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Yanks Champs: Win Over Giants in Six Games.
Yanks Champs: Win Over Giants in Six Games. For the third time the New York Yankees gain the championship against a fighting Giant team, by winning the fifth and sixth games. The sixth is really a thriller right down to the last out. World Series. VS excited baseball fans in stands (spectators). Rookie Gil McDougald hits a grand slam home run off of Larry Jansen. Teammates give McDougald lots of pats on the back. Next game. Johnny Mize is walked. Hank Bauer hits a long drive to left field and the ball bounces so that Monte Irvin has to chase it. Di Maggio and Mize score, Bauer gets to third. Hank Bauer catches the final out. VS Yankees team celebrating their victory.
Football: Trojans Upsets Washington 20-13
Football: Trojans Upsets Washington 20-13 (University of Washington) In Seattle, a last ditch pass to Cosimo Cutri is good for 57 yards and gives the Trojans a 20-13 victory over the favored Huskies in a tightly played and thrill packed game. VS coolege football game. Frank Gifford rushes for good gain. Leon Sellers (SP?) scores touchdown. Bill Early (?) makes a reception, pretty good run. Another play with Early, he scores in the front corner of the end zone. Long pass to Cutri. Jim Sears rushes for TD. 100-yard touchdown run by Washington player. Frank Gifford makes reception close to end zone, enabling his team to win.
Iran Crisis: Mossadegh Pleads Oil Case Before U.N.
Iran Crisis: Mossadegh Pleads Oil Case Before U.N. Appearing before the U.N. Security Council assembled to iron out the ticklish Iranian oil crisis, Premier Mossadegh, Iran's ailing premier, tells the world body that it has no jurisdiction in the case and lays the blame squarely on Great Britain. VS meeting, Mossadegh, Britain's Sir Gladwyn Jebb, America's Warren Austin.
Royal Visit: Princess Elizabeth Good-Will Emissary.
Royal Visit: Princess Elizabeth Good-Will Emissary. Royal Couple At Niagara. After being cheered by countless thousands along their goodwill route, Princess Elizabeth and her consort, Prince Phillip, visit Niagara Falls and don raincoats for the trip down below the famous falls. Security personnel hold back crowds that press against them. A fainted spectator is carried away. Elizabeth and Philip drive past waving crowds.
News in Brief: 20 Die In Train Wreck.
News in Brief: 20 Die In Train Wreck. The Vienna-Rome Express crashes into a freight train at high speed, killing 20 and injuring many others - the greatest train disaster in Austrian railroad history. VS aftermath of really terrible train wreck (train crash, collision, accident). Rescue workers remove someone on a stretcher.
News in Brief: Florida, Legionnaires On Parade.
News in Brief: Florida, Legionnaires On Parade. With all the color and gaiety at their command, members of the American Legion enliven the resort town with a colorful parade of floats, hijinks and pretty girls. Nighttime parade. "Train" float. Men in drag (dressed as women).
News in Brief: California, Kiner-Chaffee Wedding.
News in Brief: California, Kiner-Chaffee Wedding. Ralph Kiner, home-run king of the Pittsburgh Pirates, and pretty Nancy Chaffee of national tennis fame, are a twosome following nuptials attended by famous names in the world of sports. The happy bride and groom pose on steps, smiling. Hank Greenberg is best man. Bob Lemon kisses the bride. Vern Stephens shakes hands with groom. The bride gently feeds wedding cake to groom, then part of the cake in her hand breaks apart and falls (minor wedding blooper). Newlyweds. Love and marriage. Athletes.
Football: SMU 27 - Notre Dame 20
Football: SMU 27 - Notre Dame 20 Big upset of the week at South Bend. Behind the amazing aerial artistry of Fred Benners, the Southern Methodist Mustangs score thrilling 27-20 upset over the Fighting Irish. VS college football game. Pass, reception, nice run all the way for touchdown. The "novel" I-formation, according to the VO. Passing, running plays. Fumble recovery by opposing team.
Football: Princeton 13 - Penn 7
Football: Princeton 13 - Penn 7 At Franklin Field, Philadelphia, the Princeton Tigers claw the University of Pennsylvania gridders, 13-7. Dick Kazmaier tosses several amazing aerials to get the red-hot Tigers going. VS college football game. Nice one-handed catch. Rushing touchdown. Tiger interception.
Mr. Republican. Sen. Taft Announces His GOP Candidacy.
Mr. Republican. Sen. Taft Announces His GOP Candidacy. Senator Robert Taft, 'Mr. Republican,' fires the opening gun in the 1952 presidential race by announcing his candidacy to Washington newsmen. He tosses his hat into the ring with a ringing demand for good government. Taft speaks at very large press conference (nat sound). Lots of reporters and journalists.
News in Brief: Truman Breaks Ground.
News in Brief: Truman Breaks Ground. The president flies to Wake Forest to take the key spot in groundbreaking ceremonies for new building at the North Carolina college. Mr. Truman appears in good spirits as he turns first shovelful of earth (it takes him a little while - the ground doesn't give up without a fight). Sign and flags flying, Wake Forest campus. VS ceremonies, groundbreaking.
News in Brief: Florida, New Legion Commander.
News in Brief: Florida, New Legion Commander. Don K. Wilson of West Virginia takes over the gavel from Earl Cocke, Jr., during American Legion convention session which followed colorful parade. Gen. Macarthur and Mrs. Macarthur are hailed by Legionnaires. VS people marching in parade. Interior, convention scenes, names of states and territories written on signs.
