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Labor Merger: AFL And CIO Join Forces
After twenty years apart, the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge to become the AFOL. C.I.O., The world's largest free labor organization, with 16 million members. Delegates hail new leaders, president George Meany and Vice-President Walter Reuther. Throngs of labor stewards and labor heads sitting at long tables with signs on the table stating who their filleted with. All Trades - All Crafts - All Creeds - Together. CUS - Some of the Labor People and who their representing. Delegate representing, Theatrical Employees. Walter Reuther and CIO President, George Many declare the meeting open to thunderous applause. Audience standing applauding, mostly men. Walter Reuther nominates George Meany as President. From his Gettysburg office President Eisenhower is among the first to congratulate them President Eisenhower sitting behind a desk addresses Labor, "In your new national organization as well as in your many constitute organizations. You have a great opportunity of making your meeting the worlds most effective exhibit of Democratic processes. In those meetings the rights of minorities holding different social, economic and political views. Must be scrupulously protected and their views accurately reflected. In this way, as American citizens you will help the Republic correct the faulty. Fortify the good, build stoutly for the future, and reinforce their most cherished freedoms of each individual citizen". Closing shot the audience standing and applauding.
Eden Arrives: Hails Ike Rebuff Of Russian Pact
Sir Anthony Eden arrives in New York enrooted to Washington. A large section of the press is on hand and in reply to questions, the Prime Minister hails President Eisenhower's rejection of Russia s proposed friendship treaty. His talks in Washington will continue four days. MCUS - Sir Anthony Eden being interviewed by the press. MCUS - Photographers. CUS - Profile of Sir Anthony Eden. MS - News men taking notes. MS - Sir Anthony Eden waving at the press.
Freak Fire Wrecks Plant
A freak blaze caused by a flood in an auto plant spreads to a fuel depot and endangers an entire waterfront. Firemen, in constant danger, tackle a job that lasts almost a whole day as one after another of the fuel storage tanks explode. This spectacular blaze cost over one million in damage. POV - Passenger side of a moving car. MS - Bellowing smoke and firefighters. MCUS - Firefighters. CUS - Bellowing smoke. MS - Firefighters standing on a sea wall fighting the fire. MS - Firemen fighting the fire standing in four feet of water. MS - Firemen standing in water up to their waist fighting the fire with fire hoses. MS - Palets surrounded by water, spots of fire and bellowing smoke.
Ultimate Do-It-Yourself Project 16 Year Old Inventor
Home-made robot does chores for its sixteen-year-old inventor, Kirk Golden, an Oakland, California., High school student. Arthur the automaton is the second robot he's built, capable of moving and hosing down the lawn, and prankishly squirting curious onlookers. Establishing shot - Arthur the robot leaving bedroom. CUS - Teenage boy sitting at his desk operating the remote controls to the robot. CUS - Kirk and Arthur shaking hands. MCUS - Kirk and Arthur cutting the grass. MCUS - Arthur, the robot sprinkling the grass. MCUS - Young school age kids watching Arthur and Kirk are getting sprinkled by the robot. CUS - Boys wiping the water from their cloths, one looks like the Beaver. CUS - The Inventor - Kirk Golden and the robot moving towards the camera. Closing shot.
Rams Win To Hold West Lead
The Baltimore Colts versus the LA Rams, with 37,000 fans braving wintry weather to see the western conference leaders fight to hold their slim edge. It's touch and go, with the colts moving to the lead in the 4th period, sparked by Alan Ameche. But Tank Younger torpedoes the colts as the rams roar back to a 20-14 victory. Establishing shot - Quarterback passes the ball to the running back and he carries the ball past the 35 yard mark. CUS - Throngs of sports fans. MLS - Baltimore Colts come to life in the fourth quarter, Bill Peleton - Colt, guard intercepts the football and he carries the ball gaining yardage for the Colts. MLS - Shaw passes the ball to the receiver and he carries the ball to the seven yard line. MLS - A few plays later Shaw hands off to Ameche and he brings it home for a touchdown. MLS - Rams have the ball and they bull their way down field, finely scoring the winning touchdown. Rams 28 to Colts 14. Closing shot.
