Telenews Digest March 1949 #1 Air Force sets new record - Soviets in Scotland - Speed ice skating

Duration: 600 ft.

Year Published: 1949

Creator: Telenews Digest

Complete Record: Germany - Little Blockade - U.S. Military Police shut off utilities and supplies to Russian embassy in Frankfurt, underground pipes being cut, embassy boarded up, military jeep covered with snow. Storms Hit Europe - gale force winds blow snow across Holland, apartment building with damaged windows from winds, rough wind blown surf, merchant vessel run aground on beach, life boats rescue sailors; Germany - aircraft control tower, sign “Wiesbaden Air Base”,airlift planes covered with ice sit idly on runway, ice and snow covered propeller, man wearing leather flight jacket brushes snow off of propeller, snow covered barbed wire fence, inside air traffic tower, man speaks into old fashioned telephone style microphone, pilots wait around idle. France - Uranium Found - Limoges, France, men carrying radioactivity indicators, CU of needle on radioactivity detector, men digging trench WWI style, using pump to clear water from trench. Korea - Plot Threatens U.N. Meeting - South Korean President ascends steps, U.N. dignitaries seated at table, U.N. commission gets an official welcome from assembled crowd carrying banners written in Korean, child presents dignitary with bouquet of flowers, Korean official leads crowd in flag waving ceremony. Overseas Bulletins - Sign reads “Radio Tokyo”, Russian walks down steps looking like a Mafioso. Prague - Polish and Czechoslovakian officers inspecting troops, military officers meeting. Moscow - crowd assembled in front of poster of Stalin, Soviet scientist honored. Jerusalem - 150 Jewish captives on a truck being released by French Jordanians, a U.N. officer waves white flag, Red Cross vehicle drives by. New York - Girl Spy Arrested - a Soviet U.N. aide and an American woman are led past reporters and into a waiting car, flashbulbs popping, Senator Karl Mund comments on the case. Ft. Worth - World Circling B-50 Tested - sign “Carswell Air Force Base”, bomber on runway, Lucky Lady II painted on nose of plane, cowlings being removed from engines, shot of rotary engine, map of plane’s route around the world, bomber crew stands at attention in front of bomber as they receive instruction, crew climbs aboard bomber, bomber taxis on runway, bomber takes off, bomber in flight, refueling in flight operation, bomber guided to stop after landing, bomber greeted by reporters and military officials, General Vandenberg discusses the significance of the flight. New York - Shanghai DP’s Off To Israel - 500 Jewish refugees enter Ellis Island from Shanghai, refugees board American transport for Israel. Washington - Filibuster Debate - Senate Majority Leader Scott Lucas of Illinois is anti-filibuster, another Senator is pro-filibuster. Washington - Stratocruiser Christened - crowd witnesses christening of Boeing double Decker passenger plane “Clipper America” by Margaret Truman, shot of crowd in airplane hangar. Sports - 90 Year Old Mountaineer - group of mountaineers accompany old timer for last trip up the mountain, mountain climbing equipment. Baseball Training - Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Red Sox featured teams.