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Rock 'n' Roll Teen Rodeo
Teen-agers from 14 states gather in Reno for the 8th National High School Championship Rodeo - and these Rock 'n' Roll Rodeo cowboys show there's nothing soft or sissified about the younger generation in a fast-paced spill and thrill session with steers and broncos. There are no money prizes they do it for the fun involved and a trophy - if they come out on top. Establishing shot - The first teenage boy comes out of the gate riding a brahma bull and the bull wins this time. MCUS - Second teenage boy and his bull jumps so high, for a split second all four hoofs are off the ground. MS - Clown comes running out with an umbrella to detour the bull. CUS - A little girl is sitting with her mom smiling and as the boy is bucked off the bull, she puts her hand on her forehead as to say, ouch! MS - Teenage boy comes out of the shoot, riding a bucking bronco. MS - Next few shots are pretty much of the same. All the bucking broncos win.
Water Ski Champs
At Cypress Gardens leading figures in water skiing champions all smile on dry land, right now. You can't keep these sea whizzes on land very long. The sea is their beat and on the sea their hard to beat. They show off the latest addition to their repertory of acrobatics. The guys do a two-in-one thriller, combining the jump with an aerial spin. Establishing shot - The champion skiers pose for the camera some with skis in hand. CUS - One of the guys takes the tow rope in hand on the pier and both the boat and him take off into the wild blue water. MLS - Ski boat pulls the skier on the water and over the ramp. MSOH - The ski boat pulls two guys on the water, up the ramps and they both do an aerial spin. Impressive.
It's Ike And Nixon
The Republican National Convention in San Francisco reaches a jubilant climax with the nomination of President Eisenhower as standard-bearer for the GOP. In the '56 Presidential Campaign, and Vice-President Nixon as his running mate. Tumultuous demonstrations on the floor of the cow palace follow the unanimous ballots. Establishing shot - A ticker tape parade down the business streets of San Francisco. MS - President Eisenhower standing up in the back of a convertible waving to all his political supporters. MSOH - Happy crowd, smiling and waving. MS - President Eisenhower, waving. Mamie holding a bouquet of flowers and his brother Milton standing in back of them with a big smile on his face. LLOH - Convention Hall with throngs of political supporters. MS - Banner hanging, 1856 - 1956 Prosperity. CUS - Republican political supporters. CUS - A daisy flower pin with Kansas written on it. MS - Congressman Joe Martin at the podium. MS - Political supports, holding signs with their state names written on them and the name Joe. MS - Former President Herbert Hoover is escorted to the rostrum. MS - Former Governor Thomas Dewy. MCU - Congressman Hallek nominating President Eisenhower for President. Congress man Hallek: "I now place in nomination the candidate of the Republican Party for President of the United States, the name of the most widely beloved, the most universally respected, the most profoundly dedicated man of our time, Dwight David Eisenhower". LLOH - Throngs of Republican supporters.
Zany Zoo News - Sneak preview of St. Louis Zoo's new show
Sneak preview of St. Louis Zoo's new show has 'em rocking with laughter, as baby elephants and cute chimps perform the tricks they learned during the winter. 'Capt. Roy' and his chimpanzee shipmates steal the show with amazing stunts. Establishing shot - A baby elephant wearing a tutu doing a hand stand. MLS - Audience applauding. CUS - Two little boys. CUS - Elephant on a bike. CUS - Little girls sitting on their mother's lap applauding MLS - Chimpanzee's on motorcycles. MS - Chimpanzees driving motorized boats. CUS - Chimpanzee being pulled by this motorized boat, driven by another chimpanzee, and pulling Capitan Roy on water skis made of roller skates.
Queen Mother At The University of London - Ball
Queen Mother Elizabeth leads the ball, following the award of degrees at the University of London. The queen is chancellor of the university. Over head shot of many people dancing. MCUOH - Queen Mother, Elizabeth dancing. OHCS - WJ Thomas and the Queen Mother dancing.
