Telenews Digest : Oct ‘48 #3 - Operation Combine - Princeton vs. Columbia

Duration: 600 ft.

Year Published: 1948

Creator: Telenews Digest

Complete Record: Battle Of The Ballots, 1948 - voters shown entering polling place, montage of four Presidential candidates- Dewey, Thurmond, Truman, & Wallace superimposed over ballot, Dewey speaks, Truman speaks, “And when you do like you did in 1946 when two-thirds of you stayed home, you get just what you deserve, you got that good for nothing idiot congress.”, Dewey speaks in front of Republican National Convention, Democratic National Convention, southern Demos walk out in protest of Truman’s Civil Rights Policy, Truman speaks, whistle stop tour, Wallace rally at Yankee stadium, graphic of “best estimates” for 1948 election shows Dewey with 50% of the vote, Truman with 44%, Wallace 4%, Thurmond 2%. Florida - “Operation Combine” - military branches meet for combined “war games” operations, jet in flight, dive bombers unload fiery payload, airborne division boards plane, jeep driven onto plane, “war room” with giant map on table, paratroopers dropped from plane, tanks on the roll, planes flying in formation. Aviation : The Old And The New - new five prop plane unveiled; England - Wright Brothers original airplane “Kittyhawk” returned to United States. San Francisco : Huge Parade Ends Portola Festival - Al Jolson, Jack Benny presented with honorary police badge, Ritz Brothers shake hands with SF Mayor Robinson, parade with various floats, Chinese dragon snakes through streets. Georgia : Fish Story - fishing competition, people with fishing gear. Germany : Airlift Plane Crashes - Berlin airlift plane crash footage, General Clay praises the operation’s effectiveness. Germany : First D.P.’s Leave for U.S. - Bremen is last stop for displaced persons before leaving for U.S., banners welcoming new immigrants. England : Memorial To War Hero - Winston Churchill attends memorial for war heroes in Trafalgar Square. People In The News - British Royal Family wedding scenes, quick glimpse of Queen Elizabeth. Football Highlights - Princeton vs. Columbia, SMU vs. Santa Clara.