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NEWS FOOTAGE 420 - 990 #1788
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420 Tacoma Bridge Collapses. Various scenes of bridge before disaster, several views of bridge showing central span beginning to sway, several views of swaying bridge, view of bridge with part broken away. Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington was the third longest single suspension span in the world. It was opened to traffic July 1, 1940, built by State Toll Bridge Authority, financed by the Public Works Administration and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
02:00:30:00 -02:02:00:00
428 Baseball All-Star Game 1940. Crowd. Players running on field. Williams draws walk in first inning. Paul Derringer strikes out Charlie Keller. Joe DiMaggio is out on roller to mound. Arky Vaughan singles for NL in first inning. Vaughn goes to third on Billy Herman's single. Ruffing pitches and Max West hits three run homer for NL.
02:02:14:00 - 02:03:38:00
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02:03:45:00 - 02:05:34:00
429 World Series 1940. Seventh game, Reds out of dugout, crowd, Billy Sullivan at bat against Paul Derringer, Sullivan gets base hit off Frank McCormick's glove, Gehringer at bat with Sullivan and McCoskey on base, Gehringer hits single and Werber throws wide in attempt to get Gehringer at first base allowing Sullivan to score. Crowd on rooftops. Bobo Newsom pitching for Tigers, Frank McCormick hits double, Greenberg chasing McCormick's drive, McCormick into second, Jimmy Ripple hits double scoring McCormick to tie game, crowd shots, Billy Myers hits fly ball which is caught but allows Ripple to score winning run, crowd, players mob Derringer at end of game.
02:05:40:00 - 02:07:51:00
447 Baseball All-Star game 1941. AL manager Del Baker of Detroit shakes hands with NL manager Bill McKenchie of Cincinnati, players out of dugout, Red arber at microphone. Fourth inning, AL at bat, Cecil Travis gets first hit of game, Paul Derringer pitching, Ted Williams gets hit scoring Travis, crowd. Seventhinning, NL at bat, Slaughter gets single and goes to second on an error, Sid Hudson pitching, Arky Vaughan hits home run. Eight inning, NL at bat, Edgar Smith pitching John Mize on second, Arky Vaughan hits his second home run of the game. Ninth inning, AL at bat, AL rallies to get two runners on base with two outs in the ninth inning, Ted Williams comes to bat and hits home run to win game 7-5 for AL.
02:08:02:00 - 02:10:16:00
World Series 1941.
Third game: Ebbetts Field. Crowd shots. Fred Fitzsimmons, Dodger pitcher with resin bag. CU Fitzsimmons. Fitzsimmons hit on knee by line drive. Fitzsimmons forced to leave game.
Fourth game: Crowd shot. Hugh Casey pitching (#25). Henrich swings and misses, Owen drops third strike, Henrich goes to first. Crowd. Yankees rally for four runs on a single by Dimaggio, double by Keller, double by Gordon.
Fifth game: Starting pitchers Whitlow Wyatt (L) of Brooklyn and Ernie Bonham (R) of Yankees. Cameraman. Wyatt pitches. Dickey singles sending Keller to third base. Wyatt wild pitches and Keller scores. Crowd. Joe Gordon singles scoring Dickey. Crowd. Tommy Henrich hits home run, crowds on filed at end of game. Victorious Yankees give cheer.
02:10:20:00 - 02:11:28:00
471 Normandie burns. View burning ship, VS burning ship and smoke. Firemen and hoses putting fire out. View of boat, empty life boats, wounded carried out, burning boat.
02:11:32:00 - 02:13:33:00
524 Victory Bond drive led by Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Frank Sinatra. Hope and Crosby kidding. Hope kidding, Sinatra and Crosby singing. Crosby sings, Sinatra sings, Crosby and Sinatra harmonize, Hope clowns.
02:13:37:00 - 02:14:58:00
526 (200)Dead in Hartford, Connecticut circus disaster. Pan over burned circus ground. Several shots charred seats, wreckage. Burned out circus cages. Giraffe in temporary cage. Camels. Man searching in ruins. CU hand picking up razor. Man picking out hot dogs part of circus act props. Burned trapeze and aerial equipment. Crowd outside fence watch. Pan over burned out site.
02:15:02:00 - 02:15:53:00
580 Von Braun, German Rocket Expert, to US. Scenes from war time Germany, rocket on site, two German officers, group of German officers, rocket going off, descending, explosion, in US rocket off, people watching, shots of Von Braun.
02:16:02:00 - 02:17:15:00
601 Texas City Disaster. HS port with raging fire. Various air views same. Wreckage. Men carrying stretcher. Wounded receiving first aid. Blackboard listing indentified dead. More views of flames.
