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Long Island -Sports Cars In Cup Race
Speed and suspense during the 100-mile speed classic in Suffolk County. Hay bales pack turns where skidding autos peril watching spectators. Tommy Cole of London repeats 1950 victory. CUS - Twenty soup-up sports cars lined up MLS - Crowds milling around in the back drop MLS - The sports car official waves on to the drivers of the cars to get the race started MLS - Cars are traveling full speed down the country roads with crowds of people lining the streets MCUS - Racing official waves the racing flag and Tommy Cole of London is the victor maintaining a speed of 87miles per hour and sometimes reaching speeds of 100 mph plus
Sports. Hogan Wins Open.
Blazing Ben Hogan puts on an historic finish in his final round to take his third U.S. Open title. (51st US OPEN) Scenes includes gallery (crowd of golf spectators) turning heads in unison to watch ball; man hitting ball out of sand trap; ball rolling close to hole but missing; crowd celebrating Hogan's putt. Hogan and another man pose with trophy cup. Establishing shot - Bobby Locke of South Africa teeing off, crowd standing behind him. CUS - Lloyd Megrim tees off. MS - Ben Hogan swinging at a golf ball. High Angle Shot - Golf enthusiast following the golfers on golf course. MS - Jimmy Demerit hits his ball out of the sand pit and misses a birdie by inches, he putts and sinks the golf ball into the hole. MS - Ben Hogan sinks the winning shot at the 51st US Open. The crowd gives him a round of applause. CUS - Ben Hogan with his US Open trophy and a big smile.
Sports. Wisconsin Wins College Regatta.
Upsetting a thirteen-year-old stranglehold by Washington and California, Wisconsin Badgers win the turbulent two-mile course, with the Huskies and Princeton coming in next, in that order. Rowing competition on the Ohio River. LS of sinking boats. Small crowds of spectators watch, including young women with binoculars. Men from one team toss their teammate into the water (prank, joke). Establishing shot - Regatta team members putting their long boat into the water. Wide Angle Shot - Regatta team members racing their long boats on the Ohio River. Low Angle Shot - Crowd of people watching the race. Medium Long Shot - One of the long boat's with team members sinking. MS - Crowd of regatta sports enthusiast watching the race from bleachers. LS - You can hardly see the racing long boats. MS - Team members throwing one of their team mates into the water, this is how they celebrate a win.
Citizen Army. New Law Basis for Universal Training.
Pres. Truman signs the Selective Service Bill into law a new bill lowering the draft age from 19 to 18 1/2 and establishing the basis for U.M.T.-Universal Military Training. Defense Secretary Marshall praises the new law as strengthening America's hand in the fight for peace. Interior White House; President Harry S. Truman signs document while others look on and flashbulbs pop. MS document with signatures. Truman shakes hands with Secretary George Marshall and gives him pen. Exterior; Marshall speaks at microphones for press conference (Nat sound), emphasizes military strength but goal of keeping peace. Establishing shot - President Truman signing the Selective Service Bill. CUS - The Documents. MS - President Truman shaking hands and then presents the pen to Secretary of Defense Marshall. Secretary of Defense, George Marshall: "Signing by the President a few minutes ago of the Universal Military Training and Service Law, represents a step of great historic significance. It will enable us to face the uncertainties of an explosive International situation, with the knowledge that we can be strong militarily without having to imperil our security economically. No matter how long the present world tension may continues, and it will permit us there after to continue strong militarily, in keeping with our great purpose of promoting the peace of the world".
News In Brief. Washington, D.C., Pres. Plaza Of Ecuador.
Pres. Truman welcomes the President of Ecuador back to the States. President Galo Plaza Lasso deplanes and shakes hands with Truman. The two walk past a line of men in uniform. Ceremony, "District Commissioner Donahue" (?) gives Pres. Plaza keys to the city. Motorcycle escort, motorcade. Establishing shot - President Galo Plaza Lasso disembarking from a United States Air Force plane, stops and shakes hands with President Truman. MS - US Military standing for a Drill of Inspection. MS - District Commissioner Donahue presenting the keys to the city to President Galo Plaza Lasso. MS - Sign hung on a street light welcoming President Galo Plaza Lasso. MS - A police motorcycle escort ride in state to Blair House.
Governor Asks Civil Defense Volunteers
Governor Asks Civil Defense Volunteers Maryland Governor Theodore McKeldin appeals for volunteers for the state's civil defense program. He sits at a desk and speaks earnestly to the camera; his accent is a little unusual. He appeals on the basis of patriotism and tells cinema viewers that they can pick up application forms in the lobby of the theater. "You are needed now!" A Cold War version of "Uncle Sam Wants You."
