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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 (UE50011)
GOP GIRDS FOR BATTLE
WASHINGTON Republican leaders gather at a box supper after a meeting in which they map strategy to break the 18-year Democratic rule, during the forthcoming congressional elections.
PHILIPPINES CHIEF VISITS PRESIDENT TRUMAN
WASHINGTON President Quirino, in the United States for medical treatment calls on President Truman to discuss the Far Eastern crisis.
MILITARY HEADS TOUR JAPAN
JAPAN Joint Chiefs of Staff headed by General Bradley inspect the naval base at Yokosuka and review troops in Tokyo.
HEART APPEAL
WASHINGTON Politicos and military leaders do their amateur stuff in a rousing show to raise funds for fight against heart disease America's greatest killer.
SKIING IN JAPAN
JAPAN The ski craze hits Japan as 600 tons of snow is hauled to Tokyo, where GI's and Japanese compete in the fascinating sport of the sliding slats.
BOB-SLEDDING CHAMPIONSHIPS
ITALY The Italian Alps form the background as bob-sledders from five nations compete for the world title. Once again America bobs up with the bacon. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50012)
PIRATES 'TAKE' TAMPA
TAMPA Pirates bold again roam the Spanish Main in the annual Gasparilla. The skull and crossbones again fly over Tampa as they take over the city for a day of merry-making.
QUEENLY GIFT
ENGLAND Dowager Queen Mary of Britain, at 82 offers a rug on which she has worked for the past nine years, for sale in America or Canada to help Britain's dollar shortage.
PUERTO RICO BOOM
PUERTO RICO Labelled Operation Bootstrap, Puerto Ricans get to work in earnest to rehabilitate their economy. Housing developments, hotels and industries rise on a pay-as-you-go basis.
WACS IN JAPAN
JAPAN Members of the Women's Army Corps take time out from overseas duties to see the sights of Tokyo and Yokahama.
GOLDEN GLOVERS
NEW YORK Eager beavers of the amateur squared circle provide thrills and very sudden chills as they pummel each other all over New York's rings. Never a dull moment.
THE FEMALE IS DEADLIER
CLEVELAND If yon don't believe it, watch Mildred Burke go to work on her unfortunate wrestling opponent. Mildred is world's champ and this shows why. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50013)
JOHNSTON URGES MOVIE TAX GUT
WASHINGTON Eric Johnston, president of the Motion Pictures Association makes a strong plea, before a House Committee, for a reduction of wartime excise taxes levied against the industry.
TOP DOG IN U.S.
NEW YORK Don't try to say this all in one breath, but Waltzing Winning Trick, an im-ported Scottie waltzes away with Best in_Show honors at the 74th Westminster Kennel Show. And he had to win over more than 2,500 canine aristocrats.
LIPTON CUP RACE
MIAMI The 72-foot katch Ticonderoga romps home the winner in the 28-mile sailing classic that brings out some of the finest boats in the country.
WORLD SKI CLASSIC
ASPEN, CO. The champion skiers of 14 countries meet for the first time in the United States. Italy, Switzerland take the laurels on the slopes of the Rockies.
SKI JUMPERS
FOND DU LAC As usual, the Scandinvians shine when leaping off hills is the contest. Olavi Kuronen of Finland captures the meet with a 205-foot jump.
OUR FIGHTING ARMY
TEXAS At Camp Hood seventy doughty army boys indulge in some assorted mayhem, mud slinging and belting. All good clean fun and the winners get a three-day pass. (Dallas only)
WORLD PREMIERE
NEW YORK Noel Coward, author and star of The Astonished Heart heads a cast of celebrities attending the opening of Universal-International's new hit film. (New York only) (EXCLUSIVE) |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50014)
29 DEAD IN L.I. RAIL CRASH
NEW YORK Scenes of death and terror in wake of worst railroad disaster in city's history. Twenty-nine are dead and hundreds injured as two Long Island Railroad commuter trains crash head-on at night. The two front cars of the train are sheared in half by the impact.
JACKSON DAY DINNER
WASHINGTON Paying $100 a plate, thousands of staunch Democrats gather to eat, to listen, and to pay homage to President Andrew Jackson. President Truman, Vice-President, Barkley address the diners.
CARDINAL LEADS PILGRIMAGE
NEW YORK Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York leads 515 Americans on a pilgrimage to Holy Year at Rome. The group sails on the S.S. Atlantic, after a noisy and hostling farewell.
HAITI BICENTENNIAL
PORT AU PRINCE Haiti, one of the oldest democracies in the Americas, opens the International Section of her Bicentennial Exposition, celebrating the 200th-year of the founding of Port Au Prince.
