SCENES SAVED FROM AIR CRASH STORY AT MOSES LAKE WASHINGTON LARSON AIRBASE - AMERICAN FLAG AT HALF MAST AT BASE
.. SCU Ground shot of Globe-Master - sister ship of plane that crashed... Rest of material destroyed...
ACRES OF MASHED POTATOES!
Tractors and road rollers smash two thousand tons of spuds into pulp on Moses Lake, Washington, Airport in preparation for sale to alcohol distilleries.
GREENLAND RESCUE DRAMA!
A British plane, supplying an Arctic expedition, makes a forced landing on Greenland's desolate ice cap, and maroons 12 men! After a week of harrowing adventure, they're taken off to safety by American fliers from the new U. S. air base at Thule!
'SPY PLANE' CRASHES NEAR MISSILE BASE
A Soviet-built jet plane from Communist Bulgaria crash-lands in the south of Italy, about a mile from a NATO missile base. The Italian Defense Ministry issues a statement which indicated that the incident represents "a true and real case of espionage." The Bulgarian pilot, who survived the crash, faces possible trial in Italy.
AMERICAN "SHANTYTOWN" SPRINGS UP IN BRITAIN!
Yanks solve the housing problem overseas. Packing cases for planes become bungalows for G.I. Joes at a U.S. glider assembly base.
U.S. AIR BASE, HIT BY JAPS, CARRIES ON!
Yanks at an advance base in New Guinea swing ack-ack guns into action against Jap bombers. Lucky hits send U. S. gasoline and oil up in flame, but Australian infantrymen come to the rescue, rolling thousands of barrels to safety. Fireworks that fizzle for Tojo.
TYPHOON WRECKS U.S. AIRFIELD!
Million dollars worth of American planes damaged in few minutes, as 100-mile-an-hour winds bombard Army Base in southern Japan.
U.S. ARMED FORCES DAY
A number of military bases in the San Francisco area opened their gates to the public in observance of Armed Forces Day. CU-American flags-small flag on same staff-flying in breeze... VS-Cars at Presidio Base-M.P.'S on duty... VS-People at exhibits... VS-Children play on tanks check guns... VS-People look over planes at Hamilton A.F. Base... VS-Kids inspect F'101 plane... VS-Col. Chas. Praul talking with children at airbase... MS-Entrance (Sign) Hamilton Air Force Base.
AZORES NOW AIR BASE IN WAR ON U-BOATS!
Strategic mid-Atlantic islands becomes new base of operations against Nazi submarine menace, and British men and supplies stream in. Within two days, the bombers are in action.
TYPHOON SMASHES WAKE ISLAND
Roaring in unexpectedly from the sea, a storm wreaks havoc on the mid-Pacific base.
ON OUR ARCTIC FRONT IN ALEUTIAN ISLANDS!
In the shadow of the Arctic Circle, in blinding snows and heavy fog, American forces push westward to new bases from which to hit the Japs.
NORSTAD TOURS NATO BASES
General Lauris Norstad - successor to General Alfred Gruenther as supreme commander of SHAPE - visits the allied base at Naples as part of an inspection of his new command. He's greeted by Admiral Robert Briscoe as he looks over one of the vital bases in the defense of western Europe.
SCOUTS TOUR GREENLAND BASE
An American and a Danish Explorer Scout get six-month tour at U. S. Army's Camp Century installation on huge island owned by Denmark. Trip was awarded for aptitude in science, and they even learn to handle controls of nuclear reactor.
WILD MELEE IN TOKYO MARKS SECURITY PACT VOTE
Leftist demonstrators riot outside Diet building, and Socialist members try to block entrance to chamber of House of Representatives. Speaker is barricaded in his office. Finally, with help of 500 policemen, order is restored, and House approves treaty extending U. S. bases 10 more years.
ICELAND VOTES AGAINST U.S. BASE
A parliamentary election in Iceland puts the future of the big U. S. built Keflavik airfield in doubt. A leftist coalition, determined to oust American troops who maintain this bastion of NATO, wins a slight majority of the contested seats.
