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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 (UE52081)
TRUMAN WHISTLE-STOPS IN CAMPAIGN AGAINST “IKE”:
General Eisenhower invades Dixie to receive the endorsement of South Carolina’s Democratic Governor Byrnes. Then, Ike swings through the mid-West, greeted by vast crowds.
Adlai Stevenson campaigns vigorously, but Democratic campaign headlines go to President Truman, on a hard-hitting whistle-stop tour of the Pacific Northwest.
GREENLAND RESCUE:
GREENLAND – Fate turns the tables on a British air-lift plane supplying isolated explorers, when plane crashes, fliers are marooned a week, till rescued by U.S. plane.
JOHN COBB:
SCOTLAND – Famed racer John Cobb dies in tragic attempt to beat world speed-boat mark. His jet-propelled boat disintegrates before a horrified crowd.
USC TROUNCES ARMY:
LOS ANGELES – A bad day for the Cadets, bombarded by Jim Sears’ passes. The outcome, Trojans 22, Army 0.
MICHIGAN STATE – OREGON STATE:
PORTLAND – See-sawing action up to the last minute. Michigan State gets under the gun with a field goal for 17-14 victory.
SMASH FINALE FOR WORLD SERIES:
BROOKLYN – Series goes into the crucial 7th game at Ebbets Field, after a thrill-packed set of contests.
ST. SOPHIA CATHEDRAL DEDICATED:
LOS ANGELES – Greek Orthodoxy’s greatest House of Worship in the Western Hemisphere, the lavish Saint Sophia Cathedral. The culmination of ten years planning and building.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1952 (UE52082)
95 KILLED, 200 INJURED IN BRITISH RAIL DISASTER:
ENGLAND – A three-train collision in a London suburb kills at least 95, injures over two hundred, when two expresses smash into a commuters local, at the rush hours’ peak.
JAPAN ELECTIONS:
JAPAN – In the first elections since the Occupation’s end, 35 million go to polls. A smashing defeat for Reds, and a vote of confidence in Premier Yoshida’s pro-U.S. policy.
WINGLESS PLANE:
CALIFORNIA – They said it wouldn’t fly, but inventor Bill Norton wingless wonder, with radical retractable stabilizers, proves the experts wrong.
SEE-SAW STRUGGLE FOR KOREA PEAKS:
KOREA – Marines call the helicopter into service during savage hill-top fighting. Hop-skip-and-jump tactics carry rocket launchers from hill-top to hill-top, battering Reds and shifting location before they know what hit ‘em.
CHILEAN WOMEN VOTE:
CHILE – For the first time in nation’s history, women cast their votes, and are credited as decisive factor in presidential balloting.
COMMANDO MEMORIAL:
SCOTLAND – Queen Mother Elizabeth unveils a memorial to World War II Commandos.
PERSIMMON FESTIVAL:
INDIANA – Persimmon pudding is featured at annual festival. Grand tasting contest.
LADY LOGGERS’ SCHOOL:
CALIFORNIA – Women train to invade he-man lumberjack’s trade. Look out for “lumber-jinny,” Jack!
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1952 (UE52083)
TRUMAN, IKE SPEAK ON CIVIL RIGHTS:
NEW YORK – President Truman receives civil rights medal, urges hearers to vote for Stevenson, and pledges all out support on civil rights issue.
CALIFORNIA – General Eisenhower criticizes the Administration record on civil rights, tells cheering onlookers he’s against “second-class citizenship.”
KOREA AIR STRIKE:
KOREA – United Nations fighter-bombers pound the enemy, smashing Red positions and supplies, as ground troops repel new enemy thrust.
SUPER SPEED TRAIN:
GERMANY – The train of tomorrow debuts – a streamlined bullet, riding a mono-rail on ball bearings, planned for 200 mph speeds.
THOUSANDS ATTEND ROSARY SUNDAY:
NEW YORK – Thousands attend Rosary Sunday ceremonies at the Polo Grounds, hear Cardinal Spellman urge family prayer.
FOOTBALL:
GEORGIA TECH – TULANE
ATLANTA – Tech intercepts a Tulane pass, and rambles to victory, capping its 18 game winning streak, 14-0.
UCLA – RICE
LOS ANGELES – Sub Teddy Narleski is secret weapon as the Bruins out-pass the Owls and take the game, 20-0.
