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News in Brief: Netherlands Floods.
Dull in contrast and imagery, also some video flashes/glitches. News in Brief: Netherlands Floods. Amsterdam's costly floods, in which thousands of homes and small businesses are inundated by a breach in the great North Sea Canal with repair efforts hindered by the storms and savage weather that scourges the continent. POV shots from boat floating through flooded areas. Vehicles mostly submerged.
Diving Competition
Diving Competition Divers from nine nations practice in bad kissingen in a pre-Olympic warm up that spells stiff and graceful competition for America s hopefuls. trampoline.
The Kentucky Derby
Jumpy, flashing, rolling not clear in contrast and imagery The 74th running of the Kentucky Derby draws 100,000 racing fans to Churchill Downs. The turf classic of the year! It's a small field, only six entries, but a big thrill when the favored citation goes ahead in the stretch to win by 3 1/2 lengths. Coaltown is second and my request third. 'Citation' Wins The Derby.
President Truman: Says Family Unit is Basis of Government
Jumpy, flashing, out of focus in contrast and imagery Speaking before the National Conference of Family Life, the President says the problems requiring solutions include housing, health and social security, and sees the family unit as the basis for all government. President Harry Truman Addresses The People - Family Unit and the Government "We are interested in the security and the welfare of the family because that s the fundamental unit on which all governments are formed. Governments are formed for a purpose of being a service to the family as a unit, in our conception of what government ought to be. For that reason the welfare and security of the family is vital to every government in the world. We're short of housing. We're studying health programs we're working on an expansion of social security. All those things have their baring upon the family and upon the government of the United States. Upon your government. It is absolutely essential that we solve these problems just as our ancestors solved them."
News in Brief: Democratic Dinner
News in Brief: Democratic Dinner A $100-a-plate fundraising dinner gathers top Democratic luminaries, headed by Harry S. Truman, and spotlighting the four front-running presidential hopefuls, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson (seated between Jackie Kennedy and another woman, probably Lady Bird Johnson), Hubert Humphrey, and Stuart Symington. Attendees include Sam Rayburn, Governor Meyner of New Jersey, Dem party chairman Butler (?).
25 Years Ago: The Crime of the Century
25 Years Ago: The Crime of the Century The sensational trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the 'Crime of the Century' -- the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby. Moments of high and gripping drama as the bereaved parents confront Hauptmann from the witness stand - as the state draws its web of fatal evidence inexorably tighter, and finally, the raking cross-examination of Hauptmann by Attorney General Wilentz. A story that gripped and chilled the nation. Hauptmann and other men stand around a microphone. Crowds outside courthouse; woman climbs through window (of courthouse?). Jurors. Courtroom scenes. Charles Lindbergh on stand. Evidence - ladder, baby clothes. Anne Morrow Lindbergh on stand. Dr. Condon (?). Hauptmann on the stand (some glitches here). Judge (older Caucasian man) bangs gavel. Zoom in on still of electric chair.
Motion Pictures' Communion Breakfast
Motion Pictures' Communion Breakfast Following early mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral, members of the film industry in New York, from the rank and file to union leaders and high company executives, join in the traditional communion breakfast. Church spires. (Break in footage.) People enter church. Banquet hall with people seated at round tables. Cuts off abruptly.
Algeria Crisis: Insurgents Hold Fast, Await De Gaulle's Move
Image quality is not very good. Algeria Crisis: Insurgents Hold Fast, Await De Gaulle's Move "Algiers remains in a state of siege with thousands of insurgents behind street barricades in the heart of the city and army forces passive - their ultimate loyalty in doubt. Charles de Gaulle secures his position by arresting rightists in France itself, while both sides, and the world, await the next move in this major test of the Fifth Republic's authority." Men build barricade; looks like they're pulling bricks from the road to build it! Nighttime demonstration, people (mostly men) cheering or chanting. Soldiers climb onto truck. Soldiers walk through street.
Fashion Parade: Leather Fashions For Spring
Image quality is not the best. Fashion Parade: Leather Fashions For Spring Aboard a south-bound cruise ship, leather fashions for afternoon fun and chic but casual evenings are spotlighted for spring 1960. All are bright in color and light in spirit, comfortable, practical and eminently swank. Women model coats, bolero jacket with slim pants, casual spring wear with some type of vest.