FAMOUS FIGHTER REVIEWS CRACK LEATHERNECKS
General Smedley D. Butler assumes command of the U.S. Marines Base after two years in the Quaker City at Los Angeles, California.
GROVETON, VA.
--Stunt pilot Tom Walker crashes plane into poles and walks away, unscathed, in terrific crackup scenes.
COAST GUARD SAVES ALL 31 ABOARD CRASHED AIRLINER!
Dramatic films of the crash and rescue, 1150 miles at sea of the San Francisco-bound Stratocruiser forced down midway on the flight over the Pacific. On-scene pictures of the heroic rescue of the 31 persons aboard by the Coast Guard Cutter Pontchartrain, as the airliner cracks up and sinks in a matter of minutes. San Francisco gives the survivors a joyful reception as they arrive.
DEATH CHEATED IN PLANE CRASHES
Miracle in Connecticut . . . a transatlantic air liner crashes, but no one is killed. On the same day, an Air Force jet plunges into a Long Island suburb. The pilot gives his life to guide his plane into a street instead of homes.
19 DIE AS BRITISH AIRLINER CRASHES ON PACIFIC COAST
The steep and heavily-wooded slope of King's Mountain, 30 miles south of San Francisco is the scene of the fatal crash of a British airliner on the final leg of an 8,000 mile flight from Australia.
CRIPPLED JET IN DRAMATIC SAFE LANDING
Giant airliner with two wheels missing comes down after circling New York's Idlewild airport 4 hours to use up fuel. Capt. Edward Sommers is hero of midnight operation that saves his 707 jet and all 113 on board.
AIRLINER PLUNGES INTO RIVER
A twin engine airliner lies buried in the mud of New York's East River. The ill-starred plane, flying in dense fog by radar, missed its goal at La Guardia Field. Fortunately, all 36 persons aboard were rescued.
PLANE FOUND WRECKED ON MOUNTAIN
First pictures of fatal crash near Saugus, California, in which nine perished as $80,000 sky liner on St. Paul test flight plunges to doom in heavy fog.
PLANE CRASH 'MIRACLE' AT LA GUARDIA
Heroic stewardesses release passengers suspended by seat belts, and all 76 on board escape without serious injury after plane from Boston overturns on landing at New York.
BIRDS MAY HAVE CAUSED PLANE CRASH
Eleven survive wreckage of Electra in Boston harbor, but 61 are dead. Preliminary investigation suggests there was nothing wrong with the plane, but that it may have hit a flock of starlings at take-off.
DELTA-WING BOMBER CRASHES IN LONDON!
The huge delta-wing jet bomber Vulcan crashes in London while landing from a 26,000-mile flight from Australia. Two men of the six-man crew escape as the big ship explodes in flames.
UNUSUAL PLANE CRASHES!
Britain's newest jet liner, the Britannia, is forced down on a coastal mud flat while undergoing a test flight; and the incoming tide submerges her Near San Francisco, a U. S. Air Force "Flying Radar Laboratory" lands in the shallow waters of San Pablo Bay on a blind let down. 13 men escape death.
HEROES OF FLAMING AIR CRASH HONORED
As one of 11 passengers saved, Joseph V. Connolly, famed newspaper chief, awards medals of valor to intrepid crew at New York.
ROGERS—POST!
The greatest tragedy of the year—the tragic end of Will Rogers and Wiley Post.
NAVY BATTLES JAP KAMIKAZE SUICIDE PLANES!
Drama of U.S. Fleet versus Kamikaze attacks, fanatical death dives that now are principal weapon of Nips. First films of aerial hara-kiri charges in desperate attempt to smash American task forces operating off Okinawa and in Jap home waters. Hair-raising scenes filmed by intrepid combat cameramen aboard ships under attack, as four suicide raiders crash the carrier Yorktown. The Bunker Hill hit, and the heroic fight against fire and exploding ammunition that saved veteran flattop. American fighter plane strikes that continue despite Jap Kamikaze that has damaged but failed to sink any major American warships.
