Footage Description: Roosevelt - Alice: Theodore's daughter's White House wedding was the Washington event of 1905: Alice stands between her new husband and her father in her wedding dress
Volume Name:
SAM1933
Time Code:
01:08:34:12
Original Format:
35mm/B-W
Type:
Narrated
Year:
1933
Date Entered:
10/14/1996
Footage Description: Graphics: UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL CHICAGO ILL TIRED COUPLES TOTTER ON FEET OVER 2500 HOURS IN WALKATHON EVENT
Footage Description: People with cameras filming the event of Major Glenn landing his plane after coast to coast record
Volume Name:
SPORTS
Time Code:
01:04:31:22
Original Format:
35mm/B-W
Type:
PIC
Year:
1900-1909
Date Entered:
10/14/1996
Footage Description: Atlantic City / Coney Island beaches / boardwalks: Pan down from top of buildings to people standing in line or watching an event
Volume Name:
SPORTS
Time Code:
01:48:47:17
Original Format:
35mm/B-W
Type:
Silent
Year:
1960-1964
Date Entered:
10/14/1996
Footage Description: Olympics: 1964 Winter Olympics - Alpine skiing: Three men (the winners) are standing together Billy Kidd of Vermont and Jim Whaga(?) of California won gold and bronze medals in Alpine skiing -event never before won by Americans
Volume Name:
SAM1944
Time Code:
01:12:41:15
Original Format:
35mm/B-W
Type:
Narrated
Year:
1944
Date Entered:
10/14/1996
Footage Description: Hundreds of Irish troops walk down the street in full uniform with winter coats towards the camera. The camera cuts to a large open square where thousands of male and female soldiers are taking formation. In the background - the silhouettes of giant government buildings are hidden in the haziness of the day. The camera cuts to a closeup of Irish service women in uniform wearing hats. They are looking down in prayer. A closeup of a women with dark hair and fair skin - cuts to a group of several hundred soldiers at the same event taking up the entire frame. The camera pans to the front center stage where a priest faces an outdoor altar. and several soldiers attend him with their backs also to the camera. The camera pulls back to reveal even more of the crowd of forces and to special outdoor pews for officials and behind these pews is a small orchestra. The scene ends as the camera pans the crowd of gathered forces. In this crowd are many nuns or nurses with white uniform and hats on.
Volume Name:
SAM1944
Time Code:
01:28:03:25
Original Format:
35mm/B-W
Type:
Narrated
Year:
1944
Date Entered:
10/14/1996
Footage Description: A large truck is parked by a cornfield - WAVES are (army women) are in their uniform dresses seen getting off the truck. The camera cuts to three girls at the forefront of much acreage of corn - then pans to a view of about 50 women in the corn - heads barely seen - picking corn. Panning close-ups of the girls the are smiling and picking the corn. The camera pans over to another area where two girls are riding on a tractor with stands on either side and they are picking as the farmer drives. Two of close-ups show girls hands in the corn plants. The camera then cuts to a crowd of girls smiling and jumping in the front - girls are reaching in a bucket for a piece of fresh corn. The camera zooms in on a girls face chomping down on a big ear of corn . The camera cuts to women in white naval outfits are marching in a large formation in front of Hunter College in New York City. Three women lead the special event carrying flags of the U.S. and the college. The camera cuts to three officers saluting the women as they march by.
Volume Name:
SAM1944
Time Code:
01:31:14:07
Original Format:
35mm/B-W
Type:
Narrated
Year:
1944
Date Entered:
10/14/1996
Footage Description: A grand entry parade ushers in the rodeo - in a large stadium a parade of horses and brahma bulls - kicks off the rodeo. The camera comes in for a close-up of the rodeo queen - GLORIA JEAN - followed by OLE JOHNSON and JACK OAKLEY in a convertible - a man on a white stallion rares his horse back and comes down right in front of the camera. The camera cuts to gates to a cowboy released on bucking horse that throws him. The next man out of the shoot is on a bull that throws him and stomps him. Immediately another man and bull are out and again the bull instantly throws him. The stadium is empty with the exception of the people of the sidelines who are part of the event. End of scene.
Volume Name:
SAM1945
Time Code:
01:13:34:19
Original Format:
35mm/B-W
Type:
Narrated
Year:
1945
Date Entered:
10/14/1996
Footage Description: General Mac Arthur walks through Manila - which now lies in ruins- the Stalingrad of the Pacific. The scene opens with Mac Arthur walking with soldiers all around him. People sit along the street and in the wreckage of homes and buildings. The camera cuts to Philippine troops holding Japanese flags that were won. The camera cuts to Corregidor. A soldier stands dockside - as three PT boats pull up. Mac Arthur is the first to get off and walk up the dock. The camera cuts to a military camp - there Mac Arthur walks through the center of the village or compound to deliver a message to troops and peoples. Mac Arthur stands at a microphone and gives a short speech. He commands the raising of the stars and stripes - and the trumpets sound off. The camera follows the flag up the pole and zooms out on the entire event - there is a large building in the background and the crowd is at least a couple of thousand people. The scene ends with the American Flag flying in the breeze.
