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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". |
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AERIAL MLS HINDENBURG FLYING OVER NEW YORK CITY ON ITS WAT Y TO NAVAL AIR STATION, LAKEHURST, NEW JERSEY. MS PASSENGERS(?) PEERING OUT WINDOW OF HINDENBURG AS IT COMES IN FOR LANDING IN LAKEHURST. AERIAL VIEW OF GROUND AS
POV DIRIGIBLE. |
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LS VARIOUS SHOTS HINDENBURG AS IT NEARS LANDING PERCH POV GROUND. TILT DOWN
HINDENBURG TO GROUND, SCARCELY 300 FEET. |
16:02:26 116 |
LS HINDENBURG SUDDENLY BURST INTO A GREAT BALL OF FIRE AND FALLS TO GROUND, DISINTEGRATING AS IT FALLS (GRAPHIC). MANY ABOARD HAVING JUMPED TO AVOID CREMATION. disaster. historic event.
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16:03:30 180 |
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". |
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VARIOUS SHOTS "LINDY HOP" DANCE CONTEST (NEW CRAZE IN DANCING). GREAT SHOTS DANCE COUPLE DOING WILD DANCE STEPS TO THE SOUND OF SWING MUSIC. dance, music.
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16:05:15 285 |
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. |
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COUPLE WAX THEIR SKIS ON TRAIN. ROUTE: MAIN TO LOS ANGELES.
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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. |
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MS LOWELL THOMAS REMEMBERS - "A WAVE OF STRIKES SWEPT THE NATION; THE ECONOMY COLLAPSED AGAIN; NEW DEAL GAINS WERE WIPED OUT; 2 MILLION JOBS LOST". NEWS FROM OVERSEAS ....", FASCIST AND COMMUNIST FACTIONS WERE DESTROYING SPAIN; IN ITALY THE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE PLAYING REALISTIC WAR GAMES".
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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. |
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SPANISH FASCIST TROOPS BOMBARD AND OPEN A 4 MILE GAP IN THE SO-CALLED "IRON RING OF BILBAO". LS BURSTING SHELLS SET FOREST AFIRE. AERIAL VIEW OF FIRE AS
BASQUE DEFENDERS ARE DRIVEN FROM BLAZING WOODS. BUSES LOADED WITH TROOPS RUSH INTO THE AREA. |
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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".
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SPEAKS BEFORE BATTERY OF MICROPHONES, CROWD IN B/G. "THE PRESENT REIGN OF TERROR, INTERNATIONAL REIGN OF LAWLESSNESS ......"."IT HAS NOW REACHED THE STAGE WHERE THE VERY FOUNDATIONS OF CIVILIZATION ARE
THREATENED". HE SPEAKS ABOUT WOMEN AND CHILDREN BEING RUTHLESSLY BOMBED FROM THE AIR. SUBMARINE ATTACKS ON SHIPS BY SUBMARINES IN TIMES OF SO-CALLED PEACE, ETC. |
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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 ...........". |
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SINO-JAPANESE WAR - ABOVE LS PAN HUGE BOMB EXPLOSIONS OVER CHINESE CITY SHANGHAI (?). MLS JAPANESE WARSHIPS BOMBARDING CHINA. MORE TREMENDOUS EXPLOSIONS IN CITY. BI-WING JAPANESE BOMBERS OVERHEAD, POV GROUND. MORE
EXPLOSIONS. ABOVE VIEW JAPANESE TROOPS CHARGING. |
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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. |
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REFUGEES BEING HELPED ACROSS BRIDGE INTO SAFETY BY BRITISH SOLDIERS. MLS CHINA FLAG STILL FLYING.
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ABOVE LS JAPANESE ATTACKING WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS WHERE CHINESE FIGHTERS ARE HOLDING OUR. JAPANESE SET FIRE TO BUILDINGS, BUT FIGHTERS STILL ESCAPE. LS JAPANESE UNITS TRYING TO STORM BUILDING, HAND GRENADE EXPLOSIONS, MACHINE GUN FIRE.
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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. |
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VARIOUS SHOTS JAPANESE TROOPS CHARGING THROUGH SMOLDERING RUINS OF
CHAPEI. VARIOUS SHOTS JAPANESE TROOPS ADVANCING IN DRIVE TO NANKING. |
16:17:18 1008 |
AMERICAN AMBASSADOR POSES AFTER ADVISING ALL AMERICANS TO LEAVE NANKING.
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MS LOWELL THOMAS REMEMBERS - "THE JAPANESE SAVAGE NANKING; JAPANESE PILOT
MACHINE GUNNED AND KILLED BRITISH AMBASSADOR .................". SPEAKS OF AMELIA EARHART, AMERICA'S SWEETHEART MARY PICKFORD, AND THE DARLING OF HOLLYWOOD, SHIRLEY TEMPLE. |
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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.
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16:18:05 1055 |
MS WITH TANKS, FILLED WITH GAS, TWO ENGINE PLANE (LOCKHEED ELECTRA 10E) READIES FOR TAKES OFF. LA PLANE TAKES OFF (R TO L) ON ILL-FATED FLIGHT.
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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. |
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SHIRLEY TEMPLE - MS SHIRLEY TEMPLE IS AWARDED GOLD CARD BEARING OFFICIAL
GREETINGS FROM CITY OF LOS ANGELES. SHIRLEY ACCEPTS CARD, THANKS OFFICIAL. |
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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.
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16:20:21 1191 |
LOWELL THOMAS REMEMBERS - FAMED PERSON THAT DIED (VANISHED FROM SCENE",
INCLUDING EMELIA EARHART (LOST OVER PACIFIC. BODY NEVER FOUND), JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, GEORGE GERSHWIN, MARCONI (INVENTOR OF RADIO). SPEAKS OF NEW KING AND QUEEN IN GREAT BRITAIN. TELLS OF CORONATION WHICH HE ATTENDED. |
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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. |
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LS KANG AND QUEEN APPEAR ON BALCONY OF PALACE, FOLLOWED BY OTHER MEMBERS OF ROYAL FAMILY. PAN 3 GENERATIONS OF ROYALTY.
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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. |
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LS THOMAS AND HIS TEAM "9 OLD MEN" POSE FOR GROUP SHOT. CU L0WELL THOMAS AND OTHER ON HIS TEAM INCLUDING DALKE CARNEGIE.
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MS OPPOSING TEAM "TEDDY ROOSEVELT ALL-STARS POSING FOR GROUP SHOT. INCLUDE YANKEE GREAT BABE RUTH POSING FOR GROUP SHOT.
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VARIOUS SHOTS GAME IN PROGRESS. MS BABE RUTH PITCHING SOFTBALL. MS LOWELL THOMAS AT BAT, HITS FOR 3 BAGGER., FOLLOWED BY COMIC ACTOR BERT LAHR, WHO HITS A SINGLE. VARIOUS SHOTS OTHER CELEBRITIES AT BAT.
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CARTOONIST RUBE GOLDBERG AT BAT, HITS AND RUNS TO 1ST BASE.
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MS BABE RUTH AT BAT, SWINGS AND MISSES, SWINGS AT TWO MORE AND MISSES. "MIGHTY CASEY (RUTH) HAS STRUCK OUT"
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