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Newsreels: 1952 Events At Home And Abroad
Newsreels 1952 stock footage documents world events, politics and war as well as sports, fashion and entertainment for the year of 1952. 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 1952 is an incredibly rich resource of visual history that tells the story of the year 1952. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1952 (UE52031)
FLOOD HAVOC:
As a raging Missouri river spreads over the Middlewest inundating cities and the nation’s richest farm land, President Truman confers with the governors of the seven affected states and promises a renewed drive for flood control in the area. Spain also is hit with disastrous floods on the Guadalquivir river.
RED TANK SCRAP:
Captured Communist tanks are cut up at Aberdeen Proving Grounds to provide scrap for future armament, and in the east, the Korean battleground yields a harvest of shell cases and jeeps for any future war effort.
SPRING AT THE ZOO:
GERMANY – The spring crop of offspring make their appearance at the zoo and with an entrancing number of antics. As usual, juvenile monkeys take the top spot.
NEW MUSICAL NOTE:
CALIFORNIA – A new tonal scale makes its bow at Mills College under the direction of Harry Partch who bases the performance of his orchestra on the Greek lyre and atomic research.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1952 (UE52033)
ATOM BOMB
GI’s TEST EFFECT OF BOMB BLAST:
YUCCA FLATS, NEVADA – Spectacular scenes of latest A-Bomb blast. Newsreel and Defense Dept. cameras record vivid scenes of tactical bomb test, during which hundreds of troops in foxholes, and paratroops dropped shortly afterwards, test the effect of the deadly new weapon. Awesome ball of fire and rise of giant “mushroom” are seen.
PRISON RIOTS END:
RAHWAY, N.J. – After 114 hours of siege, the 231 prisoners who barricaded themselves in a cell block, surrender. Scenes of destruction are typical of prison outbreaks in several states, including Michigan. After setting their hostages free, the cons end their hold-out.
UNDERWATER TRUCK:
FORT BENNING – A new version of the Army’s “Workhorse” gets a rugged workout, underwater. The Army Ordinance Dept. shows it going through amazing aquatic operations, proving its ability to travel underwater. A snorkel tube is the secret.
AQUATIC ACROBATICS:
CYPRESS GARDEN – Pretty maids, tricky bare-foot skier, and spine-tingling crash dives – all are featured in the 6th Dixie Water Ski Tournament. Star of the show is Toribio Durantes of Mexico, who skids along on his bare feet, and also performs amazing gyrations on pair of tiny skis.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1952 (UE52034)
JAPAN WINS INDEPENDENCE:
WASHINGTON – In a formal ceremony, Secretary of State Acheson and Ryuji Takeuchi, charge d’affaires sign the ratified peace treaty, bringing the war to an official end and restoring Japan as a sovereign power. The Japanese envoy also is given possession of the embassy building after eleven years.
FIRST LADY AIDS DRIVE:
WASHINGTON – Mrs. Truman is hostess at the White House to three young victims of cerebral palsy, who present her with Forget-Me-Nots, symbol of the drive for funds to combat the dread disease.
“MISS INDIA” IS CHOSEN:
INDIA – Competing for the title “Miss India,” a bevy of Oriental beauties draw appreciative murmurs during the contest. The winner will come to the U.S. to vie in world-wide contest for “Miss Universe.”
STRIKE HALTS JAP RAILROADS:
JAPAN – Strikes fomented to protest anti-communist laws pending before the Jap Diet virtually cripple all railroads leading into Tokyo. Violence breaks out as Red-led strikers clash with police.
VANCOUVER WATERFRONT FIRE:
VANCOUVER – The worst fire in post-war history rages through grain-loading galleries, threatening grain-filled elevators during three-hour battle that is marked by spectacular collapse of pier section.
IN THE ANIMAL CORNER:
AUSTRIA & DENMARK – Here are chuckles galore, as bears make the headlines. Two trained bears visit a hospital in Austria, to get free hand-out from little miss who is ill. Greedy beggars really have a time! – In Denmark, little Alaska bear cub tries out his sea-legs on a bare floor (of all places) and decides a bear rug would be safer.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1952 (UE52035)
THE STEEL CRISIS:
U.S.A. – The government seizure of the steel industry, and then Judge Pine’s court decision returning the mills to industry, followed by labor’s quick walk-out, leaves the country facing a serious crisis in the midst of mounting war production efforts. Steel workers quit their jobs and picket lines are thrown up on the heels of the historic decision affecting constitutional law in the U.S.