Housing Blast: Bomb Plot Hinted As 25 Die In Germany
A mysterious blast destroys a new apartment house, with block-buster impact. Cause of the explosion, which killed 25, in unknown, but as rescue workers sift the crumbled wreckage for 1 person still believed to have perished, police speculate that an act of political assassination may have been attempted, at shocking cost. OH shot, the building is reduced to rubble, police and rescuers searching the heap of bricks for a sign a life. CUS - Police and rescue worker sifting through the bricks, plaster and wood looking for survivors. CUS - Towns people crowded together watching and looking at this big disaster that lays in front of them. CUS - Policeman holds a scarf for a second and then he discards it. MS - An army crane to assist in searching. MCUS - Police and rescue workers removing a dead body. CUS - Older man wearing glasses and a cap. OHS - Removal of another dead body, hordes of police and rescue workers.
Santa Anita Maturity Horse Race
A long shot, Trackmaster, noses out the favored Traffic Judge in the rich Santa Anita Maturity to pick up the fat slice of the $165,000 purse for his owner. Establishing shot - Over head shot of the race track and the horse racing fans. MS - Horses ridden by Jockeys walking on to the track. CUS - Sports spectators. OHS - Fans that look like little dots. MLS - Horses running around the bend and running down the track. CUS - Sports spectators. MS - Horses running into the stretch and Traffic Judge gets beaten by Trackmaster. CUS - Sports spectators.
Eden Ends Visit: Issues Joint Policy Statement With Ike
Britain's Prime Minister sir Anthony Eden and President Eisenhower issue a joint warning to Asian and African nations on the perils of accepting Soviet economic aid, and pledge Anglo-American efforts to keep mid-east peace, at the conclusion of 3 days' talks on world problems. Establishing shot - Sir Anthony Eden and President Eisenhower signing a joint warning. CUS - Their signatures on the document. CUS - Sir Anthony Eden and President Eisenhower shaking hands.
Moscow Parley: POW Issue Stalls Russo-German Talks
Audio is low on screener Germany's Chancellor Adenauer, visits Moscow at Russia s invitation for talks on German reunification and allied topics. Little progress is made as red demands for German neutrality, and German inquiries after 200,000 - POW's still held by Russia prove stumbling blocks. CUS - Chancellor Adenauer and Premier Bulganin shaking hands. MCUS?WA - Chancellor Adenauer and Premier Bulganin and other Russian dignataries walking towards the camera. MCUS - Review of Russian soldiers marching. CUS - Adenauer and Bulganin shaking hands and smiling.
Maneuvers: NATO Troops Hold War Games In Italy
Audio is low on screener Full scale war games across Northern Italy test NATO'S combat readiness. Ground and air units take part in the mammoth exercise. Establishing shot - Throngs of different army officers from different countries. MLS - Soldiers running. CUS - Soldiers getting into an army tank. CUS - One soldier jumps off an army duck holding a bazooka. MCUS - Tanks rolling across a bridge. MLS - Planes in the sky firing machine guns and dropping bombs. MLS - Explosions taken place in the mountains.
Miss America: Colorado Beauty Wins The Crown
Audio is low on screener Miss America 1956 is chosen in Atlantic City, New Jersey She's lovely Sharon Kay Ritchie of Denver, Colorado. MLS/CUS - The Beauty Contestants walking on stage in their evening gowns. MCUS - Audience. CUS - One of the contestants. CUS - Contestant wearing a little more fitted evening gown. CUS - Judges marking their ballots. CUS - 1955 Reining Queen, Lee Ann Meriwether, crowning the winner Sharon Kay Ritchie of Denver, Colorado.
Beauty Parade.
Audio is low on screener National College Queen is picked in Asbury Park, New Jersey From beauties representing 35 campuses. Beautiful, brainy Kathryn Rodgers, 19 years old of Mississippi wears the crown. Establishing shot - All the college contestants lined up on stage with graduation hats on their heads and bathing suits. CUS - Girls queue one by one. CUS - Audience applauding. CUS - Four women and two men. MCUS - The winner is announced and the girl is shocked. CUS - Kathryn and the crown on her head.
President Eisenhower Meets Political Leaders In Colorado
Audio is low on screener President Eisenhower breakfasts with 48 Republican State Chairmen. Campaign tactics for '56 are on everyone's minds, but the big question goes unasked and unanswered: will Eisenhower run? Establishing shot - President Eisenhower sits down to breakfast with other Republican State Chairmen. MCUS - President Eisenhower shaking hands with the politicians. CUS - States and cities represented by the Republicans, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina and North Dakota. MLS - All the politicians enjoying their breakfast. CUS - State Chairmen from Massachusetts and Maryland.
