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Sec. Snyder Opens Bond Buying Drive
Sec. Snyder Opens Bond Buying Drive Workers in the coming independence bond drive hear Secretary of the Treasury Snyder issue an appeal for Americans to invest in their country's future. "America's leaders in every field, business, aquiculture, labor have long regarded the savings bond program as a winning factor in the maintenance and preservation of this system of free enterprise. Gives every American Citizen an opportunity to actively participate in a system in a systematic program of TRIFT. Which not only insures future securities for himself and his family but gives him a stake in insuring the future security of his country." Audience applauds giving Secretary Treasure Snyder a stand ovation.
Mudders On Wheels
Mudders On Wheels Off road motorcycle racing. These bikers fling themselves around a swampy course at a rate that gives them a mud bath. There's a winner - but you can't recognize him. He's a short man who gives a muddy kiss to a pretty woman. She in return hands him a little trophy.
Hollywood Stars Baseball Team
Hollywood Stars Baseball Team On Opening day in 1950 (April Fool' Day), The Stars debuted shorts, knee-high socks and rayon T-shirts as their new uniforms. Gene Handley later recalled, "The nicest thing any of the other teams said to us was, "Hello, sweetheart." The Stars (or "Twinks," as the press called them) competed in the fabled Pacific Coast League, a professional baseball league which ruled the Western United States in the first half of the 20th Century. The last game was played at Gilmore field on September 5, 1957. The Hollywood Stars played professional baseball at Gilmore field, near Farmers Market in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles. The team was owned by "Brown Derby" restaurant owner Robert H. Cobb and movie stars Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby, Gene Autry, William Powell, George Raft, Barbara Stanwyk, Robert Taylor, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Harry Warner and even Cecil B. Demille.
Tanks Entrain In Record Time
Shaky, dull, dark in contrast and imagery Units of the 7th cavalry brigade (mechanized)-110 speedy combat cars and 48 half-track vehicles-leave for their Fort Knox base aboard 77 flat cars. The speedy 'iron horses' require only 17 minutes for the task!
Portugese Doctor Gets Nobel Prize
Portuguese Doctor Gets Nobel Peace Prize Dr. Egas Moniz receives the Nobel Prize in medicine for his advancement of brain surgery technique. Clip showcases Dr. Eges Moniz with a male patient with a bandage on his head. X-ray of the patients skull. Doctor in operating room and doctor seen receiving Nobel Peace Prize.
Joltin' Joe Signs
Joltin' Joe Signs Joe di Maggio signs on the dotted line of a contract that will net him a cool $100,000 for his coming season with the Yankees. Joe posing for a picture with a baseball bat in hand, baseball cap on head and a big smile on his face. In the background there's a picture of Yankee Stadium which Joe points out with his bat.
Golden Glovers Sling Leather
Golden Glovers Sling Leather: As usual, the pace is dizzy and the knockouts fast as amateur ring hopefuls hammer each other in preliminary bouts.
Who Said 'Weaker Sex'?
Who Said 'Weaker Sex'? When a couple of lady wrestlers go into their act, the term 'weaker sex' goes out the window. You never saw such razzle-dazzle in the wrestling ring, no holds barred.
Movies Hope For Excise Tax Cut
Movies Hope For Excise Tax Cut: A woman receives a thousand dollar check in appreciation for writing a poignant letter to the Movie Industries repealing excise taxes to the price of a movie ticket. Governor Fielding Wright presents the winning bond to the winner whose letter was judged best in the contest urging repeal of the excise taxes.
'Lone Star' Citrus Fiesta
'Lone Star' Citrus Fiesta: Colorful floats help launch the annual Citrus Fiesta, a gala jamboree of pretty lone star lassies in a lovely setting. Close up shot of the crowned King and Queen of the Citrus Fiesta.
29 Die! Cars Knifed in Half In Long Island Rail Crash:
29 Die! Cars Knifed in Half In Long Island Rail Crash: Scenes of death and terror in wake of worst railroad disaster in city's history. Twenty-nine are dead and hundreds injured as two Long Island railroad commuter trains crash head-on at night. The two front cars of the train are sheared in half by the impact. The rescue team remove the dead and the injured.
Downhill Skiing World Cup Title
Downhill Skiing World Cup Title: Zeno Colorado of Italy flashes home first to cup world title, during spectacular downhill meet marred by several spills. A very big smile on the face of the World Cup Downhill Skiing Champion.