02:17:25:00 - 02:21:12:00
604 World Series 1947.
Fourth game: Crowd. Bevens, batter strikes out. Crowd. Pete Reiser at bat. Ball called. Gionfrido steals second. Reiser is purposely passed. Fan marks scorecard, Lavagetto's bat. Lavagetto at plate, swings, spits on hand, fan hollers. Lavagetto hits double scoring Gionfrido and Miksis, Lavagetto is mobbed.
Sixth game: Crowd. Berra singles. DiMaggio gets bat, goes to plate, hits long drive which Gionfrido makes great catch of. DiMaggio kicks dirt. Crowd.
Seventh game: Gene Hermanski at bat in second inning. Heramnski hits triple. Crowd. Edwards singles scoring Hermanski as Dodgers take 2-0 lead in second inning. Crowd. Dodger manager Burt Shotten. For Yankees Rizzuto steals second, Allie Clark hits single scoring Rizzuto. Crowd. Billy Johnson hits to Dodger outfielder Miksis who loses ball in sun. Crowd. Aaron Robinson gets hit scoring Johnson with last Yankee run in seventh inning. Crowd on field after game.
02:21:23:00 - 02:25:14:00
614 London Olympics, track and field events 1948. Olympic flag, Olympic flames, slogan, crowded stadium. The 100 meter men's race, crowd, Harrison Dillard of Baldwin-Wallace College in the US wins race. Side view of Barney Ewell, Penn State star, dancing around track, crowd, judges check papers, tote board shows results. Dillard first, Ewell second, Ewell and Dillard arm in arm. Crowd. Broad jump, Willie Steele wins and hurts leg as he does so. Hammer throw, Italian throwing hammer, Imre Nemeth (#583) of Hungry, winner of event. Crowded stadium, 800 meter race, Mal Whitfield of Ohio State USA wins race. Whitfield is congratulated by Arthur Wint of Jamaica who finished second in race. Crowd shots, rain coming down hard, start of 5,000 meter run, Gaston Reiff takes the lead, late in race Zatopek challenges for lead but Reiff wins. Reiff with trainers. Crowds. CU of Mrs. Fanny Blankers-Koen of the Netherlands, most popular woman star of the 1948 Olympics and winner of women's 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, and 80 meter hurdles (the 30 year old mother of two also anchored the 400 meter relay team in a race won by the Netherlands). Mrs. Blankers-Koen on winners stand.
02:25:20:00 - 02:27:28:00
615 London Olympics Aquatic events. Men's 100 meter free style race, Wally Ris the winner, shaking hands. Men's 3 meter diving event, crowd, Dr. Sammy Lee of US Army, winner of high dive in action, Bruce Harlan, winner of springboard dive in action, Harlan getting out of pool. Women's 100 meter race, Greta Anderson of Denmark wins, crowd applauds, Miss Anderson on winner's
stand with 2nd and 3rd place finishers. Side view of women's 3 meter diving event, Zoe Ann Olsen diving, Mrs. Victoria Draves winner of springboard and high diving events in action, CU Vicki Draves.
02:27:32:00 - 02:29:34:00
620 Democratic Campaign 1948. Crowd, Truman on platform, CU Truman, crowd, Truman walking, crowd, train runby, Truman speaking to crowd and waving, Truman riding in car, crowd, Truman in car. Truman waving from car at nights he arrives to speak at Gilmore Stadium in Hollywood, crowd applauding, Truman speaks, (sound) (Note: on platform with Truman are Humphrey Bogart, Ronald Reagan and other stars). Truman on rear platform of train. Truman riding in car through tickertape parade.
02:29:36:00 - 02:31:12:00
660 Pro Football Championship Game 1948. Philadelphia Eagles, Chicago Cardinals. Shibe Park. Workmen shoveling snow off field. Players pulling -- pictures. Eagles kick off. Crowd. Thompson of the Eagles passes to Ferrante but TD is called back. People with coffee containers. 4th quarter Eagle plunge near goal line. Crowd. Eagles in huddle. Eagles line up and Van Buren goes for touchdown. Eagle team jumps off bench. Extra point by Cliff Patton is good. Crowd.
02:31:16:00 - 02:33:43:00
680 World Series 1951 New York Yankees, New York Giants. Final game.Action begins with Berra hitting ground ball which is booted by Giant third baseman Hank Thompson, fan, Berra is out at second. Dave Koslo pitching for Giants with bases loaded in 6th inning. Hank Bauer triples three runs home. Yankees lead on scoreboard 4-1, ninth inning, fans, Stanky singles for Giants. Dark bunts and Stanky goes to second. Bobby Thompson at bat. Durocher, fans, Thompson flies out as Dark scores. Sal Yvars at bat for Giants, Yvars flies out to Bauer who makes excellent catch. Players mob Bob Kuzava, Yankee relief pitcher, players to dugout, players entering dressing room. Joe Dimaggio and Casey Stengel. Crowd.
