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Universal-International Newsreels.

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Date: September 26, 1950 – January 19, 1951.
Formats: Ύ inch video tape.
Sound: Where noted.
Color: No.
Running Time: 59 minutes, 55 seconds.
Footage: 2400 feet (original film at National Archives).
Produced by: Universal-International.
Copyright Restrictions: Public domain.

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SHOT LIST

    Reel 1
    Nine newsreels from Universal-International, not in production order. Footage of President Truman is at the following times: 15:48 (MacArthur and Truman confer on Wake Island); 39:04 (1951 State of the Union address); and 49:10 (1951 March of Dimes campaign).
Newsreel # 1 on tape – Universal-International Newsreel Vol. 23, No. 390, dated Sept 26, 1950
00:09UN Forces Take Offensive in Korea – United Nations forces surround the communist forces in Korea on all sides. (silent)
02:03South Africa – footage of funeral services for statesman Jan Smuts (film footage skips)
03:08Nobel Peace Award - Ralph Bunche, mediator in the Palestine war, receives the Nobel Peace award for his work.
03:55Germany – Latest German inventions (self-starting garden spade, bicycle tire pump, and a high frequency radio auto starter) (In German)
05:15Football - Duke vs. S. Carolina and Washington State vs. Kansas State (silent)
07:05Baldies Shine – group of bald-headed men gather in Port Arthur, Texas, as promotion for Universal International’s film Louisa.
08:25end
Newsreel #2 on tape – Universal-International Newsreel Vol. 23, No. 391, dated Sept 29, 1950
08:45Korean Red Armies Flee – United Nations forces push Reds close to the 38th parallel; footage of resistance forces and prisoners taken.
11:25New York – New Essex class aircraft carrier Oriskany is commissioned. (silent)
12:55New York – Boxing – Joe Louis loses to Ezzard Charles in Heavyweight championship. (sound quality poor)
13:35Germany – Stretz vs. Mueller in German middleweight championship (In German)
14:20New York – Wild west show at Madison Square Garden
15:35end
Newsreel #3 on tape – Universal-International Newsreel Vol. 23, No. 396, dated Oct.16, 1950
15:48MacArthur and Truman Confer – footage of Truman and Commander-in-Chief of the UN Forces Gen. Douglas MacArthur at Wake Island; the battleship U. S. S. Missouri, shown firing guns on the Korean coast; UN troops near Pyongyang.
17:50Los Angeles – premiere of the film Harvey, starring James Stewart and Josephine Hull; among the celebrities shown are Donald O’Connor, Ann Blyth, Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper (sound quality poor)
19:30Sports – Football -- Army Beats Michigan – Army defeats the Michigan Wolverines 27 to 6. (silent)
20:55Sports – Football -- Oklahoma defeats Texas 14 to 13
22:10Sports – Football – California defeats UCLA 13 to 7
23:00end
Item #4 on tape – untitled, undated
23:25Seated behind a desk, actor Henry Fonda speaks about world peace in tribute to United Nations Day.
24:25end
Item #5 on tape – Universal-International Newsreel Vol. 23, No. 412, dated Dec. 11, 1950
24:40MacArthur visits Korean front – Gen. Douglas MacArthur confers with field commanders on Korean front; Gen. Lawton Collins returns to Washington after a tour of the battle area and confers with Gen. MacArthur.
The late Al Jolson is posthumously awarded the Medal of Merit for his work in entertaining the troops in Korea and Japan. Gen. George Marshall presents the award to Mr. Jolson’s son.
26:48Italy – raging oil well fire (film quality poor).
27:25San Francisco – Kids get disaster tags – school children receive metal ID tags to wear that will identify them in case of war.
28:06Kansas – production of new B-47 Stratojet bomber, Boeing’s 600 mph bomber, considered the world’s fastest.
28:50Inglewood, Calif. – Hollywood Gold Cup Handicap (horserace) is won by “Noor” a 5 year old thoroughbred from Ireland.
31:30end
Item #6 on tape – Universal-International Newsreel Vol. 24, No. 419, dated Jan. 4, 1951
31:44Retreat in Korea – Seoul falls to the Communists as United Nations forces (under command of Gen. Matthew Ridgway) are outnumbered; footage of aerial warfare and captured Russian aerial films.
33:44Washington – “Ike Confident on Atlantic Pact” -- Gen. Eisenhower prepares to depart for Europe, to take over as commander of the unified defense forces there. He warns that the pact will only succeed if the United States and its allies make it succeed.
34:35Germany – papers, paintings, documents and mementoes of Adolph Hitler found, valued at $200,000.
35:45Sports – Orange Bowl – Clemson College defeats Miami University, 15-14
37:29Sports – Sugar Bowl – Kentucky defeats Oklahoma “Sooners” 13-7
38:53end
Item #7 on tape – Universal-International Newsreel Vol. 24, No. 420, dated Jan. 8, 1951
39:04Washington – State of the Union Message – President Harry S. Truman attacks Russian aggression and asks all Americans to close ranks in face of the threat that faces all free peoples on earth. He also outlines points necessary for the common defense.
41:48Korea – U. N. Forces Abandon Seoul – thousands flee Seoul, and engineers blast bridges and the frozen Han river. Scenes of flames and destruction shown.
43:00Bear Mountain, New York – Sports – Track and Field -- Art Tokle wins the Franklin Delano Roosevelt memorial trophy over a field of 48. His jumps of 148 and 154 feet top the field by a wide margin.
44:25New York City – Sports -- Boxing – The Annual Golden Gloves competition.
46:13end
Item #8 on tape – Universal-International Newsreel Vol. 24, No. 422, dated Jan. 15, 1951
46:22U. N. Forces Fight Delaying Action on Korea Peninsula – footage of ground and aerial combat
49:10Washington – The March of Dimes – President Harry S. Truman greets Larry McKenzie, Jr., polio boy of the 1951 campaign.
49:45In New York, Jimmy Durante and other celebrities help the March of Dimes campaign.
50:15Philadelphia – Seven Dead in Plane Crash – Heroic stewardess gives own life to save the lives of ten passengers in fatal crash.
50:50Sunnyvale, California – Twister Levels Town – Footage of twister that hit Sunnyvale, destroying 200 homes.
51:15Chicago – Spectacular Chicago Fire – Huge warehouse gutted, four firemen lose their lives.
52:00Pontiac, Michigan – Birth of Quadruplets.
52:35Miami, Florida – Chihuahuas on Parade – Specialty Chihuahua (dog) show.
46:13end
Item #9 on tape – Universal-International Newsreel Vol. 24, No. 423, dated Jan. 19, 1951
53:37Korea – Bitter Weather Adds to Miseries of Battle on Central Korea Front – Footage of soldiers during winter weather conditions in Korea
55:20Washington – Secretary of State Dean Acheson bars any appeasement of Red China and says this country will press aggressor charges against Peiping.
55:50Oakland, California – Railroad Blood-Mobile – A special railroad car donated by Western Pacific railroad is being used to send vital blood to soldiers wounded in Korea.
56:30Bremerton, Washington – Two carriers, the Essex and the Bon Homme Richard are re-commissioned to active duty. The Essex will be transporting atomic bomb carrying planes.
57:20Chile – Logging industry in Chile expands.
58:20U. S. Girds for Atomic Defense – footage of civilians in New York and other large cities as they prepare for possible atomic bomb attacks; New York begins recruiting volunteers for civilian defense.

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