Telenews Digest: November 1949 #2 Nation studies corn supply - Tito-Stalin controversy - Football - Army almost stumbles

Duration: 600 ft.

Year Published: 1949

Creator: Telenews Digest

Complete Record: The Front Page - Troubles for Labor - San Francisco - shot of loading docks in SF, Bridges is on trial again Washington - people passing a check for fines, a man with a pipe in his mouth speaks to another guy in an office and so that’s killer funny footage Nation Studies Corn Surplus - some of the exact same footage but edited differently from film #17196, trucks carrying shelled corn drive by, are checked for quality , then placed on terminal grain elevators, then a great panning shot of corn silos, nice dolly shot of corn fields, mechanical corn diggers drives down a lane towards the camera, while some people do it the old-fashioned way of doing it by hand and chucking it into a truck bed Tito-Stalin Controversy - not so great shot of Madame Tussaud’s London Waxworks sign, shots of the wax figures of Stalin and Tito are brought together to measure who is taller, they use a weird measuring ruler that looks like the grim reaper’s sickle-like thing Czechoslovakia - New Controls for Church - nice shots of priests walking into a church Turkey - Independence Celebration - people in formal wear walk into a party, magnificent shot of soldiers marching in a group together to the right as the camera zooms in and over the heads of the soldiers to focus on the fighter planes that are slowly flying above their heads, procession of tanks Israel - Operation Magic Carpet - Yesemite migrants are flown to Israel, they live in tent cities, wear traditional Arabic clothing, and hold canisters on their heads with ease Germany - Hans Eisler’s New Anthem - Great steady shot of a quote from Stalin hung on the outside of the state opera house, sickly perverted audience that are all wearing black and look very morbid being that its a top view and none of them are doing anything but sitting upright and uptight, choir sings on stage People in the News - Winston Churchill walks toward the camera’s left with a cane and his wife for his seventh granddaughter’s baptism or christening, Churchill stands at the doorway of the church Marcel Cerdan - the casket of the boxer was met by a crowd of people all dressed in black at the airport Women’s World - Fall Fashion in Tweed - a woman in a tweed overcoat walks down a stairway, a woman looks on while getting out of a station wagon with wood paneling in a god awful plaid, a woman in dark solid tweed coat walks with her hot man and their little cocker spaniel, a woman in a weird suit with really baggy pants that take the place of a skirt sits on a canon like lawn ornament, a woman walks along the bank of the lake and picks up a flower like she was in love, shots of West 52nd St. and 5th Ave street signs The Sports Page - Football - Victory -- After Eleven Years - great shot of of “STATE” spelled out with megaphones, great handheld tracking shot of the men on the bench, a receiver is down, all the cheerleaders are squatting in a line and bowing down with arms held high, crowd walks onto the field Football - Army Almost Stumbles! - football plays, 2 nice straight on shots of the scoreboard