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36th Anniversary Of The Bolshevik Revolution
Dull in contrast and imagery The massed might of the red army parades before the Kremlin as Soviet Russia celebrates the 36th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution - an ominous backdrop to the cold red reception to Eisenhower s plea for peaceful development of the atom. Establishing shot - The Kremlin with a huge mural of Lenin and Stalin. Throngs of Russians lining the streets and the military standing at attention. MLS - Massed army tanks with military personal standing besides the vehicles. MCUS/LL - Marshall Bulganin standing in a Russian made convertible vehicle waving and saluting to his people. MLS - Bulganin reviews the military in Russian Red Square. CUS - Russian army. MLS - Red Square and off to the left is Lenin's tomb. Russian military marching in celebration of the anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Nobel Awards: Gen Marshal Gets Peace Prize For 1953
Dull in contrast and imagery General George Marshall receives the Nobel Peace Prize for 1953. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and for peace. The occasion is marred by a red demonstration from the gallery, but King Haalkon leads an ovation from soldiers and statesmen, drowning out the communist agitators. MLS - General Marshall mounts the rostrum at Oslo University to receive the 1953 Nobel Peace Prize from Gunner John chairman of the Prize Committee. MLS - You see leaflets falling down from the balcony in front of the camera lens. MCUS - You hear in the back ground some hollering out in German, Gunner John looks at the General and you hear him say "Communist". MCUS - General Marshall accepts the award on behalf of the American People who implemented his famous relief plan. Thunderous applause from the audience drowns out the communist agitators.
Yugoslavia's Marshall Josip Tito Arrives In Yahtzee
Dull in contrast and imagery As the nation celebrates the tenth anniversary of the wartime founding of the present regime. Marshall Josip Tito arrives in Yugoslavia's town of Yahtzee to addresses 50,000 in a Memorial Services to war dead. Establishing shot - Marshall Josip Tito arrives in the town of Yahtzee. MCUS - Throngs of town's people line the streets to greet Marshall Josip Tito. CUS - Tito shaking hands with the towns dignataries. MCUS/LL - Shot is over the heads of thousands of town people. Ground up - Josip Tito on the podium addressing Yahtzee's town people. CUS - Older man hand held up to block out the sun. CUS - Woman with a little hat on her heat and a scarf over the hat. From a roof top shot - You see the throngs of people gathered to par take in this Memorial Service with Marshall Josip Tito.
UNICEF 7th Anniversary
Dull in contrast and imagery On the Seventh Anniversary of the founding of the United Nations International Children's Emergency fund, thirteen youngsters from a New York Settlement house present Madame Pundit, retiring President of the UN, with a flag-bedecked cake. 13 youngsters carrying out a cake with 7 candles on it. MCUS - Madam Pundit graciously accepts the cake. MCUS - Madam Pundit slicing the cake. MCUS - The cake is being passed out. CUS - Madam Pundit thanks the children and kisses each of them on the cheek.
Doodle-bug Club.
Audio is low on screener Youngsters from 10 to 15 demonstrate their prowess on tiny scooters they learned to drive under police tutelage. They learn young, and they learn right. Establishing shot - Twenty one youngsters 10 to 15 years old have been practicing for a month under the watchful eyes of the sheriff and his officers. MCUS - The kids take off on their doodle-bug driving the scooter in a single file. All the boys have proactive head gear on. MCUS - The boys perform well trained maneuvers on the scooters. CUS - Four policemen laying belly down on the road as the drivers of the doodle-bugs drive up on a ramp and jump over the policemen.
New Drone Plane / Defense Department
Audio is low on screener Arizona debut of the Army's New Pilot less Reconnaissance Plane, a tiny craft launched from a mobile catapult and directed over enemy territory by radio. Establishing shot - Soldier installing a movie camera in this small remote plane. MLS - It only takes five soldiers to lift up the plane and put it on a 60 foot catapult with the aid of JATO. "Jet Assisted Take Off". CUS - Small plane sitting on catapult. CUS - Soldier pushing down on the plunger and as he pushes down the plane takes off. CUS - Soldier holding remote control device that works the plane. MLS - POV - Pictures taken from the plane of the Army's base camp. Ground to Air - Reconnaissance Plane in the sky.