Pageant Of Formal Wear For The Men
Audio is low on screener Pageant of men's formal wear, from cave-man times right up to the present, and the modern, more colorful style trends in men's dress wear, as contrasted with the garb of the gay '90's and roaring '20's. Establishing shot - Man and woman (models) running down the street into a hotel with just animal skins on. MCUS - They run up on stage and the girl slips in front of other models dressed in a historical cloths. CUS - Models dressed up in cloths representing Napoleon s day. CUS - Models dressed up in the day of Louis the sixteenth. CUS - Models dressed up in the gay 90's. CUS - The Roaring 20's, she's a flapper and he is dressed in a tux. CUS - The present (1955), the model is wearing a lovely evening gown with a stole on her shoulders and the man is dressed up in a peacock brown jacket, with matching tie and cummerbund. CUS - The teenage boy is wearing a white dinner jacket with a plaid cummerbund and matching bow tie. CUS - A woman and two men toasting fashion for men in 1956.
International Tuna Tourney
Audio is low on screener Deep-sea fishing thrills in the renowned tuna fishing waters off Wedgeport, Nova Scotia, as top sportsmen gather for the 12th International Cup meet. A nip and tuck battle with a 585 pound giant spells victory for the American team, on the final day of the tourney. Establishing shot - Fishing boat in the open waters of Nova Scotia. CUS - Fisherman baiting a large hook with a fish. MLS - Slightly foggy you see the fishing boats and the men on board with their fishing poles in hand and the lines in the water and patiently fish for the record winning tuna. CUS - The team from Venezuela catches a tuna, this shot is right up on the reel of the fishing pole and the fisherman who's reeling in the tuna. CUS - After a two hour battle they pull in the tuna that tips the scale at 227 lbs. MCUS - Silhouettes of fishermen in a boat with their poles in the water patiently waiting to catch the big one. CUS - The American team pulling one huge fish on to the boat, this fish is huge. It weighs in at 585 lbs. MCUS?WA - The American's win the meet by a wide margin and wins for the third time. The leader of the fishing team holds the winning cup.
Island Without Boys
Audio is low on screener The quaint story of a picturesque Dutch island where there isn't a little boy to be seen. Boys and girls alike wear long ringlet hair, and skirts, until the age of 8. Then, a haircut for the boys and they take their place in male society. Establishing shot - Fishing pier and houses in the back ground. MLS - Mother and children walking down the steps of a house. CUS - Looks like three golden haired girls looking in a basket. CUS - Looks like a girl but there's a white panel on the front of the shirt meaning its a he. CUS - A little boy and girl eating ice cream. CUS - A cap with a star this indicates its a boy. CUS - A boy in long hair wearing pants. Boys wear their hair long until the age of 8.
Georgia Tech Wins Grid Opener
Audio is low on screener Miami University faces Georgia Tech as football takes the sports limelight. Favored Miami is shaken when Tech rambles to an early lead and goes on to a thrilling 14-6 upset victory. Establishing shot - College football players run on to the playing field. MLS - Kicker kicks the football and the players in the white shirts receive. MLS - Miami is forced to kick the football to Georgia Tech. MLS - Georgia Tech runs the ball in for a touch down. MLS - Football fans cheering. MLS - Miami gets the ball and runs it in for a touch down. MLS - Fans cheering. MLS - Georgia Tech intercepts the ball and runs it in for a touch down winning the football game.
Floods Again Wreak Havoc In Northeast
Audio is low on screener Three days of torrential rains bring another flood disaster to northeastern states not yet recovered from the havoc wrought by Hurricane Diane. 48 Are dead or missing, hundreds of towns inundated, 30,000 families homeless, and transportation paralyzed. Establishing shot - Raining, country hillsides and streams overflowing with water, flooding. MCUS - Flooded street, streams turned into roaring turbulent water. Aerial shot - Bridge collapsed due to the water, railroad embankments washed out, train derailed. MSWA - Streets turned into raging rivers, 9 feet of water reported in some sections. MCUS - A police man standing against a building as the water rages passed him. MCUS - National Guard truck making its way through the water. MLS - Flooded homes. MLS - Downtown small town, flooded, car flooded. Bridge washed out. MCUS - People being rescued from their home. CUS - Little girl being rescued and put on a boat. MS - Some National Guard men on a partially sunken truck. CUS - People taken off the boat to a safe place. Policeman taking a baby. Older woman taken off the boat. MSWA - Buildings disintegrating, walls falling apart. MCUS - A collapsed house. Streets up heaved leaving big sink holes. MLS - Downtown Connecticut building looks like their built in a lake.
