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Newsreels: 1949 Events At Home And Abroad
Newsreels 1949 stock footage documents world events, politics and war as well as sports, fashion and entertainment for the year of 1949. 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 1949 is an incredibly rich resource of visual history that tells the story of the year 1949. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1949 (UE49051)
AVIATION STRIDES
The Paraplane makes its bow. It gets off in 200 feet and lands in the same, and one of the army giants, the B-50 gets a new pair of shoes, the tractor tread landing gear that takes care of rough terrain.
MAN-MADE LIGHTNING
PITTSFIELD, MASS. – Fifteen million volts of man-made lightning detonates in the laboratories of the General Electric Company, in tests designed to protect the home and power companies.
CHINATOWN’S BABY PARADE
NEW YORK – Shavey Lee, Chinatown’s Mayor passes out awards to the cutest bunch of Oriental bundles of joy you’ll ever see.
MISS ATLANTIC CITY
ATLANTIC CITY – She’ll act as hostess to the beauties of the nation – and very pretty choice she is – Miss Terry Gualtieri.
MARBLE CHAMPS
ASBURY PARK, N.J. – The gals muscle in on this boy’s sport, as Emma Miller wins in the female division and George Wents cops it in the mere male’s competition.
RIGGS WINS PRO TENNIS TITLE
FOREST HILLS – Bobby Riggs takes the professional tennis title for the third straight year, winning from Don Budge in a scintillating match. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1949 (UE49052)
MINE SINKS CHANNEL BOAT
Scarcely three miles out of Dunkird, a Belgian steamer strikes a derelict mine and sinks. Heroic rescue efforts save the 415 passengers aboard.
LANDSLIDE RETURNS LIBERALS IN CANADA
Prime Minister Saint Laurent and party ride to victory with 193 seats in Parliament. The Dominion speaks emphatically.
FIESTA OF TOWERS
NOLA, ITALY – In a pageant that is centuries old, ninety foot towers are carried through the streets on the shoulders of eighty men each, a tribute to Saint Paolino.
ROYALTY VISITS THE ISLANDS
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip get a royal welcome as they tour the Channel Islands of Alderney and Guensey.
BALLOON JUMPING
LONG ISLAND – Bob Deindorfer gets tired of the earth, so he fills fifteen balloons with helium and takes off giving gravity an awful beating.
COPS ARE HOSTS
CONEY ISLAND – New York’s finest, healed by Commissioner O’Brien give 7,500 orphans the time of their lives at Steeplechase park. All for free and all fun.
COUNTERFEITERS NABBED
WASHINGTON – Five persons are rounded up accused of making more than $100,000 in bogus bills, within three blocks of the U.S. treasury.
WATER SKIING
SEATTLE, WASH. – The water ski season is on again and the devotees are more spectacular than ever, on one ski two skis or no skis. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1949 (UE49053)
JUDY COPLON GUILTY
WASHINGTON – Twenty-eight year old Judith Coplon is sentenced to from forty months to ten years as a spy for Russia.
IRENE DUNNE HONORED
SOUTH BEND, IND. – The famous motion picture star receives the Lactere medal for her contribution to the arts, from the Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, president of Notre Dame.
SLING-SHOT PLANE
KANTONAH, N.Y. – All you need is a few hundred feet of rubber shock cord and a light plane. You stake out the catapult on the ground, attach it to the plane and you’re in the air in less than 100 feet.
HAPPY CLIMAX TO A WAR SAGA
NEW YORK – A Chinese waif, once saved by an American GI, arrives to join her savior and become a member of his family.
WATER SKI BALLET
PUERTO RICO – A vivid flare-lit water ski pageant illuminates the night as the skiers weave back and forth carrying balloons.
MODEL PLANE SHOW
WASHINGTON – A rotor glider is the star of the show, as model builders show some keen models at the Andrews Air Force base.
FIRE-PROOF GAS TANKS
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – A new rubber coated gas tank on airplanes withstands heats up to 2,000 degrees and may save the life of many a pilot.
MOTORCYCLE RACES
BARCELONA – The motor bike takes from the bull as a provider of thrills as the demon riders court death at every turn on a tricky course. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1949 (UE49054)
JAP PRISONERS OF WAR RETURN
JAPAN – Almost four years after war’s end, Russia releases 2,000 prisoners who join their families, thoroughly indoctrinated with the Communist idea.
