Warner Pathe #45

Duration: 800 ft.

Year Published: 1951

Creator: Warner Pathe

Complete Record: 1. Truman view flood damage in the Mississippi and Missouri river valleys. Vs Truman viewing from plane with binoculars, ghost towns, construction teams building dykes, flooded Council Bluffs and other towns. 2. U.S.S. Pickerel submarine makes record leap out of the water near Hawaii. 3. Annual Mascaret tidal wave in the Seine announcing spring in France. Vs waves crashing against pylons. 4. 6 year old war in Indochina continues between Communist and French Troops. Vs battle scenes, French taking P.O.W.'s, refugees. 5. American troops on Hokkaido island in Japan to protect it from Russian interests. Soldiers falling after ski jumps. 6. U.S. naval ships fire on Russian shores. 7.A museum for bread and bakery creations in Rome. Vs busy Italian bakery, children looking at different types of breads, Argentinean, Chilean, American, Italian breads. 8. Veterans in a drawing for a homestead in the drained Tule Lake area in 1946. The Sprouts Family Farm and Ranch on the Homestead. Vs father and son roping calves, mother taking clothes off the line, plowing, panoramic view. 9. Air conditioned glass skyscraper on New York's Park Avenue. Vs window washers, interior of office building. 10. A radio equipped Coast Guard ship Courier broadcasts the Voice of America into communist held territories. Vs technicians, record player on gyroscope. 11.100,000 troops participate in largest war games ever held in "Operation Longhorn" in Texas. Vs mass parachuting my 82nd airborne division, tanks and jeeps lowered by parachute, a number of jeeps crashing on the ground, battle maneuvers. 12. A 900 year old village Tignes in the French Alps is evacuated to make way for a dam and power project. Vs villagers read newspapers, completed dam, bells being removed from Church, religious triptych, archives, and cemetery being removed, walls being torn down, families leaving, flood gates opened, village covered over. 13. Different types of Theater. A cave used as a stage in Holland, vs dancers performing. Japanese Theater with first revolving stage run by man power, vs stage being raised and lowered, audience, Japanese actors. Puppet Show in Madrid, vs children watch violent puppet show. 14. History and Tour of The White House. Vs drawings of construction, burning during war of 1812, several presidents. Vs reconstruction program and refurnished White House. Vs Main Hall, presidential seal, Blue Room, East Room, bas relief grand piano, portraits of George Washington and Martha Washington, Oval Room, Red Room, portrait of Woodrow Wilson, State dining room, portrait of Lincoln, Presidents Study, Solarium, Gardens and Fountains.