Telenews Digest : Sep ‘48 #5 - Wallace Invades South - Wilhelmina’s Golden Jubilee - Refueling In Flight

Duration: 600 ft.

Year Published: 1948

Creator: Telenews Digest

Complete Record: Wallace Invades South - Henry Wallace campaigning in Decatur, Alabama, classic campaign van with bullhorns attached to top, Wallace speaks into 1940’s style microphone hostile crowd members carrying Confederate flag. Truman Opens Campaign - Detroit’s Cadillac Square massive political rally crowd scene, Truman Speaks about labor issues. Trucking Strike Hits New York - empty New York trucking terminal, trucks stand empty, unloading bananas from truck. Drive-In Church - Aurora, CO church services set in drive-in movie theater, marquee sign reads “Drive-In Church Services This Morning”, parishioners listen in on theater’s “squawk boxes” reading Bible, man listens to squawk box while sitting on horse, woman playing organ in parking lot, LS of cars parked at drive-in. People In The News - Onboard the Queen Mary, Democratic Czechoslovakian delegate speaks about representing his country at the U.N., Cary Grant waves to the camera, Betty Hutton can hardly contain herself speaking about her first voyage onboard the ocean liner Queen Mary(Queen Mary exterior shot not shown). Brilliant Jubilee Ends Wilhelmina’s 50-Year Reign - 1940’s style optical effects(portrait of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands as a baby “morphs” into 18 year old Wilhelmina’s portrait, turn of the century film of royal carriage in procession, still photos of Wilhelmina’s coronation, FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt appear with Wilhelmina, Amsterdam gleams with lights, Olympic stadium crowd witnesses Wilhelmina’s abdication, royal procession through stadium in carriage, delegates from Holland’s colonies present themselves to Wilhelmina, crowd salutes Queen with frantic flag waving, Queen does the royal wave from balcony. Red Army Demobilizes - Soviet Military train with Stalin poster featured on front pulls into station flanked with saluting soldiers, soldiers eagerly greet civilians, pan across several smiling Russian soldiers complete with mink head wear, soldiers pass under sign written in Russian Cyrillic characters, soldiers given their discharge papers, Russian taxis, Russian Orthodox style minarets. Refueling In Flight - demonstration of refueling bomber in flight, diagrams showing how it’s done, various bomber crew shots and operations. Overseas Bulletin - Palestine - Israeli and Arab officials meet in Jerusalem; Norway - dismantling of sunken WW II German destroyer by Norwegian wrecking crew, sparks flying, pounding of sledgehammer; Germany - civil reconstruction in postwar Germany, German women performing technical tasks on electronic equipment, various industrial training sessions for women. Sports We Seldom See - Polish mechanized soccer, soccer played with automobiles.