YESTERDAY'S NEWSREEL - PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON ALBANIA'S KING ZOG FIRST SKYWRITING PLANE

television highlights are the news of yesteryear [Music] Woodrow Wilson's war for peace at Princeton New Jersey Woodrow Wilson 28th President of the United States votes in primaries of 1914 war has broken out in Europe while Wilson pleads for peace at Princeton University which he once headed the ex Governor of New Jersey vows that over here will not be embroiled in trouble over there his ballot cast for peace Wilson's on his way back to Washington st. Louis Missouri 1915 the Democratic convention draws to a close and Wilson arrives to accept his real nomination for president at Long Branch Wilson wife the former mrs. Norman Gault waved to admiring crowds Wilson wins on slogan he kept us out of war Capitol Hill April 2nd 1917 the president who prayed for peace asks that Congress recognized the existence of a state of war between the United States and Germany four days later in the white house he signs the bill to make the world safe for democracy highlight in history Wilson himself is blindfolded at the famous fish bowl to draw number two five eight in the wartime draft [Music] with Secretary of War Newton D Baker he watches embarkation of America's first Expeditionary Force soldiers of 1917 set sail for France waving goodbye to Broadway they're off to the Argonne Bello would chateau-thierry and the Maher over there American guns cover advancing doughboys and beat back German aggressors in a long-lasting tussle of trenches over here down Pennsylvania Avenue Washington President Wilson leads Red Cross parade to aid war wounded he appears at Griffith Stadium with his wife to attend first ball game in two years ball he autographs is later auctioned off for $3,000 with war's end in sight these monkeyshines are welcome relief to the crowd the president says play ball November 11th 1918 Germany surrenders there's armistice in France the peace that Wilson promised comes again after two years of war a happy nation hails the end of hostilities and hate but war is not over for Wilson Paris France December 1918 he comes to peace conference against his nations wishes among those to greet him is General Pershing then in brilliant Hall of Mirrors first president to leave American soil sits with delegates of Allied nations to sign pact of peace and launch ill-fated League of Nations onliner George Washington in February 1919 he returns to a nation glad to have him home but hostile to his hopes of peace everlasting under a Council of Nations his last chances the people his appeal is nationwide in the northwest he begins his futile tour from town to town state the state by train and car in Bismarck North Dakota thousands cheered his courage and shake his hand but few heed his words he spans the nation speaking no ill and worn by doctors that he must rest his wife is always with him but success is not in car given him on his last birthday the ailing ex-president sits with his wife his high hopes doomed he's ill and tired in this house February 3rd 1924 he dies in disappointment mourned by those who would not listen to his dreams president and mrs. Calvin Coolidge pay their last respects as do Secretary of State Charles E Hughes and wife but his long warn passing does not mean death to his high held hopes of peace he was wronged in his time but our time may yet fulfill the dreams of Woodrow Wilson the London Docks through London locks 1929 London becomes a seaport lady Ricci closes the switch that opens large ocean travel de Britain ends no more in Liverpool and trip by train to London three years in building at a cost of two and a half million pound sterling London locks open the Thames to the mightiest of luxury liners and England's most historic city becomes Britain's proudest port the writer and his dog's famed author of lad a dog Albert Payson Terhune in the 1920s shares his Pompton Lakes home with pets dogs wrote Terhune are the greatest examples of faithfulness ever known his colleagues give him plenty of inspiration but little chance to write it down for the moment anyhow the maid from Rockland Maine yes actress Maxine Elliott who got top Broadway billing in the early 1900s in the middle twenties she's off for the Riviera and retired for Maxine the show's over but the memory lingers on short dictatorship of Huey Long at the peak of his political plundering here's Huey Long showing how he worked his way to Baton Rouge on share the wealth platform he's presidential timber at pre-convention time in 1935 but in September reign of the Louisiana leader comes to a noisy climax in hail of assassin's bullets [Music] the fire they fought with ice Lansing Michigan December 11th 1934 in sub-zero weather flames consumed Hotel current Lansing landmark for generations these crumbling walls mean destruction and death as more than two hundred are trapped in the inferno many jump to seeming safety in this ice fog River only to crash to death or drown in freezing waters spectators are stunned as firemen battled the blaze with water that turns to ice cars that brought guests to a rendezvous with death of wreckage underneath tons of fallen masonry the hotel is a total loss but more tragic still in the blackened and frozen ruins are 100 dead a wedding and then war April 1938 and this is King Zog of Albania waiting to receive a wife County onna was here to add luster to the ceremony and offer Italy's best wishes to the bridal fair Albania welcomes its friend April 27th and proud celebrate the wedding day Albania sking Zog presents his Queen a half American countess Geraldine upon yay of Hungary no reason here to fear the future tani Albania is a happy Kingdom paying homage to its queen [Music] Albania is army marches for the royal couple but 12 months later these columns are crushed by ill duties dread legions of destruction couch jános friendship is mockery time soon runs out on Albania where it's rulers the honeymoon is over in war hey what's everybody gawking at what's up there that's so interesting why it's nothing but skywriting but this is November 28th way back in 1922 and America's first skywriting is something new on the skyline of New York first message is hello USA letters are 10,000 feet up and half a mile wide gaping New Yorkers don't even watch where they're going pilot turning plane in the pen is british captain cyril turner rolling and writing sky and i the deep crown Kosh is ahead of the moment at a millinery show in Chicago back in 1926 it's been revived since but it still makes you think of Clara Bow the Charleston and flappers so do those low waisted high skirted dresses [Music] these were the halcyon days for millinery before the threat of headless men the jet trim satin helmet looks like a fugitive from the football gridiron so does the model quest for golfers gold Gene Sarazen tees off a 1930 professional golfers match at fresh meadows and chips to the cup in battle for coughing's highest crowd farmers game is sure and steady hole after hole but Gene Sarazen matches him struck four brilliant stroke we are all even after 35 holes of near-perfect golf on the 36 Armour sinks a 12-foot putt and when's one up top professional in 1930 Tommy Armour from Catalina to California or safe William Wrigley's $40,000 makes swimmers like Norman Ross the pavers Lodi Shaam hole taking the pledge for women and a lot of others like George Young not even considered greased-up for 22 mile swim from Catalina Island the coast of California the tides out and swimmers in and the battle against surf and swells is on this swimmer doesn't need that rescue boat it's ladies first as mrs. Shama takes an early lead but soon tired drops out strong stroking norman ross the favorite leads the way as night falls he's still swimming for a landfall next afternoon in hospital rome winded but winner lone entrance to finish race George Young 17 years old and $25,000 rich