NAVY UNVEILS STINGER
INYOKERN, CAL. – The new A D Sky Raider, an attack plane that carries a devastating load of rockets goes through its paces with devastating effect.
CRITTERS AND COWBOYS
KERRVILLE, TEX. – When broncs and brahma bulls tangle with cow pokes, it seems the cow poke always gets the worst of it. And as usual, they do, the hard way.
WIMBLEDON TENNIS
ENGLAND – America again sweeps the Wimbledon courts. Ted Schroeder takes the finals from the Czech Paroslav Drobny, and in an all American women’s finals, Louise Brough retains her finals, after a bitter duel with Mrs. Margaret DuPont.
DUTCH OLYMPICS
HOLLAND – Fanny Blankers-Coen stars again, as the Dutch, in the presence of Queen Julianna hold their own games. Prince Bernhard shows some superior horsemanship.
TIMBER TOPPERS
ALBANY,ORE. – Log rollers and climbers. They show you what a really good lumberjack can do when he puts his mind – and feet to it. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1949 (UE49055)
JURY DISAGREES IN HISS TRIAL
NEW YORK – After 27 hours of deliberation, the fury trying Alger Hiss on perjury charges concerning his connection with Communist Whitacker Chambers, reports itself hopelessly deadlocked.
MADAME MINISTER
WASHINGTON – Perle Mesta, number one Washington hostess and intimate of the Truman family is sworn in as Minister to Luxemburg.
JOHNSON ASKS TAX CUT
WASHINGTON – Senator Johnson of Colorado explains the reasons for his bill which seeks a 50 per cent reduction in excise taxes.
NEW SENATOR
WASHINGTON – John Foster Dulles, Republican advisor on foreign relations is sworn in by Vice-President Barkley to fill the unexpired term of Senator Robert Wagner of New York.
ITALIANS BEAT U.S. SOCCER TEAM 8 TO 2
NEW YORK – The crack Milan soccer team, champions of Italy take over a picked New York aggregation in a sparkling game.
ROYAL REVIEW HOLLAND – The grenadiers and chasseurs of the royal guard mark their 120th anniversary by trooping before the royal family celebrating more than 12 years of happy marriage.
DOG BALL
GERMANY – Using their noses, Hamburg dogs stage a soccer game of their own that is nothing short of spectacular.
LADIES GO TO THE MAT
AUSTRIA – Two of the fairer sex stage a contest in mayhem which makes a mere male shudder. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1949 (UE49056)
PRESIDENT DENIES SLUMP
WASHINGTON – President Truman in an address to the nation, says depression can be averted if government and business spending is maintained.
AIR TRAGEDIES
Thirteen of America’s most brilliant journalists die as their air liner crashes near Bombay, and at home 35 are killed when an unscheduled plane hits a hill near Los Angeles.
EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS DENOUNCES COMMUNISM
FRANCE – A conclave of the hierarchy and laymen gather to welcome 300,000 pilgrims at Nancy and call attention to martyrdom of the Church in all Red-dominated countries.
OUTBOARD SPEEDSTERS
SEATTLE – The boys in the outboard flyers really put on a show, up to and including hurtling over each other.
WESTERN EUROPE REARMS
Four nations of the Western Union hold joint fleet maneuvers off the coast of England under the watchful eye of Marshall Montgomery, commander in chief of the western forces. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1949 (UE49057)
DOCK STRIKE PERILS FOOD FOR BRITAIN
LONDON – Army and navy are pressed into service as the dock strike goes into the third week and a national emergency is declared, with 120 ships tied up.
MIDGET TEST PLANE
SAN DIEGO – An exact replica – one tenth size, of the Navy’s new seaplane goes through radio controlled tests, to tell engineers what they want to know about the big fellow.
ROYAL PORTRAIT
ENGLAND – Prince Charles, eight month old son of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip shows that a prince can look at a lens and not mind it – well not too much.
PRESIDENT SIGNS HOUSING BILL
WASHINGTON – President Truman, in the presence of members of the Housing Administration, signs a bill providing for the construction of 810,000 low cost housing units.
THAR’S GOLD IN THAT GOLD CUP
HOLLYWOOD – Solidarity pulls a surprise as he romps home over a classy field to pick up $136,000 for his owners.
HORSE-PLAY
CALGARY – The best Canadian and U.S. bronc busters go out again to prove, the hard way that the horse – and the steer are mightier than the man.