NEW YORK Because of the heightening coal crisis, New York's "Gay White Way" assumes a war-time appearance, The bright signs are turned off and Times Square is in the dark again.
THE SPORTING PARADE
SANTA ANITA DERBY
ARCADIA, CA. 48,000 racing fans are on hand for sporting thrills, when the favored "Your Host" romps home first in the rich Derby.
DOWNHILL SKI THRILLS
ASPEN, CO. Zeno Colo of Italy flashes home first to cop world title, during spectacular downhill meet marred by several spills. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50015)
GANDHI HONORED
INDIA Millions of Hindus gather to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi on the second anniver-sary of death by an assassin's bullet.
BOSTON 'T' PARTY
BOSTON Youngsters show their resentment at the 20 per cent theatre tax by dumping stubs into the harbor, where their Revolutionary an-cestors once protested a tax.
76 MILES UP
WHITE SANDS, N.M. A rocket carries a special camera and shows a million square miles of America, as it looks from 76 miles up.
ICY WEATHER
Ice sheathed fishing boats have no refrigeration problems for their cargo. All they have to do is chop themselves out, and in Berlin a pedestrian has an idea about getting around the slippery streets.
SPEED DEMONS
DAYTONA BEACH, FL. One hundred motor-cycle riders tear over Daytona Beach Sands on a 200-mile grind that sees many of them hit the grit - but hard.
SOARING SKIIERS
ISHPEMING, MI. On suicide Hill sees many jumps well over two hundred feet and some bone jarring spills.
GOLDEN GLOVE FINALS
NEW YORK Thrilling action is the watchword as New York's best amateurs slug it out in the finals, where some new champions are crowned.
RED CROSS TRAILER
Bing Crosby makes an eloquent appeal for sup-port of the Red Cross and the great humanitarian work it does. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50016)
ARCTIC DEFENSE
In temperatures ranging to 52 degrees below zero American and Canadian troops conduct a mock defense of Yukon territory from an attack from Alaskaólogical striking point for Russia.
BRITISH ELECTIONS
The Labor Go vernment squeezes through by the narrow margin of seven seats as ninety per cent of eligible voters troop to the polls amid scenes of wild excitement.
PRESS FOTOG AWARDS
NEW YORK Governor Dewey makes awards to prize winners among New York's top press photographers in the 14th annual exhibit.
CARNIVAL SPIRIT
RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilians pull out all stops as they give themselves over to revelry in their annual carnival.
SCHOOL FOR UMPS
FLORIDA Under the gentle tutelage of Bill McGowan, aspiring baseball arbiters learn how to call 'em or else dodge pop bottles.
MARINELAND SOCIAL NOTES
MARINELAND, FL. óNoses or so should we say flippers are counted in the census, after which it is time for lunchóand a porpoise will stand on his tail for tasty fish.
FUN WITH "FRANCIS"
MIAMI When is a mule not a mule? When he has the title role in a hit movie. For him the beauties of the beach strut their stuff and picnic with him no less. Oh, for the life of a mule. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50017)
FINNS DEFY REDS
HELSINKI Despite the terror-bombing of their Diet building, the Finnish electoral foe returns President Paasikivi, arch foe of Communism, to office.
REP. CURTIS HITS MOVIE EXCISE TAX
WASHINGTON The congressman urges all voters to write their representative and protest the 20 per cent admission levy.
JAPS GIRLS INVADE BASEBALL DIAMOND
TOKYO After suitable formalities a girl's baseball team gives the men a run for their money andóoh yes, they mob the umpire.
AERIAL COYOTE HUNT
CANADA Coyotes ravaging Alberta livestock herds are hunted from the air and many of them bite the snow under a sharpshooter's gun.
SKI MEET
IRON MOUNTAIN, MI. Billy Olsen captures the Invitational ski meet with a mighty leap of-279 feet. Other slid the distance.
JALOPIES RACE
CULVER CITY, CA. Hot rods get really hot on a dirt track and some of the ensuing crashes are really spectacular.
NYU CAGERS WIN
NEW YORKóThe rampaging NYU basketball team staves off a thrilling last minute rally by Notre Dame to win 66 to 63.
105 CATHOLICS LEAVE FOR ROME
ST. CLOUDóOne hundred and five Minneso-tans, led by Anton Volkmuth leave on a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome. They fill three transports. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50018)
COAL STRIKE ENDS
Good news for the U.S. is the ending of the serious coal strike. John L. Lewis and the mine operators sign a new contract in Washington that sends the miners back to the pits after a nine-month crisis that threatened our national economy.
