YESTERDAY'S NEWSREEL - FLEET RETURNS FROM WORLD WAR ONE JOSEPHUS DANIELS

[Music] television highlights of the news of yesteryear [Music] sailors home from the sea New York Harbor June 1919 back from first world war a day ahead of time flagship Pennsylvania leads victorious Atlantic Fleet into port too soon for scheduled celebration but captains and crews are happy to be home in the Hudson just the same guns that boom to victory are now silent under flag of victorious Admiral William s Sims right seen waving to admirers before heading home with his family Sims calls for division of fast-growing US Navy into three separate police so secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels June 16 1919 signs bill to divide into three parts Navy that will soon be second to none Admiral Albert Cleaves commands Asiatic fleet in charge of Pacific squads as Admiral US Rodman new commander of Atlantic Division Admiral Henry V Wilson flag of retiring Atlantic Commander Henry T Mayo slides down superstructure of battle wagon that was his home in war Mayo says so long to service and men who served under him and under new commands America's peacetime Navy set sail for its separate sea here are first pictures of battlewagons in the big dick as Prowse of warships of Pacific and Asiatic fleets point to far-off Island bases the Philippines and Pearl Harbor they foul towards peaceful waters here but even now there are eyes that watch for warnings of war from Tokyo next Navy nemesis made in Japan today battle feats of the u.s. fly the seven seas proudest and most magnificent war machine afloat now the Navy has wings now after victory in two world wars now with seas safe for travel and transport everywhere squadrons of ships from destroyers to dreadknots Oilers to aircraft carriers fly the banner of peace that we hope is everlasting [Music] jitterbug John it's the middle 1920s in Chicago is scene of limber legwork and riotous rug cutting as dance tunes de theist show hot dizzy they can get but must like forerunner of shag cause for fast about footwork itself here's what might be grandpappy of Lindy Hop but you couldn't expect grant happy to live droids nobody knows of these ballroom acrobats live through it either hey that's some shimmy wonder what happened to the wall in this contest for cut-ups everything goes and in the twenties this is what happens to a girl who goes her arm of a dancer [Music] in London June 25th 1930 st. Paul's Cathedral is restored after ravages of time and war have nearly ruined the historic church here where for centuries England's monarchs have come to worship 17 years of tedious labor have saved the ancient edifice and it's England's Church once more king george v and queen mary attend the historic reopening here before them came queen victoria for her Diamond Jubilee and soon to come here as monarchs are king edward 7 now here as prince of wales and george 6 here as the little-known duke of york for this is st. paul's cathedral part of the kingdom's heart begun in 1675 it was 35 years in building his greatest monument to genius of christopher wren three great fires could not snuff out its life but in 1940 war the London Blitz high on cathedral roof air raid wardens watch for sign of flames London burns in shower after shower of incendiaries from the Hun filled sky London buildings crash and streets are filled with smoke [Music] smoke clears and dome of st. Paul's stands like a Sentinel against the sky st. Paul's has faced doom with little damage with London level the agent Cathedral still stands a tower rising out of wreckage to the wonder of the world these'll be demille turn c-captain in 1930 as his owner's emblem was hoisted over the seaward movie producers newly acquired yacht the man who planned many a top-notch motion picture plots a real-life course this is no movie set as DeMille tells the captain of his crew that he's all set for sailing so it's bon voyage sob here's Irene Bertoni of France Broadway and films and middle 1920s star of a score of kids she was only 18 when she made her first New York appearance right now though it's bye-bye Irene bored Oni writer on Riviera here's novelist W Somerset Maugham at permanent French home in early 1930s this author who wrote of Human Bondage lives amid scenery reminiscent of some of his books in front of cop Ferrara writers pet say it's time for play and so does W Somerset Maugham [Music] America takes the cow it's 1920 and census time in the United States rich in poor young and old are just numbers too census takers its biggest counting job in history keeping up with growing nation census counts these newly arrived Americans too here's one family big enough for census Allah tone from ocean to ocean water the border tabulation takes miles and buttons here taker check citizens of Japanese extraction and somewhere else a born Chinese population is added to total looks like this little fellow would be a bit happier in Hong Kong settling the score these tabulators are far cry from electric calculators of today but in 1920 they're the latest thing and when job is over count shows nation's population is 105 million All American [Music] lady Lindy gets to lived its December 15 1930 an Amelia Earhart is aided into autogyro by helpful husband to become first woman to solo newly developed plane no hint of Amelia's tragic disappearance here she's all smiles and sure of herself as an expert at such matters has a right to be goodbye and good going as Amelia take strange new ship along it's happy landings this time too bad they couldn't all have been the same [Music] here comes the complete cast of a 1918 fashion show from soup to nuts that is from ladies maids to bride after these not so seductive negligees from the 1918 equivalents of the good little black dress although what's good about it is hard to see today [Music] it's the evening gowns in the bridal party [Music] and finally here comes the bride everything must be in perfect order before she walks the last mile it is malate and those black shroud could be there in mourning for the groom short skirts low waist lines pointed shoes and frizzy hair makes it the real marriage Alamo [Music] mermaids at Manhattan Beach at height of women's national AAU swimming made july in 1835 11 year old Mary hooker does one and one half gainer in two oriental poo [Music] and here's Little Miss hooker and running front layout only four feet tall tiny marries a champion high diver turn in 440 yard freestyle Marylou Pepe is leading the dark height of Pennsylvania in race that's going to break records Mary Lou's stroke looks strong enough to win but here's Lenoir still stronger and pulling past Miss Pepe last lap has cheering clouds in a floor as Lenore swims away from her rival and touches wall of winner champ with new record Lenore kite of pennsylvania sisters swim backstroke in 220 yard ray sir sisters Elizabeth and Irma compa of New York it's all in the family as Commodores take early lead with Gertrude Ederle looking on as judge matching stroke for stroke compa sisters make it to girl race far ahead of field that's the way they finish first Elizabeth second Burma in a one-two punch to victory backstroke champs the compa sisters highlight of meet diving of Dorothea point and he'll swan dive from 10 metre platform and here's Dorothea and running approach into layout full gainer from handstand the difficult one and a half with pike [Music] in slow motion a back layout gainer watch this that's Dorothy point and Hill and that's diving [Music]