N.J. HOLDS AIR RAID ALERT:
NEW JERSEY – The first “State-wide” air raid alert finds busy Newark and other Jersey cities responding with enthusiasm and calm to the blast of air raid sirens. Large stores are shelters, and streets are quickly emptied of pedestrians, until the all-clear sounds.
FIRE GUTS NATIVE QUARTER:
INDO-CHINA – Flames fanned by strong winds race through a native quarter in Saigon, and firemen are powerless to cope with the rampaging inferno. Hundreds of thatched-roof buildings are leveled and thousands flee for their lives.
AVALANCHE OF MUD AND WATER:
MENTON, FRANCE – Four mountain communities are laid waste following an avalanche of mud and water brought on by torrential Spring rains. Scenes of desolation follow the flash floods that washed away homes and caused untold injuries and death.
THE BATTLE OF THE BOTTLE:
DENVER, COLO. – The removal of a huge advertising bottle atop a building is completed, after officials protested that the sign blocked a view of the mountains. The bottle razing is a set-up for a few chuckles!
THE WORLD OF SPORTS
PARTRIDGE SHOOTING:
SPAIN – Picturesque Castilian countryside is backdrop for last “shoot” of the season, as trigger-happy hunters wind up a day’s work with a big bag of tasty partridge.
PHOTO FINISH RACE:
ENGLAND – Big thrill of Spring meeting at Epsom – the finish of the Blue Riband Trial Stakes – with three colts fighting for first place and the camera settling the issue.
NEW SAVINGS IN BONDS:
WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary John W. Snyder announces bonds with higher percent rate of interest and greater saving for American investors.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1952 (UE52036)
NAVAL DISASTER:
One hundred and seventy-five men are lost when the aircraft carrier Wasp plows into the destroyer Hobson during maneuvers in mid-Atlantic. Only sixty-one are saved and transferred to the Wasp which returns to the United States with a seventy-five foot hole in her bow.
MAY DAY RIOTS:
Communists observe their traditional day with demonstrations over the world. In Berlin, only alert police action prevents violence. In New York the left wing parade is greeted with jeers, but in Tokyo a well-organized riot develops into a pitched battle with police, with American cars and other property begin destroyed by the demonstrators.
CRIPPLED KIDS BENEFIT:
ALADMEDA, CALIF. – Returning from the Pacific, the aircraft carrier Antietam presents little Marcia Owens with $15,000. The polio victim then turns over the check to Shrine fund for crippled youngsters.
APPLE BLOSSOM TIME:
WINCHESTER, VA. – Nina Warren, daughter of the California governor is crowned queen of the Shenandoah Valley Apple blossom festival by elder statesman Bernard Baruch.
HILL GAIL WINS DERBY:
CHURCHILL DOWNS, Ky – Hill Gail, heavy favorite comes through in the 78th running of the Kentucky Derby and gives jockey Arcaro his fifth win in the classic.
OAKLAND CENTENNARY:
OAKLAND, CALIF. – Oakland celebrates the one hundredth anniversary of its founding with a parade depicting the various stages of its history.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1952 (UE52038)
NEW UN COMMANDER:
General Mark Clark takes over command of United Nations forces in Korea, as General Matthew Ridgway leaves to take over NATO forces in Europe, succeeding General Eisenhower. General Ridgway says farewell to unit chiefs and General Clark greets his new command.
WORLD MOTHER:
Madame Rosa Videla, first lady of Chile is honored for her work in child welfare as Mother of the World. Also singled out by the American Mother’s Committee is Mrs. Toy Len Goon of San Francisco named American Mother of 1952.
AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR:
NEW YORK – Chancellor Leopold Figl pays a visit to say thanks for U.S. aid to Austria, but also says no separate peace treaty will be signed.
