News Parade 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950
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The News Parade of the Years 1947-1950 are documentary films made in the U.S. directed by Eugene W. Castle. News Parade is composed of newsreel footage and includes narrated archive footage of ceremonies, natural disasters, war and politics from around the world.
Credits
Eugene W. Castle (editor)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Margaret Conneely Collection
Subjects: War; History; Disasters; Baseball; Automobiles; Aircraft; Korean War, 1950-1953
Places: Asia > South Korea; North America > Mexico > Mexico City, D.F.; North America > United States > Iowa; South America > Brazil > Rio De Janeiro; Europe > Poland > Warsaw; Europe > England, UK > London; North America > United States > New York > New York; North America > United States > Florida > Key West; Europe > Germany > Berlin; Asia > China; Europe > Italy; South America > Ecuador; North America > United States > Indiana > Indianapolis; North America > United States > Hawaii
Language: English
Shot log: News Parade 1947; 00:14 - VS Zulu warriors perfor welcoming demonstration for British Royalty; 00:55 - HA South Korean riots, MS police containing crowds; 01:22 - VS injured Palestinians bandaged and on stretchers, MLS people exiting damaged ship, train knocked off tracks; 02:05 - U.S. President Truman’s Good Will Visits, MS, LS, in Mexico City, costume festival, in Iowa addressing Parliament, riding in car in Rio De Janeiro parade, soldiers marching, boat with American flag; 03:48 - Bill Odom breaks his old record flying around the world, map of route, VS plane in flight and on landing breaks; 04:34 - MLS floods in Warsaw, rushing river of ice destroying railway bridge, MLS hurricane, blowing palm trees, boats in water, waves crash into shore; 05:40 - VS young Queen Elizabeth on horseback at Guard Mount Parade, Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip wave to crowds from Buckingham Palace balcony; 06:29 - New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers, MLS baseball game highlights, crowds, stadium; 07:53 - French freighter explodes in Texas City, LS blazing inferno of fire and black smoke a mile high, VS people dig bodies out of rubble, Red Cross workers give aid to victims; 08:43 - News Parade 1948; 08:49 - aerial shots Columbia River flood, MS cows in a rowboat,HA house floating down river, people stack sandbags, VS raging hurricane in Key West; 09:51 - MLS Holland’s Queen Wilhelmina with Princess Juliana, waves to crowds from balcony, VS formal procession, MS, HA royal carriage led by horses; 10:37 - VS American planes and soldiers delivering food to Berlin during Russian blockade, LS crowds, violence breaking out; 11:28 - VS Communist coal strike against French, miners throwing rocks, Reserves throw tear gas, MS bloody beaten man; 12:03 - MS Women soldiers of Israeli Army in Palestine lined up for review, VS digging bodies out of rubble in Jerusalem, United Nations workers wave white flag; 12:58 - HA riot scene, burning buildings and cars, MS man w/ injured child, rubble; 13:33 - land plane taking off, landing, “parasite” jet plane released from belly of passenger plane for in-flight take off, line of planes taking off, mass drop of paratroopers fall from planes, jet air show; 15:38 - 1948 Presidential campaign rally, Gov. Dewey vs. President Truman, VS Truman and family cast their ballots, MLS Capitol Building; 17:14 - News Parade 1949; 17:20 - excursion steamer ship S.S. Noronic destroyed by fire, firemen dig for bodies in rubble, interview of survivors; 18:15 - VS Berlin’s blockade ended, trains, trucks, and food being brought in; 18:50 - US bomber plane flies around world, MLS fueling in air, CU pilot; 20:02 - Chinese Nationalist soldiers execute Communist sympathizers in the streets during a riot, MLS battered war ship, Americans and British leaving China, “open door” is shut; 21:14 - VS Philadelphia American Legion Parade; 21:45 - HA crowd in Vatican City, Pope’s 50th anniversary, MS Pope blessing children; 22:07 - MS world leader’s signing North Atlantic Treaty, Pres. Truman giving speech; 23:00 - aerial earthquake destruction in Ecuador, MLS buildings collapsing, helping injured, carrying dead; 24:04 - Mexican volcano erupting; 24:47 - VS Indianapolis 500 car race, fiery crashes; 25:40 - News Parade 1950; 25:48 - CU Joseph Stalin, aerial, MS Communist march, riots, beatings in Tokyo, Berlin Communist parade; 27:31 - bardges explode damaging homes in small town, ambulance, injured, aerials Hawaiian volcano erupting, lava flows, Winnepeg flood, VS rescuing flood victims; 28:58 - rocket taking off, rocket POV shots of earth in motion; 29:27 - aerial St. Peter’s square filled with people, Pope canonizes Maria Goretti, MLS her remains in glass casket; 29:56-34:09 - Korean War, battle on the water, battleship firing rounds, marines boarding landing craft, boats fire at each other, marines on beach, Gen. MacArthur visits to see the battle won, aerial Korean war zone, rockets fired from plane, battleship Missouri firing bombs, MS President Truman and Gen. MacArthur shake hands at press release, interior plane w/ MacArthur, paratroopers jumping, MLS burning villages, Korean prisoners marching
