YESTERDAYS NEWSREEL - 20TH CENTURY LONG RANGE U.S. SUBMARINESSTRONG MANHARRY LUCK

[Music] television highlights are the news of yesteryear it's 21st of December 1929 and here's launching of first United States submarine Cruiser christened by wife of the United States Secretary of the Navy Charles V Adams she sent down ways at Portsmouth New Hampshire 371 feet long unique Cruiser submarine can maintain herself at sea for months at a time without coming into port for fuel or supplies she is newest addition to nation's fleet of underwater craft big improvement over old-style short-range submarine [Music] here's the v5 most modern thing afloat but mere forerunner of even more amazing craft to come in 1950 here are Navy crews in training for service on snorkel type submarines underwater craft of unbelievable range these films are shown by special permission of the United States Department of Defense interior of submarines such as this are maze of mechanisms and mechanical devices far cry from the crude craft first employed in underwater warfare let's have some SIA view of surface not an enemy ship in sight and you can't sink a continent here's breathing tube above the surface s craft cruises speedily and secretly below water tough target for enemy surface guns these Department of Defense films show Navy submarine crews in action simulating warfare snorkel subs in territory invested by ships of imaginary enemy and observation men have spotted ship by instrument location of enemy surface craft has been determined by scientific sounding ship is sighted and torpedo is fired direct hit sub sighted ship sank same with mission accomplished snorkel sub continues underwater as if in search of other enemies here in June of 1950 is the famed USS pickerel at Pearl Harbor after traveling 5,000 miles from Hong Kong under surface of Pacific every watery mile of the way trip took 505 hours made Navy history crap breathe through snorkel or tube all that time and members of crew showed no ill effect from more than three weeks underwater its congratulations to the captain and crew and a world's record for underwater travel for the United States Navy's snorkel sub pickerel [Music] it's fourth of December 1926 and here in New York City High School student Harry loved 16 shows he has plenty of bran and who knows maybe he's strong on his schoolwork too imagine trying to keep a guy like this in jail and remember he's only 16 if he takes good care of himself he may grow up to be strong the true test of giant strength that's a New York City telephone book but Harry makes a few pocket additions out in San Francisco another Samson of 1926 shows his stuff with a phone book hmm looks as if he's left here strength in his other suit [Music] well he ripped it a little anyway it's January 1926 and Benito Mussolini's government is so determined to pay italy's war debt that every Italian with a dollar to his name is giving it to fund to reduce level of italian war loan from the united states if you can read Italian you know Benito wants that dollar from you every year banks get more deposits than withdrawals while Mussolini's plan is in force years later Mussolini had another big idea only it cost his people a lot more than a dollar here in December 1925 his ex secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo son-in-law of the late President Woodrow Wilson McAdoo helps hang first of 6024 sheet posters which will be erected from coast to coast in behalf of Near East Berne Eve great American Statesman of the teens and early 20s McAdoo was once figure known and respected around the world returning from European vacation here's Alma Gluck in 1920 she's back in states to resume concert tour of the nation once a great operatic soprano she quit theatre to confine herself to concert stage in 1914 she married the violin virtuoso Zimbalist Alma Gluck here with his wife is the small-town boy who made good he's Charles ray and he was the country bumpkin who made the grade to success and so many silent movies that in 1920 he's in New York success in real life too [Music] [Applause] it's 26th of January 1927 and here in Kentucky are results of rampaging rivers sudden rise in temperature causes snows enough lens to melt this causes rivers to rise and overflow their banks down by the Ohio in Newport they're up to their porches in cold water maybe she thinks her home is on pontoons well doing the Charleston is one way to keep warm [Applause] flood victims are carried to higher and drier ground by every means some even had to swim [Music] it's August 1925 and gay Paree is more festive than ever capital of France is host to gala fare and Eiffel Tower isn't spectacular enough the way Monsieur Eiffel built it so it gets lights and here's what the famous French landmark looked like at night New York's Broadway this would hardly be noticed but this is Paris and come to think of it this is a dazzling display of anybody's master for 1925 [Music] [Applause] it's July 1925 and on waters of Culver Lake New Jersey is what purports to be the world's only floating church when you come to these Sunday services you don't choose your few you pick your canoe and paddle yourself up to the pulpit with sermon over Reverend moves the next congregation by starting engine under rostrum and off goes the wrath to bring smoother sailing to people of a world of stormy seas here in the early 1920s a policeman nightstick and all rides wing of airplane to catch and wave down flyer who's broken some traffic law of the sky [Applause] the guilty pilot reluctantly pulls down to Durant Field at Oakland California and from looks of things from here on he's going to get more than a ticket this was in the early 20s and he's probably still in jail [Music] fashions among the flowers it's March 1926 the New York City is having a Flower Show but among the blooms are some of the beauties at the time dazzling is Daisy in case you missed a look at one of the best-dressed beauties of the early twenties here's another look at her had enough well here the bouquet of American Beauty roses the do girls look as if they borrow their fathers shirts these are called Coolidge roses Coolidge didn't run for president in 28 but she could run for Miss America in 1926 [Music] it's March 1927 and here's the world's champion woodchopper Pete McClaren of Australia the man who went to Holland to teach Wilhelm the Kaiser in exile how to cut wood is giving demonstration of his ability in Boston this is really letting the chips fall where they may let's have a look at the champ in slow motion one whack and it looks as if McLaren has chopped enough wood to last all winter heat McLaren of Australia chop off the old block at Lexington at Socktober 1925 time for the 33rd annual running of the kentucky Futurity rounding the first turn in the last heat a lean guy already has one wind or credit and Ben White's great stepper looks as if this might be another victory [Music] the crowd gets thrill of the day as a lean guy trots to triumph and for the victor purse of $14,000 [Applause]