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Miss America: Colorado Beauty Wins The Crown
Audio is low on screener Miss America 1956 is chosen in Atlantic City, New Jersey She's lovely Sharon Kay Ritchie of Denver, Colorado. MLS/CUS - The Beauty Contestants walking on stage in their evening gowns. MCUS - Audience. CUS - One of the contestants. CUS - Contestant wearing a little more fitted evening gown. CUS - Judges marking their ballots. CUS - 1955 Reining Queen, Lee Ann Meriwether, crowning the winner Sharon Kay Ritchie of Denver, Colorado.
Beauty Parade.
Audio is low on screener National College Queen is picked in Asbury Park, New Jersey From beauties representing 35 campuses. Beautiful, brainy Kathryn Rodgers, 19 years old of Mississippi wears the crown. Establishing shot - All the college contestants lined up on stage with graduation hats on their heads and bathing suits. CUS - Girls queue one by one. CUS - Audience applauding. CUS - Four women and two men. MCUS - The winner is announced and the girl is shocked. CUS - Kathryn and the crown on her head.
President Eisenhower Meets Political Leaders In Colorado
Audio is low on screener President Eisenhower breakfasts with 48 Republican State Chairmen. Campaign tactics for '56 are on everyone's minds, but the big question goes unasked and unanswered: will Eisenhower run? Establishing shot - President Eisenhower sits down to breakfast with other Republican State Chairmen. MCUS - President Eisenhower shaking hands with the politicians. CUS - States and cities represented by the Republicans, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina and North Dakota. MLS - All the politicians enjoying their breakfast. CUS - State Chairmen from Massachusetts and Maryland.
Pageant Of Formal Wear For The Men
Audio is low on screener Pageant of men's formal wear, from cave-man times right up to the present, and the modern, more colorful style trends in men's dress wear, as contrasted with the garb of the gay '90's and roaring '20's. Establishing shot - Man and woman (models) running down the street into a hotel with just animal skins on. MCUS - They run up on stage and the girl slips in front of other models dressed in a historical cloths. CUS - Models dressed up in cloths representing Napoleon s day. CUS - Models dressed up in the day of Louis the sixteenth. CUS - Models dressed up in the gay 90's. CUS - The Roaring 20's, she's a flapper and he is dressed in a tux. CUS - The present (1955), the model is wearing a lovely evening gown with a stole on her shoulders and the man is dressed up in a peacock brown jacket, with matching tie and cummerbund. CUS - The teenage boy is wearing a white dinner jacket with a plaid cummerbund and matching bow tie. CUS - A woman and two men toasting fashion for men in 1956.
International Tuna Tourney
Audio is low on screener Deep-sea fishing thrills in the renowned tuna fishing waters off Wedgeport, Nova Scotia, as top sportsmen gather for the 12th International Cup meet. A nip and tuck battle with a 585 pound giant spells victory for the American team, on the final day of the tourney. Establishing shot - Fishing boat in the open waters of Nova Scotia. CUS - Fisherman baiting a large hook with a fish. MLS - Slightly foggy you see the fishing boats and the men on board with their fishing poles in hand and the lines in the water and patiently fish for the record winning tuna. CUS - The team from Venezuela catches a tuna, this shot is right up on the reel of the fishing pole and the fisherman who's reeling in the tuna. CUS - After a two hour battle they pull in the tuna that tips the scale at 227 lbs. MCUS - Silhouettes of fishermen in a boat with their poles in the water patiently waiting to catch the big one. CUS - The American team pulling one huge fish on to the boat, this fish is huge. It weighs in at 585 lbs. MCUS?WA - The American's win the meet by a wide margin and wins for the third time. The leader of the fishing team holds the winning cup.
Island Without Boys
Audio is low on screener The quaint story of a picturesque Dutch island where there isn't a little boy to be seen. Boys and girls alike wear long ringlet hair, and skirts, until the age of 8. Then, a haircut for the boys and they take their place in male society. Establishing shot - Fishing pier and houses in the back ground. MLS - Mother and children walking down the steps of a house. CUS - Looks like three golden haired girls looking in a basket. CUS - Looks like a girl but there's a white panel on the front of the shirt meaning its a he. CUS - A little boy and girl eating ice cream. CUS - A cap with a star this indicates its a boy. CUS - A boy in long hair wearing pants. Boys wear their hair long until the age of 8.