PRINCETON – PENN
PRINCETON – The Quakers snap Princeton’s 24 game winning streak, frustrating the Tigers offensive for a 13-7 triumph.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1952 (UE52084)
U.N. ASSEMBLY OPENS 7TH SESSION IN PERMANENT HEADQUARTERS:
NEW YORK – The U.N.’s General Assembly opens its seventh session in the new auditorium, built as its permanent home at $12 million cost. Delegates and statesmen arrive to begin a momentous series of debates.
PEOPLE ACCLAIM EGYPT’S NAGUIB:
EGYPT – Wild acclaim greets strong-man Mohammed Naguib, asking popular support in key crisis with the Wafdists.
STARS OF TOMORROW:
CALIFORNIA – Honored at Hollywood luncheon are Photoplay’s Stars of Tomorrow, U-I’s lovely Lori Nelson, and Tab Hunter.
MERCY SHIP COMES HOME:
CALIFORNIA – Korean wounded return home aboard the Navy hospital ship “Haven,” a cheering moment for all aboard.
NIPPONESE PRINCESS WEDS:
TOKYO – Emperor Hirohito’s fourth daughter weds a commoner, as the nation rejoices, wishes the young couple long life and happiness.
150,000 CATHOLIC ACTIONISTS CROWD ST. PETER’S, HEAR POPE:
ROME – The Supreme Pontiff addresses a vast throng of international delegates, warns of grave perils that beset the world today.
ICE BREAKER REACHES NEEW POLAR MARK:
The Coast Guard icebreaker Eastwind bulldozes through mountainous glaciers and near impassable ice packs to come within 508 miles of the pole, furthest north for any vessel.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1952 (UE52085)
CAMPAIGN GAINS SPEED IN FINAL STAGES:
The Presidential campaign enters its final, and decisive phase, with both candidates stepping up their efforts. Rugged schedules of air-hopping and whistle-stopping, plus radio and TV, planned to reach as many voters as possible before Nov. 4.
LINCOLN PAGEANT:
PENNSYLVANIA – Historical pageant reenacts Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, actors, townspeople and visitors, in costume dress to recapture one of the great moments out of America’s past.
DIAMONDS, USA:
NEW YORK – A dozen lovely models wear 5,000,000 dollars worth of precious gems, displaying the latest diamond fashions, a dazzling spectacle.
SPACE SUIT:
SEATTLE – Yesterday’s science-fiction is today’s reality. The Air Force displays a new high-altitude pressure suit that could double for any space-cadets space suit.
OIL SHOW AT ODESSA:
TEXAS – Odessa pays tribute to King Oil with a four-day show, parade and industrial exposition, drawing an expected 100,000 spectators, from all parts of the nation.
FOOTBALL:
WEST POINT – The Pitt Panthers follow their Notre Dame victory by overcoming the Cadets, 22-14.
MICHIGAN – The Michigan State Spartans hold their top-ranking position, trampling Syracuse, 48-7.
MARYLAND – Maryland’s Terrapins torpedo the Navy, 38-7, running their victory skein to 17.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1952 (UE52086)
BATTLE OF KOREA:
KOREA – Savage action marks the fighting for strategic hills ringing Seoul. Mortar fire is conducted around the clock and casualties mount steadily as South Koreans stubbornly defend their positions.
EMPEROR VISITS SHRING:
JAPAN – Emperor Hirohito visits the shrine erected to Japanese war dead for the first time since the war ended in 1945.
PARCCAR:
CALIFORNIA – Now anybody can do it – park a car that is. Another wheel has been added going sideways. It has to be seen to be believed.
WINTER MIGRATION:
CALIFORNIA – Geese and ducks darken the sky at Tule Lake’s game preserve, as they settle on the lake in their flight southward.
MECHANICAL DOLLS:
SWITZERLAND – They do everything but baby sit – these dolls, products over the last two centuries, of Swiss watch making genius.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1952 (UE52087)
ACHESON BARS KOREAN PEACE OF DISHONOR:
NEW YORK – U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson addresses the Political Committee of the United Nations, says the U.N. will not accept truce terms involving dishonorable compromise.
HURRICANE RAVAGES CUBA:
CUBA – The Caribbean island is ravaged by hurricane winds of 165 mph force, smashing buildings, devastating sugar cane fields.
PRESIDENT’S AWARD:
CALIFORNIA – The annual award of the President’s Committee on the employment of the Physically Handicapped is presented to N.J. Blumberg, of Universal International Pictures, for the film ‘Bright Victory.’