Notre Dame Sinks Navy Football
Audio is low on screener The Fighting Irish, led by big Paul Horning, scuttle Navy hopes for an unbeaten season, sinking the middies by a score of 21-7. Establishing shot - The football stadium at Notre Dame filled to capacity with sports enthusiast. MCUS - Notre Dame and Navy start the football game, at this point Navy is unbeaten. MCUS - Notre Dame scores. MLS - Crowd is applauding and cheering. MLS - Notre Dame recovers the fumbled football and scores another touch down. MLS - Crowd jumping up and down cheering. MCUS - Another touch down for Notre Dame. MLS - The Middies score a touch down but they are sunk - 21 - 7 in favor of Notre Dame.
Georgia Tech Rolls On In Football
Audio is low on screener More football at Atlanta, where the Tech Engineers engineer a 27-0 rout of the Duke Blue Devils. Long-runs and a tricky interception enliven the grid struggle. Establishing shot - Football enthusiast fill Georgia's Tech football stadium. MLS - Georgia picks up 18 yards against the Blue Devils of Duke. MLS - Georgia receives the ball and takes it in for a touch down. MLS - Cheering football crowd. MLS - Duke kicks the ball and Georgia Tech is at the receiving end. MLS - A beautiful run-back of 30 yards for Georgia. MLS - Vulgar gets the ball runs it in for 21 yards. MLS - Duke has the ball and passes and the pass is intercepted by Atlanta. Georgia Tech wins 27 to 0.
Richest Horse Race Garden State
Audio is low on screener The garden state stakes at Camden, NJ. With a $282,000 purse, is the world's richest, and the rich winner is long-shot 'Prince John,' who staves off a stretch bid by 'Career Boy' to win by a whisker. Establishing shot - Jockey's are mounted on their thoroughbred steeds. CUS - Woman horse racing fan. MCUS/WA - The horses are let loose from the racing gate. MCUS - Sports enthusiast eagerly watching the horse race, a purse of $157,000 goes to the winner. CUS - Man with a hat and a woman passionately watching the race, she's bouncing up and down like she's on a horse. LS/WA - The horses come spinning around the curve. MLS - Prince John is ahead of the pack. CUS - Three horses battling it out for the purse, Prince John #5, Career Boy #8 and Needles #6. The winner of the purse Prince John by a Whisker, Career Boy and Needles, 1, 2 and 3.
Six Are Feared Dead In a Skid Row Hotel Fire In Chicago
Dull in contrast and imagery Fire rages through a skid row hotel and weakened walls collapse, burying firemen and residents. At least six are feared dead, while a score or more are seriously injured. Establishing shot - Firemen and rescue working going through a burned out building. CUS - Firemen carrying out a victim of the collapsed walls of the building. MCUS - Firemen moving rubble around, you can see its cold outside because of the steam coming out of their mouths. CUS - Fireman comforting a fire survivor. MCUS - Fire commissioner. CUS - Firemen carrying out a man on a stretcher and the camera pulls back and shows the buildings aftermath of the fire.
Clothing To Korea Blessed By Cardinal Spelling
Dull in contrast and imagery 23,000 Thousand bales of clothing to be shipped to Korea are blessed by his Eminence, Francis Cardinal Spellman, who himself will fly to Korea to spend his third Christmas there with US. Troops. Establishing shot - The warehouse where the clothes are held. MCUS - Francis Cardinal Spellman blessing the clothes. MLS - Cardinal Spellman walking through the warehouse and you see bails upon bails of bagged clothing. CUS - One of the bails of clothing. MCUS - Ship docked in the harbor and the clothing being put on the ship by the aid of a crane.
The Electronic Brain In An Automatic Robot Elevator
Dull in contrast and imagery Engineers show a fantastic working model of a new automatic elevator system, controlled by an electronic brain. Once the passengers push their buttons, the cars do everything else, even spacing their trips to meet varying traffic needs during the day. Establishing shot - A miniature operating elevator controlled by an electronic brain. CUS - Business men sitting in a small audience type surrounding listening to the presentation. CUS - Of the elevator and how it stops between floors. CUS - The back of the miniature elevator and how the insides of a large operating elevator looks like from the inside.