Crusade For Freedom
Crusade For Freedom Ronald Reagan of Hollywood tells how Radio Free Europe has pierced the iron curtain and appeals for help to keep it operating. Shot opens with Ron sitting at a desk, foreshadowing future addresses from the Oval Office. B-roll about Radio Free Europe. "Freedom Bell" ringing. VS radio towers. VS men ostensibly operating radio transmission equipment. VS middle-aged men (broadcaster, narrator, actor, newsman, reporter, announcer) reading from script into large microphone (mic says "RFE"). Nice shot that could pass for film noir atmosphere: over the shoulder shot of man writing a letter, a hat and ashtray with cigarette on the desk before him, the man's face mysteriously shadowed. General Lucius D. Clay(?) speaks into microphones before large crowd. Animated map shows radio towers with "radio signals" broadcasting across Europe and into the Soviet Union; another map shows radio waves penetrating China. Reagan urges viewers to send contributions, and he hold up a giant envelope with the mailing address on it. [This has got to be a classic of American Cold War propaganda.]
Sports: Los Angeles, The Sheriff's Rodeo.
Sports: Los Angeles, The Sheriff's Rodeo. 98,000 jam the Memorial Coliseum for the big rodeo jamboree of the year, and witness exciting spectacle of cowboys versus bronchos (broncos) and bulls in Wild West tradition. Parade of people on horses (and little people standing on tiny ponies) past large stadium crowd. VS rodeo. Funny: one bucking horse, rider still on it, makes its way back into the gate or corral area where they usually start, which causes cowboys to scatter to safety. Rodeo clown rolls a barrel to tease (play with) one bull, who head-butts the barrel.
News in Brief: Puerto Rico Sugar Crop.
1951 Is a bonanza year for Puerto Rico sugar. A helicopter takes us for an inspection trip in the fields, and huge refineries where the bumper crop is processed into sugar. Footage of helicopter blowing stalks in the air (one shot seems POV from copter). Men harvest sugar with machetes. Aerial shot (and others) of refinery. Man working in a sugar cane field with a helicopter flying over him inspecting the fields. MS - When the helicopter lands in the field it throws the sugar cane all over the place. MS - Men cutting down the sugar cane at a very fast pace. MS - A small train transporting the cane out of the field. MS - Man working in a pile of refined sugar.
SEA SCOUTS Sea scouts in pageant in West Kirby.
SEA SCOUTS Sea scouts in pageant in West Kirby. Sea Scouts hold a big water show for an audience Opens w/ shot of some spectators; inc. old man in Scout leader uniform; water in background possibly they & camera are all on a boat. Pan up looking out to water. A few rafts or small barges are disguised as islands w/ fake palm trees; etc. Shore in distance with more spectators. Boys row 2-person kayaks in races. Boys also perform a pageant with a sort of nautical theme. Includes pirate ship with a man forced to walk the plank. A wild "native" ceremony on island with boys dressed in grass skirts and dancing around. A mysterious sea monster like a giant snake swims toward an island. Cruel taskmaster whips galley slaves to make them row faster.
Flood Disaster: Kansas and Missouri Damage Hits Billion
Flood Disaster: Kansas and Missouri Damage Hits Billion This flooded and fire-stricken city plans for re-building and rejuvenation after days of terror. Burning oil tanks added fuel to the flames of terror of rampaging flood waters that inundated large areas of the city. In other Midwest cities, swirling floods take terrible toll. The damage in Kansas and Missouri runs close to the billion dollar mark. Dramatic pictures. Cars drive through flooded area. People help elderly victims and children; one older woman falls into the water and seems pulled a bit by the current. National Guard. Wow - very high flood waters in residential and business districts, with swift currents pushing debris, cars, rowboats, etc. Dangerous.
Truce Talks: U.N. Wins Admission of Newsmen to Parleys
Truce Talks: U.N. Wins Admission of Newsmen to Parleys Bowing to Gen. Ridgway's demands that Kaesong be cleared of all armed troops and that United Nations newsmen be allowed to attend truce parleys, the cease-fire talks get underway once again. Hopes of speedy truce rise as new talks begin. Meanwhile, patrol action along the front goes on. The war is not over yet. Convoy of jeeps; armed Korean men stand guard. Men enter building. Korean woman offers some sort of food to Caucasian troops. Men exit building.
Prime Minster of Israel Ben Gurion Visits Einstein In Princeton, NJ
A newsworthy meeting, between David Ben-Gurion, the visiting prime minister of Israel, and Albert Einstein, the great scientist whose physics formula led the way to the atom bomb. Prime Minister Ben Gurion getting out of a shoffered limo CUS - Albert Einstein and David BenGurion shaking hands CUS - Einstein and Ben Gurion sitting down on a bench
Holland Honors The Men Who Sacrificed Their Lives
Dramatic scenes of remembrance in the Netherlands. Period of silence marks day of memorial for heroes of the Resistance Movement who give their lives to free Dutch from Nazi yoke. Holland's countryside where throngs of people take part in a procession CUS - A flame honoring the men who sacrificed their lives in WW II MCUS - Two silhouettes of crosses on a hill MOHS - Streets of Holland at a standstill in deep silence to pay their respects to those who sacrificed their lives MLS - Dedication of a monument to the men and women in the Resistance Movement MS - Of the crowd MLS - Unveiling of the monument
Risky Business Timber Toppers Sway Between Sky And Earth
Timber topping to riding down a flume on a log, it's all part of the thrills for the hardy woodsmen who bring out our big timber. Risky business, and plenty of excitement for the spectator. MLS - Lumberjack in a fir tree cutting off the side branches Ground up - The tree is moving around as the lumber jack tops it, tree is swaying all over the place MLS - The lumberjack is sitting right on top of the tree MLS - Lumberjack climbing down from the tree MLS - Lumberjack riding a flume on a piece of lumber CU - Camera is place in back of the lumber riding the flume CUS - At the end of the flume the logs roll into the lake
Virginia Military Institute Pays Tribute George Marshall
Cadets of the Virginia military institute parade in tribute to one of the school's famous graduates, Gen George C Marshall, Secretary Of Defense, who has served his country 50 years. MCUS - Cadets in Lexington, Virginia Military Institute pay tribute to General George C Marshall MCUS - Cadets standing at attention with rifles in hand, they are dressed like toy soldiers CUS - Gov. John S Battle presents General George C Marshall with Virginia's Distinguished Medal CUS - Gov. John Battle and General George Marshall walking past the soldiers standing at attention
Dewey Returns: Calls For Firm and United Asia Policy.
