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Big Apple Dance Craze
Big Apple Dance Craze Think the 'twist' is brand new? What does that dance have that the 'big apple' didn't have 25 years ago. A group of people in a circle all dance the "big apple." Various shots of men and women dancing outdoors, wearing long dresses and suit coats.
New Foam Smothers Fires
New Foam Smothers Fires A new gas-foam preparation is pumped on fires by a jet engine. It puts it out fast enough and then floats in the air in a chemical phenomenon. Technician sets container of fuel on fire. Machine produces foam which creeps across the floor to the contained fire. Fire is smothered by foam, but in the process the foam becomes lightweight. Foam pieces float into the air.
Twenty Five Years Ago - Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini Benito Mussolini was riding the crest of his power as he's hailed by 50,000 women. 8 Years later he died in the hands of a lynch mob. Scenes of Mussolini waving from car as it passes camera. Crowds outside coliseum? Mussolini shouting from balcony. Massive crowd fills frame.
Twenty Five Years Ago - Roosevelt Wedding
Roosevelt Wedding The social event of the year was the wedding of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., And Ethel Dupont. The guest list read like a who's who. The President and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt are also in attendance. Reporters gathered outside. Cameras, newsreels. Nice shot of 5 newsreel cameras lined up with photo journalists flashing cameras seated on ground in front of them. Policeman also in shot. Bride getting out of car, wearing veil. Women assist bride up stairs. Low angle of Church. Bride and groom stand together smiling.
Twenty Five Years Ago - Delmar Racetrack
Delmar Racetrack Delmar racetrack (partly owned by Bing Crosby) was opened and interest in celebrities almost outran interest in the horses. Those present included Bob Burns holding binoculars, smiling at woman next to him. Pat O'Brien ? Robert Taylor seated next to Barbara Stanwyk wearing white hat and gloves. Bing Crosby seen smoking pipe, and Lee Tracy looking through binoculars. Crowds standing around before race. Pan horses during race.
Twenty Five Years Ago - Paddle-ball
Paddle-ball F a d s....We always have with us and 25 years-ago it was paddle-ball - a novelty that really never died. Line of children playing paddle-ball. CU man in uniform. Delivery man playing paddle-ball and trying to walk up steps. Two girls walk down street, while playing paddle-ball. Delivery man crossing street carrying large package, while playing paddle-ball.
A Former Commander Returns to Paris
A Former Commander Returns to Paris General Eisenhower is welcomed to NATO headquarters in Paris where he once directed the assault on Germany. Eisenhower exits car. People behind barricade look on, military officials salute. African-American (black) US soldier, who is military photographer takes pictures. Press, newsreel cameras, cameramen. Ike standing next to military official, photo op.
The Fine Art Of Diving
The Fine Art Of Diving German diving aces limber up on the trampoline before taking to the water for practice before a five-nation meet. Slow motion shots of man practicing on trampoline. Slow motion diving from board. Underwater shot as diver hits the water. Slow motion of a woman diver, performing a backwards dive off of board. Underwater, woman diver in water. POV from board, as male diver performs dive, nice water splash. WS swimming pool with diving board, divers. Slow motion of various divers performing.
Income Tax Cut: Kennedy Hopes to Spur Economy
Income Tax Cut: Kennedy Hopes to Spur Economy In an address to the nation, President Kennedy outlines the status quo of the economy of the United States, and his hopes for a cut in corporate and personal income taxes early in 1963. President Kennedy speaking from the Oval Office?
Reds Orbit Two Craft To Make Space History
Reds Orbit Two Craft To Make Space History The Russians chalk up another victory in the space race as they put two manned space craft into orbit within 24 hours of each other. Control room. POV climbing up above the clouds. Earth view from space. Model of earth, showing spaceships path, orbit. Man looking at graph, equipment. Large radar. Man in control room. Newspaper headlines. Daily News reads: "2 Reds Circle In Twin Orbits". Herald Tribune reads: "The Space Twosome, New Orbit Record - Craft Fly Close." New York Post "Spacemen Go On". Journal American "Red Spacemen Keep Going". Man in control room, watching monitors. CU TV monitor of astronaut. Crowd of people with arms raised, man clapping hands.
Happy Birthday To Herbert Hoover
Happy Birthday To Herbert Hoover Forty-five thousand well-wishers assembled at west branch, Iowa, for the dedication of the new Herbert Hoover Library, on the former President's 88th birthday. Banner - "Happy Birthday Mr. Hoover". Crowds gathered outside library. Interior view of library with state papers framed on wall, glass display case. Interior of office, small room cottage where Hoover grew up. Children holding American Flags. Former President Truman walking towards camera. Crowd of people, rising to their feet. Truman shakes hands with Hoover and makes his way to the podium. Crowd clapping. Hoover at podium, receiving service award and honorary degree.