CARDINAL LEADS PILGRIMS
VATICAN CITY Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York leads 500 pilgrims through the Holy Door at St. Peters, for impressive Holy Year ceremonies. His Eminence also meets Pope Pius.
WHITE QUEEN IN AFRICA
EAST AFRICA From Bamangwato come rare films of Ruth Williams, one-time London typist, now Queen Ruth Khama ruling over 100,000 subjects with her native husband, King Seretse Khama. (EXCLUSIVE USE)
MAGICIANS FIELD DAY
GERMANY When Magicians get together, you're in for plenty of startling tricks and sleight-of-hand. You won't believe your eyes when these hocus-pocus wizards go into their act.
BAFFLING BASKETBALL
NEW YORK The Harlem Globe-Trotters dazzle their eager opponents during a thrilling encounter at White Plains. These baffling basket-ball battlers are the fancy dans of ihe court.
INDIANS GREET FILM STARS
TUSCON, AZ. The Cleveland Indians welcome James Stewart, Shelley Winters and Dan Duryea, to Spring training camp. The three stars on location for "Winchester 73" find baseball can be fun.
NEWS FROM THE TRAINING CAMPS
Baseball is back! At Spring training camps in Florida and California, eight Big League teams óThe Boston Red Sox, the Philadelphia Phil-lies, the Cincinnati Reds, the Chicago White Sox, the Chicago Cubs, the St. Louis Browns, the Detroit Tigers and the Pittsburgh Piratesó swing into high gear heading for the 1950 base-ball season.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50019)
SANDER FREED
MANCHESTER, N. H. Dr. Herman Sander tried for the so-called mercy killing of a cancer-ridden patient is acquitted by the jury after an hour, nine minute's deliberation.
JUDY GETS 15 YEARS
NEW YORK Convicted of conspiracy and attempted espionage, Judith Coplon is sentenced to 15 years in prison. Her fellow conspirator Russian United Nations attache Valentin Gubit-chev gets a like sentence; suspended on condition that he leave the country within two weeks.
FRENCH GET PLANES
VIRGINIA The French aircraft carrier Dix-mude takes on fighter and dive bomber planesó the first to he sent abroad under the arms aid pact for Western Europe.
POPE RECEIVES PILGRIMS
ROME Pope Pius receives and blesses 500 American Holy Year pilgrims headed by Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York.
BULL TURNS TABLES
SPAIN The hull isn't suppose to win but this one didn't know the rules and runs amok taking on all available toreadorsóand wins.
BRAVES IN TRAINING
BRADENTON, FL. Under the watchful eye of Billy Southworth, the Braves get unlimbered for another pennant drive this yearóand with high hopes.
GIANTS WARM UP
PHOENIX, AZ. Leo Durocher has more lip than ever as he watches his charges go through some snappy workouts. He has some promising new comers.
CHAMPS GET GOING
ST. PETERSBURG, FL. The Yanks aren't resting on their laurels, as they go through some strenuous spring training paces.
GLOVES WINNERS
NEW YORK Eastern Golden Gloves champs are crowned after a series of sizzling bouts in which knockouts are the order of the evening. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50020)
FRENCH CHIEF VISITS ENGLAND
LONDON Covent Garden is aglitter, as King George and Queen Elizabeth plays hosts to President Vincent Auriol and Madame Auriol at an opera performance. Winston Churchill and other notables also are present.
JET HELICOPTER
CALIFORNIA It only weighs 920 pounds and its two jet engines in rotors 24 pounds apiece, but it gets up and away in a jiffy.
BARER ON DEMAND
YAKIMA, WA. The so-called weaker sex thinks that a bathing suit frolic in the snow is just the thing and any gal who shows up with more clothes is speedily bathing suited. (EXCLUSIVE)
SLICK CHICKS
KANSAS CITY feathers make birds but some chicks aren't satisfied with what nature gave them. Some of their borrowed finery is a bit weird.
ICE QUEEN
ENGLAND Wembly is host to Aya Vzranova, 1949 amateur figure skating title holder the Czech Miss displays her wizardry and is joined America's own Dick Button, Olympic champion.
STEEPLECHASE THRILLS
ENGLAND There are 26 entries in the National Hunt race, one of England's greatest. Ellesmere romps home first after the difficult course had taken Us toll of riders and mounts.
SPRING TRAINING
VER0 BEACH, FL. The Dodgers get in their first licks of the season with most of the old reliables in the lineup, while at West Palm Beach, venerable Connie Mack polishes up his squad and teaches a new crop of rookies some ABC's. |
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