Yesterday's Newsreel - SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA COAL MINE COLLAPSE FRESNO BUDDHIST TEMPLE USS LOS ANGELES

This black and white film is one of the episodes of "Yesterday's Newsreels", an early 1950s TV show made from the General Newsreel collection. It features six segments of historic highlights. A City Collapses! 1921. Smoke and flames rise from building tops in Scranton, Pennsylvania. People scramble over walls to escape the area as the ground collapses into an underground coal mine. Houses are collapsed at weird angles. Boys climb out of a house onto its roof (:10-:53). Buddhist Temple in America Middle 1920s. Japanese Americans enter a Buddhist Temple in Fresno, California. Three leaders bow in front of a shrine. Others bow sitting in the pews (1:00-1:18). Service Deluxe 1928. A strongman dressed as a waiter picks up a tableclothed table with just his teeth. He carries an additional two chairs on each arm and moves the table to a new location has the patrons follow. He uses just his teeth and ropes to pick up a man sitting in a chair. He then stacks chairs on a table and tables on tables and picks them up with his teeth (1:24-2:05). Aviation 1927. The USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) is moored at Lakehurst, New Jersey before launch for its inauguration. The cockpit inside the dirigible is shown, as is the view of Baltimore, Annapolis, and the Washington Monument as it sails over. The Captain looks out through binoculars for the landing. The ground crew looks like ants as they scramble across the field and then secure the airship. President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge christan it the USS Los Angeles (2:10-3:41). Fashions of the Day 1923. The crowd is dressed in 1923 fashions at a dog show. A female trainer wears a masculine-looking coat and pointed shoes. Another pair of women are dressed in calf-length dresses with ruffles on the shirt portion (3:46-4:25). Sports 1925 and 1922. American Helen Wills loses at a tennis match in Paris, France in 1925. In 1922, skiers jump down tall hills at Grand Beach, Michigan. A jumper falls and slides down the hill, injured. The crowd rushes out to help. Olympic ski jumper Anders Haugen wins the competition (4:28-5:37).

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it's 1921 and here's heart of heavily populated Scranton Pennsylvania innocent of tragedy to come then suddenly five block area cracks and crumbles as ground drops out from under houses bu buildings and streets cause of collapse is Caven of coal mine under city five men are unted as City Falls in on them and many are injured in mine and crumbled structures it's Miracle more are not killed or hurt in one of strangest accidents in mining history it's the middle 1920s and in Fresno California Japanese Americans learn rights and religion of their far off Homeland $100,000 has been subscribed to build Buddhist temple in America bringing ancient tradition into new [Music] world it's 1928 and at Sam Moritz M Fame Met doel has job he can get his teeth into if you don't like the location of the table you've been given the gracious yod moves it and here's what he does to a customer who can't move after one of the hotel's heavier meals jod is even good at moving furniture wholesale bet he gets in shape for this show by chewing on iron bar s tables for 12 missure just stay put and x o will bring them right over it's 1927 and here's gigantic zr3 at Lakehurst New Jersey as America's biggest and newest derable is ready for flight destination of German built giant is bowling field in District of Columbia where Airship will be christened the Los [Music] Angeles Checker Board of Baltimore is below as zr3 Wings her way to christening ceremonies which will make her Pride of the Navy and here's what Annapolis looked like in 1927 as zr3 sails over parked like grounds of Naval Academy just few minutes from its destination now dirigible floats over Washington Washington flying at safe height above 555 ft Washington Monument it's 2nd of May 1927 as zr3 noses Down to Earth at bowling field and Men of ground Crews look like ants as viewed from ship's forward Gondola Navy brass and top Washington dignitaries watch as ship is brought to Earth and Crews holler into position for historic ceremonies President Calvin kulage is on hand as Mrs kulage christens the ship and the zr3 is now officially the Los [Music] Angeles putting on the dog way back in 1920 this is supposed to be a dog show but the human participants look more interesting Mrs eded Elwood is dressed in the latest fashion wearing masculine looking coat and pointed shoes Mrs eward alne made Mr alne put the bill for those very sporty looking clothes and these dresses are proof that a straight line is the shortest distance between two points but not the prettiest [Music] you can't win them all it's 1925 and in Paris France Helen Wills of America finds herself on losing end of thrilling tennis match with Madame mature of France already queen of American Courts for third straight Year little Pokerface isn't having what we'd call one of her best days game's over and smiling Miss Wills is a good loser slide artists it's 1922 and at Grand Beach Michigan some of world's best ski jumpers perform on wet and slushy slid watch what happened to this fell good this snow is soft or break something besides his fall as it is he's on his way to hospital with badly dislocated shoulder here's Andrew Hogan of Minneapolis making record jump of 30 ft Anders Hogan champion at Grand Beach Michigan in 1922

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