Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-934

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00:00:46 1.17	ARMY UNVEILS 1ST M-48 MEDIUM TANK AND PUTS IT THROUGH ITS PACES AT NEWARK PROVING GROUNDS.
00:01:35 50.17	TO SHOW ITS MANEUVERABILITY IT SPINS IN ONE PLACE.
00:01:54 69.17	VANCOUVER ZOO KEEPERS TRY TO SNARE FAST MONKEYS IN THEIR CAGES,WITH BUTTERFLY NETS.
00:02:10 85.17	AFTER MUCH DIFFICULTY, THEY SUCCEED. THE MONKEYS ARE THEN PLACED IN LARGER QUARTERS.
00:02:45 120.17	TWIN BRIDES WALK INTO CHURCH WITH TWIN FLOWER GIRLS TO MARRY TWIN GROOMS. TWIN FAMILY MEMBERS, INCLUDING TWIN INFANTS ARE THERE. (ARKANSAS)
00:03:28 163.17	VENEZUELA ROAD: $60,000,000 IS SPENT ON NEW ROAD.
00:03:42 177.17	ENGINEER SHOWS MAP OF HIGHWAY WHICH CUTS ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS OF THE ANDES. AT $1,000 A FOOT IT IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE HIGHWAY EVER TO BE BUILT.
00:03:54 189.17	TNT EXPLOSION CUTS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN SIDE. HEAVY TRACTORS PUSH DIRT DOWN THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN.
00:04:46 241.17	SHIPBOARD FASHIONS: MODELS SHOW FASHIONS BY U.S. DESIGNERS, ON BOARD THE LINER'UNITED STATES'
00:06:17 332.17	GERTRUDE EDERLE, ENGLISH CHANNEL SWIMMER RAISES OLYMPIC FLAG OVER POOL IN ASTORIA, NEW YORK
00:06:32 347.17	OLYMPIC CHAMP SAMMY LEE DOES A DIVE, FOLLOWED BY OTHER OLYMPIC HOPEFULS.
00:07:34 409.17	VOL 25/576
00:07:54 429.17	ATLANTIC QUEEN: OCEAN LINER 'UNITED STATES', CLIPS 10 HOURS FROM RECORD.
00:08:11 446.17	MRS. TRUMAN AND TREASURY SECRETARY SNYDER WISH,' BON VOYAGE', TO MARGARET TRUMAN AND MRS. SNYDER AS THEY TAKE THE MAIDEN VOYAGE.
00:08:33 468.17	HUGE CROWD WAVES FAREWELL TO THE SHIP IN DISTANCE.
00:08:44 479.17	KOREA: AIR FORCE CHAULKS UP HALF-MILLION SORTIES.
00:08:58 493.17	THUNDERJETS TAKE-OFF FOR ROUTINE RAIDS ON RED SUPPLY LINES. AERIAL VIEW SHOWS TARGETS BEING HIT IN THE STRAFINGS, INCLUDING A RUSSIAN MIG BEING SHOT DOWN.
00:10:00 555.17	GOP CONVENTION: MACARTHUR IS KEYNOTER AT REPUBLICAN MEET IN CHICAGO. HUGE CROWD OF PEOPLE LINE UP OUTSIDE THE CONVENTION HALL WITH BANNERS AND BUTTON ON THEIR LAPELS.
00:10:26 581.17	LINE OF GIRLS WITH 'IKE' SCARFS AROUND THEIR REAR ENDS, SHAKE THEIR BOTTOMS IN UNISON.
00:10:35 590.17	GENERAL IKE ARRIVES AND WAVES TO THE CROWD. ALSO ARRIVING IS HAROLD STASSEN AND HIS FOLLOWERS.
00:11:01 616.17	CALIFORNIAS POPULAR GOVERNOR IS ANOTHER CONTENDER WHO ARRIVES, FOLLOWED BY 'MR.REPUBLICAN' HIMSELF SENATOR ROBERT TAFT.