Volume Name:
SAM1945
Time Code:
01:23:39:18
Original Format:
35mm/B-W
Type:
Narrated
Year:
1945
Date Entered:
10/14/1996
Footage Description: In Times Square New York - the statue of Iwo Jima is unveiled by three men who took part in the real event of raising the flag. The camera looks down on a sea of people around the statue. The camera cut to another above angle World Flags are flying in the foreground. The camera cuts to a close-up of soldiers faces in the crowd - there is a lot of emotion in their faces. Soldiers are a large percentage of this crowd. This event also kicks off the 7th war bond drive. The camera cuts to another group of soldiers intently looking on. The camera cuts to the three men who survived the battle at Mt. Suribachi - two of the men are Army and the one in the middle is in a Sailor suit - Navy. The camera cuts to the sea of people in the street - to the white marble statue - the camera pans up the flag pole with the American Flag and the Narrator wraps it up by saying - 'Our soldiers raised this flag with their blood - now help repay them by buying War Bonds.'
Volume Name:
SAM1945
Time Code:
01:44:42:12
Original Format:
35mm/B-W
Type:
Narrated
Year:
1945
Date Entered:
10/14/1996
Footage Description: The scene opens in a classroom of girls at desks drawing a model standing in the center of the room. The teacher is draping some striped fabric down one side of the model and is talking. The camera cuts to girls leaving a building for the inauguration of the four-year course in apparel design. In a outdoor - on the lawn celebration the camera pans the audience of mostly women - students walk through the event modeling - all varieties - and styles of clothes for all seasons. The camera cuts to the last modeling scene of wedding gowns - the models are escorted by men in uniform.
Volume Name:
SAM1946
Time Code:
01:21:02:03
Original Format:
35mm/B-W
Type:
Narrated
Year:
1946
Date Entered:
1/1/1997
Footage Description: This is a historical film record of the epochal ARMY-NAVY experiment known as ' Operation Crossroads'. The scene opens from a boat over the water view of ships in the distance. The camera cuts to the masts of a huge ship center of the masts is the American Flag. The camera zooms in on the commanding officer of the operation - then cuts to sailor assisting cargo - large crates onto their ship from another. The crates are full of animals - sheep - pigs - and rats. They will test the effects of the fourth Atomic Bomb being exploded to determine the true effects of an atomic blast. The camera cuts to the sailors unloading the scared animals and taking them to some other place. The camera cuts to a line of men at an air strip one officer is on a mobile phone unit - the camera pans to men pushing the bomb on wheels to the B-29 that will drop it. The bomb is hidden as it is loaded and armed guards march back and forth in front of the camera. The camera zooms in on two airmen - who are to fly the plane - then zooming out the entire troop of Air Force men is seen. The camera cuts to the planes engines starting then cutting to takeoff. The camera cuts to all components to the operation; the men in a tower with binoculars looking out over the water - to inside the plane on the back of the bombardier sitting in his round view window. The camera cuts to a crew member watching a monitor - the camera cuts to radio - radar dishes - The camera cuts back to the observation tower - and then to a couple of crew members closely - then to the plane a view from the sky - to the side of the plane - you see the doors open to the bomb chamber - the countdown is stressful. The camera cuts to the tower - all soldiers put on dark goggles as the moment arrives. The camera cuts to the decks of the ships at sea involved - as sailors - crouch down heads ducked into their knees - covering the eyes. The camera cuts to a close up of two different people with the goggles of the narrator counts - the camera is focused out to sea. The bomb goes off - a flash followed by the mushroom cloud that goes seven miles in the air. The camera pans out to an aerial view above the cloud and the scene ends.
Volume Name:
SAM1946
Time Code:
01:24:28:23
Original Format:
35mm/B-W
Type:
Narrated
Year:
1946
Date Entered:
10/14/1996
Footage Description: The scene opens in the streets of Manila thousands of people line the streets as a parade comes marching down the street - with big tubas in the back of the marching band. Military soldiers marching carrying flags - followed by military vehicles - make up the parade. The camera cuts to the sky where Air Force planes are flying in V formation. The camera cuts back to the parade where a float is coming by - followed by one hundred local people in big straw hats and uniform traditional dress. The camera cuts to a very tall white marble monument with decorations and a symbol in the middle of two men shaking hands. The camera zooms into the stage area in front of the monument - there - the camera gets a close-up of Manuel Roxas and then is viewing from behind the judge - as he swears in Mr. Roxas as President. The camera cuts to the crowd and many thousands of people that stand for a mile or more out from the event. General MacArthur stands to speak to the people at a podium. The scene ends.