HERO SKIPPER:
PARIS – Captain Kurt Carlsen, doughty skipper of the Flying Enterprise comes in for some kid hero worship as he visits Paris after his first crossing in the Flying Enterprise II.
NEW JET GIANT:
FORT WORTH, TEX. – The airforce takes the wraps off its new eight-jet B-60 bomber. Details are secret but its first public flight is impressive.
TRAIN TRAGEDY:
COLLEGE PARK, MD. – Fifteen cars of ninety-seven car freight train are strewn over the main Washington-New York tracks. Naptha laden cars cause a spectacular blaze.
FRENCH FASHIONS:
PARIS – Paris in the spring spurs the couturiers to some efforts that give milady’s figure the full French treatment.
TRIPLETS MEET:
NEW JERSEY – Forty-five sets of triplets from eighty four to eleven months gather at Palisades Park and the result is three cheers.
JEEPERS CREEPERS:
YAKIMA, WASH. – Jeepers but no creepers are these jeep jockies who dash around the ridges. It takes a good man to stick under these conditions.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1952 (UE52039)
SEA QUEEN ON TRIAL RUN:
VIRGINIA – The biggest American liner, the “United States,” begins her first trial run following her launching at Newport News. The 52,000 ton superliner, which is expected to be the fastest commercial vessel afloat, was built at a cost of $72,000,000. She’ll carry 2,000 passengers, the last word in luxury afloat.
BIG FRENCH PLANE TESTED:
FRANCE – The “Armagnae,’ France’s bid for commercial airline laurels, takes off on her inaugural flight between Paris and Casablanca. The huge four-motored craft can seat 105 passengers.
HYDROPLANE SHOWS SPEED:
FRANCE – On the Seine, a sleek-looking hydroplane, a combination of speed boat and seaplane, shoves off for impressive speed trials. The craft is destined for service in Egypt.
U.S. PLANES FOR ITALY:
BRINDISI – Thirty Thunderjet fighter-bombers are turned over to Italy, during a colorful ceremony at this Italian port. The swift jets will equip two Italian squadrons, for defense of freedom.
WOMENS’ GROUP AID TAFT:
WASHINGTON – Senator Taft meets with members of the GOP Womens’ Finance committee headed by Mrs. Preston Davie. Women from all walks of life gather to pledge support and hear the Senator’s thanks.
NEW YORK GREETS MAYORS:
NEW YORK – 600 mayors from many American cities and from several cities abroad gather for the annual Mayors’ Conference. A parade up Broadway gets the conclave off to a gala start.
EX & JOE GET IN SHAPE:
NEW JERSEY – With their heavyweight title bout just around the corner, Jersey Joe Walcott, the champ, and Ezzard Charles, the man he defeated to gain the title, get in some serious training at their respective training camps. They’ll fight in Philadelphia.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1952 (UE52040)
ARMED FORCES:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The armed forces join in a parade before the president in an observance of Armed Forces Day – a day which takes on significance during the current world crisis.
POLAR FLIGHT:
ALASKA – The North Pole, once almost in accessible becomes a routine mission for members of the Strategic Airforce, who make almost daily flights over the roof of the world on weather observation flights.
PREAKNESS:
MARYLAND – Blue Man wins the seventy-sixth running of the classic going away with Con McCreary up.
MONKEY SHINES:
MISSOURI – The St. Louis zoo chimps skate to an hilarious finale as they put on their yearly circus.
TRUMAN SPEECH:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Truman makes a plea for the retention of the bi-partisan foreign policy, before the Americans for Democratic Action Committee.
STUDIO FIRE:
CALIFORNIA – A million dollars in damage results from a fire that sweeps Warner Brothers studio – a blaze that was fought by film stars.
COTTON CARNIVAL:
MEMPHIS – King Cotton rules supreme as Memphis stages its yearly Cotton Carnival. The parade eclipses all previous efforts.
GEN. MAC INSPECTS:
MICHIGAN – General MacArthur inspects the new armaments being turned out of a converted auto plant. He sees tank guns rolling off the assembly line.
RELAY RACES:
CALIFORNIA – Craig Dixon sets a new mark in the 110-meter high hurdles in the Coliseum relays. Pole vaulting provides some special thrills of its own.
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