Cfa elements: Print, 1,230 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/2657
Subjects: War; History; Disasters; Baseball; Automobiles; Aircraft; Korean War, 1950-1953
Places: Asia > South Korea; North America > Mexico > Mexico City, D.F.; North America > United States > Iowa; South America > Brazil > Rio De Janeiro; Europe > Poland > Warsaw; Europe > England, UK > London; North America > United States > New York > New York; North America > United States > Florida > Key West; Europe > Germany > Berlin; Asia > China; Europe > Italy; South America > Ecuador; North America > United States > Indiana > Indianapolis; North America > United States > Hawaii
Language: English
Shot log: News Parade 1947; 00:14 - VS Zulu warriors perfor welcoming demonstration for British Royalty; 00:55 - HA South Korean riots, MS police containing crowds; 01:22 - VS injured Palestinians bandaged and on stretchers, MLS people exiting damaged ship, train knocked off tracks; 02:05 - U.S. President Truman’s Good Will Visits, MS, LS, in Mexico City, costume festival, in Iowa addressing Parliament, riding in car in Rio De Janeiro parade, soldiers marching, boat with American flag; 03:48 - Bill Odom breaks his old record flying around the world, map of route, VS plane in flight and on landing breaks; 04:34 - MLS floods in Warsaw, rushing river of ice destroying railway bridge, MLS hurricane, blowing palm trees, boats in water, waves crash into shore; 05:40 - VS young Queen Elizabeth on horseback at Guard Mount Parade, Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip wave to crowds from Buckingham Palace balcony; 06:29 - New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers, MLS baseball game highlights, crowds, stadium; 07:53 - French freighter explodes in Texas City, LS blazing inferno of fire and black smoke a mile high, VS people dig bodies out of rubble, Red Cross workers give aid to victims; 08:43 - News Parade 1948; 08:49 - aerial shots Columbia River flood, MS cows in a rowboat,HA house floating down river, people stack sandbags, VS raging hurricane in Key West; 09:51 - MLS Holland’s Queen Wilhelmina with Princess Juliana, waves to crowds from balcony, VS formal procession, MS, HA royal carriage led by horses; 10:37 - VS American planes and soldiers delivering food to Berlin during Russian blockade, LS crowds, violence breaking out; 11:28 - VS Communist coal strike against French, miners throwing rocks, Reserves throw tear gas, MS bloody beaten man; 12:03 - MS Women soldiers of Israeli Army in Palestine lined up for review, VS digging bodies out of rubble in Jerusalem, United Nations workers wave white flag; 12:58 - HA riot scene, burning buildings and cars, MS man w/ injured child, rubble; 13:33 - land plane taking off, landing, “parasite” jet plane released from belly of passenger plane for in-flight take off, line of planes taking off, mass drop of paratroopers fall from planes, jet air show; 15:38 - 1948 Presidential campaign rally, Gov. Dewey vs. President Truman, VS Truman and family cast their ballots, MLS Capitol Building; 17:14 - News Parade 1949; 17:20 - excursion steamer ship S.S. Noronic destroyed by fire, firemen dig for bodies in rubble, interview of survivors; 18:15 - VS Berlin’s blockade ended, trains, trucks, and food being brought in; 18:50 - US bomber plane flies around world, MLS fueling in air, CU pilot; 20:02 - Chinese Nationalist soldiers execute Communist sympathizers in the streets during a riot, MLS battered war ship, Americans and British leaving China, “open door” is shut; 21:14 - VS Philadelphia American Legion Parade; 21:45 - HA crowd in Vatican City, Pope’s 50th anniversary, MS Pope blessing children; 22:07 - MS world leader’s signing North Atlantic Treaty, Pres. Truman giving speech; 23:00 - aerial earthquake destruction in Ecuador, MLS buildings collapsing, helping injured, carrying dead; 24:04 - Mexican volcano erupting; 24:47 - VS Indianapolis 500 car race, fiery crashes; 25:40 - News Parade 1950; 25:48 - CU Joseph Stalin, aerial, MS Communist march, riots, beatings in Tokyo, Berlin Communist parade; 27:31 - bardges explode damaging homes in small town, ambulance, injured, aerials Hawaiian volcano erupting, lava flows, Winnepeg flood, VS rescuing flood victims; 28:58 - rocket taking off, rocket POV shots of earth in motion; 29:27 - aerial St. Peter’s square filled with people, Pope canonizes Maria Goretti, MLS her remains in glass casket; 29:56-34:09 - Korean War, battle on the water, battleship firing rounds, marines boarding landing craft, boats fire at each other, marines on beach, Gen. MacArthur visits to see the battle won, aerial Korean war zone, rockets fired from plane, battleship Missouri firing bombs, MS President Truman and Gen. MacArthur shake hands at press release, interior plane w/ MacArthur, paratroopers jumping, MLS burning villages, Korean prisoners marching
Cfa elements: Print, 1,230 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/2657
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:06