Volume Name:
SAM1946
Time Code:
01:27:53:00
Original Format:
35mm/B-W
Type:
Narrated
Year:
1946
Date Entered:
10/14/1996
Footage Description: Forest Hills - New York. The scene opens looking at the crowd at a big tennis match with Bobby Riggs and Don Budge - former world champion. The camera cuts to four tennis players on the court arm in arm smiling before the event begins. The camera cuts to a close-up of a beautiful couple and then back to the court as the doubles game gets going. The camera cuts to the full stands - back to the court - to the ref in the chair and back to the court. The game ends and the camera cuts to the doubles champions - Kovacs and Perry. They are smiling and laughing for the camera. The camera cuts to the singles match with Bobby Riggs and Don Budge. The camera cuts to a beautiful blonde in the stands watching Riggs - it is his wife. The camera cuts back to the court for some playing action then back to the stands. Then back to the sidelines after the game - the camera comes in for a face shot of Bobby Riggs smiling. The scene ends.
Volume Name:
SAM1946
Time Code:
01:34:55:12
Original Format:
35mm/B-W
Type:
Narrated
Year:
1946
Date Entered:
10/14/1996
Footage Description: Jean Pierre Aumanot and his wife - the beautiful star Maria Montez are greeted by fans at the airport in Paris - where they will visit his family. The camera opens the scene as they are descending the aircraft stairs. As Maria reaches the bottom of the stairs a small man gives her a huge bouquet of flowers - the camera zooms in on her and her husband and then zooms out to capture the many photographers on hand for the event. Then zooms back in on Maria's face. The camera cuts to the Queen Mary Ship docking in New York. The camera then cuts to aboard the ship where actress Phyllis Calvert is in the foreground with her back to the camera and she is posing for other photographers seen in the background. The camera swings around to see her smiling face - and goes back and forth a couple of times to her face - her posing and to the photographers capturing her poses. The camera cuts to her husband walking on the ship deck with her. The camera then cuts to Abbott and Costello. The camera zooms in on Abbott as he is holding a little girl. Costello is in the background. The camera pans to a Youth Center being built in the memory of Costello's son Lou Costello Jr. The camera cuts to an empty swimming pool where Abbott and Costello cut up with a boy who is on his stomach pretending to swim. The camera cuts to about thirty kids coming out of the building under construction and present Abbott and Costello with some luggage for their fund-raising tour. The kids are laughing and waving at the camera. End of scene.
Volume Name:
WSF8268
Time Code:
01:08:19:03
Original Format:
16mm(old)
Type:
Narrated
Year:
WSF8268
Date Entered:
10/14/1996
Footage Description: Washington State: forts (historical) 3 CUTS
Volume Name:
SAM1945
Time Code:
01:24:05:08
Original Format:
35mm/B-W
Type:
Narrated
Year:
1945
Date Entered:
10/14/1996
Footage Description: An original soldier who participated in raising the flag over Iwo Jima now raises the flag on the unveiling of the statue of Iwo Jima in Times Square during the 7th War Bond Drive. Two other participants in the original event stand next to him.
Volume Name:
SAM1946
Time Code:
01:07:51:07
Original Format:
35mm/B-W
Type:
Narrated
Year:
1946
Date Entered:
10/14/1996
Footage Description: Wide shot of a bowling alley where the American Congress of Bowling is taking place. Thirty thousand competitors are on hand for the event. Bowlers are bowling in the lanes.
Volume Name:
SAM1948
Time Code:
01:23:32:16
Original Format:
35mm/B-W
Type:
Narrated
Year:
1948
Date Entered:
10/14/1996
Footage Description: Runners take off for the 100 meter sprint in the Olympic track and field trials. Barney Yual wins this event after pulling ahead at the end. He crosses the finish line and rejoices.
Volume Name:
SAM1954
Time Code:
01:05:57:21
Original Format:
35mm/B-W
Type:
Narrated
Year:
1954
Date Entered:
1/1/1997
Footage Description: An ice skater approaches 10 barrels on the ice and successfully jumps all ten and lands safely. The words NEW YORK are superimposed over the shot. This is during a championship barrel jumping event.
Volume Name:
LRS8238
Time Code:
01:00:30:00
Original Format:
35mmB-W
Type:
Narrated
Year:
1927
Date Entered:
1/1/1997
Footage Description: hundred yard freestyle swimmer is swimming towards the camera in the pool in his lane (denoted by the floating ropes) as he sets a record for this event
Volume Name:
SAM1952
Time Code:
01:32:39:13
Original Format:
35mm/B-W
Type:
Narrated
Year:
1952
Date Entered:
1/1/1997
Footage Description: A snow skier skis down the hill in the down hill event at the Winter Olympics. Cut to another skier making the same run.
Volume Name:
SAM1952
Time Code:
01:32:48:07
Original Format:
35mm/B-W
Type:
Narrated
Year:
1952
Date Entered:
1/1/1997
Footage Description: A snow skier from Norway makes his way down the slalom event in the Winter Olympics. Cut to another shot of him maneuvering his way in and out of the flags on the track.
Volume Name:
SAM1955
Time Code:
01:11:40:15
Original Format:
35mm/B-W
Type:
Narrated
Year:
1955
Date Entered:
1/1/1997
Footage Description: Soldiers in uniform march toward camera in a parade in a small town. A young boy who loved parades staged this one by himself and attracted a large following of participants and spectators to the event.
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