GOVERNMENT STARTS PROBE FOR CAUSE OF EXPLOSION
Navy also joins in inquiry as its aviation experts examine wreckage— Commander Rosendahl called as eye-witness before Commerce Board but has no explanation as to origin of blast.
APPALLING TRAGEDY AS JET CRASHES INTO NUNS' REST HOME
Fierce flames consume the Ville St. Louis, rest home for nuns near Ottawa, after a night-time crash of a Royal Canadian Air Force jet. Twelve sisters, a priest and the plane's two-man crew lose their lives in the fiery disaster.
19 OF 25 SAVED AS AIRLINER CRASHES ON PEAK!
A chartered plane, carrying soldiers, meets disaster on a snow-covered slope in the Cascade Mountains east of Seattle and a miracle of rescue work follows. Our newsreel cameraman, flying in a Coast Guard helicopter, obtains extraordinary films of a moving drama, touched by tragedy, relieved by heroism!
FIRST FILMS FROM SCENE OF EARHART CRASH
Wrecked plane, at Honolulu, shows how famous woman flier narrowly escaped death—Back in America she smilingly declares she'll "carry on."
SCHOOL BUS PLUNGES INTO LAKE BRINGING DEATH TO 15 CHILDREN!
Tragedy at Lake Chelan, Washington, where Navy divers recover car 210 feet under water, after dive from highway. Six escape, almost by a miracle.
A SAVINGS SUGGESTION FROM TAB HUNTER
Presented by the Motion Picture Industry as a public service.
HAVEN FOUND AT LAST FOR REFUGEES IN SEA DRAMA!
Touching scenes as unfortunates aboard liner St. Louis are allowed to land at Antwerp, Belgium, after 5 weeks afloat.
DRAMATIC FILMS OF SEA EPIC AS 33 IN SUNKEN SUBMARINE ARE SAVED BY DIVING BELL!
Actual rescue of survivors from ill-fated Squalus after her fatal plunge to bottom—240 feet below surface—16 miles off Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Sensational scenes of practice dive like one that proved Squalus' rendezvous with death—sister ship Sculpin at spot where she sighted distress buoy—rescue flotilla in action—diver and rescue chamber going down—saved men boarding Falcon as 26 are left entombed in deep, trapped in flooded compartments!
HEROES' SHIP BURNS AT SEA! CREW SAVED
The dramatic story of the Army Transport Joseph V. Connolly, burned 1,000 miles out in the Atlantic! News of the Day brings you scenes that picturize a heroic saga of the sea--46 men in lifeboats fighting cold and treacherous waters for survival! Back safe in New York, 21 of the survivors greet loved ones. Captain Charles Collins tells their story.
THE GREAT MORRO CASTLE FIRE DISASTER!
Tragic epic of the sea filmed in comprehensive and thrilling detail by a corps of expert cameramen braving innumerable hazards to record every dramatic phase of one of the outstanding newsreel stories of the century. Remarkable aerial views of the luxury liner still aflame off the New Jersey coast with rescue ships struggling to save frantic passengers adrift in frail lifeboats. Amazing scenes made from the Monarch of Bermuda while the actual rescues were in progress.Heartrending interviews with the survivors—striking scenes of the beached deathship—a throbbing real-life document no audience will ever forget.
THE SHIP THAT WOULDN'T DIE!
Epic of the U.S. Carrier Franklin, in Pacific battle drama! Film saga of the gallant flat-top hit by Jap bombs, as it writes a chapter of heroism for naval annals, amid disaster and death. With planes ready to take off, loaded with high octane, bombs, and rockets, flames sweep the flight deck in explosion after explosion that take terrific toll in life. Heroic rescue ships of the convoy, 60 miles off Japan, risk destruction to take survivors off the "Big Ben." Scenes of stark heroism as the crew fights the flames refusing to give up the ship. The now historic carrier saved by its crew to steam home 14,000 miles under its own power!
BLIZZARD-BOUND HERDS SAVED BY AIR MISSION!
