Universal Newsreel (1954)

North Atlantic traing Naval and Air forces are put through rigid tests in the Mediterranean during one of the most extensive maneuvers of its 5-year-old existence American British and French CN air arms make a closely knit team as they ward off a simulated submarine attack between jalta and Malta the main objective of exercise Med Flex is to increase the flexibility and coordination of the participating units no operation of this magnitude is accomplished without minor casualties and one is coming up as jet plane hits with landing gear but skids to a safe landing from which the pilot walks away uninjured A fitting tribute to NATO's fifth birthday a fighting force takes shape Barcelona Spain goes wild as a good portion of the city swarms to the dock to welcome the Liberian steamer samiramis bearing 286 Spaniards held prisoner by Russia since since the end of World War II the men some in poor physical condition are former members of the blue Brigade who enlisted to fight under Hitler's Banner Delirious reunions follow as the all but forgotten men rejoin their families after more than a decade in forced labor camps another Red Olive Branch to the west and Ariel Noah's Ark stands ready to receive its live cargo which begins with a consignment of bees destined to restock ravaged Korean Farms next come loads of goats which form the backbone of the Korean Farmers livestock collected by church and Civic groups 100 goats are loaded into special pens aboard the plane joining the million and a half bees last but not least are 600 rabbits who go to help Revitalize a country whose land was so bitterly contested for 4 years our forces in Korea 2 are extending Aid to many of those peasants oted by the years of combat making available territory behind the lines north of the 38th parallel Major General Carter McGruder welcomes a group that will settle in this area long a battlefield but now lying fallow the brief ceremony over work begins at once simple frame houses are quickly erected with women and children helping soon they'll begin cultivating the fields and the ground where bitter combat raged will yield crops desperately needed by War ravaged Korea another step on the long road to [Music] recovery with the arrest of seven men in San Francisco one of the largest dope smuggling rings of recent years is smashed the seized heroin and opium is the nucleus of what would have been a flood of Narcotics worth millions on the National Drug Market the illicit narcotics were smuggled into the country from Red China by way of Hong Kong which federal agents say is one of the world Clearing Houses for opium from the Orient magazines with a center cutout are used to conceal drugs worth hundreds of thousands much of the captured Contraband was in the process of being prepared for distribution when seed by federal agents whose Eternal vigilance around the world safeguards America from Hanford plutonium Works a look at the latest in fashions for atomic energy technicians working in hot areas this room is contaminated with radioactive dust and that plastic gargoyle the newest type safety suit with a Long Hollow tail that allows a technician to enter from outside the suit is kept inflated by a slightly higher air pressure than the hot room he wears a face mask to ensure a Fresh Air Supply it's a great improvement over earlier safe cover rolls bulky cumbersome and likely to accumulate contaminated dust the new suit cuts out some really impressive laundry bills a transparent face piece gives Clear Vision shielded from hot particles by the plastic skin the technician does his job in reasonable Comfort it's weird but practical another example of the Ingenuity and care that keep our Atomic plants safe [Music] the biggest ceremony of its kind in post office history see secretary dallis President Eisenhower and postmaster Summerfield take part in the introduction of the first stamp with a religious message as a momento of the occasion postmaster Summerfield presents the president with an album containing a block of the new 8 cent stamps destined to become collector's items the new stamp will carry to the world America's message of Liberty and faith [Music] meet big Bera just over two weeks old and the tiniest fo ever a mere 13 lbs at birth standing only 20 Ines High the tiny Philly survival was considered impossible the frisky Little Critter had mama at a loss they had a bottle feed her today she Stacks up as just half the size of a onewe old Colt but the tiny T is just beginning to feel her oats spring and a young man's fancy yes sir it's love at first sight when school kids in Jackson Heights Long Island get a glimpse of the latest in yo-yo and yo-yo techniques demonstrators are mobbed by Avid youngsters of all ages eager to learn all the strings of the spinning sport that's sweeping the country this spring a musical Master plays by ear yo-yo's willing hoppy hits the side pocket Dixie duins at Cypress Gardens Florida the seventh annual water ski tournament so raise the flag Dixie dolls the stars of seao skiing are in top form today stars like dick Pope Jr all kinds of a champion and right now a champ on the slalom run and we mean run Nick is really Rolling Along at break Nick speed the jumpers are the hit of the show what a hit That's not healthy to be wise and the winner do like Alfredo Mendoza here he's had a new world's record of 99 ft [Music]