US Treasury Marks 15th Anniversary of Series E Bond
Film Star Jeff Chandler takes time off from acting chores to issue dramatic appeal for americans to buy bonds...To save for their, and their country's future. A hand holding a $100 savings bond. Camera pans up to the face of Jeff Chandler. "15 years ago in 1941. United States Government started selling Series E Defense Bonds. Those bonds were a mighty good investment when our courntry was in trouble. Since the war the Treasury has continued to selling E Bonds. A lot of us has continued buying them. Their price for anyone who wants to save can afford to. That's why we call them 'Savings Bonds'. Save and earn money too. Besides being a kind of insurance for the nations welfare. US Savings Bonds give back $4 for every $3. I invest in them I hope you do too. Lets all buy even more Savings Bonds this year, their 15th annversary.
Cyprus Riots: Island Aflame After Hanging Of Patriots
Latest pictures from the Mediterranean island where the British are striving desperately to preserve law and order. The hanging of two Cypriot rebels brings on renewed violence, and British troops are hard pressed to retain control. Establishing shot - Greek flag blowing in the wind and a bell tower. MCUS - Greek soldier inspects a carriage with a baby. MLS - Greek soldiers running in the streets. Their all carrying rifles in their hands. MLS - A young boy throwing a bottle at the soldiers who take cover from a building. MS - A soldier who's carrying a riffle throws the bottle back at the boy. MS - Troops are throwing tear gas. MS - Soldiers searching houses. MCUS - A round up of rioters. MCUS - Soldiers patting down a man. MS - Soldiers marching rioters to jail.
Indonesian Chief Gets US Welcome
It's a warm welcome for pres. Sukarno of Indonesia, arriving for an 18-day goodwill tour. Pres. Eisenhower walks down white house steps to receive visitor in effusive welcome. American says Welcome in a big way to President Sukarno of Indonesia. The 54 year old chief of state is on a 18-day goodwill tour. Establishing shot - President Sukarno of Indonesia disembarking from plane and he is greeted by Vice-President Nixon and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. MCUS - Press photographers. CUS - Vice-President Nixon and President Sukarno smiling. MS - Vice- President Nixon and President riding in a convertible and they pull up to the White House. MS - Little children holding up a banner welcoming President Sukarno. President Eisenhower walks down the steps down to three car offering his hand in friendship. Standing between President Sukarno and President Eisenhower 12-year old G nter Sukarno is shaking hands with President Eisenhower.
3000 Brooklyn Orphans Have Gala Day At The Shore
Shaky dull in contrast and imagery Brooklyn orphans get a break when their annual trip to the beach falls on the hottest day of the year. Colorful and amusing scenes mark the gala day of ice cream cones, surf bathing and sunburn.
Exercise Drills Held
Shaky dull in contrast and imagery - DOS Hundreds of children of the civic-military institute stage impressive exercises at the tropical stadium, as well as precision drills and formation of famous names, including, of course, that of Col. Batista.
Pres. Roosevelt Enters Political Fight In Georgia
Shaky dull in contrast and imagery - DOS President Roosevelt takes a hand in the senatorial primary fight, backing Camp, new deal candidate, against George, as the start of his 'purge' of anti-new deal democrats in the south. President Roosevelt's endorsement for Lawrence Camp in the state of Georgia. Audio is good. "The past is not measured in a case of an individual by every vote on every bill, of course not. The past lies rather in the answer to two questions. First - Has a record of a candidate shown while differing perhaps in details a constant active fighting attitude in favor of the broad objective of the party and the government as they are constituted today, and secondly. Does the candidate really respond deep down his heart believe in those objectives. And I regret that in the case of my friend, senator George. I cannot honestly answer either of those questions in the affirmative. Therefore answering the request that have come to me from many leading citizens of Georgia that I make my position clear. I have no hesitation in saying that if I were able to vote in the September primary in this state, I most assuredly would cast my ballot for Lawrence Camp".
Doug Flies 'Wrong-Way' Plane
Shaky dull in contrast and imagery - DOS Doug Corrigan, famed 'East is West' flier who landed in Ireland by mistake, takes his equally famous $900, 9-year-old ship for a test flight around the field, the first since his spochal hop.