02:34:03:00 - 02:38:12:00
699 Olympic games at Helsinki, Finland 1952. Flags. The stadium. 1,500 meter run, Joseph Barthel from Luxembourg (#406) passes Werner Lueg from Germany (#739) to take lead. Barthel wins race, Barthel crying, winners on stand, Barthel still crying. The steeplechase race, jumping into water, side view
race, jumping over barrier, (#998) Horace Ashenfelter of USA running neck and neck with Vladimir Kazantsev (#436) of Russia, Ashenfelter and Kazantsev over hurdle, Kazantsev stumbles, Ashenfelter takes lead, judges, finish of race, pose of the winner, Horace Ashenfelter of USA. Pole vault, (#1025) Reverend Bob Richards of USA vaulting, slow motion, Richards jumping and throwing kisses. Russian and American crews together in CU, finish of boat race won by USA, team posing dockside. Crowd and then finish of 110 meter hurdles, crowd, winner of hurdles is Harrison Dillard (CU). Finish of 5,000 meter race. Shot of winner, (#903) Emil Zatopek from Czechoslovakia being kissed by (#607) Alain Mimoun from France.
02:38:17:00 - 02:40:28:00
740 Baseball All-star Game 1955. Pan of Milwaukee stadium with players of both teams lined up on field, crowd, NL team runs on field, crowd. First inning, Roberts on mound for NL with Mantle at bat, Mantle hits home run and Duke Snider watches ball in flight, Fox and Williams score ahead of Mantle. Seventh inning, May robs Williams on great catch. Eighth inning Mays singles off Whitey Ford, with Mays now on third and Kluzsewski on first, Randy Jackson singles to right field, Mays scoring and Kluzsewski taking second. With Frank Sullivan now pitching for AL, Hank Aaron singles, scoring Kuzsewski and sending Jackson to third. Al Rosen, AL third baseman chases ball as Jackson picks up and scores. Stan Musial hits home run to win game for NL 6-5.
02:40:34:00 - 02:43:00:00
741 World Series 1955. Seventh game. LS Yankee Stadium, Campanella doubles off Byrne in fourth inning, Hodges singles to score Campy. In sixthinning Stengel goes to mound and replaces Byrne with Grim. Hodges then hits sacrifice fly to score Reese and gives Dodgers 2-0 lead. Sixth inning, Berra hits fly ball which Amoros catches and the relay to Reese to Hodges completes the double play. 8th inning, Podres strike out Hank Bauer with two on base. Zoom crowd. Zoom Stengel in Yankee dugout in ninth inning. Podres on mound, Elston Howard grounds out from Reese to Hodges and Dodgers mob Padres on mound. Crowd on field, Dodger players in dressing room, player lift beer cans (Podres at right), CU Hodges, Newcombe, and Snider play with hats. Photographers, L to R, Frank Frisch, Podres, and Dodger manager Alston.
02:43:07:00 - 02:43:51:00
750 Olympic torch on 12,000 mile journey. Lighting of the flame on Mount Olympus in Greece. 350 Greek runners each carry a flame on kilometer on way
to Athens airport. The container in which the flame will be carried on it's journey. Scenes as airplane containing flame departs.
02:44:00:00 - 02:47:20:00
759 World Series 1956. First game: Ebbets Field, President Eisenhower throws out first ball, Jackie Robinson hits home run of Whitey Ford. Ike applauding, Gil Hodges hits home run. Fifth game: Larsen on mound. Hodges hits drive to left center, Mantle makes fine catch, Maglie pitching, Mantle hits home run. Larsen goes to mound in ninth inning. Furillo flies out. Mitchell strikes out. Larsen mobbed. Larsen and Maglie, Larsen and Stengel.
02:47:26:00 - 02:48:57:00
768 Olympic games in Paris 1924. Marathon race in progress, CU Stenroos of Finland. The winner in two hours forty-one minutes, twenty-two and six-tenths seconds. Frigerio of Italy wins 10,000 meter walk. Lee Barnes of USA wins jumpoff in pole vault competition.
