Telenews Digest: October 1949 #3 II Communists sentenced - Norway votes out communists - Texas vs. Rice

Year Published: 1949

Creator: Telenews Digest

Complete Record: The Front Page - Washington - Post Mortem on Congress New York - Communists Sentenced - nice shot of NYC Federal Courthouse, red sympathizers circle in protest; Norway - Election Surprise - flyers being passed out and people counting the votes, ticker tape machine; Berlin - Forgotten City - storefronts have lots of food because the prices are too high, a big rally, people clapping; San Francisco - A New Life -- At 99! - Armenians brought to the United States, oldest person to enter the US and youngest is one month old; The Front Page - China - Reds Reach Hong Kong - Communist guerrilla troops come into the HK, white stone markers of the British/Chinese borders are shot very nicely with clear characters, many woman communist soldiers; Exclusive! - Spy Trouble in Korea - a Russian family is placed on a truck and blindfolded as they are taken away...very powerful shot, troops escort them onto a dirt road to a railroad they must follow to North Korea; New York - “Leap to Freedom” - footage of a woman who jumped from a third story window laying on the ground, then being taken in a stretcher, woman in thick Russian accent thanking the American people; News in Brief - New York - Many holiday painting are judged for a contest; Spain - gala banquet, native folk dance is demonstrated England - an unveiling of Lady Godiva; Special - The Man in the Pub - sugar nationalization, like a “man on the street” interviews; The Sports Page - Football - Rice Upsets Texas