Telenews Digest : Nov ‘48 #3 : Coal Strikes In France - Lido Girls On British TV - Browns vs. Yankees

Duration: 600 ft.

Year Published: 1948

Creator: Telenews Digest

Complete Record: Explosive France - striking miners return to work, large scale industrial work, hot metal, coal on train cars, miners(lights on helmets) file past camera, riots during armistice day parade in Paris, peaceful marchers during parade, officials hand out bread. •French Export Arouses Britain - cast of the Paris Lido Cabaret perform for British TV, burlesque revue featuring women in wild(sexy?) costumes, unique to say the least. England - finishing touches put on ocean liner Caronia, painting the massive “funnel”(smokestack), movie theater. Holland - British military officers visit. Indonesia - steps to control rat infestation, natives boil beets in poison phosphorous to lay in fields, men present dead rats for payment. •News of the Nation: The War On VD - scrolling sign in Times Square reads “Help Stamp Out VD Visit Your Doctor”, boxes of penicillin arrive at health clinics, Boy Scouts hand out VD leaflets and hang posters, “Little Willie” comic book explains VD in simple terms, man holds up poster “You May Have VD And Not Know It - You Can Be Cured Quickly”, pile of VD leaflets, posters read “Know For Sure - Get Blood Tests Before Marriage”(married couple pictured), “Stamp Out VD”(foot stomps on letters VD), “Venereal Diseases Destroy Home And Happiness”(distraught man pictured), “Happiness Ahead - For the Healthy”(married couple), nice tracking shot of old overhead style microphone, woman listens to radio, man reading newspaper, Departments of Health - Hospitals - And Sanitation, syringe filled with penicillin shot, child crying in playpen, Bellevue Hospital sign, Surgeon General and Secretary of Health discuss VD. Kitty Hawk Comes Home - aircraft carrier docked, container marked “Wright Airplane 1903 Kitty hawk” Kitty Hawk in flight(old footage). Washington - President Truman and members of his cabinet. New York - Roosevelt Hospital exterior, Russian school teacher who leaped to freedom from window is discharged from hospital. Washington - officials sign treaty standardizing screw threads in England, Canada, and US. The Other Americas - Miami - former Cuban President Bautista prepares to return home. Brazil - agreement between Uruguay and Brazil to defend against Argentine aggression, military marchers. Venezuela - South American Grand Prix, Studebaker style race cars. Football Highlights - SMU Wins Bowl Bid, Cleveland Browns vs. New York Yankees(football).