Sports: Johansson Wins Hickock Belt.
Sports: Johansson Wins Hickock Belt. At the annual charity dinner in Rochester, New York, of sports writers and broadcasters, boxer Ingemar Johansson (alternate spelling for search purposes: Johannson) receives the $10,000 Hickock Belt as professional athlete of the year. MS Gene Fulmer and Carmen Basilio, looking like twins separated at birth (or maybe clones since one appears older) and all dressed up. Phil Rizzuto smiles. Johansson signs an autograph. White people in audience at banquet. S. Rae Hickock presents the award. The winner holds it up to show it off.
Sports: Monte Carlo Rally.
Sports: Monte Carlo Rally. Nearly a hundred cars start the grueling mountain run of the Monte Carlo rally, 357 miles of arduous driving over the winding, twisting, icy and treacherous roads. The winners, sweeping the first 3 places, are German teams. Night and day shots. Snow on ground, roads look icy. All sorts of views: POV out back window of other cars driving, subjective driver's POV through front windshield, sharp turns, etc. Dangerous. Interior view, gloved hands turn steering wheel. Comic shots (staged) of how the race interferes with life as cars squeal past barbershop, wedding ceremony, etc. Tilt up front grill to Mercedes Benz hood ornament.
Sports: Golden Gloves
Sports: Golden Gloves Golden Gloves sub-novice heavyweights in a series of full-steam-ahead slugfests at Sunnyside Gardens. More than solid knockout studs this sequence of pier six brawls in the squared circle, in which spirit and muscles make do for skill. Boxing, crowds. TKO. Boxer knocks mouthpiece out of opponent's mouth. C/As individuals in the crowd get excited, spectators urge the boxers on. Interesting men's fashion, haircuts [a few men look something like "greasers" with their hairstyle and jackets]. Some tough bouts and some knockouts. One boxer knocks opponent down flat, then walks back over as if to see if he's all right. Mix of Caucasian and African American athletes.
Revolt Fails: De Gaulle Triumphs in Algerian Crisis
Image quality is not the best. Revolt Fails: De Gaulle Triumphs in Algerian Crisis The uprising of right-wing Algerian settlers against Charles Degaulle's liberal policies ends after 8 days that shock the foundations of the Fifth Republic. Faced with an unyielding stand by De Gaulle, and an army loyal to the government, barricaded extremists capitulate. The crisis is over. Women give kisses to men at barricades. Sign, "Zone Francaise." Lots of soldiers stand around barricades. Huge crowds in the streets (orderly, no fighting; they seem just to be standing around).
News in Brief: Miss Chinatown, USA
Image quality is not the best. News in Brief: Miss Chinatown, USA "San Francisco's Chinatown launches the new year of the celestial calendar with a beauty contest of Oriental lovelies from all parts of the U.S.A. - including the deep south! The winner - pretty Carole Ng of San Francisco." Beauty pageant contestants parade in fitted dresses that show off their silhouettes, pose. Photographers snap away eagerly, audience (mainly Asian) watches. Winner sits on a throne and gets crowned by previous winner.
News in Brief: Escape Capsule Tested.
Image quality is not the best. News in Brief: Escape Capsule Tested. An Air Force volunteer rides a supersonic jet bomber's escape capsule for 72 frigid, storm-tossed hours in Lake Erie, and emerges from the cramped chamber in good physical shape, indicating solution of a new and vital survival problem. Men in wetsuits push a capsule through water. Men lift the capsule out of water and open it, revealing man inside. Man sitting on a bunk gets blood pressure cuff strapped on (medical examination). Airman waves to camera.
News in Brief: Into The Depths
Image quality is not the best. News in Brief: Into The Depths The Navy's bathyscaph, 'Trieste', surfaces after an historic descent into the 37,000 foot Mariana's Trench - the deepest hole in the earth's crust, and as remote and hostile as outer space itself. An epic feat of exploration. Ship at sea, hilly land in distant bg. Men working (?) on outside of partially submerged vessel.