00:11:36 651.17	ONLY LIVING EX-PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER ARRIVES.
00:12:06 681.17	DOUGLAS MACARTHUR DELIVERS THE KEYNOTE SPEECH IN IT'S ENTIRETY.
00:14:47 842.17	VOL 25/577
00:15:06 861.17	NEW RECORD: SPEEDBOAT SETS 178-MILE MARK. CU STANLEY SPEARS OF SEATTLE DONS HIS CRASH HELMET BEFORE RIDING HIS 'SLOW MOTION 4' SPEEDBOAT.
00:15:32 887.17	'SLOW MOTION 4' RACES ACROSS LAKE WASHINGTON AT BREAKNECK SPEED STIRRING UP THE WATER BEHIND. RIGHT ABOVE HIM IS A SEAPLANE TRYING TO KEEP UP.
00:16:36 951.17	MAN WALKS NEXT TO A REALISTIC TOWN OF MAGRADAM, HOLLAND WHICH INCLUDES A HARBOR WITH BOATS. PRINCESS BEATRIX IS THERE AT THE OPENING OF THE MINIATURE VILLAGE.
00:17:10 985.17	TINY TRAFFIC RIDES ON MINIATURE ROADS,A TRAIN RIDES BY AND MINIATURE WINDMILLS TURN.
00:17:50 1025.17	MILLION DOLLAR FIRE ROARS THROUGH THE WARNER BROTHERS LOT IN BURBANK,CALIFORNIA A WALL OF FLAME QUICKLY CONSUMES THE BUILDINGS IN THE LOT.
00:18:18 1053.17	GOP CONVENTION: TOP NEWSMEN WORK FEVERISHLY AT THEIR TYPEWRITERS IN THE HALL. TOM DEWEY IS TOM DEWEY IS THERE AS IS MANY OTHER REPUBLICANS.
00:19:35 1130.17	AN ARGUMENT ENSUES AT THE DIAS BETWEEN GOVERNOR FINE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND THE CHAIRMAN.
00:19:53 1148.17	MONTAGE NAMES OF STATES ON PLACARDS FLASH ON SCREEN. MONTAGE HUGE SECTIONS OF CROWDS CHEER 'FOR IKE'.
00:20:14 1169.17	IKE NOMINATED: MONTAGE FACES OF CONCERNED DELEGATES FLASH ON THE SCREEN AS BALLOT DRAWS NEAR
00:21:00 1215.17	MONTAGE DELEGATES CHEER AS IKE IS NOMINATED. IKE AND MAMIE WAVE TO THE CROWD.
00:21:41 1256.17	VOL 25/578
00:21:54 1269.17	IKE ACCEPTS: IKE AND RIVAL TAFT SHAKES HANDS AS A SYMBOL OF PARTY UNITY. SENATOR KNOWLAND INTRODUCES THE VICE PRESIDENT NOMINEE SENATOR RICHARD NIXON OF CALIFORNIA.
00:24:25 1420.17	TO THE CHANT OF 'WE WANT IKE', EISENHOWER ADDRESSES THE DELEGATES AND ACCEPTS THE CHALLENGE IN A SPEECH. NIXON RAISES IKE'S HAND.
00:26:58 1573.17	TANKER BLASTS: 2 OIL SHIPS AFIRE KILLS ONE AND INJURES 30.
00:27:09 1584.17	AERIAL BLACK SMOKE AND FIRE RISS FROM 2 OIL TANKERS AFIRE IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY. FIRE BOATS POUR WATER ON THE BLAZE.
00:27:42 1617.17	GOLD CUP RACE: 'TWO LEE' WINS CLASSIC, SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR. 50,000 FANS ARE OUT FOR THE 13TH RUNNING OF THE HOLLYWOOD GOLD CUP RACE.
00:28:35 1670.17	VOL 25/579
00:28:54 1689.17	DEMOCRATS: CURTAIN RISES ON CHICAGO CONVENTION.