FIRE RAZES STUDIO
GERMANY – One of Germany’s largest film studios, near Munich is destroyed as flames race through the structure despite spectacular fire fighting efforts. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1949 (UE49058)
BIG PARADES
Shriners in Chicago and Lions clubs in New York hold their annual hoopla with all the color and trappings that go to making a top-flight spectacle.
HIT THE SILK
SAN PABLO BAY, CAL. – Imagine being shot-out of a plane going 550 miles an hour. Well a couple of Air Force men do it and are none the worse for wear.
MOVIE HOSTS
HOLLYWOOD – Leo Spitz of Universal-International plays host, as Madame Pandit, India’s Ambassadress bestows the Spingairn medal on Dr. Ralph Bunche for his outstanding services in the Palestine mediation.
EIGHTY MILES UP
The navy fires rockets from a seaplane tender eighty miles up, and they return valuable information on cosmic rays.
AIR CRASH KILLS 6
SEATTLE – An unscheduled airliner plows a path of destruction through the outskirts of the city, killing 6 and injuring 23. In India, the tragic collection of the bodies of 13 prominent American journalists takes place following the crash of a plane near Bombay.
A REPLY TO ROBESON
WASHINTON – Jackie Robinson, baseball star tells the House Un-American Affairs committee that the singer is “silly” if he presumes to speak for all Blacks.
THE BULL WINS
PORTUGAL – Even top-flight matadors can meet their Waterloo in the arena. This one does – and how.
ROUGH HORSE PLAY
SPAIN – When it comes to mastery of the herd of wild horses, stallions neither ask, nor expect quarter. The battle is fierce and rugged. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1949 (UE49059)
ATLANTIC PACT SIGNED
WASHINGTON – After senate ratification by a 82-13 vote, President Truman signs the Atlantic Treaty, shattering an American tradition of 150 years standing.
WAR PLANES OUT OF RETIREMENT
GLENDALE, CAL. – The army brings veteran C-46 transports, of the famous Hump run out of retirement and gets them in shape for use by the national guard. After four years in the open it’s a real face lifting job.
DRIVE-IN CHURCH
NORTH HOLLYWOOD – Motor conscious California now has the drive-in Church, where motorists can get their religion from an open air pulpit.
TRIBUTE TO A QUEEN
HOLLAND – Netherlands youth in traditional wooden shoes gather at the royal palace to do their queen honor, after twelve years of her marriage.
DOUG JR. HONORED
LONDON – In recognition of his work with sending food packages to Europe’s needy, King George makes the actor an honorary Knight of the British Empire.
AQUACENTENNIAL
MINNEAPOLIS – The city puts on its annual eye-filling spectacle with floats and gorgeous girls – plus Vicki Draves, who shows the form that won her two Olympic titles.
WATER SKI CAPERS
MARYLAND – The pick of water skis show a new bag of tricks and add a few twists to the routine. One is a bare foot boy just don’t need skis to send along the water. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1949 (UE49060)
ATOM SECRETS TO BE KEPT
WASHINGTON – A joint Congressional committee hears military and civilian leaders give assurance that no atom bomb know how will be transferred to Britain or Canada without the express permission of Congress.
20th CENTURY VIKINGS
DENMARK – The king and queen of Denmark witness the re-enactment of the Viking days by descendents who sail an authentic Viking ship.
PATRIOT’S FUNERAL
KOREA – Kim Koo, “Tiger” of Korea, assassinated by an army officer is mourned by 1,000,000 Koreans who throng the streets of Seoul.
GREEK FLEET MANEUVERS
GREECE – The Greek fleet gaining steadily in strength, goes through an impressive set of exercises with King Paul as an observer.
JAP SWIM ACES
JAPAN – The Emperor see Japan’s famous top-flight swimmers battle it out – and also they see champion Nashizume equal his own record.
“NEW” ILE DE FRANCE
NEW YORK – After valiant war service and $25,000,000 face lifting job, the French luxury liner returns to passenger trade and a New York welcome.
MOTOR MADNESS
AUSTRIA – Europe’s leading motorcyclists set a scorching pace in the International races, with a few near fatal spills.
A BULLY TIME
PAMPLONA, SPAIN – Every man is a matador as the bulls are loosed in street and arena. Who won? Why the bulls of course. |
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