Telenews Digest: March 1949 #1 Jungle War in Malaya - Alligator woman

Duration: 800 ft.

Year Published: 1949

Creator: Telenews Digest

Complete Record: British troops in Malaya, soldiers loading onto trains, soldiers on boats. Shots of natives on coastline, jungle river. Soldiers marching through jungle. Planes bombing, fields on fire, captured Japanese solider. Korean independence day celebration, soldiers celebrate in streets. Mock battle. Giraraud’s funeral, military parade, coffin & body lying in state. Planes at army base, refugees escaped from Prague. Krishna Vinta from LA in London, claims to be reincarnated, long haired man in robes walking streets. Royal wedding in Spain. Giant turtles invade Ecuador, people on the beach dragging turtles, destroying eggs. Secretary of State Dean Acheson and dignitaries negotiate the Allied pact, Winston Churchill supports it, shown getting out of car. Oakridge bomb plant, open to the public, Vice President with Maureen MacDonald. Atomic explosion, opening ceremony. Military official explaining benefits of the atomic age. Surplus store has explosive shortwave radios, radios being confiscated from store and homes. Demonstration of explosives inside, radio blown up. President Truman reviewing Washington press corps awards, holding up famous headline--Dewey Defeats Truman. Hotel in Texas, movie stars eating shamrock with sugar and creme. Dorothy Lamour in star studded nighttime parade. Oakland fire, army warehouse explosion, dramatic flames. Fireman hosing down rubble. Woman alligator hunter, she and her husband catching alligator. Shots of alligators in water. Motorcycle race in Russia, muddy course. Finish line in Moscow.