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Newsreels: 1947 Events At Home And Abroad
Newsreels 1947 stock footage documents world events, politics and war as well as sports, fashion and entertainment for the year of 1947. 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 1947 is an incredibly rich resource of visual history that tells the story of the year 1947. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1947 (UE47031)
TEXAS DISASTER
DEATH TOLL IN HUNDREDS AS FIRES RGE IN CITY RIPPED BY BLASTS
TEXAS CITY, TEXAS – First pictures of the worst American disaster in 30 years! Indescribable scenes of devastation and death hover over this port city following the explosion of a nitrate-laden ship which set off other blasts in chemical plants and oil refineries. The death toll is in the many hundreds, and 3,000 persons are injured. Another ship blows up the next day, further hampering rescue efforts and heroic work by firemen. Ambulances carry their grisly loads to morgues; hospitals are overflowing. Gov. Jester and Gen. Wain-wright direct the fight, as dense clouds billow over the stricken city.
EMPEROR GOES DEMOCRATIC
TOKYO – Breaking all precedent, Emperor Hirohito goes down onto the playing field to congratulate members of opposing soccer teams. Later, he and royal family attend sports show on palace grounds.
GLOBE FLIGHT MARK SET
NEW YORK – Less than 79 hours after taking off from LaGuardia Field, Milton Reynolds and his crew of two are back after circling the globe in their converted Army A-26 attack bomber. The newsreel camera also shows their stop-over in Tokyo. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1947 (UE47032)
LATEST PICTURES FORM TEXAS CITY
TEXAS CITY, TEXAS – Smoke and flames still rise from burning oil tanks as the stricken city counts its dead and digs out. The official toll is over 400, with hundred still missing. Grim evidence of the three-day battle against the flames is shown in these dramatic scenes.
TRUMAN URGES PRICE CUTS
NEW YORK – Addressing members of the Associated Press, the President urges immediate slashing of prices and warns that only by such reductions can this nation avoid a recession. Reductions will bring more prosperity, he avers.
KOREAN WINS MARATHON
BOSTON – Yun Bok Su, young Korean University student, wins the Boston Marathon by two-thirds of a mile, eclipsing a large field of international runners and setting a new course record.
EGG HITS NEW HIGH
NEW YORK – You won’t believe it until you see it – eggs dropping down ten stories and bouncing off a rubber mat. They don’t break (well, on the rebound maybe). You can even play ping-pong with eggs these days!
“LEAFS” WIN STANLEY CUP
TORONTO – 15,000 rabid hockey fans jam the Maple Leaf Gardens for the finals in the Stanley Cup series and see the Toronto ice stars clinch the trophy by defeating the defending champs, the Canadiens, by a score of 2-1. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1947 (UE47033)
HELIGOLAND BLOWS UP!
GERMANY – Spectacular scenes of the greatest blast since Bikini! With a shattering, earth-splitting roar, the famed island fortress explodes, touched off by tons of high explosives. British demolition units accomplish in seconds what British ships and planes could not do in a world war.
STALINGRAD TODAY
RUSSIA – Foreign correspondents fly down from Moscow to tour the ruins of the famous city, turning point in the Russian fight against the Nazi horde. Amid the rubble left by war, thousands work and re-build.
CARDINAL SPELLMAN APPEAL
NEW YORK – Francis Cardinal Spellman makes a touching appeal for your support in the 28th annual drive for Catholic Charities. Surrounded by youngsters at the Foundling Hospital, he says the sick and poor need your help.
NEW KING IN DENMARK
COPENHAGEN – A nation in mourning for the passing of a beloved monarch, King Christian X, raises its voice in a mighty salute to a new king, the former Crown Prince Frederik, during stirring ceremony at the palace.
U.N. TRADE GROUP MEETS
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – In the old League of Nations palace, long idle, members of the United Nations Trade Organization begin sessions on far reaching questions of world trade and world peace.
THE WORLD OF SPORTS
THE CHAMP TAKES A TUMBLE
CHICAGO – Irvin “shorty” Bedard, national tumbling champ in 1945, practices for new laurels this year and demonstrates his amazing finesse during a Boys Club exhibition. See his amazing triple-twist!
KIDS’ FISHING CONTEST
PASSAIC, N.J. – Small fry fishermen set out after the wily trout with hook and worm and casting rod, during the city’s annual fishing contest. Commissioner Turner awards prizes to the winners. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1947 (UE47034)
THE PALESTINE CRISIS
NEW YORK – The General Assembly of the United Nations meets to undertake settlement of the thorny Palestine question. Brazil’s Aranha is named president of the session.
PALESTINE – Terrorists strike again! At Rehovoth, the Cairo-Haifa Expess is blown up and derailed. Eight are killed and forty-one injured.
MARSHALL HOME FROM MOSCOW
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State George Marshall arrives by plane from Moscow. Pres. Truman and other government officials greet the returning soldier-statesman who strived for peace and unity at the Four-Power Conference.
