YESTERDAY'S NEWSREEL - SALVATION ARMY ALCAN HIGHWAY AVIATRIX RUTH NICHOLS & AMY JOHNSON

television highlights are the news of yesteryear [Music] saga of the Salvation Army these army members you are watching of the outgrowth of the ideals and beliefs of one man William Booth when 1865 began the ax man Jellicle organization whose principal precept is God is love wars disasters and civic disintegration find the army on hand to help personal tribute to Booth who stepped out of the pulpit at East London in 1865 to start this now international organization in 1879 the army held its first meeting in America with Philadelphia the site and lieutenant Eliza Shirley in charge 1900 enforce or command passing to Evangeline booth shown here in Boston receiving an award for valor thought daughter of the Army's founder Evangeline boots retired in 1934 but her teachings and her followers carried on in World War two the example she had said in the First World War Salvation Army which had started in England sent its American members back to Britain to aid after the Blitz Wray an army that fought without guns it helped win a victory by bolstering morale providing for civilians and soldiers alike the all-important diversion London needed to bear up under the Blitz the crusade of one man William Booth began 80 years before reached its climax in World War 2 97 countries and colonies are represented in the Salvation Army the members of which have dedicated themselves to the spiritual moral and physical reformation of the needy [Applause] particularly active in emergencies that you shown here the army by no means restrict its work to welfare true it is that army workers were on the battle scene with her ever-present donuts and coffee but in civilian life - the Army is active particularly pointed in its peacetime plans is the defeat of juvenile delinquency the problem of to set communities in the United States is being tackled by and partially solved through a series of Salvation Army social activities [Music] recreation rooms for youngsters are being opened and supervised planned programs are endeavouring to keep American youth off the streets and out of trouble the Army is again fighting a battle and judging from these youngsters is winning it [Applause] in New York in 1946 12 years after her retirement Evangeline booth is honored by variety club members from all over the country here Barker O'Donnell presents miss booth with the humanitarian award his boots peak so to the conscious of the honor that has been conferred upon me it had a supremacy of the boat that has made me the recipient of a humanitarian award your loving goodwill toward me has made me want to do more and be more I can already see the points other cities but yet this time I must do more and be more for the greater good of all made when the night is darkest were unfortunate when hope is a forgotten memento of the past the Salvation Army carries on its campaigns in every city of the country a constant reminder that somebody cares but Thomas understanding and companionship are always available at the Salvation Army [Music] 19:33 and first and only visit to America is made by novelist Joseph Conrad born in Poland Conrad wrote adventure novels like Lord Jim typhoon victory and the arrow of gold we're in New York City to watch Oh sir Johnson famous explorer and widow of Martin Johnson with whom she made many expeditions shows some of the animals she brought back from Borneo the Johnsons introduced exploring by aircraft in 1932 15 years after their first expedition to North Borneo Frye's protege of the period it's 1925 in San Francisco thrills two nine-year-old Yehudi Menuhin having studied violin since the age of four the youthful genius waited until he was 10 today view at Carnegie Hall and said America agog with his technique in tow 19:33 sees Commission headed by Congressman Magnuson about to inspect biggest undeveloped area of the Yukon in preparation for an Alaskan international passageway to be known as the Alcan Highway the plane is bound for picturesque with impassable British Columbia and Hugh Conterra Tory to report on the practicability of the feat engineer pruning and congressman Magnuson are later to report the mountains can be traversed the forests can be blasted to provide room for the road nine years later in the spring of 1942 work begins on the AL cap seven regiments of Army engineers and 52 civilian contractors began the huge undertaking 14,000 men prepared to tackle the job which is to result in a passageway overland from Dawson Creek British Columbia to Whitehorse Alaska in temperatures ranging from 35 below to 90 above workmen hammer their way in late in 1942 three months ahead of schedule the alkane highway built at a cost of almost forty million dollars was officially open here are the first airplane pictures of the road and here the first vehicle to travel it the alkane highway passage to Alaska's oil tungsten and coal gateway to its gold January 1st 1919 and 3,000 returning AEF veterans are imperiled only a few miles from home as the troopship Northern Pacific runs aground at Fire Island New York 237 battle wounded reward as BN chase naval air station Lieutenant Commander lies to inspect the ship and plan rescue of its complement for three days Coast Guard saw what's labor to bring ashore the returning combat men principal danger lies in possibility of the Northern Pacific sinking into the sand a situation circumvented by removal of all on board and reporting after rescue work was completed Coast Guard boats bring back to land soldiers take it off the ship with the Red Cross on hand to help a tough trip but they made it 1930 in a record-shattering west-east trip by aviatrix Ruth Nichols 13 hours 21 minutes was her time following here's us to set an altitude record for women of 28,000 743 feet and in 1932 she was to become the first woman airline pilot in the United States but back to 1930 again this time in Croydon England as cheering crowds greet in lished flyer Amy Johnson returning home after solo flight to Australia in 1931 she used to make an historic round-trip flight from London to Tokyo but here in 1930 she apologizes for the time it took her to get to the land down under I feel I must apologize for keeping you waiting so long I knew that's a bad advert for aviation but never mind we're going to do better in the future it's hair today and not gone tomorrow we're back in the 1920s to see some unshorn cheese who shun the shears the Tina's Los Angeles and the gals have pledged to ban any Bob's from a barber yes man woman's crowning glory stays at the head of this class from head to foot now remember when these shoe styles were a must for the stylish the shard lady two-tone saddle shoe for sports very durable you couldn't wear up out an afternoon sandal you could hold a candle to and be better off [Music] two-tone Oxford for discrete street wear low heel and pointed toe seen enough then off we go to see what the world rest man told it on his Tootsie's high style in the early 20s what do I think of this shoe [Music] king-sized bobsledding takes over in Oyster Bay Long Island there are 34 riders on this speed sled when it hits its 60 mile an hour clip there's the start it picks up a couple of crew men and down it goes traffic stops which is a good thing because the sled can't guess bobsledding is in season that Oyster Bay kind of a race this time it's the 1925 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs the sun's out as the horses are called to the post but just before they get started look out [Music] that's rain friends and as the crowd that begins racing rain ah no rain there they go riding flying every day in this nifty verse derby is top jockey Earl sandy and he waits until the homestretch before he makes his move that's sandy on the outside taking over hats off to the Derby winners black ebony and Earl sandy [Music]