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Newsreels: 1950 Events At Home And Abroad
Newsreels 1950 stock footage documents world events, politics and war as well as sports, fashion and entertainment for the year of 1950. 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 1950 is an incredibly rich resource of visual history that tells the story of the year 1950. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50031)
COLD WAR
WASHINGTON President Truman, addressing American editors, sounds the battle cry for an offensive against Communist propaganda throughout the world.
AVALANCHE TO ORDER
UTAH High in the Wasatch Mountains forest rangers start controlled avalanches to minimize the greatest of spring dangers in the mountains.
FIRE SWEEPS JAP TOWN
JAPAN Virtually the entire business section of the city of Atami is levelled by flames which rage through the flimsy structures.
CANADIAN PLANE RECORD
A Canadian built Avro-jet transport streaks 359 miles from Toronto to New York in just four seconds under an houróa new mark.
ROLLER RYTHM
ENGLAND The best of Europe's roller skating figure champs put on an exhibition that challenges America's best.
U.S. WINS GLOVES
CHICAGO American amateurs win a sweeping victory against the best in Europe to take the International Golden Gloves championship. The action is breath-taking. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50032)
PRESIDENT SEES U. S. WAR MIGHT
In a tour of Fort Benning, Georgia and Eglin Field, Florida, President Truman views an impressive display of ground force strength and air-power bombardment in its up-to-the-minute best. '
42 CARS PILE UP IN TRAIN CRASH
PUENTE, CA. Two hoboes riding the rods of a fast freight are killed as an engine wheel breaks and cars are strewn along the right of way for hundreds of yards.
HOMEWARD-BOUND
BURBANK, CA. Forty-one British war brides and 32 children take off for a visit to the brides' homeland. The Skymaster is truly a "Flying Cradle."
LIBERTY BELLS
NEW YORK The S. S. Excalibur arrives from France with thirteen replicas of the historic Liberty Bell. They are the first shipment of bells which will peal out the message through all states during the Independence bond drive.
UNDER THE BIG TOP
GAINESVILLE, TX. Residents of this city go all out for their own personal circus and there's some pretty hot local talent. All civic activities are suspended while these amateurs do their stuff.
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
PHILADELPHIA The whole nation pays, tribute to Connie Mack on the fiftieth anniversary of his management of the Athletics. Sixty-three years in baseball and 87-years young.
WINGS WIN STANLEY CUP
DETROIT In a photo finish the Detroit Red Wings win the seventh and final game of the Stanley cup play-offs. But they only down the underdog New York Rangers after two extra periods of play.
CHARITY APPEAL
NEW YORK Francis Cardinal Spellman makes an eloquent appeal as New York's Catholic Charities opens its annual drive.
CALIFORNIA SCRAMBLE
MERIDIAN, MI. A bunch of calves and a bunch of boys. The idea is catch the calf and he's yours. But catch him first.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50033)
FLIGHT TO FREEDOM
HELMSTEDT, GERMANY An obscure hamlet becomes the check point to liberty as thousands flee Red held Germany. It was here that Allied trucks were barred from starving Berlin and the historic air lift had its inception.
WAVE PARACHUTE JUMPER
LAKEHURST Roberta Clevenger is a parachute rigger and just to prove that she has faith in her packing she bails out with the men a the Naval Air station. P.S Roberta's chute worked fine.
TREAT 'EM ROUGH
VIRGINIA Army freight has to take quite a beating going to the four corners of the earth. Under thousands of pounds of hydraulic tests, crates and packages get the works.
SPEED MERCHANT
SEATTLE Powered by an eighteen hundred horsepower airplane type engine, a new contender for speed boat records. A hundred miles an hour is a breeze and experts believe she can top the present mark of 141 miles.
DESIGN FOR LIVING
FRANCE A cat mothers a litter of baby rabbits and a huge shepherd dog stands guard over themóa strange family indeed.
LADIES SMOKER
FRANCE The beautiful mesdemoiselles do a man size job on formidable stogies. Despite minor casualties they chew them down to their size. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50034)
DOUKHOBORS BURN HOMES
CANADA In weird rites, the religious sects set fire to their homes and farm buildings in protest against third war they believe imminent. Many are jailed for nudist practices accompanying the rituals.
J. ARTHUR RANK GIVES HAMLET PRINT TO N.Y.U.
NEW YORK J. Arthur Rank presents a print of his production of Hamlet to New York Unió versity for use in Shakespearean studies.
IRANIAN PRINCESS ON HONEYMOON
PARISóPrincess Eatima of Iran tours Paris with her new American husband Vincent Hillyer of California.
