Telenews Digest Sep 1948 #1: Berlin Problem, Satira, Campaign Begins

Duration: 600 ft.

Year Published: 1948

Creator: Telenews Digest

Complete Record: East - West Issues Laid Before U.N.: diplomats discuss Berlin problem, French soldiers salute entering diplomats. Bernadotte Funeral: King Gustav of Sweden leads formal funeral of U.N. mediator, flag draped coffin carried into services, trumpeters and drummer, marchers from the Red Cross and the Boy Scouts. Soviet Honors For Zhdanov: Soviet troops stand at attention, Stalin is pallbearer, military style parade shot from above, peasants weeping, guns firing salute, troops march past and acknowledge Stalin, Soviet cabinet members salute. Reds Parade On Togliatti’s Return: Italian communists march wearing civilian clothing, marchers carrying posters of Lenin and Stalin, rally around fountain. Anti - U.S. Riots: Argentine workers protests against U.S., Evita Peron shown on balcony as her husband addresses the crowd. France: marchers carry banners, man speaks from on top of the crowd, rioters clashing with French police. Cuba: American woman just released from prison plays with DOG. Native African Chieftains arrive in England. Presidential Campaign Begins: Earl Warren addresses crowd, J. Strom Thurmond discusses President Truman and Democratic party, Truman campaigns from back of car and from podium, Truman waves from back of train. Amateur Art: paintings by Winston Churchill, Joe Louis, Joan Crawford, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Lena Horne. These individuals do not appear in the film, just the paintings. Garment Workers Protest: protesters carrying signs “lockout the racketeers” “Unionism not Hoodlumism” Columbia University students live on sailboat: swabbing the decks of the sailboat. Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox 1948 American League playoff, player carried off field on shoulders of other players.