Dramatic film story of the Air Force rescue operations to save cattle on the Western ranges facing starvation in one of the worst winters on record. Flying box cars carry loads of hay to isolated herds stranded in deep snow in temperatures of twenty-five below. A vivid picture of air-lift technique on a blizzard-busting mission of mercy.
FRENCH LINER RAMMED AT SEA
Scenes aboard S.S. Florida shortly after collision with H.M.S. Glorious off Malaga, Spain.
FIRE ABOARD AIRCRAFT CARRIER
The aircraft carrier Constellation, described by the Navy as the largest conventionally powered ship in the world, is swept by raging flames. Nearing completion at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York, the $250,000,000 supercarrier is ravaged from stem to stern. The fire started when a can of inflammable liquid was punctured accidentally in construction operations. Some three thousand or more workers were aboard, and hundreds of survivors owe their lives to a massive rescue operation. Scores of reported dead from fire, fumes and drowning. News of the Day camera crews on the scene turn in a dramatic spot-news film report.
291 RESCUED IN SEA DRAMA OF SPANISH WAR!
One of the most dramatic episodes of Spain's civil conflict brings to the screen the saving of refugees from a broken down trawler in the storm-swept Bay of Biscay by a British cruiser—Drifting for 5 days without food, the all but starved exiles present a tragic sight as they eat ravenously on the warship where these heart-rending films were taken by a member of the crew.
A NEW F. D. R. IN WASHINGTON!
Once again a Roosevelt looms on the Capital scene! Franklin D., Jr., with his famous mother at his side, takes the oath as Representative from New York. The reappearance of those politically magic initials, "FDR" causes quite a stir in blase Washington!
GREATEST MARITIME RESCUE SAVES 1700 AS COLLISION SINKS LUXURY LINER
Complete coverage of the greatest maritime rescue in history as the Italian liner Andrea Doria sinks after being rammed in the dark and the fog by the Swedish liner, Stockholm. Films of the luxurious Doria listing as the Ile de France comes to the rescue, along with lifeboats from the Stockholm. Rescue helicopters bring the injured to hospitals ashore on Rhode Island, where ambulances whisk them away. Vivid films of the Andrea Doria sinking beneath the waves. Ile de France steams into packed New York harbor, where scenes of dockside reconciliation are common. Eye-witness stories from survivors of the black night at sea -- a comprehensive presentation of a great sea drama!
EARTHQUAKE DISASTER IN CHILE!
Chillan in ruins! Scenes from heart of earthquake zone reveal havoc wrought by disaster that took 30,000 lives and destroyed 20 cities. President Cerda inspects stricken region.
SCORES ENTOMBED IN N. Y. TENEMENT!
Stark scenes of tragedy as apartment house collapses during fire in adjoining ice plant. Firemen risking lives on piles of shifting debris to rescue those buried in the mountain of pulverized ruins. Spurred on by cries of those buried alive, rescue crews dig among debris to save the 34 trapped in the ruins.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NATION'S GREAT WAR BOND CAMPAIGN!
Mrs. Thomas Fitzpatrick, and Mrs. Rose Caputi, each with six sons in the service, are first to respond to Allendale, New Jersey's, drive . . . From a U. S. Hospital ship in the Pacific come scenes to make all Americans aware of the debt owed our fighting men, as the slogan echoes across the Nation: "They give their lives, you lend your money."
EPIC OF SKY QUEEN HAS HAPPY ENDING!
Aerial films at the scene of the heroic sea-air rescue that thrilled the world, as the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bibb stands by in the storm-tossed North Atlantic to rescue 69 from the foundered flying boat, Bermuda Sky Queen. In Boston, there's a wild welcome for the famous mercy ship as it comes home with its heroic skipper and crew. Camera closeups of the rescued who survived the 24-hour ordeal, capped by an interview with Mrs. May Last and the Coast Guardsman who rescued her when she fell overboard.
PRESIDENT VOICES WORLD'S HORROR AT NAZI TERROR!
