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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 (UE50071)
REINFORCEMENTS FOR KOREA
South Koreans flock to the Republic's colors and are inducted into the United Nations forces. Also joining the United Nations armies are two battalions of Middlesex, the "Die Hards" transferred from Hong Kong to join the battle against the Red agressors. B-29's continue their relentless bombing of Communist communication lines.
HURRICANE LASHES FLORIDA COASTLINE
CEDAR KEY
A fishing village is almost flattened as one of the season's big blows skirts Florida's west coast and centers its fury on Cedar Key.
IKE SAYS WE MUST GET TOUGH
General Eisenhower, opening the Crusade for Freedom in Denver issues a ringing demand for an end to politics and business as usual. The Crusade for Freedom aims at a chain of radio stations ringing the Iron Curtain Nations.
HOT RODS TANGLE
DARLINGTON, S.C. The stock car boys really go to town in a five hundred mile grind for $25,000 in prize money. A number of them wind up on their backs.
ICE-CAPADES
ATLANTIC CITY The 1951 edition of the ice ballet brings out some precision chorus skating that has the customers gasping. Donna Atwood, star of the show, puts on a breath taking exhibition of grace on ice. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50072)
LATE FILMS FROM THE KOREA FRONT
KOREA Late films from South Korea where the UN Allies are holding firm against Red suicide battalions. Our mighty air lift continues to pour in supplies to the fighting fronts, where British troops now fight on the side of the GI's. New tactics in tank firing aid the UN effort, while in the skies, clearing weather brings out fighters and bombers to harass the communist foe.
MOVIES PLEDGE WARTIME AID
WASHINGTON Members of the Council of Motion Pictures Organizations meet with Pres. Truman to pledge the cooperation of the film industry during wartime. The offer is gratefully accepted by Mister Truman.
FLAMES GUT HOUSING PROJECT
CANADA A wall of flame sweeps at night through a multi-million dollar housing project under construction in the Montreal suburbs. Twenty apartment units are gutted during the spectacular blaze.
NEW B-36 BOMBER TESTED
FORT WORTH, TEXAS The addition of four jet engine units gives the mighty intercontinental bomber plenty of extra power for take-off, and added speed aloft. A big deterrent to aggression!
TEXAS CENTENNIAL
GAINESVILLE, TEXAS When Gainesville celebrates its first 100 years all the pageantry of the Old West is summoned to re-create the scenes of its origin.
THE SPORTING PAGE
GRID GIANTS TOP RAMS
NEW YORK In a Fresh Air Fund charity clash, the N. Y. Giant comes from behind to topple the Los Angeles Rams. Glenn Davis, former Army star back, sees action in the exciting pre-season thriller.
JOE LOUIS MAKING COME-BACK
POMPTON LAKES, N.J. The former heavy-weight champ, out of retirement to raise some money to pay taxes, works out at his training camp. Fallsburg, N. Y. Ezzard Charles, the man who inherited Joe's crown, gets in shape for the coming bout at Yankee Stadium. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50073)
TIDE TURNING IN KOREA
United Nations forces in Korea are preparing to go on the offensive, promises General Walker. One big reason, too, for the turning of the tide are the B-29 air-raids on North Korean installations. The mighty Superforts continue to pour their lethal loads on enemy factories. Transport planes drop safe conduct passes that more and more communists are using to escape death. And communist wounded receive humane treatment in UN hospitals.
THE BIG THREE CONFER
NEW YORK Foreign Ministers of Great Britain and France meet with State Secretary Arche-son to confer on the momentous problems confronting Western Europe, as the threat of communist aggression continues to mount.
TYPHOON LASHES JAPAN
OSAKA, KOBE More than 250 persons are dead in wake of severe typhoon that lashed the mainland, demolished thousands of homes and casting ships up on land like match-sticks.
JOHNSON OUT, MARSHALL IN
WASHINGTON The former Chief of Staff and one-time State Secretary, George C. Marshall, takes over as Defense chief following the resignation of Louis Johnson. New task for an old soldier.
TRUMAN GETS UN FLAG
WASHINGTON Two girls representatives of the 4-H Clubs present the first of homemade United Nations flags to President Truman. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt takes part in the ceremony.