20 INJURED IN APARTMENT BLAST
SEATTLE Leaking gas is blamed for an apartment house explosion that throws occupants from their beds, injuring 20 and making a shambles of the building.
LOYALTY PARADE
NEW YORK One hundred thousand march down Fifth Avenue as a counter-demonstration to the Red inspired May Day parade.
YACHT REGATTA
SEATTLE Lake Washington takes on a spring like look with more than one hundred boats out for the opening day regatta.
TROTTING RACES
YONKERS, N.Y. On the newly renovated Empire track the Inaugural race attracts a big field of entries and a big crowd of harness racing devotees. EXCLUSIVE USE
BULL RING ACTION
SEVILLE, SPAIN As screen star Ava Gardner looks on, a matador is knocked down and severely gored. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50036)
FIRE GUTS CANADIAN CITY
RIMOUSKI, QUEBEC Fanned by a sixty-hour wind, flames roar through this industrial town in Quebec. Thousands are homeless and the damage runs to $20,000,000, with 350 buildings leveled in the wake of the raging inferno. Spectacular scenes from the stricken heart of a stricken city.
RESCUE AT SEA
OFF GERMANY In storm-tossed waters off the Frisian Islands, a rescue ship bucks to the side of a sunken tug, where a survivor clings to the mast visible above water. Risking his own life, skipper drives through raging seas to accomplish mission.
BIG HAUL IN NARCOTICS
NEW YORK One hundred thousand dollars worth of narcotics are given the fiery furnace treatment by Police Commissioner O'Brien and his staff. The record haul was made by Federal and City sleuths during the past year.
SWISS MISS 'N PIGEONS
SWITZERLAND Pretty Swiss "WAC" of Car-rier Pigeon Corps takes her winged messengers high into the Alps, there to release them for long flight back home. Birds would be invaluable in case of war, Swiss believe.
TEXAS PROUD OF VETCH
TERRELL, TX. This Texas town is so proud of vetch, amazing plant with many uses, that it stages a colorful festivel to tell the world about it. A spectacular salute to a worthy friend of man.
THE KENTUCKY DERBY
"MIDDLEGROUND" SCORES UPSET IN 76TH RUNNING
CHURCHILL DOWNS Derby Day in the Kentucky Bluegrass. The Kentucky Derby, with fourteen starters getting away fast, with favored "Your Host" setting fast pace until the final turn, where "Middleground" flashes into first place and holds it. Racing thrills supreme! 100,000 fans on hand for famous classic. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50037)
BIGGEST AIR MANEUVERS
NORTH CAROLINA In biggest airborne operations in military history, thousands of paratroopers "hit the silk" in Exercise Swarmer. Jeeps and guns are also dropped in war games designed to test our airborne efficiency in capturing enemy-held bases.
DRAMATIC RESCUE FAILS
BROOKLYN Dramatic film story of heroic 27-hour rescue operation that failed. Well-digger Dominick Atteo, trapped by earth slide twenty feet below garage floor, succombs to injuries minutes before his rescuers reach him.
PRES. TRUMAN ON TOUR
NEBRASKA Increasingly large crowds turn out to glimpse the President and his family, aboard their train on a "non-political" tour of the West. Heavy rains fail to dampen enthusiasm at Lincoln.
A.F.L. INDUSTRIES SHOW
PHILADELPHIA The American Federation of Labor holds an industries show, attended by Secretary of Labor Tobin and top-ranking labor leaders. Many nationally-known craft are color fully represented.
COAST GUARD ICE-BREAKER
THE GREAT LAKES With many ore ships locked in by the ice, the ice-breaker "Mackinaw" comes to the rescue. Bucking her way through the thick floes, the Coast Guard craft opens up the shipping lanes.
COTTON IS KING
MEMPHIS Pageantry and spectacle unfold in dazzling array as the Cotton Carnival gets underway with a colorful float parade. (Memphis only)
LOOK MA, NO HANDLES!
PORTLAND, ORE.óHere's a story about a guy who's come up with a radio-controlled lawn-mower to do that weekly grass-cutting chore for him. He just sits back, relaxes, and sips a cool drink while his electronic wonder does the work for him. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50038)
100,000 FLEE FLOOD AREA
WINNIPEG, CANADA With the rampaging Red River rising to new flood crests, this prairie capital is in dire straits, with swollen waters inundating the greater part of the city and thousands fleeing for their lives. Volunteer workers man the dikes but as the flood crest hits the city, fears are raised that Winnipeg is doomed.
