[News Magazine of the Screen, April] 1950

[Music] [Applause] e [Music] in Korea United Nations troops push on in the cautious Advance against the Communists an advance whose purpose General Ridgeway States is not to seize ground but to wipe out the enemy the Chinese red army fighting desperately in in small isolated stands prefers to give ground on wider fronts rather than join battles and it's up to the Infantry to clear out the pockets of DieHard Communists With the Enemy falling back to the Han River United Nations commanders had expected that the Reds would make their stand there but under a steady withering barrage GIS are able to cross the river and establish a beach head within 2 hours a pontoon Bridge spans the Han and United Nations troops and equip pour across toward the capital city of [Music] Z moments later Chinese Communists prisoners are being marched to the rear soul to falls into United Nations hands this time not as a prime military Target but as the result of the clean United Nations sweep up the Korean Peninsula the once proud capital of the Korean Republic is a mass of ruins whose able-bodied men have been carried off to forced service in North Korea children and the agent are left to see the liberation of their [Music] City above Soul mud and the Marines take over for once the Marines almost meet their match as spring Thor slow down the United Nations push the Marines came back into action only recently from the hung BM despite obstacles United Nations Forces drive on to the 38th parallel border of North [Music] Korea Santiago Chile plays host to eoso the United Nations economic and social Council delegates from 18 Nations arrived by air for the first major un meeting in South America their purpose is to discuss underlying reasons for World ills and to adopt methods for treating them un Secretary General triv on hand for the six week conference first goes into preliminary meetings with Chile's energetic president Gabrielle Gonzalez videla a recent visitor to the US and foreign secretary hernand Santa Cruz it's now late summer here below the [Music] equator the session opens in the Chilean Congress building in Santiago normally the home of ch's popularly elected Parliament pointing up the economic and social council's long-term objectives secretary Lee urges the delegates to redouble their efforts toward improving living and working conditions around the world Chile Santa Cruz eoso president has early difficulties with communist delegates but the council is seeking World agreement on basic human problems and the smallest step toward agreement counts as [Music] progress Madrid turns out its fullest pump as Spain celebrates the resumption of normal diplomatic relations with the United States new US ambassador to Spain Stanton griffi in a COR of royal coaches and moish guards rides to the National Palace to present his credentials to generalisimo Francisco Franco other United Nations countries have also sent ambassadors in in line with repeal of a 5-year-old UN resolution against Franco's government at the National Palace griffi a New York businessman who was formerly ambassador to Argentina and Poland meets members of the Spanish government then Mr griffi introduces his staff to General Franco ending the post-war Gap in Spanish American [Music] [Applause] relations as America looks to its defenses New York City's civil defense program gets underway volunteers recruited for the medical emergency division assembled to take the oath of loyalty from Secretary of Defense George Marshall these first 700 civil defense AIDS after thorough training will work with New York's police and fire departments and will be ready for any emergency secretary Marshall says that New York will serve as a model for other cities in developing the nation's volunteer defense program 1 million out of the city's 8 million people are expected to volunteer for Duty as our country seeks 20 million Americans to man its civil [Music] [Applause] defenses in Washington a surprise visit by President Truman who bears with him a gavel carved of wood used in building the White House in 1817 honors vice president Alban W Barkley the occasion Marks Mr Barkley's 38th year of continuous service in both houses of Congress first as a congressman then a senator now Vice President of the United States and president of the Senate Albin W Barkley of Kentucky has been in Congress longer than any other man in [Music] history England introduces a new jet attack bomber Australian Premier menes is on hand to name the plane the canra after his country's capital christened with Australian champagne the canra joins the Royal Air Force at once a pair of Rolls-Royce Turbo Jet avons Supply her power and her speed is announced as 600 mph but most other data is secret she's ready to fly to America for inspection by US Air Force officers and now the canra heads out to race the sun