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Newsreels: 1946 Events At Home And Abroad
Newsreels 1946 stock footage documents world events, politics and war as well as sports, fashion and entertainment for the year of 1946. Our Public Domain Stock Footage newsreels cover every major world event, the not so major events, strides in technology, the lives of public figures, fads and trends. Newsreels 1946 is an incredibly rich resource of visual history that tells the story of the year 1946. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1946 (UE46101)
TEST ROCKET AT NIGHT
NEW MEXICO – In these spectacular films of the Army’s latest V-2 rocket test at White Sands Proving Grounds, one of the huge cosmic missiles is fired at night – and soars 111 miles into space. A new record!
AMBASSADORS OF GOODWILL
WASHINGTON – Holiday greetings to American kiddies from all lands. Listen to cute youngsters in this gala goodwill message – children of embassy bigwigs express their Xmas good wishes in many tongues.
GLAMOR AND GLITTER
NEW YORK – It’s a White Christmas for Milady, when she wears glittering costume jewelry on her ensemble of white. Swank models at this Ritz showing display the latest Trifari creations – glamour and glitter.
FUR COATS “ON THE HOOF”
ALBERTA – Canadian fur farmers exhibit fox and mink coats – on the hoof – at the annual fur breeders’ exhibition. One thousand of the valuable little animals are shown in the pre-coat stage.
A “YANK” IN ITALY
ROME – U.S. dental aid for 200 young Italian shoe-shine boys – that’s a big order. The teeth-pulling may not be painless, as you’ll see here, but the kids take it like little men. Ouch..ooooh!
MEET MISS MUSCLE!
OAK PARK, ILL. – Meet Loretta Zygowiez, lady weight-lifter who hopes to win the title of world’s strongest woman. She took up weight-lifting to get over catching colds. She does fine. Achoo! |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1946 (UE46102)
MINING BY AIR
NICARAGUA – This huge mining town, deep in the Central American wilderness, is accessible only by air. Transport planes, assisted by jet units, take off with gold bullion on homeward flights to Managua. All the machinery was flown in by air!
UNRRA AIDS CHINA TRAVEL
CHINA – American surplus road-building machinery, donated through UNRRA, goes into action to help build roads for China. Chinese mechanics are trained to use the giant machines by foreign instructors.
ARMY HONORS SCREEN COMICS
HOLLYWOOD – For their work of morale building, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello receive an Army citation. Then the two film comedians show you how NOT to behave as buck privates. It’s all over Lon’s head!
NEWS FROM GERMANY
BERLIN – Rubber heels for shoes made out of old tires is a new industry in the German capital, where determined efforts are made to speed Germany’s reconversion.
HAMBURG – German school children munch happily on chocolate bars, provided from British military stores.
ITALY P.O.W.’S HOME
ANCONA,ITALY – More than 3,000 former prisoners-of-war, held in exile in Yugoslavia, disembark after the long howeward voyage. Many are in pitiful condition; some have been away for seven years.
SKI THRILLS IN SPAIN
SPAIN – In these rare and picturesque scenes from Spain, you’ll see thrilling films of Spanish skiers daring the snow-covered slopes high in the Sierras. Perfect snow – and perfect “white” sport! |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1946 (UE46103)
NAVY TESTS NEW WEAPONS
INYOKERN, CALIF. – Amazing research into cosmic rays, in a special flying laboratory, and spectacular firing of new Navy rockets – shows advances made by the U.S. in guided missile and atomic energy problems.
TRUMANS HOME FOR XMAS
INDEPENDENCE – The President, greeted by Mrs. Truman and daughter Margaret, comes home by plane to spend Christmas at the family home. His neighbors turn out to wish him well.
GALA STUDENT FIESTA
ROME – forbidden during the Fascist regime, the student “Freshmen Festival,” replete with amazing costumes, full-dress parade, and mock trial – is revived by zealous undergrads.
POPE IN HOLIDAY BLESSING
ROME – Countless thousands of devout, massed in St. Peter’s Square, receive the pontifical blessing from Pope Pius XII, making a dramatic holiday appearance. Benediction for all the world!
A SQUAD OF QUADS
BALTIMORE – Plenty was stirring at St. Agnes’ Hospital on Christmas Eve. In fact, quadruplets! And all through the house, papa (Charles Henn) is wondering what to do about housing. But let him explain!
GREEKS HAIL GEN. SMUTS
ATHENS – The South African soldier and statesman visits Greece on his way home from New York and London. After reviewing colorful Greek troops, he attends a special session of Parliament.
AB-ORIGINAL “BOWL” GAME
GRANTS PASS, ORE. – The “Cave Men” show how football was played back in the Stone Ages. These fur-clad huskies use a pigskin to play with, but they forgot to take the pig out first. It’s rough and it’s laughable! |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1946 (UE46104)
SPANISH DEMONSTRATION
MADRID – More than half a million Spaniards assemble in public squares to demonstrate in behalf of their government and to support the Franco regime, which has been ostracized by United Nations action.
REBELLION OF RAGPICERS
PARIS – “Trumps,” the city’s nocturnal rag-pickers who go through the streets at night collecting old rags and paper for scrap salvage, win victory over local ordnance banning their trade. So, it’s back to work!
CLOTHING FOR ABORIGINALS
FORMOSA – Trucks loaded with UNRRA clothing set out for isolated native villages in the remote hinterland of this island, to help clothe thousands of semi-civilized aboriginals whom the Japs could never subjugate.
TUNA FISHING IN SPAIN
ALICANTE – The catch is a record one – and the sea yields a new crop! By the netful, Spanish fishermen haul in the big ones, and it’s plenty of work as you’ll see in these colorful films.
TRANSPORT A LA KING
ENGLAND – Special trains for a royal tour of South Africa, and a new limousine for the royal family, provide transportation a la king. The new coaches and new auto are the last word in British craftsmanship.
UTAH BASKETEERS WIN
NEW YORK – In a spectacular basketball razzle-dazzle at the Garden, the Blitz Kids of Utah keep in season form by administering a 62-48 defeat to the St. John’s Five. Somebody wins and somebody loses. |
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