02:49:00:00 - 02:52:03:00
769 Promo/Opening/Closing-Theatrical Profiles. Early motion picture projector. Mary Pickford, Rudolph Valentino, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, and Mae West. Title card reading: One minute please while we change reels. Milton Berle, Jean Harlow, Don Ameche, Bob Hope, Marlene Dietrich, Jack Benny, Celeste Holm, Sid Caesar, Ingrid Bergman, Burt Lancaster, Stewart Granger, and Jean Simmons. Vittorio Gassman and Shelly Winters. Tony Curtis, Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin, Grace Kelly, Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and Danny Kaye.
02:52:07:00 - 02:53:46:00
788 Collapsible Auto-Automatic lawnmower. A family travels downtown in an unusual collapsible auto, they park it on the sidewalk after folding it neatly. A remote control lawnmower in action, the mower takes off after a pretty girl. Music: Spring Songster Inter Art Co. Ltd., ASCAP.
02:53:50:00 - 02:55:56:00
809 Dog fashions-Dog in trunk. Beauty parlor for dogs. Various fashion for dogs. A dog has a special hole in the trunk of his owner's car, from which the dog has a fine vantage point while traveling. Music: Mr. Happy Berry Music Co., Ltd. ASCAP.
02:56:03:00 - 02:58:13:00
844 Balloons and Dirigibles. Early balloons in flight, balloon catches fire. A Dirigible being built, in flight, rescue at sea, flying over New York City, flying over Empire State Building. Music: Mr. Happy, Rush Hour. Berry Music Co., Ltd. ASCAP.
02:58:20:00 - 03:03:50:00
851 Early Aircraft. A variety of early aircraft which never quite seem to succeed in staying aloft, those that manage to get aloft come back to earth in a hurry. Music: Holiday Tune J. Weinberger, Ltd. ASCAP.
03:00:40:00 - 03:03:50:00
937 Babe Didrickson Zaharias (1912-1956). Babe Didrickson at the 1932 Olympic games in Los Angeles, she throws the javelin, wins hurdles race. 1940's - Babe takes up golf, swinging with men seated behind her, CU Babe with her husband George Zaharias, Babe waves. 1947 - Babe's home town of Denver welcomes her, various parade scenes, Babe receives key to her adopted home town, Mr. And Mrs. Zaharias at home in Denver, she prunes tree, he mows lawn, he cooks and kisses her. 1953 - CU Babe who is making a comeback after bout with cancer, various scenes of the Babe on the golf course for first time since sickness struck, CU Babe.
03:04:00:00 - 03:07:09:00
945 Fiorello La Guardia (1882-1947). 1939-La Guardia in group at New York's Worlds Fair, all eating hot dogs. CU Mrs. La Guardia eating hot dog, Jean La
946 Guardia eating hot dog, Eric La Guardia eating hot dog, The Mayor eating hot dog, The Mayor goes for a ride in a little Crosley automobile.
03:07:27:00 - 03:10:21:00
948 Richard M. Nixon. Nixon sitting at desk, Nixon speaking in campaign. Crowd in campaign headquarters, Dick and Ike walk onto platform, Dick and Pat Nixon are to Mamie's right, long shot of Ike waving, Dick waving, CU Ike. Ike hitting golfball, Dick hitting ball, CU Ike, CU Dick, Ike hits out of sand trap, Dick hits long putt, Dick knocks in short putt, CU Dick and Ike. Dick puts on gasoline station attendants jacket as he goes to work pumping gas for the March of Dimes, Nixon checking gas, checking oil, wiping window, checking car of little girl. Reporters around Ike, Ike greets Nixon at Camp David, Nixon with fishing pole, Ike and Dick laughing, CU side view of Ike and Dick.
03:10:32:00 - 03:13:40:00
953 Babe Ruth (1895-1948). Babe Ruth visits Hawaii, girls put leis around Babe and Mrs. Ruth, CU Babe, Mrs. Ruth and Babe's step-daughter Julia, girls do hula dance in front of Babe, side view of Babe in group, Babe throws coins to natives in water, Babe and Mrs., Ruth in group. Lou Gehrig (L), Yankee manager Bob Shawkey and Babe at 1930 spring training in Florida, Babe fielding ball, CU Gehrig working out, CU Babe. Babe working out in gym, exercising on bicycle, having legs worked on while he lies on mat, Babe sweating it out in steam room. 1945- The Babe sits in easy chair smoking pipe (sound story) the Babe says a few words about his trophies, The Babe looks through one of his scrapbooks.