Shocking glimpses of story of intolerance and oppression being written by Reich—scenes that escaped the censor showing pitiful plight of refugees in "No-Man's Land" on Czech-German border. America, stirred by Nazi outrages, rallies behind President in condemning barbarism—Ambassador Wilson called home from Berlin—Senator Connally of Texas fells Washington's reaction—former President Hoover, ex-Governor Alfred E. Smith and District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey, New York's racket smasher, express emphatic protests!
59 DIE AS FIRE SWEEPS HOTEL!
News of the Day's staff cameraman on the scene while fire rages, to bring you tragic scenes of the blaze in Chicago's La Salle Hotel, as first six floors are gutted by flames and guests are trapped on upper floors by billowing smoke. Dramatic film story of the worst hotel holocaust in 13 years, as hysterical, panic-stricken hundreds jam fire escapes. Meanwhile, scores are jumping to their death from upper floors, 200 are injured, burned, or overcome by smoke poisoning. Scenes of the investigation, launched immediately by the officials, and eyewitness stories told by survivors of the terrible disaster.
THE WOMAN'S PAGE
News of the Day visits model feminine prison at Niantic, Connecticut, famed for 21-year record of human salvage. Inside scenes of training system that saves inmates instead of punishing them.
MOVIES CELEBRATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY!
Turning back the calendar to Edison's Kinetoscope, the original motion picture machine, News of the Day presents a parade of history, as the industry celebrates half a century of progress. Rare scenes from the first film story entitled "Life of An American Fireman"...
SPECTACULAR FILMS! WARSHIP EXPLODES
Some of the most exciting motion picture scenes of this war, just released by the British Admiralty. The torpedoing by a Nazi U-boat of H.M.S. Barham in the Mediterranean. The mighty battlewagon, mortally hit, founders and keels over on her side within four minutes. The heroic crew, fighting the burning magazine, scramble and dive for safety too late, and 858 perish as the doomed giant disintegrates in one terrific, terrible blast.
DRAMATIC RESCUE IN STORMY ATLANTIC
The 1,400-ton dredge Cartagena is being towed from Halifax to Baltimore when its towline snaps in a raging storm. The 10 seamen aboard battle the elements for 48 hours before abandoning ship. The Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet makes the perilous rescue.
NEW FILMS OF WAR HAVOC IN SHANGHAI
Greatest battle since the world war turns Chapei, Shanghai native district, into city of dead as Japan's sea and air squadrons batter China's metropolis. SUB. 1 - As the bombing ceases Chinese troops advance for a counter attack with anti-aircraft guns repelling enemy scout planes. SUB. 2 - Reports of a Japanese air attack on the Hongkew district send thousands fleeing madly through the streets. SUB. 3 - At the Settlement gates Chinese police and foreign troops struggle with the frantic crowds of refugees seeking shelter. SUB. 4 - American residents hail the arrival of the 31st Infantry from Manila as they march through the streets to join forces with the U.S. Marines.
ATOM BOMB SPECIAL!
News of the Day presents a complete reel of spectacular scenes in the Pacific, as the history-making fourth atomic bomb, the world's most terrible missile, is dropped on fleet of 73 warships in Bikini lagoon. The Secretary of the Navy, James V. Forrestal joins famous notables among newsmen and foreign observers to witness the heart-stopping, actual, blinding, nuclear explosion. The towering, mushrooming cosmic cloud climbing into the heavens, and the terrific devastation of the mangled and blazing fleet shown in one of the most dramatic newsreels ever issued ... a film to take its place in the archives of the history of Civilization.
THE BIG CLEANUP IN ALGIERS
Life of North African city returns to normal, as barricades give way to traffic jams. Insurgent leaders are arrested, their followers given a chance to join fighting against Arab nationalists. Though revolt is over, Algeria's problems still are long way from final settlement.
