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"LOWELL THOMAS REMEMBERS 1937" - THOMAS SEATED AT HIS DESK SPEAKS,
SHOWS, NARRATES, FILM CLIPS OF EVENTS THAT OCCURRED IN YEAR 1937.
REMEMBERING WITH YOU ANOTHER YEAR OF OUTSTANDING NEWS FILM, AND IN THE MIDST OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION". 1937". FDR BEGINNING HIS 2ND TERM AS PRESIDENT, , CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN, MUSSOLINI ARMY TAKING OVER ETHIOPIA, RISE OF
ADOLPH HITLER, THE GERMAN DIRIGIBLE "HINDENBURG" THE "QUEEN OF THE SKIES".

LS VARIOUS SHOTS HINDENBURG AS IT NEARS LANDING PERCH POV GROUND. TILT DOWN
HINDENBURG TO GROUND, SCARCELY 300 FEET.

LOWELL THOMAS AT DESK COMMENTS ABOUT DISASTER: "INVESTIGATORS LATER
CONCLUDED THAT EXPLOSION WAS CAUSED BY A TIME BOMB SET TO GO OFF AT TIMEOF LANDING .....". "I SEE 1/3 OF THE NATION ILL HOUSED ILL CLAD, ........". THE SUPREME COURT WAS STRIKING DOWN FDR'S NEW DEAL PROGRAMS; HIS ATTEMPT TO REFORM THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY (ASKING TO LIMIT TERMS OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICES TO 70 YEARS OF AGE (WAS REJECTED BY CONGRESS). FDR CUT SPENDING, TRIED TO BALANCE FEDERAL BUDGET, ETC. AUTOMOBILE PLANT STRIKES BROUGHT A NEW WAVE OF VIOLENCE. SWING MUSIC, STREAMLINE TRAINS, NEW CARS. THEY WERE ALL WELCOME SIGHTS ON THE SCREEN".

ABOVE SHOT STREAMLINE PASSENGER TRAIN SPEEDING TOWARDS CAMERA. VARIOUS
SHOTS PASSENGERS SEATED IN COMFORT, IN DINING CARS, SPEAKING ON TELEPHONE, AS TRAIN TRAVELS AT 110 MPH. MCU MR AND MRS AVERIL HARIMAN SEATED , AS MRS.
HARIMAN SPEAKS ON PHONE. PEOPLE SEATED AT LUXURIOUS COCKTAIL LOUNGE HAVING DRINKS.

NEW CARS ON DISPLAY AT OPENING OF AUTOMOBILE SHOW IN NEW YORK. CARS OF 1938 ARE SHOWN. NEW GADGETS SUCH AS GEAR SHIFTS ATTACHED TO STEERING WHEEL
(SHOWN). CU GRILLE OF 1938 CAR. 24 MAKES OF AUTOS ARE REPRESENTED AT SHOW. GRILLES ON NEW cARS. TWO WOMEN SIT IN CONVERTIBLE WITH BIG SHAGGY DOG.

MS SPANISH REFUGEES REACH FRENCH PORT ON LINER. MS WOMEN WITH CHILDREN IN ARMS. MS LINER ANCHOR IN FRENCH HARBOR. MLS BRITISH WARSHIPS IN HARBOR,
GUARDING REFUGEE SHIP. SOME OF 5000 REFUGEES WITH MORE TO COME, BEING
TRANSFERRED TO SMALL BOATS AND BARGES FOR TRIP ASHORE.

PAN YOUNG ITALIAN BOYS IN BOY SCOUT-LIKE UNIFORMS, SHORTS LINE UP AT ATTENTION, TRAIN FOR BATTLE. CHARGE INTO WOODS WITH WOODEN RIFLES. CRAWL ON GROUND AS THICK CLOUDS OF SMOKE REPRESENTING POISON) ATTACK, INUNDATES THEM. VOICE OVER THOMAS, "THEY TEACH THEM YOUNG, THESE BABES IN ARMS".

MS LOWELL THOMAS REPORTS - SPEAKS OF SIGNS OF WAR AS ITALY, GERMANY AND
JAPAN SIGN ANTI-COMINTERN PACT. "THEY WOULD RESIST TOGETHER THE BOLSHEVIK
PLAN FOR WORLD COMMUNISM, AND JAPAN STEPPED UP FOR RELENTLESS QUEST OF
CHINA, WAR NOT DECLARED ...........".