The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
A huge air-sea search fails to find any clue to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and her navigator, who were lost in the Pacific. Amelia Earhart smiling at camera. Amelia loading her plane with gasoline? Plane taking off down runway. LS of plane flying. Aerial view of Aircraft Carrier at sea. POV from plane, looking back at aircraft carrier. I-T-17 planes in flight. CU of Amelia Earhart smiling.
North Pole Record
North Pole Record The Russian airmen were setting records 25 years ago, too. Three men set a new mark in flying over the north pole from Moscow to Los Angeles, California. Aerial view of cars parked in desert area. Aerial of plane and crowd below. MS crowd of people, men, women and children, gathered behind roped off area.
Heat Wave
Heat Wave The heat was setting a record and so were those who were thinking up goofy ways to beat the heat. They may not have beat the heat but they had fun trying. Kids splash around in a pool and play with park sprinklers. Boys jumping off short diving board, into pool. Large temperature gage, reads 102 degrees. Water showers, people cooling themselves off, under the showers.
Alonzo Stagg--100 Years Young
Alonzo Stagg--100 Years Young 'The grand old man' of football marks his 100th birthday as dinners are held in his honor from coast-to-coast. He gave up tennis in his 80's and stopped mowing his lawn when he was 98! Alonzo Stagg attends a dinner in his honor. Wife? seated next to him. Enormous birthday cake, with 100 written on it.
Arctic Rendezvous: Two U.S. Subs Meet at Pole
Arctic Rendezvous: Two U.S. Subs Meet at Pole The nuclear submarines 'skate' and 'sea dragon' surface in the arctic after a rendezvous under the polar ice-cap. One came from Hawaii and the other from Connecticut. They conducted unprecedented maneuvers that point the way to a new type of warfare that could be fought in the polar regions. Submarine above water, ice. Flag bearers, and crew, ceremony. Frogman jumps into frigid waters from submarine. Crews atop submarine.
Ice Show Opening
Ice Show Opening You can be sure that summer is on the way out - for the ice capades revue is on the way in.... Flashing blades and girls and clowns and girls and more girls make the end of summer easier to take. First appearance of a Japanese ice skater in a westernized ice capade show. Older crowd clapping. Skating pair, man lifts woman skater. Couple, precision skating, various moves. Crowd shot, energetic. Japanese male ice skater, performing, spins, takes bow. Pan audience, crowd clapping. Funny bit, where skater is swung around the ice on a rope, and is lifted high above the audience. Finale, skaters, all carrying American flags, skate towards camera. Patriotic.
FDR Names Supreme Court Judge
FDR Names Supreme Court Judge President Franklin D. Roosevelt named Hugo l. Black to the supreme court bench. Black is congratulated by men, Roosevelt is not present.
The Davis Cup
The Davis Cup, emblem of tennis supremacy, returned to the U.S. After the British had held it for 10 years. Men's doubles match in progress. Men holding up hand held film cameras. Two men seated on court, turn their heads back and forth, watching game. Davis Cup trophy.
Johnny Goodman Golf Champion
Johnny Goodman Johnny Goodman won the national amateur golf crown after nine vain tries. Crowd of people walk on green. Man putting ball in hole. Goodman accepting trophy, shaking hands.
Miss America Abdication
Miss America Abdication Miss New Jersey won the Miss America crown and immediately abdicated (relinquished her title) in favor of Miss Texas. Contestants. Miss Texas with trophy. CU Miss Texas smiling.
Deanna Durbin and Charlie McCarthy
Deanna Durbin and Charlie McCarthy Screen star Deanna Durbin was elected the 'Singer of the Year'. Deanna Durbin with Radio Guide award. CU Deanna Durbin smiling at camera. And Charlie McCarthy signed up to star in a feature movie. CU Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen. Skit with Charlie McCarthy saying, "Oh Mr. Rogers, there's going to be a part in this picture for Mr. Bergen too, isn't there?" Mr. Rogers replies, "Mr. Bergen? What can Mr. Bergen do?" Charlie McCarthy, says "Oh, He uh....You got me there, Rogers!". funny, comedy.
Troops Climb Alps In Test
Troops Climb Alps In Test In these days of nuclear warfare the French have given no thought to abandoning their Alpine troops. Groups of the men go through maneuvers on Mt. Blanc to prove their toughness as they climb to the peak with full back packs. Fifteen thousand feet up, with a view to enjoy - if they could! WS Alps, mountains. Men hiking up mountain. WS Mountain peak. Various aerial views of hikers climbing snowy mountain, spectacular views.
Turkey Farm
Turkey Farm The gobblers in Canada are heading for market with Thanksgiving Day on the way. Get ready to throw that diet out the window. Turkey farm. CU turkeys. Hundreds of turkeys on a live turkey farm, a man (turkey farmer) grabs one of the turkeys, presumably to kill it for food. Cut to the interior of a turkey packaging factory where women work along an assembly line wrapping up turkeys for shipment. Meat packaging.