Compilation Reel #9 (Newsreels)

Complete Record: 1. Most likely late 40’s early 50’s Children and music: chorus and band of young children, conducted by young children. Very young children 4-6 year olds. Australian Semi-Symphony. Santa in Hawaii via the navy. In Hawaii. Santa meeting people in Hawaii. Hula dancers and Hawaiian royal family. Parade with Santa, Santa throwing candy for little kids who pick up the candy. Little kids Boxing. Small time sluggers. In a boxing ring. Other kids cheer them on. three different fights. 2. 1945 Madison Square Garden and how it is to relocated for the 4th time. Plans of the new Madison Square Garden. Construction shots. Beginning abruptly Western statesman/senators at a press conference?, about water in regards to agriculture, and power in Arizona. Includes an elderly Senator Carl Hayden. One shot for the whole piece. Ends Abruptly. 3. B&W “Half-Pint Athletes” Kids doing car racing, bowling, gun shooting, skiing, and swimming. 4. Color very short Ronald Reagan speech. 5. Color - red shift; many splices. A segment of a Ronald Reagan speech in the early 1970s. We drop into the middle of it and exit before it ends. The topic is censorship and free speech and the responsibility of the University of California. He is seated on his desk and the delivery has the tone of a presentation to a television audience. This is not a press delivery, but a considered, authoritative speech from the Office of the Governor.