Ike's 65th Birthday
Audio is low on screener His convalescence proceeding satisfactorily, the president marks his 65th birthday, sharing the big cake with GI. patients at Fitzsimons Army Hospital, and taking a brief outing on the sun-deck. Establishing shot - Bakery chiefs preparing birthday cake for President Eisenhower. MCUS - Military patients getting a piece of cake handed out by a nurse. CUS - Birthday card made by the patients staying in Fitzsimmons Army Hospital. CUS - Patient looking at the card eating a piece of birthday cake. CUS - Two soldiers eating cake. CUS - Press photographers taking pictures of the hospital. LSWA - Patients sitting on the roof of the hospital. LS from the ground - A waving president who happens to be a patient at Fitzsimons.
Speedster Sinks: Campbell Jet Boat Founders After Run
Audio is low on screener Donald Campbell s jet-engine speedboat 'Bluebird' sinks at the dock after test runs, just before an attempt at the world's speed mark, a costly set-back. Establishing shot - Lake Mead, Nevada. The Bluebird is put into the water and the pilot of the boat, Donald Campbell climbs inside. CUS - Sports enthusiast. MCUS - Boat in Lake Mead moving along. MLS - The Bluebird got to the speed of 165 mph and then the jet engine gave out. MCUS - Bluebird sank under water. MCUS - Donald Campbell shaken by the mishap is rescued. MLS - Donald Campbell looking at the bubbles made in Lake Mead by the sinking boat.
Noel Makes Its Debut
Christmas comes to Paris, the city of light, and the magic of the season produces a Merry Toyland Fantasy, truly gallic in its dazzling deftness and glittering gaiety - a scene of magic to enchant youngsters everywhere. Establishing shot - Noel spelled out in lights. MCUS - A toy castle with a huge clock and maidens, swans and other doll decorations go around circling the huge clock with moving hands. MCUS - Toy bunnies and toy kangaroos adorn. A small carrousel with dolls sitting on little seats going round and round. MCUS - A toy train running on a track built around this Christmas display. CUS - A mechanical beaver eating wood. MCUS - The scene from Lady and the Tramp, where the restaurant owner sings them a song and they eat a bowl of spaghetti. CUS - Rides for the children and adults. CUS - The two Siamese cats from Lady and the Tramp in a picnic basket. CUS - The old Scottie from the movie looking a laughing hyena. CUS - The animated puppet hyena laughing. (It would work if someone wanted a animated monster of sorts you really can't tell what it is)
Japaneese Fishmen Protest Exclusion From International Fishing Grounds
Japanese fishermen protest forceful exclusion by Korea from rich international fishing grounds an angry Tokyo march on the Korean Diplomatic mission that stops short of violence, but promises a major crisis. Establishing shot - Throngs of Japanese Fishermen converge on the Korean diplomatic mission in Tokyo to protest their exclusion of rich international fishing grounds. CUS - Some women in the crowds crying. MCUS - Japanese marching in protest with signs and banners. CUS - "Korean Diplomatic Mission in Japan". CUS - Koreans and Japanese discussing their differences and it's getting steadily worse.
Steak Eating Derby
Steak derby in San Francisco. Hearty trenchermen sit down before a groaning board, heavily laden with succulent steaks, for the first International Eating Race of its kind. Forks fly as the winner downs 6 pounds in 6 minutes. Establishing shot - 12 grown men sitting at a oblong table getting ready to be served steaks in a eating contest. CUS - One of the men eating his steak, yum, yum. CUS - Another contestant eating and enjoying his intake of steak. CUS - Audience standing around the contestants applauding. MLS - Contestants and Chief standing by one of the contestants. CUS - The winner, Jimmy Colonie of Woodland is declared the winner chewing his way to victory in 6 minutes and 36 seconds. CUS - Miss Steak crowns the winner of the Steak Derby, 1956 and gives him a quick kiss.
Jet Transport Sets US Mark.
Audio is low on screener America's first all-jet transport completes a trans-continental flight in 3 hours and 58 minutes, toppling speed marks, and foreshadowing dramatic cuts in airline schedules in the near future. Establishing shot - A Boeing 707 Stratioliner landing. MCUS - Test pilot Tex Johnson is greeted by Boeing President Alan and General Moore. CUS - Tex Johnson. MCUS - The Boeing 707 Stratioliner parked on the tarmac and a admiring crowd surrounds the plane.