Telenews Digest: August 1949 #1 Believe it or not - Swiss Maginot line - Davis Cup tennis

News of the Nation - Washington - Congress Probes Vaughan Contacts - Congressional hearings with a military officer at the microphone
Washington -Mundt Hot on Deep Freeze - comments at press conference on five percenters and preferential treatment
New York - “Believe It or Not” - Robert Ripley’s collection from two hundred countries, beautiful shot of opening wooden doors to see a Buddhist shrine, many collectibles modeled by Vogue models, Mon Lei which is a Chinese junk ship with diesel engine is shot from various locations on the boat, beautiful picture of the ship going on water with the sail fully open
The Foreign Page - Germany - Conservatives Win Election - Great shot of large packed crowds in the streets as the camera pans left, German politicians speak at a podium, wonderful crane shot of massive crowds while tilting up and a castle or steeple in the background, shot from a car following another car with a man tossing papers into the street, many shots of fliers, awesome raising of the West German flag in the wind
First Films - Switzerland’s Maginot Line - beautiful shot of Lake Lucerne with reflections of clouds, tilt down from a mountain to what looks like rock that actually is a light weight door to let convoy in the secret fortress, a man on a platform being escalated up into a hole in the wall, men pushing missiles in carts and loading shelves with missiles, marching of men through corridors of caves, men eating their meals in a cafeteria, men on phones
Indonesia - Fighting Ends! - parade marches left as we look at the president, saluting as jungle fighters walk by, singing of new republic’s national anthem
Ethiopia - Emperor’s Birthday - ruler stands under umbrella, great crane shot of massive crowds all looking towards the camera, parades of women children and vehicles, emperor uses a silver trowel to christen the building of a building
News in Brief - Germany - plane flying over towards left, great landing shot towards the camera
Washington - Truman and his cabinet take a picture
Maine - Potato Blossom Queen pageant, great shot of a girl being crowned, then a great close up of her smiling
The Sports Page - Shirley May Swim Awaited - swimming in English Channel freestyle, she’s in a bathing suit, woman opens mailbox and looks through letters, reads a letter
Rye, N. Y. - Davis Cup Tennis - players shake hands, chair umpire, great serve shots, passing shot, nice overhead