board leave old City Hall...LS-Parade along street to new...U-Mayor Givens and Metro chairman clap hands...LS-Pan down-new bldg to Gov. Gen. inspects guard...LS-Crowd...CU-PM addresses gathering...CU-Flag...CU-Gov. Gen. presents award of Merit to Phillips...LS-Crowd...MS-Gov Gen. Giveens and Allen cut ribbon...SS-Crowd...SS int-Inspecting bldg...CU-Mayor sits at new desk...SS-Group...MS-Mayor being congratulated...
CARNIVAL TIME IN DIXIE!
Mardi Gras in New Orleans! Even freezing temperatures fail to put the chill on this famous revel as gay floats and riotous maskers carry on the traditional celebration, goose pimples and all!
FORD SCORES IN MASTERS GOLF.
There is golf drama at Augusta, Georgia, in the final round for the Masters championship. Doug Ford of Yonkers, N.Y. wins it with a score of 283.
AFRO-ASIAN JURISTS'S CONFERENCE IN DAMASCUS
View of the Minarets of Sultan Selim Taquia-Mosque...The banner of participation. The arrival of the Presidents and his reception ..The President opening the conference Ensemble of the delegates...
BABE DIDRIKSON DEAD!
The world's greatest woman athlete, Babe Didrikson Zaharias dies at the age of 42. The champ who never gave up the good fight finally succumbs to cancer. Semi..Babe throwing javelin....Crowd..Semi..Babe wins hurdle race..(Wipe)..Babe putting at 7 ft. kicks..Crowd..Semi..Babe sink putt..bows to crowd..Crowd..CU..Babe talks..(Wipe) Semi..Babe drives..CU..Babe..
NORTH VIETNAMESE PRISONERS LIBERATED
VS-Crowds at demarcation point...Sign: "Be Kind to North Vietnam Combat Captives"...VS-Police hold back crowds...VS-Captured Viet Cong soldiers...VS-Prisoners cross the Hien Luong Bridge to North Vietnam
INTERNATIONAL GARMENT WORKERS UNION
Woman walks into doctor's lab..CU..Same receives needle in arm..CU..Woman's face..MS..Woman dons jacket and walks out..MS-CU..Male and female--doctor looking thru microscope..MS..Doc in lab..CU..Same mixing solutions in test tubes..CU..Same heats solutions over fire..Various CU's of old people or middle-aged sitting in lab office..Enter office.. CU..Lab sign..
MASTERS........PUPILS
Tibor Berczelly, Imre Harangi, Olga Tass, Mary Litomariczky, our Olympic champions, opened recently a sport school Tibor Berczally instructs the youth with all the rich experience of his 25 years contestant past. The systematic medical control is important in all branches of sport. The little pupil of Imre Harangi, one of the heroes of the Berlin Olympia, will be perhaps the champion of the Olympiad in 68. We visit with the curious mothers the gymnastic lesson of Olga Tass. At least let us have a look at the swimming pool of Mary Litomoriczky. We wish many a success to the masters and pupils of the new sport school.
NEW ZEALAND TOUR A TRIUMPH FOR BRITAIN'S QUEEN
No doubt about it! Queen Elizabeth is doing a tremendous job at cementing the bonds of the British Commonwealth. Continuing her tour of New Zealand, she is acclaimed on every side. At a great reception by massed thousands of her Maori people, she sees portrayed in song and dance their ancient, sea-faring saga!
ICE-CAPADES PREVIEW!
The 1951 edition of the famous show on ice proves to be a glamorous spectacle show at Atlantic City.
MOVIE MINUTE MEN SOUND 1939 WATCHWORD!
Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney speak for industry as screen stars line up for Americanism at Los Angeles, California.
ON THE BANKS OF THE GUADALQUIVIR, CORDOVA, SPAIN
Cordoba, the city of ancient & stately lineage, stands on the bank of the Guadalquivir & celebrates Spring fair. LS & Semi People in costumes dance in streets...CU & Semi & CU People on sidelines..LS & Semi & LS kids dance on stage..
BUTCHER OF WARSAW SEIZED IN JAPAN BY U.S. NEWSMEN!
Gestapo Colonel Josef Albert Meisinger, charged with responsibility for murder of 100,000 Poles, captured at Kawaguchi by Clark Lee of International News Service, Bob Brumby of Mutual Broadcasting, and Cameraman John Bockhorst of News of the Day.
RUSSIAN SPY-JAMES MINTKENBAUGH
Scenes of James Mintkenbaugh enter into room of US Commissioner, Cameron Wolfe in Oakland. Scenes of crowd of cameramen and reporters-More scenes after the Arraignment and James Mintkenbaugh talking to reporters and learning...Scenes of Attorney General of California, Mr. Poole-scenes of US Commissioner and Comm. Cameron Wolfe-Scenes of Alameda County Court House in Oakland and scenes of Oakland showing Lake Merritt with Oakland skyline in backgd...
CHARLEY McCARTHY GOES TO WASHINGTON!
The ventriloquist's dummy who's made the whole nation laugh, visits Capitol Hill with Edgar Bergen, his creator, and panics the Congressional page boys.
OIL TANKER AFIRE SINKS AT SEA
Crew of forty rescued as flames sweep craft off North Carolina coast-Coast guard aides.
IKE SPEAKS TO HANDICAPPED COMMITTEE
Various angles of members listening to speaker applauding..Pres presents prizes to winners of National Essay contest..The president awards his trophy to Hugo Diffner..CU of Ike & Diffner..
UNITED NATIONS: SHOWDOWN AVOIDED ON SOVIET ARREARS
The General Assembly launches its 19th session in New York with the Soviet Union creating headlines because of its lack of payments on some fifty-two million dollars overdue in peacekeeping assessments. Dramatic down- to-the-deadline negotiations head off a Soviet-U. S. collision over the financial issue. Getting down to business, the Assembly elects as its president Ghana's chief delegate, Alex Quaison-Sackey.
