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America's Newsreel 1959
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keywords: wwii, hollywood actors, hollywood actresses, stage door canteen, u.s. marine corps recruitment, turning boys into men, tragedy, caving, caver floyd collins, cave collapse, tragedy, benny hooper, trapped in a well, sports, pro boxing, heavyweight champion gene tunney, former heavyweight champion jack dempsey, long count controversy
Synopsis: Hollywood Actors Support WWII War Effort, U.S. Marine Corps Recruitment, Pioneer Caver Floyd Collins Perishes In Cave Collapse, 7yr. Old Benny Hooper Rescued from A Well, Pro Boxing: Jack Dempsey vs. Gene Tunney, Women U.S. Marine Corps Recruitment...(read more)
- Date: 1959
- Duration: 00:14:32
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
Hollywood Actors Support WWII War Effort
Night scenes of the bright lights of Broadway-Times Square New York City in 1943, image of theatre marquee featuring Ziegfeld Follies with Ilona Massey. Shows people entering theatre, crossing intersection, and automobiles.
Hollywood actors enlisting in the military. CU image of Tyrone Power enlisting and image of Clark Gable in uniform. Image of Chorus girls dancing. Shows Marlene Dietrich, Deanna Durbin, and Linda Darnell as they danced and interacted with soldiers. Servicemen dance and are served food at a Stage Door Canteen, American Theatre Wing War Service. Variety Magazine headline reads "B'Way Moves To Trenches". Scenes featuring Martha Raye, Al Jolson, and comic Joe E. Brown performing his famous baseball routine.
U.S. Marine Corps Recruitment
Image of the U.S. Marine Corps emblem of the eagle, globe and anchor. Shows young men enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corps In WWII. With right hand raised Marine Corps recruits are sworn-in by repeating the enlisted oath. Image Marine drill platoon in dress uniforms.
Pioneer Caver Floyd Collins Perishes In Cave Collapse
Scenes of the unsuccessful rescue attempt of pioneer cave explorer Floyd Collins trapped in Kentucky Mammoth Cave in 1925. Shows a drawing of the twisted cave tunnel in which Floyd Collins was trapped. Historic footage of the team of men attempting to rescue Floyd Collins. Shows group gathered in prayer near the entrance of the cave.
Using a drawing of the cave on a blackboard, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist William Burke Miller explains how Floyd Collins was trapped and how Collin's body prevented rescuers from reaching the rock that pinned his left foot. William Burke Miller personally made six trips into the cave tunnel taking food to Collins and tools to try to free him.
7yr. Old Benny Hooper Rescued from A Well
Scenes of the successful rescue of 7-year-old Benny Hooper from a dry well in 1957. Volunteers and firefighters carry on an operation to rescue Benny Hooper from the bottom of a 20 feet deep well in Manorville, New York. Shows Benny Hooper in hospital bed after rescue.
Pro Boxing: Jack Dempsey vs. Gene Tunney
The Gene Tunney-Jack Dempsey boxing rematch between world Heavyweight champion Gene Tunney and former champion Jack Dempsey held on September 22, 1927 at Soldier Field in Chicago became known as the “Long Count Fight”. Scenes of Dempsey knocking down Tunney in the 7th round and the controversy of when the referee started the count.
Women U.S. Marine Corps Recruitment
Actor Dennis James lets the girls know that they too can share the pride and proud traditions of the United States Marine Corps while making new friends, traveling abroad and don't worry the uniforms are absolutely chic.