VARIOUS SHOTS MAN (SNIPER ?) IN WINDOW SUDDENLY PULLS BACK AS BULLETS SPLATTER ALL AROUND THE WINDOW. VARIOUS SHOTS HOUSE TO HOUSE FIGHTING, PLANES IN SKY DROPPING BOMBS, HUGE EXPLOSIONS ON CITY OF SHANGHAI.,FROM AERIAL BOMBINGS, BUILDINGS TOPPLING, REFUGEES, CHILDREN RUNNING WITH
BELONGINGS ALONG ROADS AND ON RAILROAD TRACKS.

REFUGEES BEING HELPED ACROSS BRIDGE INTO SAFETY BY BRITISH SOLDIERS. MLS CHINA FLAG STILL FLYING.

SPECTACULAR VIEWS OF THE BURNING OF CHAPEI (MAIN PORT OF SHANGHAI,
STRONGHOLD OF CHINA'S DEFENSE). "CHINA'S GREATEST BATTLE ENDS WITH CHINA;S BIGGEST FIRE" CHAPEI, MAIN PORT OF SHANGHAI. FIREMEN FIGHT FIRES WITH HOSES.

AMERICAN AMBASSADOR POSES AFTER ADVISING ALL AMERICANS TO LEAVE NANKING.

MS AMELIA EARHEART POSING WITH HER THREE MAN CREW, WHO WERE READY TO TRY WHAT NO ONE HAS EVER ATTEMPTED BEFORE, CIRCLE THE EARTH AT THE EQUATOR.

AMERICAN SWEETHEART MARY PICKFORD - VARIOUS SHOTS MARY PICKFORD AND
BUDDY ROGERS CUT WEDDING CAKE ON THEIR WEDDING DAY. MANY CONGRATULATING
THE COUPLE (HONEYMOON IN HONOLULU). actress, moving pictures, HOLLYWOOD, silent movies.

MS SHIRLEY TEMPLE ACTS AS CONDUCTOR ON NEW TROLLEY CAR, CALLS OUT "ALL ABOARD" COLLECTS FARES FROM LONG LINE OF MALE PASSENGERS (OFFICIALS ?) AS THEY BOARD TROLLEY. MS SHIRLEY TEMPLE WEARING CONDUCTOR HAT POSES AT THE CONTROLS OF TROLLEY. MS NEW, LATEST, STREAMLINE TROLLEY ROLLING ON TRACKS TOWARDS CAMERA.

VARIOUS SHOTS GEORGE XI CORONATION. GEORGE XI BEING CROWNED. ABOVE VIEW HUGE CROWD WATCHING POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE PARADE. MS ROYAL CARRIAGE WITH QUEEN, 2 PRINCESSES. A GRANDMOTHER AND HERR GRANDCHILDREN. ROYAL GUARD IN ANCIENT COSTUME WALK ALONGSIDE ROYAL CARRIAGE WITH THE KING INSIDE AS THEY ARRIVE AT PALACE. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS WATCH AFTER WAITING ALL NIGHT,
SLEEPING ON PAVEMENT.

MS LOWELL THOMAS REMEMBERS - "JEWISH AND PALESTINIAN OBJECTING TO BRITAIN'S PLAN FOR THE HOLY LAND; INDIA CLAMORING FOR INDEPENDENCE; AND JAPAN'S ......".
DESTRUCTIVE FLOODS ON OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS; MORE SIT-DOWN STRIKES; THE DISCLOSURE JUSTICE HUGO BLACK HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF THE KKK. YANKEES CHAMPS AGAIN, BEAT GIANTS IN WORLD SERIES. ALL-STAR GAME OF THE YEAR WAS SOFTBALL GAME WITH THOMAS AND NOTED CELEBRITIES "MY NINE OLD MEN", VS "COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT ALL-STARS". FROM OYSTER BAY, LI, NY. GAME WAS PLAYED AT MEADOWBROOK, LI.

MS OPPOSING TEAM "TEDDY ROOSEVELT ALL-STARS POSING FOR GROUP SHOT. INCLUDE YANKEE GREAT BABE RUTH POSING FOR GROUP SHOT.

CARTOONIST RUBE GOLDBERG AT BAT, HITS AND RUNS TO 1ST BASE.

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