Motion Picture MP86-1
Administrative Information
This newsreel features the awarding by Secretary General Trygve Lie the United National Service Medal to General Matthew Ridgway, the German peace treaty (1952), President Truman's visit to Annapolis on May 24, 1952. a Pacific tour by Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, and a ribbon cutting by Harry Truman to open Truman Road in Independence, Missouri on December 16, 1953.
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Shot List
- Reel 1
| 0:00 | General Matthew Ridgway visits the United Nations before leaving for Paris and his new NATO post. Trygvie Lie presents the U.N. Service Medal to Gen. Ridgway. | |
| 0:49 | Bonn, West Germany. Germany signs a treaty with the west, Konrad Adenauer (Germany), Dean Acheson (U.S.), Robert Schuman (France), and Anthony Eden (Britain). | |
| 1:28 | Latest film from Koji Island Prison camp. | |
| 2:13 | Truman visits Annapolis, May 24, 1952. | |
| 2:53 | Margaret Truman sings “God Bless America” at Scout-O-Rama in New York City. Madison Square Garden, May 26, 1952. | |
| 3:57 | World’s largest atom – smasher, the Cosmotron at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island, New York. Dr. George Collins and Dr. Leland Haworth. | |
| 5:00 | America’s biggest dog show, Madison, New Jersey. | |
| 5:48 | Will Rogers Stake – horse race, Englewood, California. The End. | |
| 6:45 | “Crossing the Pacific with Elizabeth” Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip tour New Zealand and Fiji Islands. | |
| 8:33 | “Harry opens Truman Road in Hometown.” Harry Truman cuts ribbon to open Truman Road in Independence, Missouri, December 16, 953. Mrs. Truman and Margaret Truman are present. | |
| 9:09 | Radar Base near San Francisco. | |
| 9:58 | “A Rocket’s Eye View of Earth -76 miles up” Rocket research at White Sands Proving Grounds. | |
| 10:54 | “Woolknits Go Traveling” (Olivia and Lionel on vacation in Spain) Fashion News – focus on wools. | |
| 12:13 | “Big Tops in London Town” circus in London; Two Pips (acrobats) are seen. Orphans view circus. | |
| 13:23 | The End. |