TEST MINE DISASTERS
BRUCETON, PA. – The Bureau of Mines sets off spectacular coal mine explosions in a test demonstration of the Centralia disaster. The terrific force of a mine explosion is dramatically shown.
BULLET-PROOF VEST SHOWN
PHILADELPHIA – Nerve wracking scenes, these, watching police fire point blank at a demonstrator dressed in a new type bullet proof vest. But, think how the fell a feels who’s “it”??
THE WORLD OF SPORTS
FOUR-MAN WRESTLING
MONTREAL – Jack Dempsey and Jack Sharkey, both former fistic champs, referee team wrestling at the Forum. Four bruisers clash head on, and the action is fast and furious – and funny!
BABE RUTH HONORED
NEW YORK – It’s “Babe Ruth Day” for the nation’s baseball fans, and at the Yankee Stadium 59,000 fans cheer the beloved “King of Swat” as he steps up to home plate and says his “thanks”. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1947 (UE47035)
U.S. HAILS ALEMAN
WASHINGTON – Miguel Aleman, the Mexican President, receives a tumultuous welcome in the United States. Pres. Truman greets him at the airport; he attends state functions, and lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier. Later, Mr. Aleman addresses a joint session of Congress.
5 DEAD IN TERROR BLAST
PALESTING – Five police officers are dead, and a heavily-guarded police compound a shambles, following a dynamite blast set off by terrorists. Several were injured in the daring daylight attack.
MADRID VICTORY PARADE
MADRID – On the eighth anniversary of victory in the Civil War, hundreds of thousands jam the streets to watch an impressive military review. General Franco receives a mass demonstration.
ROYALTY IN RHODESIA
SOUTH AFRICA – The Royal Family sees the sights in Rhodesia. After a look-see at Victoria Falls, Britain’s monarchs cross into Barotseland, where native drums beat and natives race their novel canoes.
GREEK KING TAKES OATH
ATHENS – During impressive ceremonies at the Greek Parliament, King Paul, accompanied by his Queen, takes the oath of office as head of the Greek state. Archbishop Damaskinos administers the oath.
SUPER YO-YO DEMONSTRATED
HOUSTON, TEXAS – Canadian “Cheerio” champs demonstrate their technique for youngsters at high school. “Cheerio” is like yo-yo, but these talented twirlers come up with some amazing new twists!
DANES BURY THEIR KING
COPENHAGEN – A nation in mourning for a beloved monarch, Christian X, pauses during stirring funeral rites in which American and British marines take part. King Frederik leads his people in last rites for his father.
PLATYPUS PLAYGROUND
NEW YORK – The Platypus, rare Australian egg-laying mammal, holds open house at a novel “Platypusary” in the Brox Zoo. The odd little aquatic creatures are the only ones in U.S. captivity. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1947 (UE47036)
THE KENTUCKY DERRBY
“Jet Pilot” Wins At Churchill Downs
LOUISVILLE, KY. – It’s a close finish in the 1947 Kentucky Derby! “Jet Pilot” sets the pace the whole way, with the favored “Phalanx” coming up fast at the end but losing out by a head. “Faultless” is third in thrilling race, with 115,000 fans whooping it up at Churchilll Downs.
AFRICANS HAIL AURIOL
DAKAR – The French President steps ashore in West Africa during his tour of French colonial possessions. In Senegal, dusky native hail his arrival, and fierce camel riders and Spahis stage a thrilling salute.
YOUTH CENTER OPENED
LOS ANGELES – The $350,000 “Lou Costello, Jr., Youth Foundation” is opened to the public by the two donors, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Thousands of happy youngsters flock to the new play center.
APPLIE BLOSSSOM TIME
WINCHESTER, VA. – In a setting of rustic beauty, “Queen” Jean Lane of Maryland holds court with her retinue of pretty maids-in-waiting, as the Apple Blossom Festival gets underway with colorful parade.
SUGAR-CAKE HATS SHOWN
CHICAGO – Something sweet has been added to Milady’s hat. Sugar! Chef John Zenker of the Congress Hotel dishes up an icing-topped millinery creation of novel beauty – and pretty models simply eat it up! |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1947 (UE47037)
RADAR AIDS SAFE FLYING
CULVER CITY – “Terrain avoidance” – vital to commercial aviation – is scientifically assured in the perfection of a new radar device by Howard Hughes. The blind-flying guide flashes lights when hidden obstacles lie ahead of the aircraft.
MAY DAY CELEBRATED
MOSCOW – Stalin reviews monster May Day rally in Red Square. Hundreds of thousands pass in review before Lenin’s Tomb.
TRIESTE – Police separate opposing factions in disputed Adriatic port city. Crowds boo “Red” paraders and tension is high.
WATERPROOF HAIR-DOS
LOS ANGELES – Three pretty mermaids go swimming with new hair-dos. Two of them have had their tresses treated with a new “miracle” solution, and their hair remains perfect. But, OH, the third!
VOYAGE INTO HISTORY
LIMA, PERU – Five Norwegians and one Swede set out in a 40-foot balsa-wood raft for Tahiti and other Pacific islands, to prove a theory that ancient Incans discovered the far-off isles long before Columbus.