WINDS SPREAD FIRES IN CALIFORNIA
Scorching winds of 70 to 100 miles an hour sweep unseasonal brush fires into the Glendale and Burbank suburbs of Los Angeles. Forty fire companies with the most modern equipment are rushed to the scene but can do little to stop the relentlessly advancing flames. Twenty homes are completely destroyed, others badly damaged and 11,600 acres burnt...but fortunately no lives taken.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE LIFE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH
On the eve of the greatest royal spectacle of a decade and the most momentous occasion of her reign, Queen Elizabeth is seen in pre-coronation films that highlight her past - from her childhood, when she was affectionately known as "Lilibet,"through her growth to womanhood and marriage to Lt. Philip Mountbatten, now Duke of Edinburgh! In 1937, she witnessed the impressive coronation of her father, George VI; and soon the glory and ritual of this ancient Westminster Abbey ceremony is to center about her. A memorable film document as millions await the crowning of Britain's lovely young Sovereign!
HERO DOGGIES GET THEIR REWARD
Canine life-savers made members of Honor Legion in New York for deeds of valor.
EXPLOSION AT NIKE MISSILE BASE
At least ten are killed and three injured when eight powerful U. S. Army Nike "Ajax" guided missiles accidentally explode at Middletown, New Jersey. 24 warheads are sent hurtling over the vicinity - live, but non-atomic warheads, three for each of the missiles of the type stationed at installations surrounding 23 cities throughout the nation.
SAVINGS BONDS TRAILER
Presented as a Public Service by the Motion Picture Industry
AXIS PRISONERS ROUNDED UP AS YANKS ADVANCE IN SICILY!
Nazi and Fascist captives on their way to prison camps, as Americans march toward the final battle through town after town. Giant aerial transports carry wounded to hospitals in Africa . . . warplanes on missions of mercy.
GUARDS HONORED FOR VALOR AT ASSASSINATION SCENE
Mrs. John F. Kennedy emerges from seclusion to see Clinton J. Hill, the Secret Service agent who had tried to protect her and the late President at the time of assassination receive an award for exceptional bravery. The following day, Rufus W. Youngblood the agent who had ridden in Dallas with the then Vice President Johnson, is given a similar award.
MILLIONS LOST IN CHICAGO FIRE
A raging grain elevator fire on Chicago's South Side brings 25 companies to the scene. The blaze ruins five million dollars worth of grain.
CENSORS REVEAL SEA DRAMA AS BOMBED U.S. CRUISER FIGHTS ON!
Now it can be shown! How Nazi dive bombers scored direct hit on U.S.S. Savannah at Salerno. Quick work saves warship, and in 20 minutes she's back in the fight.
GRISSOM'S HOUR NATION APPLAUDS ITS SECOND SPACE EXPLORER
At Cape Canaveral Florida Air Force Captain Virgil I. Grissom takes off on the flight that is to take him 300 miles down the Atlantic and 116 into outer space and make him the world's third astronaut. The flight ends three hundred miles at sea. Dramatic films show the rescue of the captain after the hatch opens prematurely shipping water into his capsule. Valiant efforts are made to salvage the capsule and its contents but they are in vain. Aboard the carrier Randolph a rousing welcome is given the dripping spaceman as he alights from his rescuing helicopter. He shows no ill effects from his three minute dunking. And the next day he is reunited with his wife and two small sons. Finally, at a press conference, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Distinguished Service Medal is awarded Captain Grissom.
REAL-LIFE DRAMA GIVES NEW YORK CROWDS A THRILL!
On-the-spot newsreel cameras record a daring rescue in midtown Manhattan of a man apparently bent on suicide. Eleven stories above the street, a fireman drops down on a rope to subdue the man after two officers suddenly grab him. For three seconds it's a life or death drama on a window ledge!
WAR CRIMES DRAMA! DEATH FOR YAMASHITA
Trial of "The Tiger of Malaya" reaches dramatic climax in Manila, as Jap General denies guilt and prosecution demands supreme penalty in summation of evidence on death of 60,000 Filipinos. Verdict of guilty and sentence of hanging is handed down by military tribunal after Yamashita's eloquent testimonial to American Justice. Ironic touch comes as U. S. Supreme Court stays execution indefinitely.
28 ON SINKING SHIP SAVED IN MID-OCEAN
Liner Mauretania rescues crew forced to abandon Swedish freighter Ovidia in the Atlantic. SUB. 1—Safe in New York, rescued slipper of Ovidia and his wife thank Capt. McNeil, of the Mauretania.