TRUMAN DEDICATES COULEE DAM
WASHINGTON Climaxing his 6400-mile tour, the President arrives to dedicate another unit of the vast power project. Thousands hear and see him, as he dedicates plaque in memory of Pres. Roosevelt. Indians in ceremonial dress lend color to affair.
DERBY CHAMP LOSES "WITHERS"
BELMONT PARK "Middleground," the Texas colt who nosed out "Hill Prince" in the Kentucky Derby, comes in second to "Hill Prince" in the famed Withers Mile. Vindication for Jockey Eddie Arcaro who lost to Bill Boland at Churchill Downs.
"PRELUDE TO THE FUTURE"
As the liberty bells ring out throughout the land, Americans heed the call to buy bonds, to get in step with a great new drive aimed to save the future of us and our children. The voice of film star William Lundigan is behind this dramatic picture showing the need for patriotic action now. The peeling of the liberty bells is but the prelude to the future. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50039)
CORONATION IN SIAM
BANGKOK Scenes of Oriental pomp and pageantry unfold in far-off Siam, where King Rama IX and his lovely young bride of a week, Queen Sirikit, are crowned. Sacred elephants and palace guards are shown in this colorful spectacle of the East.
TRUMAN WINDS UP TOUR
IN MADISON, WI., Pres. Truman lays the cornerstone of the Filene Building of the Credit Union National Association. In Chicago he appears at a giant rally of party faithful, with daughter Margaret by his side.
DANES HAIL LIBERATION
DENMARK On the fifth anniversary of the liberation from the Nazi yoke, the Danes stage a spectacular day-and-night celebration. Heroic saboteurs slain by the Nazis are honored, in ceremony culminating with giant torchlight parade. (EXCLUSIVE USE)
POPE SEES MRS. FRANCO
ROME His holiness-Pope Pius XII has a Holy Year audience with Spain's First Lady, her daughter and son-in-law, in the pontiff's private library. Blessings for the people of Spain.
FILM PIONEER HONORED
CRESTWOOD, KY. At the grave of film pioneer David Wark Griffith, Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess honor the memory of the director genius who gave the world "The Birth of a Nation."
DOG RECEIVES MEDAL
FORT LEWIS, WASH. "Lassie," Irish setter who saved the life of little Tommy Jenkins lost in the woods for 46 hours, receives a medal during a colorful ceremony attended by Army personnel.
STAR AIDS HOSPITAL FUND
ST. LOUIS Maureen O'Hara, star of "Coman-che Territory," arrives to assist in the building campaign for the Cardinal Glennon Memorial Hospital for children. (St. Louis Only) (EXCLUSIVE)
"POST" OPENS NEW PLANT
DENVER, CO. In dedication attended by state and national celebrities, the Denver Post's great new building is opened. (Denver Only)
MOVIES SPUR BOND DRIVE
BOSTON The New England Motion Picture Industry stages a monster rally on Boston Common opening the savings bond drive.
SAVE FOR YOUR INDEPENDENCE
PHILADELPHIA Treasury Secretary Snyder rings the famed Liberty Bell, to herald the start of the new bond drive. Americans everywhere will want to "save for your independence." |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50040)
26 DEAD IN MUNITIONS BLAST
SOUTH AMBOY, N.J. This once-prosperous industrial town is a shattered wreck following a terrific explosion of four ammunition-laden barges on the waterfront. Hardly a building is left standing in the blast that claimed twenty-six lives and left hundreds injured.
AMERICA PARADES ARMED MIGHT
At home and abroad, American armed might takes the world spotlight as we celebrate our first Armed Forces Day. In Trieste, as in other trouble spots, U. S. troops and guns are on parade.
WASHINGTON Pres. Truman and high-ranking military leaders see a stirring review by thousands of soldiers, sailors, marines and airmenóa newly-welded and unified fighting forces.
PHILADELPHIA Preceded by a thrilling naval display, Armed Forces Day is dramatically keynoted by marching troops and rumbling tanks.
J. EDGAR HOOVER SOUNDS WARNING
WASHINGTON Receiving the Boys' Clubs of America award from ex-Pres. Herbert Hoover, the F.B.I. Director sounds a timely warning that America must combat juvenile delinquency by still more programs of youth guidance.
ON THE SPORTS FRONT
THE PREAKNESS The 74th running of the famed Pimlico classic sees the favored Hill Prince win by a wide margin over his old Derby nemesis, Middleground.
COLISEUM RELAYS At Los Angeles, crowds are on hand for 10th annual track classic. Hurdles, sprints and close-decision mile relay are hown in this thrilling round-up. |
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