International Jumping Meet
Curtain raiser to Olympic equestrian meet in Sweden is an International Jumping Meet outside Rome. Teams from six nations send spectator hearts skipping, with daring and graceful rides. Establishing shot - Equestrian jumpers from six countries parade around the ring. MS - One of the horsemen's horse stops short of the jump and he goes sailing over the top of the horse. MS - Capitan of the Italian team puts on a flawless performance. Sports enthusiast in the background applauding his performance. CUS - The awards. Cups and trophy s. MS- Winner of the event receiving congratulations from the President of Italy and other spectators.
Armed Forces Display US Might On Observance Day
The United States flexes a few muscles, as it unveils its new Redstone Guided Missile at Selfridge Field, Michigan. And shows how fast an enemy bomber could be destroyed off the coast of Florida. Also a carrier pilot skids off the flight deck of the USS. Essex off San Diego. Aerial shot - Selfridge Field, Michigan. Planes, rocket and people. MS - People queue in line to go inside a plane. CUS - US Army Redstone Guided Missile. Ground to air - Jets fly in formation. Aerial shot from Florida - Destruction of a B-17 bomber by rockets. MCUS - A crash landing of a jet on the deck of an aircraft carrier. It skids across the flight deck and then plunges into the sea. The pilot of the plane was unhurt and pulled out of the sea by helicopter and delivered aboard the carrier off the coast of San Diego, California.
The Preakness - Racing News
At Pimlico, Maryland, It's Fabius who beats Needles to walk off with fame and glory in the Preakness Stakes. Fabius trailed Needles in the derby but got his revenge here. Pimlico, Maryland Race track employee blowing his trumpet. LS - Sports fans. MS - Jockeys and horses walking the race track. MS - Needles the favorite horse. MS - The racing gates open and the horses are off and running. CUS - Racing fans. MLS - Horses are racing on the track and Fabius is the winner and Needles comes in second. CUS - Man in the crowd tossing kisses to Fabius. CUS - Jockey kissing Fabius on his nose.
New Money Winner - Nashua
Nashua becomes the leading money winner of all time by winning the Camden stakes. Victory boosts the bay colt's well over the million mark, eclipsing Citation's old mark. Establishing shot - At Garden State Park Nashua has his picture taken before going on a romp. MS - Eddie Arcaro mounts his steed. MS - Racing fans cheering on the horses. MLS - Horses running down the track. Nashua wins by two lengths. CUS - Horse racing fans some happy some not. MS - Eddie Arcaro and Nashua walking into the winners circle. MCUS - Nashua walked in front of the fans with no saddle.
H-Bomb Blast: Exploded At 15,000 Feet Over Pacific
An unholy radiance that outshines 500 suns blazes over the Pacific as America's first h-bomb is detonated 15,000 feet over the sea, after being dropped from a b-52 jet bomber. The full story of the vast scientific armada that set off the h-bomb is shown, from earliest phases to the comprehensive observations made of the epochal blast. Establishing shot - Aerial shot of Bikini Island in the South Pacific. MS - Military personal operating a radar disk. Air to air - The plane that will deploy the H-Bomb. Air to sea - Military ship. CUS - Sailors pushing over a device that looks like a small sail boat. MCUS - Trace rockets pointed to the sky. MCUS - Admiral B Hall Hen Lund. CUS The Airforce men that will carry out the mission on the B-52.. MCUS - Military men putting down instruments to measure heat and radiation. CUS - Some of the controls used in H-Bomb testing. Aerial shot - Bomb drop site, looks like a big bulls eye. Inside cockpit of a weather plane. Aerial shot - The big mushroom cloud of the H-Bomb. MLS - Sky darkens and the mushroom cloud is glowing.
Cheaper By The Score
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Whyte of Ontario are mama and daddy to end them all. Not content with 5 children of their own, they have taken 52 more under their wing and things are pretty crowded. But all that is being remedied with aid of friends and builders who are pitching in to help out. Establishing shot - Mr. and Mrs. Whyte of Canada, Ontario. MLS - The Whytes and their family. Camera panning - Babies in their cribs all are awake. MS - Workmen working on Mr. and Mrs. Bert Whyte's house. OHMS - Cement finishers mixing cement. MS - Drywall men working inside the house. MS - Children queue up for use of the out-house. MS - Mrs. Whyte hanging laundry. LS - All the laundered sheets and towels. MS - Children who are big enough to pitch in peeling vegetables. CUS - Vegetables in baskets. MS - One of the older children, a girl, ringing the dinner bell. The kids running into the house. MS - Tables set up and children sitting and eating their dinner.