across the Atlantic she arrives over Washington after racing with the Sun from Britain to Newfoundland a latitude in which the sun's speed is the same as the cra's because headwinds slowed the superjet the sun won the race by 72 minutes and continued on its course but the canra nevertheless set a new Atlantic record of 4 hours and 42 [Music] minutes the plan's three-man crew is congrat ated by us officials as the canura a Triumph of British aircraft engineering is welcomed by [Music] America a unique machine for conditioning Jet Plane Pilots for bailing out at supersonic speeds is demonstrated at William Air Force Base in Chandler Arizona here the seat a duplicate of a real jet plane cockpit will slide on ring rails up a metal track just as in Flight the propulsion Force used to throw the seat free of the plane is produced by the powder charge of a 37 mm shell the pilot himself will set it [Music] off when the propulsion force is dissipated the seat comes to a halt on a ratchet and is lowered automatically as under actual emergency conditions the Airman is subject to a pull of 14 times gravity and shoots Upward at 60 MPH the Air Force overlooks no precaution for [Music] safety at Palo Alto California the world's first jet helicopter is unveiled by its inventor youthful Stanley Hiller Jr the essence of simplicity the helicopter is powered by two small jet engines which weigh only 11 lb each and have no moving Parts in a matter of minutes they can be attached to the tips of the [Music] rotors the plane is practically foolproof and fuel prooof it runs on almost anything that burns gasoline kerosene diesel fuel or even casor oil the plane flies with only two controls and has fewer gadgets than the average automobile Mr Hiller plans an inexpensive two passenger commuter model which like this will remain stable even with no hands on the controls for the present however production must be exclusively for the armed [Music] [Applause] forces in a wood near Rome count R not reta picks up materials leaves grasses and flowers for a kind of art which she has developed in an unusual way the Countess trained as a sculptress and painter uses the natural shapes of leaves without altering or cutting them her finished pictures known technically as collage are unique and original the first exhibit of her Leaf paintings held in Rome shows the flexibility and range of her work this dancing couple is composed entirely of leaves in their natural [Music] shape eucalyptus leaves make a concert Duo St Francis of AI feeds a flock of leaf [Music] Birds the three wise [Music] men Joseph and [Music] Mary even the countess's friends are subjects for her fresh and witty Leaf [Music] paintings in Milan Italy America's deck button meets Italian admirers as he enters the world figure skating championships dick is after his fourth world title skating against experts from all over Europe deck Glides through the intricate routines required by the rules and adds some equally difficult figures of his own an amazed International crowd sees the 21-year-old Harvard student from Englewood New Jersey surpass his opposition from Six Nations by the final day of competition dick has run up the greatest lead of points ever compiled in the [Music] event after a perfect display of Grace and control America's deck button makes it four world championships in a [Applause] [Music] row the Philadelphia Phillies who last year captured the National League baseball title under the guidance of manager Eddie Sawyer are training for another championship battle here at Clearwater Florida they have many regulars on hand pitcher emry church with eight victories last year hopes to pass that Mark this season the coaching staff plans to build another winning combination around such stars as Robin Roberts who in 1950 pitched 20 winners first baseman Eddie wus and the great relief pitcher Jim constanti last year this top-notch Talent put the phills on top of their league and carried them into the 1950 World Series against the American League's New York Yankees in last year's series first for the phills in 35 years Yankee manager Sangle and Phillies manager Sawyer saw the Yanks take the first game one to nothing in the second game Alli Reynolds who had won two Series games for the Yanks in 49 is hit for a single by the Phils Mike goat Eddie waitkus follows up with a hit that hops over Coleman's head in the right field goat goes to Third and the Phillies get their big chance Ashburn sends out a long fly and the Phillies score as golad comes home after the catch [Music] the game goes into Extra Innings tied one to one in the 10th Joe deasio comes to bat for the Yanks he connects for his first hit of the series and what a hit into the upper deck in left center field it's Jolan Joe's seventh World Series home run and it spells victory for the Yanks 2 to1 the Yankees go on to take the next two games for a four to