BRITISH FILM AWARDS
LONDON – The presentation of the National Film Awards to British stars and producers is a colorful event. Margaret Lockwood and J. Arthur Rank are among those honored.
FILM EXECS GET AWARD
WASHINGTON – Three motion picture theatre officials receive Presidential Certificates of Merit for their efforts during the war. Navy Under-Secretary Sullivan makes the awards.
NATIVES DANCE ON STILTS
CONAKRY, FR. GUINEA – Natives dressed in quaint African costumes dance on stilts during the visit of the French President, Auriol, to Colonial possessions in Africa. Other natives perform strange tribal dances.
PORPOISE ROUND-UP
FLORIDA – Experts from Marineland snare a wily porpoise off the Florida coast. Using a special tail-grabber, the anglers bring back one of the playful mammals and teach him to “stand up” for his lunch! |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1947 (UE47038)
“FAULTLESS” WINS PREAKNESS
BALTIMORE – The first four horses in the Kentucky Derby come in first in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico – but the order is scrambled. First is “Faultless,” with “On Trust” second, and “Phalanx” third, before 40,000 racing fans. “Jet Pilot” is fourth.
BRITISH FILM LEADER HERE
NEW YORK – J. Arthur Rank, British motion picture producer, arrives on the “Queen Elizabeth” for a U.S. visit. He is honor guest at a World’s Sunday School Assn. banquet; and later he attends a press conference with high American film executives.
SPECTACULAR TOKYO FIRE
TOKYO – Smoke and flames take their toll in the “Ginza,” Tokyo’s colorful shopping district. Several stores are gutted, and the damage is great, as fire sweeps through an entire city block. Firemen are hard pressed.
WORLD’S CHAMPION ”MOM”
CHICAGO – When the Micahel Latorias sit down for dinner at Riccardo’s Restaurant, it takes two chefs and six waiters to handle them all. Eighteen children and Father honor “Mom” on Mother’s Day.
GRAND RIVER DAM OPENED
LANGLEY, OKLA. – The $25,000,000 Pensacola Dam spanning the Grand River and creating a 50,000-acre lake is officially opened by Gov. Roy Turner. Dedication of the huge structure was delayed by the war.
ANIMAL BLESSING IN SPAIN
BARCELONA – The festivity of the Holy Abbott Saint Anthony brings out the throngs in gay attire for the traditional blessing of the animals. Horses receive saintly blessing, as well as dogs – and even a turtle!
PAPAL GUARD TAKES OATH
VATICAN CITY – The Swiss Guard, colorful protectors of Popes, take part in traditional rites on the anniversary of the 1527 Massacre. One by one, the armored guardsmen take the oath of allegiance.
FILM STAR VISITS
DENVER – Yvonne deCarlo, one of the screen’s loveliest, arrives by plane for a visit to the “Mile High City.” She goes to the Children’s Hospital and presents flowers to the happy youngsters.
T.N.T. “KAYOS” STUNT WOMAN
ATLANTA – Helen Howe, daring stunt woman with Jimmy Lynch’s Death-Dodgers, crawls into a chest for a novelty trick – but the dynamite explodes prematurely and, badly burned, she is rushed to the hospital. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1947 (UE47040)
“I AM AN AMERICAN” DAY
NEW YORK – Impressive scenes take place in Central Park, where thousands of new citizens take a mass oath of allegiance. A stirring and inspiring sight for all Americans.
RUNYON CANCER DRIVE OPENS
NEW YORK – Stars of radio and screen take part in ceremonies opening the Damon Runyon Memorial Fund for Cancer Research. A pre-engineered house, to be given to slogan prize winner, now serves as headquarters.
VARIETY CLUB PEACE AWARD
The variety Club presents its Humanitarian Award to former Secretary of State James Byrnes, at Washington ceremony. In Los Angeles, the showmen hold their International get-together in the film capital.
GOLF AIDS YOUTH PROGRAM
WASHINGTON – Supporting Att’y Gen. Clark’s youth guidance program, Gen. Eisenhower, Adm. Nimitz, Gene Tunney, Jack Dempsey, and many other notables, tee off in the Nat’l Celebrities Golf Tourney. Gene Sarazen wins.
IT’S FESTIVAL TIME
KING COTTON REIGNS
MEMPHIS, TENN. – Thousands of loyal Dixie-landers hail King Cotton, and his reigning Queen, during colorful parade of gay floats.
TULIP TIME IN HOLLAND
HOLLAND, MICH. – Pretty girls in Dutch costumes scrub the streets for dancing and provide plenty of charm and color for the city’s Old World festival.
GALA FIESTA IN SPAIN
VALENCIA – The traditional “Fallas Festival” is a quaint fiesta of novel paper-mache figures representing various phases of city life. Climax comes at night when the grotesque statues are burned.
MONKEY-SHINES AT ZOO
ST. LOUIS – At the Zoological Gardens, the Chimps put on a show that wows the youngsters. Pony riding, bicycle capers and other cut-ups are but a few of the mirth-provoking novelties. |
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