YESTERDAY'S NEWSREEL - GRAF ZEPPELIN WORLD FLIGHT IMPERIAL THEATER 1920 KENTUCKY DERBY

[Music] television highlights of the news of yester year [Music] around the world in 20 days it's 8th of August 1929 and at Lake Hurst New Jersey Germany's Dr Hugo ekner has invited America's famed Airman Commander rosendall to represent United States on round theor flight of gas build dra Zeppelin this wall of cylinders contains gas which will boy lighter than aircraft on its historic journey and with other passengers here's lady Haye who will add glamour to crew and here's stow away Who Won't Sail Away this trip notice hats on wives saying farewell to their flying husbands and look at the size of the graph Zeppelin which looks big even with Atlantic ocean under it this his first leg of long Globe circling Glide of giant ship destined to set a record for round the World Travel ekner himself checks and supervises every detail of flight and crew knows Atlantic is conquered when land plane accompanies Zeppelin across Coastal Flats of Europe there's Home Country below as ship noses through air over Berlin there are Cheers from German crowds amid War memorials and here's Reich where one Adolf Hitler is soon to rule droning ever Eastward the C zein flies non-stop over Russia and Siberia on 6,880 Mi flight longest yet attempted and 5 days later ship Glides into Japanese air with sight set on Tokyo there's little hint here of the things to come in but 12 short years Jeff shouting Bravo here are soon to be shouting Bonsai in the jungle thickets of farflung Pacific Isles but right now Dr ekner and the Zeppelin crew are welcome guests of a picturesque and gracious people proud to do honor to one of the world's foremost Flyers now Halfway Around the World Dr eckner tells jaff youth that Zeppelins have future bright as theirs during long hul across Pacific Waters lady hay takes few minutes at controls crew spots lone ships steaming slowly toward common destination the Pacific coast of North America and soon the Airship is gliding gracefully over California's Golden Gate Western Doorway to the new world gigantic Open Arms of greeting to a ship that's almost circled the globe after short stop at mines field graph Zeppelin is off on flight across third continent deep ocean waters are exchanged for high Rocky Mountains and crewman checks the graph's altitude in the dangerous mountain air then from Len Skies crew sees Meandering Mississippi River and then Chicago looms Over the Horizon and Glides under the traveling Zeppelin like a giant checkerboard already nearly 21,000 M from home the graph Zeppelin heads for New York and then tours Manhattan Skies before nosing toward Lakehurst the moing Mast home base and long Journey's End skyline of Manhattan isn't same as it is today for here's Spire of Woolworth Tower then the world's tallest building finally at Lakehurst giant graph zein comes to a well-earned rest and with flight finished August 29th Dr eckner gets Heroes greeting in Canyons of New York he's piloted Zeppelin 21,700 mi in just 12 flying days for New World's globe chopping record and even Herbert Hoover at the White House says well done to the daring [Music] drner three strikes and in it's December 22nd 1923 and actress Mary Haye who headcast of Mary Jane first play on New Theater boards climbs to Marquee of New York's Imperial theater and Christen safe well almost soft Marquee or tough bottle ah third strike is the charm the Charming Miss hay soon makes hay for the Imperial with Stage performance that's instant hit here's world famous author Gilbert Keith chesterson in 1930 brilliant British writer is visiting America and Holy Cross University at time of his death 6 years later he was considered one of greatest writers in the world holy cross gives warm and joyous welcome to creator of a veritable library of biographies and historical novs GK Chesterton meet Miss Kate Shay it's 1926 and miss Shay is taking that envelope to the White House it's president's bimonthly paycheck of 3,00 ,25 M has been paying president since 1916 Wilson toage down in Orange Texas way back in 1920 here's new manager of St Louis Cardinals baseball team definitely in his Prem Mahatma days yes he's Branch Ricky Field General of the then lowly Redbirds one day to make baseball history with champions it's October 26th 1926 and near Center of Rockport Massachusetts speeding passenger train has rammed Freight scrambling box cars and coaches into a jumble of Destruction disaster and [Music] injury age of cars adds to havoc as outdated equipment crumbles on impact what happened to this Freight is pretty fearful and this is Rolling Stock they'll drag away but worst damage and heavy injuries occurred inside Passenger cars which looked like this after a crackup that was a class a catastrophe dashing through the dishes in open in California it's 1932 and dishwashing contest gets underway each entrant must whip through 10 plates Duck Soup for anybody who's ever faced the usual sink full of dirty dishes here's Dolores Foster whipping up plenty of speed and suds and also washing her face everybody's out to break records except this girl who'd rather break dishes here's winner Miss Evelyn Lee yes we said this champ dishwasher maybe she'll marry when she finds somebody to dry here's character analyst we Benton in 1929 demonstrating that if to be two- faced is to be dishonest there isn't a trustworthy man in the world seriously Benton is creator of device that reveals our dual personality and for his demonstration he uses faces of most respected persons of the time but let him tell you about it in this study of Charles Lindberg you see First the full face and then we'll turn it so as to show the right side of his face double this shows a good-natured somewhat inventive young Chap and uh with a wide full forehead rolicking eyes and then we'll turn it to the other side which reveals s his hidden nature or this is the strong jaw determined young man who flew across the Atlantic Ocean alone this bentag graph character study of Helen Wills the tenants Champion reveals an unusually symmetrical or well balanced face however in looking at the right side of the face you see a very fine looking young lady but not too much determination Keen bright alert but notice the other side of the the face for the Hidden Side that accounts for her victories notice the wide determined chin and the alert angle of the eye this anyone can understand is the Dual nature of Helen Wills bathing F before and even before that in the late 1920s Gathering of models shows evolution of bathing attire up to that time and by look of the latest Beach wear this is long time before the bikini first monstrosity went down to the Sea way back in 1910 it's a wonder she knew whether she was wearing a bathing suit or a dress I guess she's wearing those High shoes in case she gets daring and goes waiting this later model is a little better well it looks more like a bathing suit still later suit is still be necked but the stockings are getting shorter and here's a 1920 Bathing Beauty in Beach togs all the way up to her neck and here at last is a bther who doesn't wear stockings or maybe she's forgotten them old Indian game one of the things the Indians were doing when Columbus discovered America was playing racket here in New Orleans in 1924 ancient game is revived as part of ceremony's opening Park when game's over they'll have to revive some players too big boy in the blueg grass it's 1920 and here's crowd awaiting annual running of Kentucky Derby exciting mile and a quarter race is in the offing as Horses parade the post at Churchill Downs and then from behind oldfashioned wire barrier they're off it's fast Pac right from the start and among the long striding leaders as field leans around first post is Paul Jones with jockey Ted rice in the saddle as crowd Roars pack swings out of final turn and into the home stretch and the high stepping winner is Paul Jones [Music] and $30,000 richer he gets the wreath of roses from the governor