"Diamond Jubilee"
"Diamond Jubilee" Diamonds, U.S.A., showing the new trends in fashions for the sparkling gem, is a scintillating show at the plaza. A veritable king's ransom in diamonds is alluringly displayed by lovely models in high style. A model named Roxanne (apparently that's what she went by) is among them. Women come down steps to be escorted by men in tuxedos. Long angle shot of chandelier, camera spinning, a little trippy but not too much. VS the jewelry on the models: rings (one is 40 carats!), necklaces, bracelets, earrings, tiara. Creepy man peers through curtains, spying on them, an evil menace, his face lit from below as if in a horror flick.
Sports: California 42 - Wash. State 35
Sports: California 42 - Wash. State 35 California's last-half victory over a surprising Washington State team is replete with sensational touchdown romps by both sides. Johnny Olszewski of California is a stand-out in a game of thrills. Olszewski gains lots of rushing yardage.
Sports: Pennsylvania, Spectatcular Auto Crack-up
Sports: Pennsylvania, Spectatcular Auto Crack-up Thrills and chills on the 83rd lap of the 100-mile stock car race. Ten jalopies are involved in nightmarish accidents following collision and fire. Ten drivers are hurt as the cars pile on in succession. VS stock car racing. It's like watching a car wreck - oh, wait, it is a car wreck. One after another after another, slowly unfolding. One piece of debris flies into the stands; one car bursts into flames but the driver appears to escape. Dangerous auto race.
Ship Tie-Up: East Coast Dock Strike Halts War Shipments.
Ship Tie-Up: East Coast Dock Strike Halts War Shipments. A strike halting vital war shipments to our fighting forces overseas threatens to spread to other east coast ports, as union leaders are unsuccessful in getting stevedores to return to their jobs, and pleas by military leaders are ignored. VS men (union workers) gathered peaceably outdoors. MS the "Anastasia brothers," apparently accused of links to organized crime. VS idle docks. Military police guard cargo at dock.
News in Brief: Japanese Hail Baseball Aces.
News in Brief: Japanese Hail Baseball Aces. Millions of screaming fans jam the Ginza to give Joe DiMaggio and other major league stars a royal welcome as they arrive to begin an exhibition tour that will take them as far as Korea. Major league baseball players disembark plane, pose for cameras. Japanese people bring huge bouquets to the baseball stars. CU DiMaggio. Night, excited Japanese crowds press around the open car carrying DiMaggio and others; some fans are climbing onto the car to get autographs.
News in Brief: England, Seasickness, Home Grown.
News in Brief: England, Seasickness, Home Grown. Seasickness has always been a bitter pill to swallow, but now hardy British soldiers volunteer for tests to determine efficacy of new seasick pills. Tossed about on artificial ocean, the volunteers don't all arrive. Soldier swallows pill. The volunteers climb into tent-like crafts and launch into a wave machine, which starts producing waves. POV from inside one of the tent-like things as it rocks on the waves, a very sea-sick, nauseating subjective view. Comedy shot (staged): one sailor sits smoking a pipe, his cap next to him, when another staggers over and sits down, looks like he might hurl; the first bloke picks up his hat so that it doesn't look like a seasick bag to his pal.
Korea: Big Guns Blast Reds As Peace Talks Resume.
Korea: Big Guns Blast Reds As Peace Talks Resume. With peace talks again resumed, United Nations forces continue their offensive to keep the reds off balance in case the truce again fails. Allied big guns open up along the front, and U.N. planes blast away with fire bombs at Red mountain positions. UN soldiers (Canadian?) work in tent, communicating, perhaps plotting map or chart. VS several United Nations tanks firing. Soldiers pick up used shell cases (for recycling); panning shot of giant pile of these casings. VS destruction on wooded hillside, trees destroyed, dead bodies (corpses) presumably of Communist soldiers.
News in Brief: Washington, First Korean War Bride.
News in Brief: Washington, First Korean War Bride. The first Korean War bride, and the first to reach the United States, gets a warm welcome from her in-laws as the ship docks. Yong Soon and her husband Sgt. John Morgan arrive for a happy meeting with his parents. Sailors on naval ship throw streamers. VS the happy couple (newlyweds). They walk down a gangplank where a woman throws her arms around both of them. Newsreel cameramen take aim. The family poses. Interracial marriage.
Football: Northwestern 16 - Navy 7.
Football: Northwestern 16 - Navy 7. At Evanston, the unbeaten Wildcats keep winning skein intact by downing a determined Middie team, 16-7. Dick Alban is star for Northwestern University, with two sensational plays. College football. Northwestern player rushes for about 50 yards, then laterals (lateral pass) to another player who carries it for many more yards and the touchdown. Another long touchdown run.
Football: Maryland 14, North Carolina 7.
Football: Maryland 14, North Carolina 7. At College Park, Md., sparkling running plays keep fans on edge, as Maryland 'Terps' (Terrapins) make it four in a row by defeating the underdog Tarheels of North Carolina, 14-7. VS college football game. Fans smoking cigars (soldiers?). Very cute -- two spectators, young man and young woman, jump up and down in happy excitement. Lots of rushing. Touchdowns.
Rival Models Bare Backs In Studio "Curves" Contest
Shaky, rolling, blurry not sharp in contrast and imagery The gals whose ankles, calves, backs, teeth and other component parts decorate Gotham's advertising copy compare notes in an effort to find the 'triple-threat' mannequin who can lay being the model's model. Dresses, bathing suit, underwear, toothpaste girl, evening gown with a bare back, hosiery girl.
Army Of Men And Planes Look For Missing Airliner
Shaky, jumpy, light in contrast and imagery Nearly a thousand regular army men and C.C.C. Workers join the throng combing the Wasatch Mountains for traces of a big transport 'plane, lost in the snowswept hills with seven persons aboard. Search 'planes inspect every mile of the area.