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Newsreels 1953 September 10
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keywords: chancellor konrad adenauer, french se-5000 baroundeur jet interceptor, major general william f. dean, hiroshi h. miyamura, disabled vets, boneville flats speed trials, water ski championships
Synopsis: West Germans Re-Elect Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, France Unveils New Jet Fighter & Fertile Myrtle Launches Rocket Plane, Korean POW Major General William F. Dean Is Released, Korean POW And Medal Of Honor Hiroshi H. Miyamura Is Freed, New York Disabled Veterans Host Carnival, Bonneville Salt Flats In Speed Trials For Shadoff Special Steamliner, Toronto Canada Hosts World's Water Ski Championships...(read more)
- Date: 1953
- Duration: 00:06:34
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States, West Germany, France, Canada, South Korea
West Germans Re-Elect Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
A striking triumph for the free world is the re-election of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democrat government in West Germany. With 85 percent of the eligible West German voters casting ballots, Adenauer wins despite efforts of communist agitators to interfere. Shows arrest and search of communist agitators in West German during elections.
France Unveils New Jet Fighter & Fertile Myrtle Launches Rocket Plane
France unveils its SNCase (Sud-Est) SE-5000 Baroudeur aircraft. The French unveil a new fighter interceptor, the "Baroudeur", which is launched from a trailer and lands on skids. It is independent of airfields.
In the United States Lt. Colonel Marion Carl flew a NACA (later became NASA) Douglas D-558-2 (D-558-II) Skyrocket experimental high-speed aircraft to an altitude of 83,235 feet, a new record. The Skyrocket aircraft was launched from a Navy P2B-1S mother ship nicknamed "Fertile Myrtle", the Navy's version of the B-29.
Again France makes aviation headlines with its new school for precision and stunt flying. The camera gives you a pilot's eye view of the aerobatics. Point of view (pov) of stunt pilot doing aerobatics.
Korean War POW Major General William F. Dean Is Released
Korean War POW (prisoner of war) Major General William F. Dean is freed after three years of captivity by the Reds in North Korea. He is decorated by President Syngman Rhee for his heroic resistance during the early stages of the war.
Korean War POW And Medal Of Honor Hiroshi H. Miyamura Is Freed
Hiroshi H. Miyamura, also known as Hershey Miyamura, arrives in San Francisco California after two years as a Korean War POW (prisoner of war) in Red captivity in North Korea to find himself a Sergeant and the recipient of the Medal of Honor.
New York Disabled Veterans Host Carnival
Paraplegics and other patients of the Kingsbridge Veteran Hospital, Bronx New York, have a rousing good time at their fifth annual party and carnival.
Bonneville Salt Flats In Speed Trials For Shadoff Special Steamliner
1953 speed trials at Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. The Engineering Achievement Award goes to the Shadoff Special Streamliner owned by Mal Hooper, built by Carl Fleishmann, designed by Dean Batchelor. This racer also was known as the Hooper-Brown Streamliner. The Chrysler V8 engine in this racer was prepared by Ray Brown.
Toronto Canada Hosts World's Water Ski Championships
Toronto Canada plays host to the World's Water Ski Championship. Various scenes of sensational spills from the waterski jump. Images of water ski jumping.