REINDEER ROUND-UP
CANADA Two hundred miles above the Arctic Circle, a reindeer round-up takes place. Eskimo cowhands have been trained to corral the half-wild creatures, as part of a Dominion plan to preserve the herds.
LAMOTTA RETAINS TITLE IN CLOSE FIGHT
DETROIT Trailing on points to Laurent Dauthuille, the Frenchman who beat him last year, and with only thirteen seconds left to go in the final round, Jake LaMotto, the Bronx Bull, crashes through and kayo's his worthy foe to retain his middleweight title. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50074)
UN FORCES IN KOREA STRIKE BACK!
KOREA With a second force going ashore near Seoul to clamp a giant nut-cracker on the Korean communists, United Nations forces strike back at a retreating foe. American and South Korean troops strike from the bridgehead area, following a spectacular battle along the Naktong River.
FIREMEN HOLD DRILL
PORTO, SPAIN Firemen display the results of their training during an annual practice drill. Up the ladders they go, to rescue victims of a fire-threatened building. They come down even faster!
SWEATER FASHIONS AT SEA
NEW YORK The latest in alluring styles are scenically displayed on board the liner "Rio De Plata" on the Hudson River. Pretty models pose against the skyline in new shipboard fashions to take any sailor's eye.
THE WORLD OF SPORTS
VENICE REGATTA
ITALY Spectacular water carnival on the Grand Canal ó Venice's Broadway. Hundreds of gondolas take part in aquatic pageant dating back to the 14th century.
BLIND GOLFERS VIE
HAMILTON, ON. Blind golfers from Canada and U. S. compete in International tourney, with war hero Charlie Boswell of Alabama holing out with an amazing "95" to cop the cup.
SKIER SHOOTS RAPIDS
AUSTRIA Shooting the rapids on board a pair of tiny pontoons is a record-breaking "first" for this daring sport. One slip in the foaming water . . . and curtains! |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50075)
FIRST PICTURES .... INCHON INVASION!
KOREA First actual films of the huge amphibious assault at Inchon and the drive on the capital city of Seoul. Marine assault forces swarm ashore at Wolmi Island following a pre-invasion bombardment by fleet units and planes. General MacArthur goes ashore soon after the landing to visit the front lines and confer with his top military chiefs. Big "Patton" tanks spearhead the push on Seoul, vital bastion whose capture would seal off the escape route of North Korean Red armies along the Pusan beach-head.
UN ASSEMBLY CONVENES: HEAR ACHESON PEACE PLEA
NEW YORK Meeting at a time of "decision" for the United Nations and the world, a time when UN forces in Korea are fighting for victory against a foe using 1950 Soviet arms and equipment, the UN Assembly hears U. S. State Secretary Acheson plead for a moral peace and forthright action to save that peace for generations to come.
N.Y. N.J. DEFENSE PACT
NEW YORK To prepare for civil defense measures affecting New York's teeming millions, New York and New Jersey entered into a joint preparedness program for atomic defense. Gen. Lucius Clay explains the basic purpose of the pact. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50076)
UN FORCES TAKE OFFENSIVE IN KOREA
After the brilliant landing operation at Inchon and the attack on Seoul, Korea's historic capital, U.N. forces take the initiative on all fronts and forge a ring of steel around Red Koreans. Everywhere on the allied beach head the Reds are on the retreat as the U.N. pincers close.
JAN SMUTS BURIED
SOUTH AFRICA The world joins in mourning the great statesman.
DR. BUNCHE GETS NOBEL PEACE AWARD
Doctor Ralph Bunche, mediator in the Palestine war receives the 1949 Nobel peace award for his work also the tribute of his small son.
PLANES TO ITALY
BRENDISI Forty fighter planes arrive in Italy aboard the U.S.S. Mindoro. They are the first shipment under the Military assistance program and are officially presented by Ambassador Dunn.
NEW GIMMICKS
GERMANY The German mind continues to be inventive. A self starting garden spade, an ingenious bicycle tire pump and a high frequency radio auto starter are a few of the gadgets they have devised.
DUKE TAKES OVER S. CAROLINA 14-0
COLUMBIA, S.C. Capitalizing on an early fumble by the Gamecocks, the Duke Blue Devils take an early lead when Jack Mounie plunges over for the first touchdown.