00:29:00 1695.17	LARGE PHOTOS OF JEFFERSON, ROOSEVELT, WILSON AND TRUMAN ARE CARRIED OUT FOR DISPLAY.
00:29:16 1711.17	ARRIVING BY DIFFERENT PLANES ARE CANDIDATES KEFAUVER, DICK RUSSELAND HARRIMAN. LARGE PHOTO OF STEVENSON IS OUT FOR DISPLAY.
00:30:00 1755.17	ATLANTIC QUEEN: OCEAN LINER UNITED STATES SAILS INTO NEW YORK HARBOR AFTER BREAKING TRANS-ATLANTIC SPEED RECORD OM IT'S MAIDEN VOYAGE.
00:30:20 1775.17	PASSENGERS LOOK OVER THE RAILS AND WAVE BACK TO CROWDS ON SHORE. FIRE BOATS GIVE THEIR TRADITIONAL SALUTE WITH STREAMS OF WATER.
00:31:00 1815.17	AIR STRIKE: 500 PLANES HIT RED KOREAN POWER PLANTS.
00:31:12 1827.17	CU MARINES PLOT ON A MAP UNDER THE SHADE OF A TANK BEFORE A BARRAGE OF ARTILERY FROM LARGE GUNS START BLASTING RED POSITIONS.
00:31:40 1855.17	TROOPS WITH FLAME THROWERS FOLLOW A TANK ADVANCE. FLAME THROWERS RAKE THE HILLSIDE.
00:32:18 1893.17	AERIAL FILM SHOW ATTACKS ON SUPPLY LINES. A BRIDGE IS HIT AND BLOWS UP.
00:32:35 1910.17	OLYMPICS: HELSINKI MAKES READY FOR ATHLETES OF THE WORLD.
00:32:47 1922.17	VIEW OF THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE IN FINLAND. MEMBERS OF THE USA TEAM WALK IN GROUPS AS DO OTHER GROUPS.
00:33:09 1944.17	MEMBERS OF TEAMS GET ON LINE FOR CHOW WHICH IS SERVED CAFETERIA STYLE.
00:33:25 1960.17	PICTURES OF STALIN ADORN THE WALL OF THE SOVIET SECTOR, WHICH IS ISOLATED FROM OTHERS.
00:34:00 1995.17	KIDDIE KORNER: KIDS RIDE SMALL CARS AROUND A MINIATURE COURSE IN VANCOUVER. THE COURSE IS COMPLETE WITH STOP, ONE WAY AND NO RIGHT TURN SIGNS
00:34:10 2005.17	REAL POLICEMAN STOPS A LITTLE GIRL AND BENDS DOWN TO SEE HER LICENSE. SHE LOOKS THROUGH ALL HER BELONGINGS IN HER BAG TO NO AVAIL.
00:34:55 2050.17	CU MUSCLE MAN DAD GIVES HIS MUSCULAR 7 MONTH OLD INFANT A RUBDOWN BEFORE PUTTING HIM THROUGH HIS PACES. THE BABY RUNS ON HIS TOES AS DAD HOLDS HIS HANDS.
00:35:09 2064.17	DAD PLACES THE TOT ON A SET OF RINGS AND THE BABY HOLDS HIS OWN WEIGHT WHILE HE SWINGS.
00:35:34 2089.17	THE TOT STANDS ERECT ON DADDY'S HAND.
00:35:52 2107.17	VOL 25/580
00:36:12 2127.17	OLYMPIC OPENING: CROWDS FILE INTO HELSINKI STADIUM FOR OPENING CEREMONIES.
00:36:27 2142.17	RAIN DOES NOT DAMPEN THE 70,000 FANS MOST USING UMBRELLAS.
00:36:34 2149.17	FINNISH PRESIDENT OFFICIALLY OPENS THE GAMES.