Georgia Tech Wins Grid Opener
Audio is low on screener Miami University faces Georgia Tech as football takes the sports limelight. Favored Miami is shaken when Tech rambles to an early lead and goes on to a thrilling 14-6 upset victory. Establishing shot - College football players run on to the playing field. MLS - Kicker kicks the football and the players in the white shirts receive. MLS - Miami is forced to kick the football to Georgia Tech. MLS - Georgia Tech runs the ball in for a touch down. MLS - Football fans cheering. MLS - Miami gets the ball and runs it in for a touch down. MLS - Fans cheering. MLS - Georgia Tech intercepts the ball and runs it in for a touch down winning the football game.
Floods Again Wreak Havoc In Northeast
Audio is low on screener Three days of torrential rains bring another flood disaster to northeastern states not yet recovered from the havoc wrought by Hurricane Diane. 48 Are dead or missing, hundreds of towns inundated, 30,000 families homeless, and transportation paralyzed. Establishing shot - Raining, country hillsides and streams overflowing with water, flooding. MCUS - Flooded street, streams turned into roaring turbulent water. Aerial shot - Bridge collapsed due to the water, railroad embankments washed out, train derailed. MSWA - Streets turned into raging rivers, 9 feet of water reported in some sections. MCUS - A police man standing against a building as the water rages passed him. MCUS - National Guard truck making its way through the water. MLS - Flooded homes. MLS - Downtown small town, flooded, car flooded. Bridge washed out. MCUS - People being rescued from their home. CUS - Little girl being rescued and put on a boat. MS - Some National Guard men on a partially sunken truck. CUS - People taken off the boat to a safe place. Policeman taking a baby. Older woman taken off the boat. MSWA - Buildings disintegrating, walls falling apart. MCUS - A collapsed house. Streets up heaved leaving big sink holes. MLS - Downtown Connecticut building looks like their built in a lake.
Ike's 65th Birthday
Audio is low on screener His convalescence proceeding satisfactorily, the president marks his 65th birthday, sharing the big cake with GI. patients at Fitzsimons Army Hospital, and taking a brief outing on the sun-deck. Establishing shot - Bakery chiefs preparing birthday cake for President Eisenhower. MCUS - Military patients getting a piece of cake handed out by a nurse. CUS - Birthday card made by the patients staying in Fitzsimmons Army Hospital. CUS - Patient looking at the card eating a piece of birthday cake. CUS - Two soldiers eating cake. CUS - Press photographers taking pictures of the hospital. LSWA - Patients sitting on the roof of the hospital. LS from the ground - A waving president who happens to be a patient at Fitzsimons.
Speedster Sinks: Campbell Jet Boat Founders After Run
Audio is low on screener Donald Campbell s jet-engine speedboat 'Bluebird' sinks at the dock after test runs, just before an attempt at the world's speed mark, a costly set-back. Establishing shot - Lake Mead, Nevada. The Bluebird is put into the water and the pilot of the boat, Donald Campbell climbs inside. CUS - Sports enthusiast. MCUS - Boat in Lake Mead moving along. MLS - The Bluebird got to the speed of 165 mph and then the jet engine gave out. MCUS - Bluebird sank under water. MCUS - Donald Campbell shaken by the mishap is rescued. MLS - Donald Campbell looking at the bubbles made in Lake Mead by the sinking boat.