APPALLING SHIP FIRE! U.S. TOURISTS VICTIMS OF TORONTO TRAGEDY!
Heartbreak scenes of one of the worst ship disasters in maritime history! Rescue workers bring off the bodies of 120 who perished in a mysterious fire! Most of the vacation bound passengers were trapped in their cabins! The ship, tied up overnight at Toronto enroute to the Thousand Isles, was enveloped in flames in a matter of seconds. 140 are still missing and divers go down to search for the bodies of those who tried to leap to safety. Relatives try to identify loved ones, and Toronto hospitals are filled with the Noronic's injured. Mrs. Charles Williams, of Amlin, Ohio, tells how it feels to be alive after a night of horror!
THE EISENHOWER STORY!
A complete reel on the career of the Re- publican candidate for President! Dramatic highlights of his outstanding service as soldier, educator and statesman. This is the first of two special features on the coming election -- presented by the Motion Picture Industry as a public service. Our next issue will present "The Stevenson Story."
LATEST FLOOD DISASTER FILMS!
Scenes of devastation along the rampaging, rain-swollen Mississippi, as volunteers fight to save levees with the water topping 40 feet and still rising.
AFRICA
Stark scenes of drought, depleted camel herds, dried up water holes, relieved by the French military trucking precious water to save the people of the Sahara.
ALPINE AVALANCHE BURIES VILLAGE!
The hamlet of Echalp in French Alps wiped off map by avalanche that strikes without warning, demolishing 14 homes, the village church, and Town Hall. Rescue crews work through day and into flare-lighted night to save victims trapped in snowslide.
M-G-M BEAUTIES SHOW LATEST SPRING BONNETS!
Starlets in a Hollywood preview of the newest chapeaux with the accent on glamour.
STORKS HERALD EUROPE'S SUMMER.
The biggest migration of storks in many years is noted at Rust in Austria. Hundreds of the big birds have made their nests in the chimney tops of the town.
RUSK MAKES EUROPEAN TOUR
Paris is the first stop for Secretary of State Dean Rusk who is making a flying tour of the capitals of Western Europe. He has two days of talks with President de Gaulle, which he describes as "enjoyable and productive."
PROGRESS AT ROGERS HOSPITAL
At the annual Board meeting of the Will Rogers Memorial Fund at Saranac Lake, New York, a new library and study center is dedicated to the late Abe Montague, who during his years as President of the Fund, worked hard for the improvements of this hospital for the people of the entertainment world.
LBJ TRIP TO WEST VIRGINIA & PA.
LS-MS-Pres. Plane taxiing at Charleston airport West Va... LS-MS-Sign Welcome Lyndon & Ladybird at airport... LS-Pres. & Mrs. Johnson leave plane greeted by group... MS-Pres. & Mrs. Johnson walking amonst crowd at airport... HS-Crowds... VS-Crowds at Dallastown Pa... LS-Johnson on speakers stand greeted by officials... HS-Full frame crowd waving... LS-Johnson on stand and crowds... LS-Battery of cameramen... MS-Johnson speaking into mike... MS-Mrs. Johnson with man... VS-Crowds... LS-Johnson speaking-copter and group of officials in background... MS-Mrs. Johnson speaking... VS-Motorcade past crowds lining streets... HCU-Crowds seated... MS-Johnson talking with Gov. Scranton.
DEWEY CARRIES CAMPAIGN INTO THE WILD WEST!
Republican Presidential Candidate at Valentine, Nebraska, is guest of honor at a rip-snortin' rodeo as he goes out to corral votes in the wide open spaces.
GERMAN TROOPS ENTERING PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
After having had an interview with President Hacha and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Chvalkovsky, Reichskanzler Hitler resolved to place the Czech Nation under the protection of the Reich. On the 15th of March, 1939, early in the morning, German forces began to occupy the territories of Bohemia and Moravia. At about ten o'clock, the first motorized columns of the German occupation army reached Prague kept fully quiet and received the German soldiers with calm and dignity.