03:13:43:00 - 03:16:53:00
971 Adlai Stevenson portrait (1900-1965). The house in Bloomington where Stevenson spent his childhood, Stevenson's sister Anna holding family album showing first a picture of Grover Clevland's Vice President, Adlai Stevenson, holding his grandson and namesake on his lap, second picture is wavy haired young Adlai Stevenson, third picture is Adlai Stevenson as a young lawyer. Adlai Stevenson's sons talk about their father during 1952 campaign, Adlai Jr., Borden, Jon. Stevenson at hunting and fishing retreat in Illinois, Long shot of buildings seen through trees, Stevenson chopping wood, Stevenson fishing, Stevenson holding conference outdoors. Stevenson campaign statement in 1956. Crowds holding Stevenson placards, crowds, Stevenson talking to crowd, Stevenson walking through crowd, Stevenson goes on Ferris Wheel ride with children at amusement park, Stevenson walking through crowd. Stevenson poses before bookcase.
03:16:57:00 - 03:20:06:00
972 Albert Einstein (1879-1955). Albert Einstein is welcomed to New York City by president of Columbia University, Nicholas Murray Butler, and Mayor Jimmy Walker, Einstein arriving by car, up steps, Dr. Butler, Mayor Walker. Albert Einstein visits Mt. Wilson observatory in California, telescope turning, Einstein looking through telescope, Einstein coming down in elevator, CU Einstein outside Observatory. Mrs. Einstein says goodbye as the Einstein's prepare to return to Germany. Crowd sees Einstein off and the Professor has some fun with his hat and with the crowd. Medical school named for Albert Einstein, Einstein with Dr. Samuel Belkin, President of Yeshiva University and Nathaniel Goldstein, Attorney General of N.Y. State. CU Einstein smiling.
03:20:13:00 - 03:23:21:00
982 Eddie Cantor (1892-1964). 1931-Gus Edwards gets job for Eddie Cantor and George Jessel. The 1930's Eddie Cantor's name on marquee. 1951- Eddie Cantor at March of Dimes rally in New York City appears on platform with Mayor Vincent Impelliteri, Jimmy Durante, and Eddie Jackson, crowd, Cantor with youngster Cantor speaks, Cantor, Durante and Jackson clown and sing.
03:23:30:00 - 03:26:38:00
988 Jimmy Durante (1893- ). 1935 - Jimmy dunks doughnuts with kids. 1936 - Jimmy travels to England, ship, Jimmy off ship, Jimmy interviewed. 1943 - Jimmy appears with Mayor LaGuardia at I am an American day festivities in New York City, crowd in front of sign, the Mayor, Jimmy climbs ladder to paint sign, Jimmy chats with Mayor. Various shots of Jimmy Durante posing for camera fans.
03:26:44:00 - 03:29:52:00
989 Olivia de Havilland (1916- ). 1939 - Premiere of Gone with the Wind in Atlanta, Georgia, plane arriving, stars off plane, Olivia de Havilland (L), and Vivian Leigh (rt) in group, CU Vivian Leigh, CU Olivia de Havilland, Carole Lombard and Clark Gable in group. Crowd, crowds line streets of downtown Atlanta as stars pass in cars. Crowds outside theatre. Corner of W. 50th Street and Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, New York film critics Award to Olivia de Havilland for her role in The Heiress, people enter award dinner, crowd, Olivia walks to stage, she accepts award, she leaves stage, lights, crowds outside theatre in Hollywood where The Heiress is playing, Miss de Havilland and husband at theatre. Olivia de Havilland receives award in Washington from Woman's National Press Club, in group with President and Mrs. Truman and Margaret Truman, they all chat, President Truman presents award and Olivia and Margaret Truman chat.
03:30:00:00 - 03:32:14:00
990 Douglas Fairbanks Sr. (1883-1939). 1936: Ship, Fairbanks on deck talking to reporters as announcement is made that he will wed Lady Ashley, sign at Marriage Bureau of Paris City Hall, Fairbanks signing book, exterior of the Hall, crowd awaits the newlyweds, Mr. And Mrs. Fairbanks leave building, pose and then drive away. 1937: Ship, reporters rushing aboard ship on which the Fairbanks have returned, shots of Mr. And Mrs. Fairbanks on deck with their dog. 1937: CU Fairbanks in evening clothes, Mrs. Fairbanks, Fairbanks being questioned by reporters about cruise and the ship named San Quentin which sent out an S.O.S. to the Fairbanks ship. 1939: Wedding dolls, exterior of church in Westwood, California, where Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Mrs. Hartford will wed, Mr. And Mrs. Fairbanks, Sr. arrive, they pose for cameramen, crowd, the newlyweds. 1939: Fairbanks, Sr. is dead, main entrance of Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corp., flag at half mast, sign, Fairbanks, Sr. empty parking space, stage hand holds spear Fairbanks, Sr. made famous in his films, five shots of Douglas Fairbanks Sr. through the years, still of him in Three Musketeers. |