00:36:44 2159.17	THE RAIN DRENCHED ATHLETES, LED BY THE GREEKS MARCH INTO THE STADIUM. CROWDS CHEER.
00:37:14 2189.17	350 AMERICAN ATHLETES ENTER WITH APPLAUSE.
00:37:30 2205.17	THOUSANDS OF PIDGEONS ARE RELEASED AS A SYMBOL OF PEACE. FINLANDS GREAT OLYMPIC STAR OF THE 1920s, EVASTAVO NEARNY, RUNS OUT CARRYING THE OLYMPIC TORCH AND LITES THE FLAME.
00:38:06 2241.17	SEA TRAGEDY: FOUR DIE AS FREIGHTER BECOMES A FLAMING TORCH.
00:38:20 2255.17	AERIAL VIEW OF THE NORWEGIAN VESSLE BLACK GULL STILL IN FLAMES AFTER HER HIGHLY FLAMABLE CARGO EXPLODED AT NIGHT.
00:39:01 2296.17	DEMOCRATS: CHOICES WIDE OPEN AS CONVENTION STARTS CROWDS OUTSIDE CONVENTION HALL IN CHICAGO AS DEMOCRATS GET THEIR TURN.
00:39:27 2322.17	GUARDS CHECK CREDENTIALS OF DELEGATES, AND NEWSMEN POUND ON THEIR TYPEWRITERS. CU BEVY OF POSTERS WITH VARIOUS STATE SIGNS.
00:39:40 2335.17	VETERAN CAMPAIGNER JAMES FARLEY WAVES. GOVERNOR JIMMY BYRNES OF SOUTH CAROLINA IS THERE.
00:39:58 2353.17	CONGRESSMAN FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT,JR. IS THERE.
00:40:40 2395.17	FRANK MCKINNEY BANGS THE GAVEL AND CALLS THE CONVENTION TO ORDER. GOVERNOR DEVER OF MASSACHEUTTES MAKES THE KEYNOTE SPEECH.
00:42:42 2517.17	VOL 25/581
00:43:02 2537.17	OLYMPICS: RECORDS BROKEN IN WORLD GAME EVENTS.
00:43:06 2541.17	CAPACITY CROWD FILLS HELSINKI STADIUM
00:43:16 2551.17	DOZENS OF RUNNERS TAKE OFF ON THE 10,000 METER RUN WHICH IS WON BY CZHECK EMILE SATAFEK BEATING HIS FORMER WORLD MARK BY 42 SECONDS.
00:43:44 2579.17	CHARLIE MOORE OF THE AMERICAN TEAM WINS THE 400 METER HURDLES SETTING A NEW OLYMPIC RECORD.
00:44:53 2648.17	USA'S LINDY RIBITINO WINS THE 100 YARDS DASH IN A PHOTO FINISH, AND GETS THE GOLD.
00:45:05 2660.17	EARTHQUAKE: 11 PERISH IN SOUTH CALIFORNIA TEMBLER. HARD HATS PULL SECTIONS OF A WALL LOOKING FOR SURVIVORS IN DEVASTATED TOWN.
00:45:44 2699.17	BRICKS AND MORTAR LAY ATOP A CAR IN PAHATCHOPE PAHATCHOPEE, WHICH WAS HIT THE HARDEST.
00:45:56 2711.17	DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION: GROUPS CAUCUS AMID THE CROWD OF DELEGATES AT CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO.
00:46:36 2751.17	DELEGATES GIVE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT A 15 MINUTE OVATION PRIOR TO HER SPEECH.
00:47:08 2783.17	BUY BONDS: ACTOR HUMPHREY BOGART MAKES A PITCH FOR U.S. 'E' SAVINGS BONDS.
00:48:22 2857.17	STEVENSON NOMINATED: CHEERS GO UP AS RUSSEL THEN KEFAUVER ARE PUT UP FOR NOMINATION. EACH ONE HAVING LARGE VOCAL CONSTITUENTS.