U.S. BOBSLED TEAM CRASHES
Daredevils flirt with death at the World Championship four-man bobsled races at St. Moritz in Switzerland, and disaster strikes the American team on a hairpin turn. Luckily no one was hurt!
MARSHAL PETAIN LEAVES FOR SPAIN, SANS SEBASTIAN, SPAIN AND HENDAYE, FRANCE
General views of Sans Sebastian. General view of Marshal Petain's villa which will be the French Embassy - Sans Sebastian. Marshal Petain leaving the train at Hendaye. Troop review. Ancient Combatants basques chief gives a stick Maquilla Marshal kisses children who welcome him Marshal is walking to the frontier Shakes hands with two Spanish officers, General Dai Gorry and Colonel Ungria who came to welcome him Petain crossing Frontier. General views of crowd
HERE'S NEW VICTORY SLOGAN: "FIX IT YOURSELF"!
You have to make those vacuum cleaners, toasters, irons and other household appliances last, and this is the way to do it. Remember; That's all there'll be 'til victory.
WAVES LEARN SELF DEFENSE!
Brains versus brawn, and our girls in blue catch on fast, as Navy teaches them to look out for themselves in a fight.
FOOD FOR ITALY!
Hungry children in Rome gratefully welcome the first distribution of food sent by the United Nations' Children's Emergency Fund.
10 HOLLYWOOD COMMIE WRITERS ARRAIGNED FOR CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS ENTER THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT BLDG FOR ARRAIGNMENT. WASH. D.C.
Group posing on steps before entering. CU John Howard Lawson... CU Dalton Trumbo... CU Ring Lardner Jr... Group enters court... Group coming out of U.S. Marshall's office after being fingerprinted..
P.I. CONTINGENT TO VIETNAM'S DEPARTURE
ES-of PHILCAG (Phil. Civic Action Group) formation at Grandstand... Families and PHILCAG members with their Commanding Officers Brig. Gen. Gaudencio V. Tobias... Pres. F. Marcos arrival and speeches and turning over of PHILCAG colors to commanding officer... Arrival of contingent for embarhsment to LST of Phil... Navy and farewells of families and actual departure.
MEXICAN SCORES IN NATIONAL JUMP
The National Horse Show opens in New York City with a spectacular display of fancy riding by the Canadian Mounties. Mexico takes the Good Will Jumping trophy.
WEDDING BELLS FOR N. Y.'S MAYOR O'DWYER!
A thousand miles south of "The Sidewalks of New York," the Big Town's chief executive and his lovely bride, the former Sloan Simpson, become Mr. and Mrs.! With Stuart, Florida's townspeople cheering them on, the happy couple set out on a Christmas honeymoon cruise of the Bahama Islands!
ARMY NIGHT IN PARIS!
The French Army stages a big show. Crack drill teams, dispatch riders of famous regiments and the Camel Corps of the Sahara Patrol are the headline performers.
LT. GENERAL JIMMY DOOLITTLE ATTENDS 8TH VICTORY BOND DRIVE
Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle attends filmdom's opening meeting for 8th Victory Bond Drive. Louis B. Mayer introduces famous airman. Group: George Murphy, vice-chairman of film industry committee, Lt. Gen. Doolittle, Louis B. Mayer, chairman of Victory Bond drive committee, and Kenneth Thompson. L.B. Mayer introduces Doolittle. - same - Doolittle talks - same - Mayer thanks the General.
SKY THRILLS AT AIR RACES!
Sixty thousand spectators at Cleveland's National Air Races see spectacular flying as military and civilian pilots put the fastest things on wings through the paces.
HOLY NAME CONVENTION!
Archbishop Cushing officiates at impressive candlelight service, as 60,000 members of religious society open Boston conclave.
13th ASSEMBLY OPENS AT U. N.
The election of Lebanon's pro-Western Charles Malik as president highlights the assembly's first session. Later Secretary Dulles urges creation of a Standby United Nations Peace Force.