Indians Pay Homage To Father Of The Nation
Indians Pay Homage To Father Of The Nation Millions of Hindus gather to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi on the second anniversary of death by an assassin's bullet. A replica of Gandhi carried on a personal platform carried by four religious barriers. Gandhi is holding staff in his right hand and his neck is draped in flowers. A crowd of religious believers are following the likeness of Gandhi and one man is playing some kind of Indian drum. Thousands of people gather to pay homage, respect and prayer to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi.
Boston's Second Tea Party
Boston's Second Tea Party Youngsters show their resentment at the 20 per cent theater tax by dumping stubs into the harbor, where their revolutionary ancestors once protested a tax. "Kill 20% Tax!", "Write Your Congressman Today - Kill The Movie Tax", "The Movie Tax Is Discriminatory - Kill It Now". The crowd is throwing up movie stubs in the air then they take a barrel of movie stubs and dump it in the Boston harbor. Protest signs are everywhere and so are the people of Boston.
Model Planes Fly High
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery - DOS Youthful aces get their craft off to colorful 'take-offs' in the largest miniature airplane meet in the south, with hundreds of small gasoline-powered planes performing with life-like precision as they zoom and circle as if under manual control. Winners are rewarded trophies.
Girls Go For The Water Bugs
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery The latest nautical rage among thrill-seekers at West Coast Beach Resorts is riding the 'Water-Bug', a small craft with a tiny motor and a 'whimsical' steering wheel. Head-on collisions and dizzy whirls as pretty girls stage a colorful regatta.
Millions Mourn Cardinal Hayes
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery - DOS Patrick Joseph Hayes, Archbishop of New York and Cardinal priest of the Roman Catholic Church, who died at 70 in his sleep at his summer home, is shown in various scenes during his long and noble career as Spiritual Head of millions. Cardinal Hayes says "Now these little children may grow up educated, to play their part in their developing a much better world. A world in which peace may reign and war is no more."
12 Die In Flood Disaster
Shaky, dull and dark in contrast and imagery In one of the most disastrous floods in the Dominion's history, a dozen persons lose their lives and scores are injured as raging torrents and mountainous landslides cause property damage close to a million dollars.
Stagehand Wins Turf Battle
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery, flickering 35,000 Racing fans at Narragansett Park see the Charles Howard colt uncork an amazing burst of speed in the homestretch and come from behind to beat Bull Lea by a thrilling length and capture a $25,000 special track stake.
Greentree Wins Polo Opener
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery - DOS 12,000 Spectators at the fashionable Meadow Brook Club see the pink-shirted Greentree Poloists turn back the Anglo-American Jaguars, 15-9, in the opening game of the national tourney. Tommy Hitchcock and Pete Bostwick star for the winners.
'Tigers' Star Grid Practice - Football Exercise
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery Determined to capture the Southern Conference title this year, 51 Louisiana State University. Players report for training under Coach Moore and undergo a stiff work-out. Passing practice is enlivened by a Negro 'Dodger' in true circus style (racism - black player is behind screen, his head is sticking out through the hole and players hit him with the ball). CU live tiger in cage, players seen pushing tiger cage on field.
Army Bombers Fly Through Canyons In Spectular Hop
Out of focus, blurry dull in contrast and imagery - DOS Spectacular scenes of planes of the 19th Bombardment group in a thrilling formation training flight over the dam and through the Grand Canyon. An impressive display of armed might aloft! Great shots of planes in flight, aerial view of shadowed silouettes flying over dam, pov from tail of plane, cameraman ?
105 Couples Wed In Spectacular Mass Ceremony
Shaky dull in contrast and imagery Dan Cupid's busiest day in years and he is helped by an Archbishop, Six Bishops and 104 Priests and a crowd of 25,000 persons. As 210 French Canadians say a mass 'I Do' in spectacular and unique outdoor nuptials. Montreal, Quebec Brides and grooms, priest during ceremony, clergy. Man placing ring on finger (blooper, he starts to place the ring on the wrong finger), happy couples kiss.
French Celebrate 150th Anniversary Of Bastile Day
Shaky, blurry dull in contrast and imagery - DOS Spectacular scenes as French and British troops, tanks and planes, display the armed might of the democratic allies on the 150th anniversary of the republic. An impressive answer to 'Axis' Threats! (Audio is in French)