00:48:41 2876.17	FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, JR. SUBMITS AVERELL HARRIMAN'S NAME FOLLOWED BY WAVING BANNERS.
00:50:10 2965.17	THE CONVENTION REALLY GOES WILD AS GOVERNOR STRICKER OF INDIANA SUBMITS STEVENSON'S NAME.
00:51:00 3015.17	VOL 25/582
00:51:15 3030.17	CAMPAIGN NEWS: DEMOCRATS NAME TICKET AS IKE PLANS STRATEGY.
00:51:21 3036.17	ATTENDANTS TRY TO STAMP OUT A FLASH FIRE ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR AMID A CROWD OF DELEGATES.
00:51:42 3057.17	CU DUMBFOUNDED LOOK OF CONCERN ON A DELEGATES FACE AS THE FIRE IS PUT OUT.
00:51:50 3065.17	CHAIRMAN SAM RAYBURN ANNOUNCES THE SELECTION OF ADLAI STEVENSON AS DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE.
00:52:10 3085.17	PRESIDENT TRUMAN ESCORTS STEVENSON TO THE PLATFORM. VICE PRESIDENT NOMINEE SPARKMAN IS ALSO BROUGHT TO THE PLATFORM.
00:53:11 3146.17	EISENHOWER DONS RUBBER BOOTS FOR FISHING IN A STREAM AT A MOUNTAIN RETEAT IN COLORADO
00:53:18 3153.17	IKE IS JOINED BY RICHARD NIXON WHO ALSO WEARS A RUBBER OUTFIT FOR FISHING.
00:53:34 3169.17	NIXON SHYS AWAY AS IKE RAISES HIS ROD TO CAST.
00:53:42 3177.17	NIXON LOOKS OUT OF HIS ELEMENT WADING IN A STREAM WITH A FISHING ROD. IKE LOOKS LIKE A PRO.
00:54:22 3217.17	IKE AND NIXON SIT OUTSIDE A LOG CABIN AND CHAT INFORMALLY ON CAMERA.
00:54:30 3225.17	KOREAN FRONT: B-29 SUPER BOMBERS TAKE OFF FOR RAIDS ON RED BRIDGE AND MILITARY TARGETS.
00:54:54 3249.17	AERIAL BOMBS RAIN DOWN ON TARGETS.
00:55:06 3261.17	GIS RELAX AND ENJOY A HOLLYWOOD TROUPE OF ENTERTAINERS GIVE THEM LAUGHS.
00:55:26 3281.17	ONE MARINE SINGS A DUET WITH JOY WINDSOR AND RECEIVES AN OVATION AS HE GIVES HER A SEXY KISS.
00:55:37 3292.17	COMIC TAKES A FEW ACROBATIC FALLS.
00:55:51 3306.17	OLYMPICS: U.S. DOMINATE TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS.
00:56:13 3328.17	AUSTRALIA'S SHIRLEY STRICKLAND BREAKS RECORD IN THE WOMAN'S 80 METER HURDLES.
00:56:42 3357.17	AMERICA'S HARRISON DILLARD BREAKS RECORD ON THE 110 METER HURDLES. U.S. ALSO TAKES 2ND AND 3RD
00:56:47 3362.17	USA'S CY YOUNG WINS JAVELIN FOR THE 1ST TIME IN USA'S HISTORY, IN AN OLYMPIC.
00:57:20 3395.17	USA'S ANDY SANFIELD WINS 200 METER DASH,WITH HIS TWO TEAMMATES COMING IN 2ND AND 3RD.
00:57:34 3409.17	AMERICA'S BOB RICHARD SETS ANOTHER WORLD RECORD IN THE POLE VAULT. HE JUMPS WITH JOY. IKE & NIXON WIN AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION HELSINKI OLYMPIC GAMES GET UNDER WAY HUMPHREY BOGART PITCHES TREASURY BONDS STEVENSON & SPARKMAN WIN THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION