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Shooting The Rapids
Same as catalog # 514111 On the Arkansas River is a stretch of wild water to challenge the world's best canoeists and kayak jockeys. Thirteen international starters shot the rapids for thrills and spills, with a German copping top prize. Establishing shot - Kayakeers paddling down the Arkansas River. MCUS - A kayak jockey in the mist of a heavy rapid. CUS - Looks like a couple of Hollywood starlets MLS/OH - Kayakeer going through a tough a very turbulent stretch of water. MLS - Kayak enthusiasts standing on a bridge cheering on the kayakeers. MCUS - Kayak enthusiasts waving to the camera and the winner of the race gets an awarding kiss.
Truman Warning: Ex-President Sees Peril In Arms Cuts
Same as catalog # 514112 Addressing the convention of the reserve officers association. Former President Truman warns against serious cuts in defense appropriations during the tense world situation. OHLS - Crowd in convention center standing applauding President Truman. MLS - President Truman making his first major address since leaving his office. President Truman: "I think that those who talk about our defense program being too big, may be letting their pocket books obscure their judgments. It is only natural to wish that we didn't have to tax ourselves so much for defense. That's perfectly human. We all would like to have lower taxes but I warn you soberly and plainly. (Do not be misled by the desire for lower taxes and by cutting the corners on National Security) Audience applauds................ Increasing the risk of World War Three means increasing the risk of atom bombs on your own home. Think about that and think about it often. I have no doubt personality, that if our government lays before the people the facts of the danger that this free world lies and the amount of military strength we need under those circumstances, the people will provide the necessary funds. My friends, the world depends upon us... We must meet that challenge". Audience responds by giving President Truman a standing ovation.
US Food Flows To Free World
Same as catalog # 514113 President Eisenhower signs the bill that will send a million tons of surplus wheat to famine ridden Pakistan, while church organizations and 4-h clubs collect dried milk for needy children of the world. Establishing shot - President Eisenhower signing a bill to ship 100 tons of surplus wheat to Pakistan. MCUS - Wheat being loaded on a transport ship in Baltimore, Maryland. MCUS/L - Transport ocean liner. MLOHS - Railroad yard people are seated in front of a box car as a 100 tons of powdered milk is collected by the Christians MLS to CUS - Mixed powdered milk is being handed out to children MCUS - Kids participating in a Friendship cup ceremony drinking mixed powdered milk, wearing native costumes of foreign countries
Kids In The News An Iron Horse - Great Northern Steam Loco
Same as catalog # 514608 A steam locomotive, now a relic of the past is placed in woodland park for the edification of youngsters who have been reared on diesels and like to play Casey Jones. Establishing shot - On this huge trailer an old steam locomotive is pulled down the street. MCUS - Kids boarding the train. MC/OHS - Kids playing with switches, buttons and levers in the big locomotive. MCUS - Kids sitting on top of the Locomotive
Good Ole' Summertime Kids Off To Camp
Same as catalog # 514609 By the thousands they swarm the railroad terminals, those happy kids, free from school and headed for camps and the swimming holes of the countryside. Leo Durocher and Lorain Day bringing their children to camp MLS/OH - Grand Central Station and throngs of people are all over the place. MLS - A bunch of kids waving goodbye to their parents and friends. Panning shot - Tons of luggage. CUS - Passenger train. LS - The camp and the river. CUS - A camp counselor steps outside and hollers "Chow" MLS - Boys running from the bunk houses to get some chow.
General Hoyt S Vandenberg Awarded A Medal
Same as catalog # 514610 General Hoyt S Vandenberg, air force chief of staff retires with impressive ceremonies after 30 years of service. He is succeeded by General Nathan Twining, who receives the congratulations of predecessor. MCUS - A third medal is awarded to General Hoyt S. Vandenberg. G to Air - A fleet of 57 strartojets salute General Vandenberg MLS - The General reviews an honor guard. MCUS - General Nathan Twining is sworn in by Air Force Secretary, Harold Talbut.
Miss Universe Candidates Arrive In US
Same as catalog # 514621 An airliner disgorges a bevy of beauties, hand picked by their countrymen to represent them in the forthcoming Miss Universe contest in long beach, California. Establishing shot - The winning Miss's of foreign countries getting off the plane and on their way to compete for the Miss Universe contest. CUS - Of the baiting beauties. CUS - Miss Italy.
Jeep Jockeys Jar And Jounce
Same as catalog # 514623 The ridge runners, a life saving organization of jeep drivers runs an obstacle race that take sin half of the mud in the state and some of its steepest inclines. Establishing shot - A bunch of Jeeps and a crowd of sport spectators in the background. CUS - The jeeps driving through mud and water. OHS - Surrounding crowd of spectators and the Jeeps racing. CUS - The Jeep Queen, a lady with a face full of mud. MCUS - Two photographers taking pictures. MCUS - Jeep coming up the hill and becoming air borne. MCUS/LL - Jeep climbing a loose gravel road with spectators on the sides of the hill and on top. The Jeep kicks up a lot of dust, dirt and grime as he reaches the apex.
California: 18 Tons Of Rice Gets Shipped To Korea
Same as catalog # 515024 Tons of rice and other supplies are shipped to Korea, where crops neglected in years of savage conflict have left millions in want. Establishing shot - Ship docked at the water front. MCUS - Inside a warehouse there are thousands of bagged rice. CUS - A pair of hands letting rice fall from one hand to another. Ground up - A crain lifting many bags of rice and loading it on to the ship. MCUS - Side view of the ship, "New Rochelle Victory."
Herbert Hoover Celebrates His 79th Birthday
Same as catalog # 515025 Thousands of telegrams pour in to wish Ex-President Herbert Hoover a Happy Birthday. Now 79, he's our oldest living former Chief Executive. Establishing shot - President Herbert Hoover. MCUS - President Hoover looking at many telegrams that well-wishers sent him. CUS - President Hoover lighting up his pipe.
Michigan: General Motors Transmission Plant Burns
Same as catalog # 515026 A blaze touched off by a welder's torch razes a huge General Motors Plant. Damages may total $70 million dollars-but loss of life is low. OHS - Complete devastation of the plant. CUS - Twisted steel, bricks and burned lumber. Camera panning - The metal is twisted and melted from the intense heat of the fire.
Apple Blossom Festival
Dull in contrast and imagery The Shenandoah Valley's annual Apple Blossom Festival sees Nancy Eisenhower, niece of the president, Crowned Queen. Celebrities on hand include General van Fleet, Arthur Godfrey, and Hopalong Cassidy. CUS - General van Fleet and Nancy Eisenhower. CUS - Nancy Eisenhower. CUS - General van Fleet. MCUS - Parade of the floats.
State Visit Canada Prime Minister Arrives In Washington
Dull in contrast and imagery Canada's Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent arrives in te nation's capital on a state visit. At the White House, he confers with President Eisenhower on problems of freer trade between the two neighbor nations. MLS - St. Laurent stepping out of a Canadian Air Force plane. MCUS - Vice President Nixon shaking hands with St. Laurent. CUS - Secty of State, Dullas. MCUS - President Eisenhower and St. Laurent.
Argentina: General Peron At Art Show
President Juan Peron attends an exhibit of Canadian paintings, typical scenes by the nation's leading artists, shown as a gesture towards international American understanding. MLS - A group of high ranking dignataires and President Juan Peron. MCUS - Juan Peron pointing out a painting. CUS - Painting of churches in the fall, Canada. MLS - Art admirers looking at paintings.
NATO Forces Holds Maneuvers
U.S., Belgian and French contingents totaling 175,000 troops maneuver in 'exercise Monte Carlo'-the greatest array of military strength seen in the Rhineland since WW II Establishing shot - Military tanks. CUS - Army man talking over a portable army issued phone. MCUS - Soldiers walking carrying bazookas, back packs and rifles. CUS - Supreme commander of NATO. CUS - Tank covered with trees. CUS - Children watching and pointing at the military force, one boy is holding a loaf of bread.
Fashions For Fall
A picturesque preview of Styles in the Offing-Photoplay magazine's Star Fashions for Fall. Hollywood's Lori Nelson is an interested onlooker at the preview, held on a scenic country estate. The Mannheim. Establishing shot - Outside fashion show. MLS - Women sitting at lawn tables with the umbrellas open. MLS - First model is wearing a tunic dress, hat and is carrying a purse. MCUS - Three piece wool jersey with its distinctive ribbon trim. CUS - Velveteen with flair skirt accented with jewelry. MCUS - Model wearing a plaid dress, accented with a leather belt. MLS - A stole accents a sheik dress trimmed with ribbon, maybe a gray or blue dress.