Noel Makes Its Debut
Christmas comes to Paris, the city of light, and the magic of the season produces a Merry Toyland Fantasy, truly gallic in its dazzling deftness and glittering gaiety - a scene of magic to enchant youngsters everywhere. Establishing shot - Noel spelled out in lights. MCUS - A toy castle with a huge clock and maidens, swans and other doll decorations go around circling the huge clock with moving hands. MCUS - Toy bunnies and toy kangaroos adorn. A small carrousel with dolls sitting on little seats going round and round. MCUS - A toy train running on a track built around this Christmas display. CUS - A mechanical beaver eating wood. MCUS - The scene from Lady and the Tramp, where the restaurant owner sings them a song and they eat a bowl of spaghetti. CUS - Rides for the children and adults. CUS - The two Siamese cats from Lady and the Tramp in a picnic basket. CUS - The old Scottie from the movie looking a laughing hyena. CUS - The animated puppet hyena laughing. (It would work if someone wanted a animated monster of sorts you really can't tell what it is)
Japaneese Fishmen Protest Exclusion From International Fishing Grounds
Japanese fishermen protest forceful exclusion by Korea from rich international fishing grounds an angry Tokyo march on the Korean Diplomatic mission that stops short of violence, but promises a major crisis. Establishing shot - Throngs of Japanese Fishermen converge on the Korean diplomatic mission in Tokyo to protest their exclusion of rich international fishing grounds. CUS - Some women in the crowds crying. MCUS - Japanese marching in protest with signs and banners. CUS - "Korean Diplomatic Mission in Japan". CUS - Koreans and Japanese discussing their differences and it's getting steadily worse.
Steak Eating Derby
Steak derby in San Francisco. Hearty trenchermen sit down before a groaning board, heavily laden with succulent steaks, for the first International Eating Race of its kind. Forks fly as the winner downs 6 pounds in 6 minutes. Establishing shot - 12 grown men sitting at a oblong table getting ready to be served steaks in a eating contest. CUS - One of the men eating his steak, yum, yum. CUS - Another contestant eating and enjoying his intake of steak. CUS - Audience standing around the contestants applauding. MLS - Contestants and Chief standing by one of the contestants. CUS - The winner, Jimmy Colonie of Woodland is declared the winner chewing his way to victory in 6 minutes and 36 seconds. CUS - Miss Steak crowns the winner of the Steak Derby, 1956 and gives him a quick kiss.
Jet Transport Sets US Mark.
Audio is low on screener America's first all-jet transport completes a trans-continental flight in 3 hours and 58 minutes, toppling speed marks, and foreshadowing dramatic cuts in airline schedules in the near future. Establishing shot - A Boeing 707 Stratioliner landing. MCUS - Test pilot Tex Johnson is greeted by Boeing President Alan and General Moore. CUS - Tex Johnson. MCUS - The Boeing 707 Stratioliner parked on the tarmac and a admiring crowd surrounds the plane.
International Auto Show.
Audio is low on screener The world's fashion capital focuses on automotive styling with a breathtaking display of tomorrow's cars, today, exhibited by the leading auto-manufacturing nations in the greatest show of its sort. Establishing shot - Engine, throngs walking around the auto show taking in the sights of the new cars. CUS - Shinny new car set on a turnstile. OHMS - Two cars one light and one a medium color with people standing the cars admiring them. CUS - Model sitting in a sports convertible with trophy s set around the car. MOHS - A three wheel car with a model sitting at the steering wheel. CUS - A Mercedes sports car. CUS - Another sports car. CUS - 1956 Cadillac. CUS - 1956 Desoto. MCUS - Tires
New Look At Handbags.
Audio is low on screener A bevy of cover girls dressed in the finest of fashions, and carrying handbags by Josef, takes off via KLM Royal Dutch airlines for a Happy Holiday abroad. Smart handbags in natural leather provide a stylish accent to their holiday ensembles. Establishing shot - Two models get out of a convertible. CUS - A large square purse trimmed in studs. MCUS - Two models at the ticket counter holding medium square with handle purses made of natural leather. MCUS - Model pets two white Poodles and they look like they are barking. MCUS - A leopard coat trimmed in fur and she's wearing a leopard pill box hat on her head. MCUS - Five models boarding a plane holding the most stylish of purses. One is holding a binocular bag made of leather and the other model is holding a doctor type bag made of leather.
The President: 1st Pictures of Ike Since His Illness
Audio is low on screener Ike's famous grin flashes out, pictorial evidence of the measure of his recovery, as the president poses for the first pictures since his heart attack last month. Establishing shot - Outside shot Fitzsimmons Army Hospital. MLS - President Eisenhower wheeled on to the roof of the hospital by a nurse, doctors and some of his personal staff. CUS - President Eisenhower sitting in a wheel chair. MLS - President Eisenhower and the press. CUS - President Eisenhower head to waist in a wheelchair.
