19541950s NEWSREELS
NEWS STORIES FOR 4/25/54 AND 5/7/54
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| 00:57:44 1.6 |
WASHINGTON: MCCARTHY VS. PENTAGON - MS MCCARTHY FOLLOWED BY DIRKSEN, BACKS TO CAMERA, ENTERING HEARING ROOM GUARD LETS IN CROWD OF NEWSMEN.
CU MCCARTHY COMPLAINS ABOUT TIME AND MONEY BEING WASTED INVESTIGATING THINGS OTHER THAN COMMUNIST IN GOVERNMENT. |
| 00:59:00 77.6 |
INDO-CHINA - REINFORCEMENTS FOR DIENBIENPHU -
VARIOUS SCENES FRENCH PARATROOPS, SUPPLIES BEING DROPPED OVER DIENBIENPHU. PARATROOPS FIRING MACHINE GUN INTO BRUSH. |
| 00:59:46 123.6 |
DULLES - DULLES SHAKES WITH IKE OUTSIDE VACATION HOME IN GEORGIA. CU DULLES SPEAKS OF GALLANT DEFENDERS OF DIENBIENPHU.
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| 01:00:14 151.6 |
TEXAS: RAIN ENDS DROUGHT - VARIOUS SCENES TANKER TRUCKS, PICK UPS RIDING THROUGH A FOOT OF WATER AS THEY PASS THROUGH FLOODED TOWN.
RESIDENTIAL HOME INUNDATED BY FLOOD WATERS; |
| 01:00:30 167.6 |
EPISCOPAL CHURCH SIGN. CHURCH SERVICES WERE CANCELLED DUE TO FLOOD. LS STAR OF DAVID ON SYNAGOGUE TILT DOWN TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE ENTRANCE.
RABBI ALLOWED USE OF SYNAGOGUE TO BE USED BY CHRISTIANS. MS PRIEST CHATS WITH FOUR WOMEN EXTERIOR SYNAGOGUE. |
| 01:00:54 191.6 |
FLOOD VICTIMS STAND ON LINE FOR TYPHOID SHOTS AT RED CROSS BUILDING, CU NURSES GIVING CHILD SHOT..
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| 01:01:05 202.6 |
CLEVELAND: STRIKE VIOLENCE - POLICE CAR OUTSIDE "PARK DROP FORGE CO." PLANT.
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| 01:01:19 216.6 |
POLICE GATHER AROUND STRIKER'S AUTO WITH STRIKERS LOCKED INSIDE, TRYING TO BLOCK ENTRANCE TO PLANT MS POLICEMAN BREAKS WINDOW OF CAR WITH NIGHT STICK, ARRESTS STRIKERS INSIDE AS CROWD OF PICKETS YELL AND SCREAM AT POLICE.
unions. |
| 01:01:34 231.6 |
MS POLICEMEN PUSH CAR AWAY FROM ENTRANCE TO PLANT.
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| 01:01:52 249.6 |
KENYA: BRITISH RENEW ALL OUT WAR AGAINST MAU MAU TERRORISTS - VARIOUS SCENES LOYAL BLACK COLONIAL TROOPS IN UNIFORM AND TRADITIONAL DRESS, ATTACKING MAU MAU GRASS HUT VILLAGES, ARRESTING SUSPECTED MAU MAU TERRORISTS.
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| 01:02:33 290.6 |
NEW YORK - NO PLACE AT UN FOR CHINA - LODGE -
CU HENRY CABOT LODGE SPEAKS OF RED CHINA. |
| 01:04:18 395.6 |
PEOPLE AND PLACES - CU SIGN: "FORT LESLEY J.
MCNAIR". PAN PANEL MILITARY JUDGES ON PANEL TO HEAR CASE AGAINST CORPORAL EDWARD DICKERSON OF VIRGINIA. CU CORPORAL DICKERSON WITH LAWYER, DICKERSON CHANGED WITH INFORMING ON FELLOW POWS WHEN HE WAS CAPTURED BY REDS IN KOREA. |
| 01:04:51 428.6 |
CU MRS. DICKERSON SPEAKS TO NEWSMEN.
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| 01:05:11 448.6 |
FRANKFURT, GERMANY: ANGRY GERMANS STAGE PROTEST RALLY OUTSIDE HEADQUARTERS OF RUSSIAN MILITARY MISSION IN AMERICAN ZONE .PROTESTERS CARRY SIGN POLICE PUSHING PROTESTORS TO KEEP CONTROL.
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| 01:05:46 483.6 |
LOS ANGELES: OLDEST AIRLINE CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY - MS WESTERN AIRLINES FOUR ENGINE GIANT DC -6B AIRLINER TAXIS ON RUNWAY. FEMALE MODEL, ONE OF MANY BEAUTIES HIRED BY WESTERN TO DRESS UP THE OCCASION. WAVES FROM COCKPIT. * Note: (See VM-2192, 00 15 30 WESTERN AIRLINES for more).
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| 01:06:33 530.6 |
AUGUSTA, GA - IKE ON VACATION - VARIOUS SCENES PRESIDENT EISENHOWER ENJOYING GOLF WITH THE PROS. CU SIGN: "AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB"
. politics; sports. MS IKE POSES WITH 4 PROS. |
| 01:06:43 540.6 |
MLS IKE TEES OFF, PROS WATCH. BILLY JOE PATTEN TEES OFF. IKE WALKS ON LINKS WITH OTHERS. MS BEVY OF PHOTOGS TAKING SHOTS.
