Warner Pathe #24

Duration: 800 ft.

Year Published: 1954

Creator: Warner Pathe

Complete Record: 1. Eisenhower signs proposal to defend Formosa. Chiang Kai Shek's U.S. backed army defends Island against Mao. U.N. USSR Delegate opposes U.S. intervention in Formosa, but is overruled. F86 saber Jets being sprayed for Chinese defensive, Chinese gunman practicing, vs. Kimoi. 7th US Naval Fleet aids refugees from mainland China. Vs. of 20,000 refugees, transport vehicles, various naval ships. Dynamiting of defensive caves and tunnels to prevent communist use. 2. U.S.S.R. premier Malencou resigns, and Kruschev nominates a new premier Nicolai Bulganon. 3. Eisenhower press conference stresses importance of education. 4. Tour and history of the Canary Islands. Vs. Aerial views of capital, Las Palmas, cathedrals, mountains, lighthouse, desert dunes, camels carrying packs. 5. Profile of ski-jumping. Vs. Olympic games ski jumps, runway outside St. Paul Minnesota, amateur skiing. 6. William Robinson Lee's paintings and art of the American West. Vs. western artifacts, native American portraits, various paintings, show of artwork of Grand Central Art Gallery in New York. 7. History of Dirigibles (Zeppelins). Vs. German dirigibles during WWI. French dirigibles, British R38 which broke in half and killed 38. Italian ship exploding. Shenandoah from U.S. crashes. U.S. Navy's Los Angeles, Germany's Graff Dublin. U.S.S. Acron explodes over sea. U.S.S. Macon which also crashes. The Hindenburg explodes - actual footage.