[News Magazine of the Screen, December 1950]

[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] e [Music] outside blairhouse the president's temporary Washington Home extreme Fanatics of the Puerto Rican nationalist party try to force their way in guns blazing to assassinate the president of the United States when the 3-minute shooting is over assassin gelio Tes Sola lies dead on the Blair House lawn and White House policeman lesie kofel is dying a few feet away assassin Oscar Kazo and two other guards are wounded as the plot is foiled police and secret servicemen examine the damage a picket on the iron fence is knocked off the steps and doorway of blare house bear bullet holes only the guard's quick action prevented more casualties at Washington's emergency hospital a 24-hour our guard watches over coyazo who despite a chest wound recovers to face trial for murder the president who was taking his after lunch nap upstairs in Blair House at the time of the shooting emerged shortly afterward to attend ceremonies at Arlington Americans of all political beliefs congratulate Mr Truman on his [Applause] Escape below lies Puerto Rico one of the first Spanish colonies in the new world United States Territory since 1898 the island has prospered under us rule but a tiny extremist party committed to violence occasionally erupts in anti- US outbursts these nationalists two of whose co-conspirators tried to assassinate President Truman also staged an unsuccessful Revolt under the direction of ex-convict Pedro albizu compos one of their targets was the Island's first popularly elected governor Luis Munos Marin whose inauguration last year marked a climax in Puerto Rican progress toward self-rule under Marine the Puerto Ricans now have as much political Freedom as any state in the Union and they're working out their own economic Destiny as well for years Puerto Rico's biggest source of income has been and sugar cane harvesting though picturesque to tourists is backbreaking work for the 150,000 men who still cut the cane by hand Brahma steers imported from India as the beasts of Burden are slowly being replaced by tractors trucks and other Machinery the total income from sugar this year is almost $140 million of this 60% goes to the Islanders to help establish a balanced economy Mainland Industries have been encouraged to open Puerto Rican branches by a year tax exemption drawing Upon A labor force of 200,000 almost 100 major industries many of them financed by the Islanders have been established there in the last 4 years the slowly Rising standard of living has also brought Mainland style department stores the largest private housing project in the world is the petto noo development a city for 50,000 people the working force and most of the raw material materials for such projects are Puerto Rican Puerto Rico impoverished since the days of Columbus reaches new heights of democratic [Music] progress before the United Nations General Assembly president nazr etam announces the the 46 to5 vote extending Secretary General trig B's term another 3 years the US delegation had strongly supported Lee now Mr Lee whose decisive action on Korea brought Russian threats to boycott him reaffirms the independence of his office I am grateful for the confidence in me that is reflected in your decision this morning I understand your vote to be a reaffirmation by the general assembly of the independence and integrity of the office of the Secretary General of the United [Music] Nations Sweden lays to rest king Gustav 5 dead at 92 the new king Gustav 6 leads a funeral procession which includes the kings of Denmark and Norway and the president of Finland for nearly 43 years Gustav F ruled over a Sweden at peace now thousands view the casket of Europe's oldest reigning monarch whose span extended from the Victorian age to the atomic era through Stockholm his body passes on its last journey as a nation Mourns a democratic king who ruled long and well [Applause] in Hollywood tens of thousands including the great of the entertainment World pay their final respects to Al jolon The Immigrant rabbi's son who brought so much happiness to two full generations of Americans he had just returned from Korea to which he had flown at his own expense to bring the soldiers overseas as he had in two earlier Wars songs he had made famous songs Al Jolson had first brought to the screen a quarter of a century ago as the star of the world's first talking picture The Jazz Singer songs like mamy mmy I'm coming oh God I hope I'm not lame mmy don't you know me it's a little stve me I walk a million miles for one miles for my man [Music] for Millions the final curtain will never fall on Al [Music] J swanie how I love you how I love you my dear old swanie I give the world for be among the folks in ex I even know my mamies waiting for me praying for me down by the SW the folks of North won't see me no more when I get to that [Music] 20 Britain dedicates a new House of Commons which has been rebuilt on the site of the ancient and historic chamber destroyed by German Raiders in the allout Nazi Blitz of May 1941 the house has been completely restored the impressive Churchill door constructed from scarred relics of the old chamber gives entrance to the new building a home of the lower and vastly more important of the two Parliament houses British dominions and colonies have sent Furnishings for the new Parliament the table comes from Canada the ink stands from Southern rodesia the bar closed to signify that the house is in session is from Jamaica The Opening Ceremonies attended by the royal family take place in the Great Hall of Westminster nearby for by tradition no king of England May set foot inside the House of Commons the Lord Chancellor one of the highest off officers of the realm follows members of Lords and Commons and officers from all over the Commonwealth the tension of the historic moment is relaxed as sweepers prepare the way for the king then the king and royal family [Music] enter formal greetings to the king are offered by the Lord Chancellor as Speaker of the House of Lords your Majesty's most beautiful and loyal subjects the Lord's spiritual and temporal in Parliament assembled beg leave to thank your majesty for the most gracious message which your majesty has addressed to this house and to ask permission to express to your majesty the unqualified satisfaction with which we have heard that the common chamber has been rebuilt after its destruction by your Majesty's enemies in 1941 the great mother of parliament has been dedicated the doer Queen Mary with Princess Margaret leads the Royal Family out of the hall the British Parliament has been a model for Democratic legislates all over the world the restored House of Commons carries on a living inspiration to all men who cherish the ideals of free debate and of [Music] democracy in Miami Florida 18-year-old Joan fluger shows the form that brought her the title of champion of champions in the grand American crap shoot in that National contest Jones smashed 100 out of 100 clay pigeons to tie with four men then she scored 74 out of 75 and beat them all the first woman champion of champions in this sport like Annie Oakley teenage Sharpshooter Joan pluger makes the men folk take a back seat up goes 7-year-old Vicky mariss on her poblano to begin a demonstration of equestrian skill that has AED grown-up experts Vicki daughter of the International Champion Horseman captain mariles of the Mexican Army team takes the same five foot jumps used in World competition then she goes her Elders won better with a 6ot jump no not this [Music] time again pablano refuses but now Vicki makes it on a mount that seems many sizes too large for her 7-year-old Vicky Mur reaches a new high in [Music] horsemanship a chain of 40 tiny Coral Island surrounding a lagoon is na we talk atall in mid Pacific part of the Marshall Islands readed from Japan in World War II now historic films made in the spring of 1948 and just released show and a we talk preparing for heavily guarded and still largely secret tests of new Atomic weapons the Test's purpose is to measure Atomic effects on thousands of different materials 30,000 tons of them not as at bikini to prove military Effectiveness in special Towers automatic cameras will record the explosions there are no newsmen no foreign observers present as members of the 10,000 man Task Force t leave Shore for safety just before the explosion of America's six atom bomb at en talk now the atomic energy commission's permanent Proving [Music] Ground robot planes take off for atmospheric measurements the bombs will not be dropped from the air at control stations all is ready now this is Bomb number six a new Atomic weapon not an improvement of an old design the five bombs set off in New Mexico over Japan and at bikini are in scientific terms already ancient history the flash of bomb number six is seen by shipboard [Music] observers and here is bomb number seven seen from a different angle its death dealing radioactive Cloud spreads for miles above the Pacific this is Bomb number eight and any we talk at all the world's Mightiest agent of Destruction presents its unspoken an unanswerable argument for peace and for [Music] [Applause] preparedness [Music] [Music] and and [Music] all [Music] all [Music] [Applause] [Music] la [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] holy is all is