Colombia Methuselah
Four feet, four inches tall, Javier Periera of Colombia, arrives with the claim that he is 167 years old. He will undergo medical examination and doctors say that if he is a mere 120, he will still be the oldest of us. Javier Periera of Colombia disembarking from a plane. MS - Crowd gather to welcome Javier to the United States. MLS - Javier walking down the plane stairs, slowly. MLS - Javier at a press conference.
Japanese High Style
Japanese splendor in fabrics and opulence are adapted to the use of the occident. They're exotic, these creations, and they give the western miss an aura of mystery. Establishing shot - A Japanese woman walking down a New York City street in a dress insoired by Japanese Kimono. MCUS - The lady turns around and it turns out to be a striking fashionable evening gown with a large bow around her waist, gold and white brocade. CUS - Silver and white brocade full length coat and a luxurious beautiful dress underneath. The dress is an orange hand knit sheet with tiny silver moons. MS - Model looking down on a New York City street, she wearing a Coolie picture hat. CUS - Model is wearing a beautiful silver and white brocade gown inspired by Kimono. CUS - A beach ensemble, a two piece gold lame suit with a picture made of straw. (exotic, east meets west)
Dutch Traffic Problem And Surveillance
The Dutch, even as we, have their traffic violator problem. But they are using the all-seeing eye of the camera to nail the wrong-doer in his tracks. They can't talk their way out of the picture. Establishing shot - A new patrol car that has everything is show-cased. POV - Patrol car driving down the road and your looking out the front window of the car. MS - A snap shot of a car in violating a law. They also have the license number of the vehicle. POV - The drivers side of the car and the car in front committing a driving infraction. MS - A police officer speaking with a traffic offender. He pleads his innocence until he's shown the pictures.
Meet The Drake The Amphibius Truck
Unstoppable amphibian is the army's newest land-or-sea vehicle, the Drake. Big brother to the old duck, the new amphibian has twin screws, eight-wheels, an enclosed aluminum hull, and tires whose pressure automatically varies to suit the terrain. An amazing exhibition shows that the drake can go anywhere! Establishing shot - Meet the Drake the army's newest amphibious truck, it drives out of the water and climbs up a steep incline. CUS - The tires they inflate and deflate in accordance with the terrain. CUS - Two propellers descend from the Drake and the Drake drives into some rough sea. Aerial shot - The Drake is riding a roller back into shore.
Horses For Ike
A rainy day is brightened for Ike at his Gettysburg farm, when he receives two steeds, complete with hand-tooled saddles, from Lester Goodson, President of the Texas Quarter Horse Association. One is for the president, the other, a new mount for grandson David. Establishing shot - President Eisenhower walking with Lester Goodson at his Gettysburg Farm, rainy day. CUS - Horse handler, and the two steeds he received as gifts from Lester Goodson. MS - President Eisenhower with Lester Goodson. CUS - Horse with a beautiful hand tooled saddle. MS - News photographers with their cameras. CUS - President Eisenhower holding affectionately the head of the horse. MS - President Eisenhower walking his new horse back to the stables.
Dutch Frogmen In Training
Dutch frogmen train in rugged, realistic maneuvers, that dramatically demonstrates the combat capabilities of the small but staunch royal Dutch navy. Dropped from helicopters, and high speed mosquito boats, frogmen blast underwater targets, and are picked up at racing speed! Establishing shot - A helicopter is dropping into the ocean and their in the water with just their heads showing. MS - Other frogmen are on a good size boat jumping in. They jump out of the boat on to a rubber raft that's tied on to the boat and then into the water. CUS - Frogman in muggy water hammering something. MS - A charge going off under the water explodes and shoots water into the air. CUS - The boat is traveling at a pretty fast speed picking up the frogmen.