Sports: National Speed Skating
Image quality is not the best. Sports: National Speed Skating. The national speed skating championships, including one all-out girls' event in which only one crosses the line standing up! In the major event, the amazing Ken Bartholomew wins his 14th title with a blazing last minute spurt. Women's speed skating on outdoor track; all competitors but the winner (Sylvia White?) fall down. Blooper. Spectators, bundled up for winter. Men's competition.
Sports: Compact Car Races
Sports: Compact Car Races On the oval and across the sports-car infield track at Daytona Beach, Florida, compact cars scorch along in a furious and grueling test. The winners come in at average speeds of 112 M.P.H., on the oval alone, and over 88 M.P.H. on the combination course. Man waves flag as cars start race. Various auto racing scenes. Winner, Marvin Panch, receives trophies.
Diving US Best Compete For Olympic Team
Jumpy, flashing, out of focus in contrast and imagery In pre-Olympic workouts for the games trials at flamingo pool, coach Fred Cady sends his pretty charges through their intricate high board paces. Lovely to look at and their form is lovely to watch. The comic clown winds things up on a miracle note.
Sec Marshall Appeals For UN Children
Shaky, dark in spots blurry in contrast and imagery Helping needy children abroad is both a humanitarian gesture and also in our national self interest, State Secretary George C. Marshall tells huge throng during 'crusade' rally at Madison Square Garden. State Secretary, George C. Marshall addresses the audience: "I'm sure that there's no one listening tonight who does not recognize the children whose bodies have been starved, warped are likely to develop if they survive into a generation of embittered adults. Our national interest as well as our humanitarian instinct demands that we do not permit this to happen. If we fail to do our part for the nourishment and care and normal development today of the children with whom our children will have to live tomorrow. We shall of failed in an statesmanship as well as humanity". - Applause
Sports: Records Topple At Millrose Games
Sports: Records Topple At Millrose Games Indoor track and field stars at the Millrose Games in New York City, including hurdler Hayes Jones and pole vaulter Don Bragg, are topped by the astronomic leap of high jumper John Thomas, who clears 7' 1 1/2" for a new world record. Lee Calhoun (?), in a hurdling race, hits one of the hurdles and falls face down. Ouch. Painful sports blooper. Athlete in Eastern Michigan outfit. Slow motion pole vault by Don Bragg, nice shot from right underneath, low angle view. Thomas does high jumps (filmed in slo-mo and regular speed).
Border Battle: Israel, Syria in New Clash
Border Battle: Israel, Syria in New Clash On the uneasy frontier between Israel and Syria, the largest military clash since the Sinai invasion. A series of border incidents is touched off by Israeli retaliation against shelling from a U.A.R. artillery battery in a supposedly demilitarized border zone. People on foot in funeral procession; soldiers marching (in the procession, it seems). View of barbed wire, landscape in background. Women and children walk in shallow trench or ditch; not sure what it's for, perhaps for hiding from projectiles. Men beside U.N. vehicle look through binoculars.
News in Brief: Algeria Cleans Up
News in Brief: Algeria Cleans Up Scenes of the actual surrender of Algeria's right-wing insurgents, who come out from their barricades led by Pierre Lagaillarde, 28-year-old ex-paratrooper. Many join the Foreign Legion. Meanwhile, the city falls to the task of clearing away mountains of cobblestones, and barbed wire entanglements. Men in uniform move through streets. Man wearing camouflage (Pierre Lagaillarde?) receives kisses on cheeks from another man. High angle people walk toward military vehicles; trucks drive through streets. Street scenes, pedestrians, window washer, one Muslim woman almost completely covered in clothing, cars, troops.
News in Brief: Japan Mine Disaster.
News in Brief: Japan Mine Disaster. At the Hokkaido colliery in Japan, scene of an underground gas explosion that killed 30 miners outright. Rescue teams bring up 20 survivors from the wrecked shaft. 10 more remain trapped below, behind a mass of rock. Men in helmets with lamps on them, wearing gear, enter mine. Worried-looking Japanese people wait. Men carry victim (survivor) away on stretcher.