Averland Ferry
Dull in contrast and imagery The little town of Avenhorn has a new twist on the traffic problem with a ferry for boats. As they go from canal to canal, on a narrow gauge rail line, all road traffic is blocked. POV - Driving, man standing in the middle of the street, little girl jumping rope. Car is stopped. CUS - Boar going across the street on a railroad track. MLS - Boat makes it across the street and slides into the water. Boat is loaded with crates of eggs/ MCUS - The carrier going back empty on the track, its going to pick up another boat. MCUS - Boat crossing the street on a rail, people in the boat looking at the cars and the people in the cars looking at the people.
Airborne Finery
Dull in contrast and imagery A fashionable flight of fancy high above Fujiyama, with pretty models of Japanese descent posing in styles by leading Japanese designers. What to wear on a global air tour is the theme. These clothes are all in the Western style. Establishing shot - A Pam-Am Stratocruiser (the plane is described as a Stratoclipper). CUS -Models putting on leading Japanese designers dresses and hats. MCUS - Mt. Fujiyama seen through the planes window. MCUS - First model comes out wearing a large brimmed hat, a diamond print dress with a jacket to match and a flat round purse. MCUS - Model wearing a hounds tooth jacket. CUS - Next model is wearing a flowered short sleeve coat dress over a basic dress. CUS - Model wearing a sports ensemble. She unbuttons a skirt only to reveal a one piece swimming suite. CUS - A very light evening gown accented by a lace scarf. CUS - The nest shot is a Japanese model wearing a exotic gown made of tall-le-mush-shi, a gold lamiae. CUS - Wine stuart gilves all the models a glass of wine and they toast to fashion.
Radar Defense Center
Dull in contrast and imagery Atop Mount Tamalpais, near San Francisco, the air force allows a glimpse of its closely guarded aircraft control and warning center that centralizes the air defense of the Bay area. (radar) Establishing shot - Mount Tamalpais. MLS - Airforce soldier standing guard at the gate. CUS - Airforce man patrolling wearing a riffle on his shoulder. MLS - A huge scope where all the flights are plotted on the scream. MCUS - Soldier talking on the phone.
Royal Tour: Queen Elizabeth Visits Fiji Isles
Dull in contrast and imagery The traditional hi-jinks of King Neptune s Court find members of the royal court including the Duke of Edinburgh taking a dunking as the Queen looks on. After crossing the equator, the Royal Party visits the Fiji isles, where natives perform their colorful dances and rituals in honor of the visiting sovereign. The New Zealand cruiser the "Black Prince" escort duty. The Queen goes aboard the ship to inspect the crew. The sailors queue past the queen for inspection. POV - From the deck of the Black Prince you see the Gothic that's taking her and other Royals of a 30,000 mile tour. The cruiser Sheffield gives a salute to the Queen. MLS - The Equator is crossed and whoa be tied the pollywog. It is tradition that you get dunked. So the Royals get dunked including Lady Pamela Mountbatten dunked by Prince Phillip. MCUS - Prince Phillip gets pushed in and so do other Royals, such fun. MCUS - Queen Elizabeth II taking home movies recording King Neptune's Court. MCUS - Prince Phillip climbing out of the sort of pool. POV - The stern of the ship going towards Fiji Isles. MCUS - A little girl presenting the Queen with flowers. MCUS - The people of Fiji Isles in native costume. The native are making Kava and they present this drink to the Queen in a coconut shell, yum, yum. MLS - Native warriors doing an acient spear dance.
Mighty Blast Clears Quarry.
Audio is low on screener A great blast opens a quarry for use, shattering a compact mass of 100,000 tons of rock that has made the subterranean caverns a deadly labyrinth of death, defying all similar efforts since 1931. Establishing shot - Workmen walking in quarry carrying T&T. MCUS - Workman sticking explosive into the wall of the quarry. MS - Crowd of people watching the workmen. CUS - Man pushing down the plunger setting off an explosion. MS - The rock wall of the quarry crashing down. CUS - Faces of two demolition men. CUS - The mass of rock that had fallen.