Queen Juliana Visits West Indies
Audio is low on screener Queen Juliana becomes the first reigning sovereign to visit the Dutch Antilles. Cheering throngs and dancing children greet the queen and Prince Bernhard. Establishing shot - Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard disembarking from the ship. CUS - West Indies little girl being held by her mother. CUS - Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard. MLS - School children holding a little marching parade in behalf of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard. MLS - Throngs turn out to cheer the Queen. CUS - School children playing Ring Around The Rosey with Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard. MCUS - Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard riding in an open carriage.
Army's New Tank-killer.
Audio is low on screener An impressive debut of a gun that has all the answers: the army's highly-mobile t101, a self-propelled anti-tank gun that can go just about anywhere to do its job. Establishing shot - The Army's T-101, not a very big tank. MLS - This tank is really moving out speed wise, through the mud, through the water and down a steep man made hill. MLS - Packs quite a punch with that anti air craft gun. MCUS - The cannon like gun firing and shooting out the casing in the back.
Appeal From A Star
Audio is low on screener Piper Laurie appeals for United States - Savings Bonds. "Hi, I'm Piper Laurie. You seem me play different rolls before. Now I'm going to play sales man and I can play this role with real conviction . Because on of the things I want to sell you is one of the finest things you can buy. The United States Savings Bond. If this bond was transparent maybe you would see the new home you always dreamed of owning. Or a college education for your children. Or the years when you can stop working and really enjoy the world around you. All of these things can be yours if you buy United States Savings Bonds regularly. They give you back $4 for every $3 at maturity. Buy them through the Payroll Savings Plan where you work. The Bond a Month Plan at your bank or make your own plan to buy them as often as you can. I sold myself on these a long time ago. I hope that you are sold on United States Savings Bonds too." Produced with the cooperation of the Motion Picture Industry and shown by this Theatre as a Public Service
Unity With US: Eden Re-Affirms Atlantic Alliance
Audio is low on screener Looking ahead to the big four Parley, British Prime Minister Anthony Eden counsels a careful scrutiny of red motives, and re-affirms Britain s alliance with the US, Ties with NATO, and support for a United Germany. Establishing shot - People sitting down at dinner tables including Mrs. Anthony Eden. Mr. Anthony Eden, "There is a new look of policy of Soviet Russia. This may be so, I trust it will prove so. My hope is that nobody will accuse us of hanging back if we take a good look, at the new look before we pronounce upon it either way". - Audience applauds. "We are not prepared to break up NATO. We will not be parted from the United State of America. We will work for unification of Justice".
Jacqueline Auriol France's Own Aviatrix
Audio is low on screener Women's jet speed record is set in France by Jacqueline Auriol, piloting a 'Mystere' jet fighter to a new world mark of over 713 mph. She is the daughter-in-law of Frances's former President, Auriol. Establishing shot - Jacqueline Auriol walking down an air field. MCUS - Jacqueline climbing into her jet plane and puts on her flight helmet. MCUS - Jacqueline taxis down the runway and takes to the sky. CUS - Flight ground crew in contact with Jacqueline as she is flying. MCUS - A group of pilots watching Jacqueline fly. MCUS - Plane lands, Jacqueline removing her flight helmet. Her speed is 713.6 MPH a new world's record for France's aviatrix, Jacqueline Auriol.
Cultured Emeralds
Audio is low on screener Synthetic emeralds are 'grown' in a mineral bath, a startling laboratory achievement by a san Francisco chemist, who tests a 330 carat gem. Establishing shot - Chemist working on making an emerald in his San Francisco laboratory. CUS - The chemist puts a stone in a beaker in a mineral bath. CUS - Chatham the chemist puts the cultured emeralds to a blow torch test. CUS - The hardest test, scratching glass CUS - A pleased looking chemist admiring his emerald.
Governors Island
Audio is low on screener Audie Murphy day on Governor's Island honors the U-I star and War Hero, as his autobiographical picture 'to Hell And Back' is premiered. Establishing shot - Draftees are sworn in on Governors Island, located in New York Harbor. MSWA - Audie Murphy standing with Governor's commanding officers. MCUS - Spectators applauding. MCUS - Audie Murphy shaking hands with hospital patients and puts on a hat that belongs to a young soldier. CUS - Audie Murphy wearing a young soldiers cap.