HUGHES HELICOPTER FLIES:
CALIFORNIA – Howard Hughes’ giant helicopter, world’s largest, in its maiden flight. Jet engines power the huge rotor blades.
FLOWER FANTASIA:
CALIFORNIA – In the service of charity, a showing of fabulous floral headpieces, huge, colorful, ornate, beguiling and stunning in their size and intricacy.
FOOTBALL:
WISCONSIN – Wisconsin’s Badgers bow to unbeaten UCLA, 20-7.
CALIFORNIA – USC Trojans stop the California Golden Bears, 10-0.
SOUTH CAROLINA – South Carolina’s aerial attack produces the game’s only touchdown, as Clemson is powerless to score. The Gamecocks triumph, 6-0.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1952 (UE52088)
UNITED NATIONS VISHINSKY ORATES AS KOREAN BATTLE RAGES:
NEW YORK – At the U.N., Russia’s Vishinsky looses a vitriolic blast at Secretary of State Acheson, replying to the U.S. Statesman’s speech on PW repatriation.
NAZI GENERAL FREED:
GERMANY – Old and cancer-stricken, German Field Marshal Albert Kesselring is freed after seven years’ imprisonment for war crimes.
HIROSHIMA PEACE BELLS:
GERMANY – The Ruhr steel industry, once key to war might, donates four $10,000 bells to Japanese Peace Church in Hiroshima, the A-bomb city.
TYPHOON HITS SAIGON:
INDO CHINA – Howling tropic storm smashes Saigon and surrounding area. One of the worst storms in the nation’s history adds nature’s fury to the ravages of war.
NEW SWEATERS AN OLD YARN:
NEW YORK – Gone is the ‘Sloppy Joe.’ Fashion-wise, the sweater has arrived – chic, sleek, and glamorous.
FLYING TOOTHPICK:
FRANCE – Radical new plane design flight-tested near Paris. Broad wing flaps retract after take-off, leaving unorthodox ‘toothpick’ wings for high-speed flight.
GRADE-A BASKETBALL:
NEW YORK – College All-Stars meet the N.Y. Knicks in benefit for Hearst Free Milk Fund. Grade-A thriller has score tied 10 times until Knicks pull ahead in closing minutes, 66-61.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1952 (UE52089)
RUSSIANS BLOCK U.S. TANKS IN NEW BERLIN THREAT:
GERMANY – The threat of another blockade looms as Russians refuse to allow a trainload of new model U.S. tanks to enter the city. The tanks will strengthen the new U.S. Garrison in West Berlin.
MAIL TO TROOP:
Mail early, in sending Xmas gifts to overseas G.I.’s.
BRITAIN’S CROWN JEWELS:
ENGLAND – Coronation nears and Britain’s crown jewels are once again the glittering focus of interest.
FRENCH PLANE CRASH:
FRANCE – Aerial disaster. Plane crash strews countryside with wreckage. A blow to the nation’s growing air transportation system.
MR. CANADA SELECTED:
The spotlight on Mr. Canada – muscular masculinity on display, in quest of the nation’s accolade.
FOOTBALL:
NORTH CAROLINA – George Tech runs its victory string to 21, overcoming Duke 28-7.
CONNECTICUT – Yale’s surprising ’52 team scores its fifth straight win, topping Dartmouth, 21-7.
INDIANA – Michigan State holds its top rank among the nation’s teams beating Purdue, 14-7.
MUMMERS PARADE:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Throngs watch the celebrated Mummers Parade, a procession dedicated to fun and frolic, spiced by music and comedy, continuing the Mummers’ long and beloved traditions.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1952 (UE52090)
EISENHOWER LANDSLIDE
America goes to the polls – and the outcome is a resounding victory for General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Prominent voters include ex-President Herbert Hoover, President and Mrs. Truman, and the two candidates, among many others. Up-to-the-minute returns are broadcast to overseas GI’s – and as the ballots flood in, the trend becomes apparent. GOP headquarters is a scene of restrained, but swelling jubilation, and gloom mounts among Stevenson supporters. The climactic moment – key states fall to Ike, and Stevenson concedes. At Republican headquarters, a tremendous ovation greets the president-elect and our next First Lady. The campaign is over. After 20 years, the Republican party is once again in power, and General Dwight D. Eisenhower asks for the support of all Americans in the tasks that lie ahead.
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