Jose Ferrer Honored.
Audio is low on screener Jose Ferrer, star and director of Universals recent release 'The Shrike', receives a scroll lauding his outstanding work in the picture from Mrs. Dean Gray Edwards, motion picture chairman of the national council of women of the United States. Establish shot - Jose Ferrer disembarking TWA Passenger Flight. MS/Ground up - Throngs of his admirers. CUS - Mrs. Dean Gray Edwards awarding Jose a scroll applauding his work in the production. CUS - A Letter Of Commendation "The Shrike" fromthe Motion Picture Division, National Council of Women of the United States. CUS - Mrs. Edwards and Jose Ferrer shaking hands.
The Northrop Scorpion Jet Shows Its Power
America's newest jet interceptor, the 'Northrop Scorpion', shows its sting, a death-dealing battery of 104 air-to-air rockets that spell destruction for any foe. Establishing shot - Air force personal going over the plane. MCUS - Rockets being loaded in the firing chamber of the plane. MLS - Northrop Scorpion taking off, off the tarmac. Air to Air shot, overhead - Over head shots to the plane. MCUS - Plane firing it rockets from its chambers. Aerial shot - Back of the plane in flight.
Marie Dione Famous Quintuplets Enters Convent
Marie Dionne, one of the famed quintuplets, forsakes the material world for the spiritual. A touching farewell with her family as she enters the servants of the Blessed Sacrament Convent in Quebec. MCUS - The quintuplets walking up the stairs of the convent. MCUS - A gate opens and out steps Marie Dionne wearing the veil of the order of the Blessed Sacrament. MCUS - The mother of Marie hugs and kisses her farewell. CUS - The gate of the convent coming down MCUS - Marie Dionne walking with mother superior inside the church. MCUS - Postulants praying in church. MCUS - Marie Dionne kneeling on a kneeler in front of the alter, praying.
Devout Throngs Gather Around A Bush: Virgin Mary
50,000 Of the devout crowd into Fairmount Park where children reportedly saw a vision of the Virgin Marry. A bush on the spot has been converted into a shrine-hung with dozens of rosaries and miraculous medals. Establish shot - A temporary fence put up around a bush in Fairmount Park, there are throngs of believers standing by the bush (apparition). MCUS - People queuing by the bush where people hung holy medals, rosaries and flowers. CUS - A mother and her little boy kneeling and praying by the bush. CUS - Looks like a grandfather and granddaughter and others kneeling and praying by the bush.
Italian Cabinet: Segni Forms New Governing Body
Audio is low on screener Antonio Segni, newly appointed Prime Minister of Italy, announces the formation of his cabinet to the rome press corps. Pledged to the continuance of cooperation with the West and NATO powers, the new Premier is a leader in Italy's land reform program. Establishing shot - Antonio Segni addresses the Rome press core. CUS - Press taking pictures and holding the microphones
Korea Marks Invasion Anniversary
Audio is low on screener 30,000 South korean students take part in observances of the 5th anniversary of the red invasion that launced the korean war. Establishing shot - Marching parade. MLS - Inspite of the pelting rain 30,000 South Korean students take part in the celebration. MLS - President Syngman Rhee. CUS - Young girl, student getting soak and wet. CUS - Other students either singing or reciting a pledge.
Big Ben's Voice Stilled.
Audio is low on screener The majestic voice of big ben is stilled, as an 18 month overhaul job on the historic clock and bell begins, long needed by the century-old London landmark. Establishing shot - London scaffolding around Big Ben. MCUS - Camera panning up to show the amount of scaffolding build around Big Ben. POV - Elevator ride up the scaffolding go get to Big Ben. POV - As you reach the top of the scaffolding you see other buildings and landmarks in London. POV - Once on the very top of the scaffolding you see London Bridge and the Thames. CUS - The steeple chase or jeweler adjusting the hands on Big Ben. Looking down - Cars parking in the parking lot. CUS - Big Ben's bell being struck. View from the top - Other churches, government buildings and tiny cars moving along on the street.