nothing series sweep and some permissible boasting in this year's spring training the place is Phoenix Arizona loosening up winter Kinks big pinch hitter John M out PS brother infielders Phil rosuto and Jerry Coleman with rudo is heavy-hitting catcher Yogi Bara Ed lth an 18 game winner last year finds his arm good as new while deasio who announced this may be his last season looks on tossing them in is VI rashy with 21 pitching victories to his credit in 1950 followed by Alli Reynolds who chalked up 16 320 hitter Hank B blasts one out with theago right at his heels will the Yanks do it again this year manager Casey stangle out for his third straight Championship looks Mighty [Music] [Applause] optimistic the United Confederate Veterans meeting in 1949 at Little Rock Arkansas saluted as did the nation their Commander General James W Moore now General Moore at 99 follows the heroic dead of the South to a soldier's grave in Selma Alabama as the last tiny handful of the boys in Gray prepares for the final Confederate reunion in norol Virginia color guards from Virginia Military Institute of which the general was the oldest graduate together with relatives friends and neighbors pay final tribute to the Gallant soldier who ran away from school at the age of 13 to join the Confederate Cavalry the banner for which general Mo fought is presented to his daughter as an old Soldier is laid to [Music] rest [Music] 176 years ago when two Massachusetts Villages just a few miles from Boston a handful of farmers and trades people their patience with the oppressive acts of a government 3,000 Mi away exhausted struck the first militant blow of the American Revolution the story of Lexington and conquered begins in Boston capital city of New England from Boston on the night of April 18th 1775 700 British soldiers crossed the Charles River and marched Inland to seize the arms hidden at conquered by the provincial Congress at Lexington Green Patriots blocked their line of March after a skirmish the British went on to conquered and amazingly to defeat all night rides by Paul Riv William dos and Samuel Prescot had warned the country folk of the Red Coats approach Patriot militia men seized their muskets and hurried to rallying places at this house in Lexington John Hancock and Samuel Adams two eminent Patriot leaders were roused by rever on the quiet Lexington Green American militia men had recently been holding military drills now at Buckman Tavern just off the green they assembled during early morning of April 19th 1775 to await the [Music] British two lines of minut men numbering about 70 under Captain John Parker refused to disperse and let the 400 British passed no one knows for certain whether red Cod or minute man fired first but when the firing ended 15 or 20 minutes later eight Americans were dead and 10 wounded and a war had begun here the Minute Men had made their stand the words attributed to Captain Parker expressed the spirit of that morning stand your ground don't fire unless fired upon but if they mean to have a war let it begin here Captain Parker rifle in hand today dominates Lexington Green while a short distance away is the belfrey formerly on the green itself from which the alarm was sounded to the Harrington house just north of the green at the height of battle came Jonathan Harrington first to be mortally wounded to die on the steps of his home at the feet of his [Music] wife oh what a glorious day this is the radical Sam Adams hearing the muskets of Lexington had exclaimed the battle was joined but not until the British reached conquer Ed 5 miles away could Patriots have believed how gloriously the day would end at the East approach of the old North Bridge a group of these three or 400 provincials had gathered while British troops in separate detachments were destroying provincial supplies throughout conquer the minut men defied the red quotes warning shots and marched on the bridge in their first offensive action of the war by the rude bridge that arched the flood their flag to April's Breeze un F here once the embattled farmer stood and fired the shot heard round the world from the old mans Reverend William Emerson grandfather of Ralph Waldo watched the conquered fighting here later Nathaniel hawor lived and wrote across the street Elisha Jones had stored supplies for the Minutemen as Jones stood here a bullet from the battle hit the house beside him the hole is still there major butrick the American Commander at Northbridge lived a moment's walk from the spot where he led the attack in 5 minutes here a chain of events reaching into our lives today began though few of these Americans sought it yet Independence was now inevitable by noon the British left conquered and under continual fire retreated to Boston they lost 273 the Minutemen 93 bitter years lay ahead but man with the will to be free had struck out for [Music] [Applause] freedom