Warner Pathe #19

Year Published: 1953

Creator: Warner Pathe

Complete Record: 1. Vice President Nixon swears in two new senators. President Eisenhower addresses 83rd Congress. Cabinet gives gift to Eisenhower for 1st year completed in office. 2. Queen Elizabeth and Philip go to Fiji, and New Zealand, vs volcanic activity, mud springs, caves, stalactites, stalagmites. 3. France elects new president René Courier vs. inauguration, interiors of palace, boulevard de Paris, parade. 4. First atomic submarine, The Nautilus is launched. Christened by Mrs. Eisenhower. 5. Atomic tests conducted in California. Mushroom cloud. 6. Mud Flood in California's Sierra Madre, vs. mud filled streets, inhabitants filling sand bags, streets fallings, homes filled with mud and water, bulldozers. 7. Avalanches in the Alps, rescue missions. Vs. American army rescuers by helicopter and skis. Vs rescuers digging out a building, rescue DOGs, survivor being rushed to hospital, snow covered village. 8. Baby Animal nursery. Vs. baby monkeys, marmosets, hippos. 9. Tour and history of George Washington's Mount Vernon, Washington’s tomb. Vs. interiors of Mount Vernon, sarcophagus, paintings with Lafayette, etc., 10. "Nike", the Army's newest guided missile. Vs. radar, airforce fighters, Bombers in formation, army control center, missile launched, plane explodes, Fireworks. History of rockets, including Nazi footage of V1 and V2 rocket tests. Footage from American rocket as it climbs from White Sands New Mexico into space. "Nike" being prepared for a test firing, road blocks, smoke signals, warning flares, control panels, countdown, launch, graphing machines, plane explosion, plane crashes.