HUSKIES CLAW WILDCATS 33-7
SEATTLE, WA. Roland Kirby and Don Heinrich prove the combination that takes the measure of the Kansas State gridders in an action-packed game.
BALDIES SHINE
PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS The hairless ones gather for high jinks and a look at Universal-International's Louisa. The bald domes cause quite a glow in the sky. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50078)
U.N. FORCES IN KOREA DRIVE PAST 38th PARALLEL
KOREA Hard on the heels of Gen. MacArthur's surrender ultimatum to the Korean communists, South Korean troops storm across the 38th Parallel in a drive to end the war. In Seoul, meanwhile, mopping-up operations continue against last-ditch Red opposition, and on other fronts, victorious Allies press the offensive. Australian and American fliers hammer home relentless attacks against entrenched Reds in the rugged mountains.
CRUSADE FOR FREEDOM
UNIVERSAL CITY, CA. Participating in the launching of the picture industry's role in the Crusade for Freedom, dynamic campaign against communist imperialism, U-I Production Chief William Goetz, and Screen Actor's Guild president Ronald Reagan deliver dramatic appeal for action.
MOVIE STAR HONORED
PROVIDENCE, R.I. Pembroke College in Brown University, installing Miss Nancy Duke Lewis as its fifth dean, confers the degree of Doctor of Fine Arts upon Ruth Hussey, pretty film star who played a leading role with Charles Coburn in "Louisa."
FOOTBALL!
Mustangs Catch Buckeyes, 32-27
COLUMBUS, OHIO Coming from behind in the fourth quarter with some spectacular aerial artistry by Fred Benners of Dallas, the S.M.U. Mustangs topple the Rose Bowl champions, Ohio State, in the thrill-game of the week! |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50079)
THE WORLD SERIES
YANKS WIN FIRST TWO GAMES FROM PHILS
PHILADELPHIA Shibe Park, Philadelphia, and highlights of the first two games of the 1950 World Series. It's youth versus age, veterans versus upstart "Whiz Kids," with the veteran Yankees edging out victories in the two clashes. Brown's double and two long fly-balls count for the one-run edge in the first game for the Bronx Bombers. In the second, with the score tied up l-1 and going into extra innings, Joe Dimaggio tees off on pitcher Roberts and his homer wins for the Yanks.
ROUT IN KOREA
As United Nations forces take the offensive, operations reach the mop-up stage as fleeing Red scramble for the thirty-eighth parallel to form a new defense line. Prisoners by the thousands fall into Allied hands. Fleeing Reds also leave behind them their arms and ammunition.
PRISON RODEO
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS Billed as "Bad Men vs. Bad Cattle," the prison rodeo at Huntsville Penitentiary provides plenty of thrills for the inmates, when their buddies try their luck at riding buckin'-bronchos and rampagin' steers. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1950 (UE50080)
U.N. FORCES ROLL INTO NORTH KOREA
United Nation troops under the sanction of the General Assembly, press forward to end once and for all threats of aggression from Korean Reds. As they advance they find ghastly evidence of atrocities in which retreating Communists slaughtered twenty thousand South Koreans, including countless women and children.
YANKS WIN!
Sweep Phillies Four Straight to Retain World Series Crown
NEW YORK The New York Yankees do it againó win their 13th World Series title, the sixth time they did it four straight. Highlights of the third and fourth games at Yankee Stadium, with the thrill plays of a closely-fought series. Behind young Whitey Ford, the Bronx Bombers win the fourth game, 5-2; while Philly error in 8th and Coleman's single in ninth give the Yanks victory margin in game No. Three.
MISS AMERICA HAILED
MOBILE, ALA. It's a triumphant homecoming for Yolande Betbeze, winner of the nation's top beauty contest at Atlantic City. Mobile turns out en masse to give a favorite daughter a royal welcome.
FOOTBALL!
VANDERBILT UPSETS ALABAMA
MOBILE Behind the passing arm of Bill Wade, Vanderbilt scores a 27-22 upset victory over the favored Alabama Crimson Tide. Wade's bulls-eye aerials highlight this thrilling grid clash, spiced with long runs by the losers.
CALIFORNIA TOPS PENN
BERKELY The Golden Bears claw their way to a 14-0 lead in the first half and then hang on grimly to stave off late drives by Pennsylvania, to win by a score of 14-7.
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