Body Builders At The Winter Palace
Bulging biceps and supple sinews take the spotlight as muscle men from across the country vie for national honors in Paris. OHSL - Body builder stands in a spotlight and bows. CUS - This body builder is on one knee one arm is on his hip and the other is posed in the air, like an archer. CUS - Body builder wearing a leopard type baiting suit and posing. MLS - Another body builder on one knee, hand on hip and arm bent. MLS - A very bored looking audience. MCUS - Body builder stand and moving with the music, showing off his muscles. MCUS - Audience applauding. MCUS - Big George and little Bernard awarded loving cups and a trophy for body building and winning the contest. MLS - Two body builders facing each other, holding their hands together with hands on their hips, breaking away and facing the camera smiling.
Placerville originally Known As Hangtown, Wheelbarrow Race
Gold rush days live again at the el Dorado County Fair. The annual wheelbarrow race is a grueling test of skill and showmanship as costumed competitors trundle 50 pounds of pay dirt along a tricky 660 yard obstacle course to the finish. Establishing shot - A male mannequin hanging from a building. CUS - A city plaque giving a brief history of the town, a man with a white beard sitting next to the plaque. MCUS - Girls dress as cow girls handing shovels to the guy with the wheelbarrows. MCUS - The men take the shovels and off they go running with the wheelbarrows. MCUSLL - Men running with the wheelbarrows over obstacle course. MCUSLL - A high school teacher wins the race and gets awarded a throphy almost as big as him.
Malenkov Denounces Beria
Premier Malenkov addresses the supreme soviet, meeting for the first time since Stalin s death-announcing a new 5 year plan, and denouncing secret police head Beria as a tool of western imperialism. MLS - Kremlin. OHS - The supreme Soviets in session. MCUS - President Malenkov. CUS - Russian people. MCUS - Russian people applauding
Mama Is Off To The Races
Dull in contrast and imagery Pretty Mrs. Barbara Gamache parks her two young children with a sitter, while she whirls around the dirt track in stock car competition, with the kids cheering her on. MCUS - Barbara sitting in a car hugging and kissing her children. CUS - Her little girl. MCUS - Barbara sitting behing the wheel of her car smiling. MLS - Stock cars driving around the track. CUS - Barbara's sister sitting in the stands with her children.
72 Year Old Auto Mechanic, Mary Brown
Dull in contrast and imagery 600 Male students at a technical school tip their hats respectfully to Mary Brown, who began classes at the age of 72. She wants to learn machinery to help out back on the farm. Establishing shot - Classroom and teacher with a pointer. MCUS - Classroom full of guys and one elder lady. CUS - Mary Brown MCUS - A motor with students standing around it. CUS - Mary Brown tighting a nut on a motor.
It'd Triple Threat Day
Dull in contrast and imagery Triple trouble for tipsy topers, as thirty sets of triplets gather for their eighth annual convention. It's great show of look-alikes, something new in '3-d'. Establishing shot - Two girls and a boy. MLS - Thirty sets of triplets get together for a group photo. CUS - Some of the triplets, these seem to be pre teenagers CUS - Some of the children crying. MCU/LS - Triplets on parade. MCUS - Thirsty Theodore has a drink for the road, that is until he sees the parade of triplets go by. Thirsty T Theodore decides not to drink any more by tossing his drink away.
Indo-China - Red Advance In Laos Is Stemmed
Supplied by an airlift, veteran French jungle fighters stem the red advance on the capital of Laos and fighting over almost impassable terrain, they launch a fierce counter-attack. MLS - Patrols in Indo-China probe red positions. CUS - French jungle fighter. Ground to air - Supply plane dropping supply packs. CUS - French troops firing cannons blasting hill positions. CUS - French soldier going down the river in a boat holding his rifle.
John Foster Dulles In Egypt
Secretary of state Dulles on a world tour of trouble spots, confers with Egypt s strong man, General Naguib on the explosive situation in the Middle East. He is accompanied by Mutual Security Administrator Harold Stassen. MCUS - John Foster Dulles and General Naguib. MCUS - General Naguib and John Foster Dulles coming toward the camera as they go up the stairs. Camera pans to a Egyptian painting on a wall.