Dewey Returns: Calls For Firm and United Asia Policy. Governor Thomas Dewey returns after a two-month tour of the Far East and issues a stern warning that firm policy in Asia must be adopted if world war three is to be avoided. Night, Dewey smiling at his wife (?) and son (?). Dewey speaks into microphones at press conference (nat sound, SOF). He speaks of the importance of not having a vacuum in Asia (that would be filled by Communists).
News in Brief: California, Helicopter Lands On Hospital Ship
News in Brief: California, Helicopter Lands On Hospital Ship Landing as lightly as a feather on the hospital ship Consolation, a helicopter transfers a wounded man to the mercy ship in record time. Ground to air helicopter. POV shots from 'copter as it approaches ship with big (presumably red) cross on deck. Medical evacuation helicopter lands. Sailors remove "wounded victim" in bandages from helicopter. Medivac, Medevac.
Sports: Service Football.
Sports: Service Football. Coach Earl "Red" Blaik fields an almost brand new squad for football training and begins a reconstruction job. The prospective players run on West Point campus (US Military Academy), exercise, drill with Blaik present. At Annapolis (Naval Academy) Eddie Erdelatz has a somewhat easier job with a promising lineup. Navy football players pose for camera with numbers/letters on their helmets reading "1951 NAVY". Then the team runs toward camera. Players tackle dummies, run through other training drills.
Sports: Germany, Gymnastic Gems.
Sports: Germany, Gymnastic Gems. Star (male) gymnasts of Germany and Switzerland put on a breathtaking performance on the horse, parallel bars and horizontal bars. Gymnast "sticks" his landing.
Preakness Bold, Arcaro Up, Wins Seventy-Fifth Running
It's a small field but big thrills for jubilee running of the famed Preakness stakes, with Brookmeade stable's 'Bold,' with Eddie Arcaro Up, romping home by seven lengths to win rich purse. Establishing shot - People at the race track CUS - Alfred Vanderbilt CUS - Baseballs, Larry McNeal CUS - J Edgar Hoover MLS - Horses walking towards the starting gate MLS - Horses take off from the starting gate MLS - Bold is two lengths to the good and he wins No 5
Texas Tornado Takes Toll
Scenes of devastation in wake of freak twister that struck Texas town, luckily while children were still in school and most residents in storm cellars. Debris is literally wrapped around trees. Establishing shot - Complete destruction of buildings, a part of a roof Panning shot - What's left of a building, a door jam and part of a wall CUS - A smash up truck due to a falling building MCUS - A car MCUS - Part of a standing wall MCUS - Parts of fenders in a tree MCUS - Twisted metal on a telephone pole MCUS - Four women checking out what's left in a refrigerator that's been flung about MCUS - Part of a house MCUS - A woman and her dog on the roof that's landed in her front yard MCUS - Flattened building
Personalities - J Arthur Rank British Film Magnate
The 'Queen Elizabeth' brings j. Arthur Rank and Mrs. Rank for a visit in this country. The British film executive was delayed twelve hours by fog. Establishing shot - Luxury liner, Queen Elizabeth docks with a passenger list of celebrities MCUS - J Arthur Rank coming down the gang plank MCUS - Mr. and Mrs. Rank stand at the microphone (Mr. Rank comments - "Means a lot to be in America again. I'm looking forward to seeing all my friends. It's been a slow trip up the river but it's good to be here again")
Israel Leader On Coast, David Ben Gurion
David Ben-Gurion, the Prime Minister of Israel and the Infant Palestine republic, gets a warm welcome as he and his wife arrive on the coast. An honor guard and a enthusiastic crowd gather to greet his arrival. Establishing shot - Ben-Gurion getting off the plane coming down the entry stairs with his wife MCUS - Banner reading, Welcome David Ben-Gurion OHS - Mr. and Mrs. Ben-Gurion and other dignitaries walking away from the plane OHCUS - Throngs of people greeting, and applauding Ben-Gurion MCUS - Aviation school, pilots lined up standing at attention as Ben-Gurion is giving his inspection MCUS - Ben-Gurion speaking with some of the pilots. One hands him a book containing pictures and their planned activities