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| 01:07:04 561.6 |
MS VARIOUS SCENES IKE PUTTING.
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| 01:07:37 594.6 |
LS FOURSOME INCLUDING IKE, BACK TO CAMERA, WALKING DOWN FAIRWAY.
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| 01:07:41 598.6 |
SEATTLE, WASH. - BROKEN WINDSHIELD MYSTERY -
CAR WINDSHIELDS BEING HIT BY UNKNOWN SMALL PARTICLES. INVESTIGATORS CHECK PARTICLES IN LAB AT UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. NO SIMILARITY TO RADIO ACTIVE MATERIAL WAS REPORTED. |
| 01:08:24 641.6 |
SAN FRANCISCO: NOISE IN THE NEWS - PILE DRIVER.
Note: See PILE-DRIVER, VM-2192, 00 14 40 TO 00 15 00 for same) |
| 01:09:54 731.6 |
THE GENEVA CONFERENCE - MS DULLES SPEAKS OF COMMUNIST FORCES IN INDO-CHINA INTENSIFYING ACTIVITIES, AND DRAGGING THEIR FEET ON PEACE.
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| 01:10:55 792.6 |
LS PENTAGON BUILDING. PAN MILITARY LEADERS OF FIVE NATIONS SIT AROUND TABLE TO EXCHANGE VIEWS IN SECRECY.
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| 01:11:33 830.6 |
YOUTH RALLY - EAST BERLIN - THOUSANDS GERMAN YOUTH CARRY BANNERS IN HUGE PARADE IN STADIUM.
CARRY LARGE PORTRAITS OF STALIN AND MOLOTOV, AND OTHER RED LEADERS. |
| 01:12:46 903.6 |
RIOT IN TOKYO - VARIOUS SCENES MEMBERS OF JAPAN'S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RIOTING IN FINAL DIET SESSION OF SEASON AS GALLERY LOOKS ON. 200 TOKYO POLICE CALLED IN TO QUELL RIOT.
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| 01:13:37 954.6 |
MEN, WOMEN REPRESENTATIVES SCREAM AS PUSHING, HAIR PULLING GOES ON. PAN TO WOMAN SCREAMING AS MAN PULLS HER HAIR. MAN CLIMBS ON ANOTHER'S SHOULDERS, HITS HIM IN FACE. oddity, foreign government
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| 01:14:09 986.6 |
THE MCCARTHY - ARMY HEARINGS - MCCARTHY AND DEMOCRATIC SENATOR ON COMMITTEE, STUART SYMINGTON GET INTO ANOTHER WAR OF WORDS.
SYMINGTON ANGRILY RESPONDS TO MCCARTHY CHARGES |
| 01:16:22 1119.6 |
INSTITUTE, WEST VIRGINIA: CHEMICAL PLANT EXPLODES - VARIOUS SCENES INTENSE FIRE AT UNION CARBIDE, AND CARBON CORP. PLASTIC PLANT.
VARIOUS SCENES FIREMEN BATTLING BLAZE. disaster |
| 01:17:00 1157.6 |
CLASS OF '54 - PRESIDENT IKE IN CAP AND GOWN DELIVERS COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT SMALLEST CLASS OF 1954 GRADUATES AT MARYLAND'S WASHINGTON COLLEGE. ASKS THEM TO SERVE COUNTRY IN WASHINGTON WHERE THEY DO NEED BRAINS.
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| 01:17:58 1215.6 |
SECRETARY OF ARMY STEVENS ADDRESS GRADUATING CLASS OF CADETS AT WEST POINT. VARIOUS SCENES CADETS GETTING THEIR DEGREES. VARIOUS SCENES CADETS TOSSING HATS IN AIR.
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| 01:18:56 1273.6 |
WEST POINT MARRIAGE WITH BRIDE AND GROOM WALKING UNDER SWORD ARCH PROVIDED BY CADETS.
COUPLE KISS PASSIONATELY. MONTAGE MORE WEDDINGS AT WEST POINT. |
| 01:19:20 1297.6 |
CALIFORNIA: NAVY'S SMALLEST JET - VARIOUS SCENES A4D "SKYHAWK" BOMBER BEING ROLLED OUT ONTO FIELD. NEW 40 FOOT LONG JET IS COMPARED IN SIZE NEXT TO HUGE BOMBER. IT IS CAPABLE OF CARRYING ATOMIC BOMB AT SPEEDS OF 600 MPH VARIOUS ANGLE VIEWS "SKYHAWK".
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| 01:20:09 1346.6 |
NEW MEXICO ROCKET SLED IS SPEED TESTED ON TRACKS. TRAVELS 421 MPH. CU FACE OF COLONEL JOHN SAPP IS DISTORTED FROM FORCE OF SPEED.
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| 01:20:43 1380.6 |
ZION, ILL.- FIREMEN CONVENTION - VARIOUS SCENES FIREMEN PLAYING GAME OF WATER HOCKEY USING POWERFUL HOSES TO PUSH BARREL TO OTHERS GOAL LINE AS CROWD WATCHES. VARIOUS SCENES WATER PRESSURE FROM HOSES HELD BY FIREMEN PUSHING BARREL ALONG. ALL ARE DRENCHED.
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