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[Music] at Eisenhower for president headquarters in Washington DC the movement gains impetus as Senator Lodge of Massachusetts announces that Ikes in the New Hampshire primaries he tells of past political discussions during these discussions he said specifically that his voting record was that of a republican he also pointed out that his political convictions coincided with enlightened Republican Doctrine and that the family tradition was Republican it is worth noting that in our conversations with General Eisenhower he pointed out that he would never seek public office but would consider recall to political service by the will of the party and the people to be the highest form of Duty I therefore authorize you Governor Adams to enter the name of Dwight Eisenhower in the primary election for the expression of the preference of the Republicans of the State of New Hampshire for president of the United States at the General's headquarters outside Paris he confirms log's statement and says he'll accept a clear-cut call but right now his first concern is his present job building Europe's defenses it is on this task that he now reports in this common effort many advances have been made during the past year morale is definitely sturdier among civilians and armed services in numbers efficiency and in spirit the soldiers Sailors and Airmen of our Allied Force have been strengthened with the news of Eisenhower's willingness to run the Washington office from which the drive is directed grows busier as Eisenhower is definitely in the presidential [Music] race Northern California digs out after the worst series of blizzards in 50 years roaring in from the Pacific the storms have blanketed the countryside and halted all movement sometimes you have to dig for 10 ft to reach the roof of a car with buildings nearly buried the mailman's work becomes strenuous along one Highway a snow depth of almost 20 ft is measured below though almost hidden in the snow lies the crack Express train city of San Francisco which stalled at Donner Pass some 7,000 ft up in the high sieras while on route from Chicago to San Francisco in cfax 34 miles away nurses and other rescue workers board a relief train to go to the aid of the 222 passengers and crew members marooned on the snowbound stream liner these scenes give an idea of the depth of the snow the relief train finds the going Tupper as it chugs higher in spite of a rotary plow in front to clear away Doner pass got its name by the way from a party of pioneers who were stopped here a 100 Years Ago by blizzards there were no diesel trains to come to their rescue and many perished from cold and starvation though Nature has run wild here snow is unnecessary for they provide Waters that irrigate California's Farmland 6 M from the Streamliner heavy drifts Force the relief train who for Ward section can be seen ahead to [Music] stop Provisions for the beled passengers are loaded on Army weasels which because of their caterpillar tread can get across the snow to the stalled city of San Francisco the weasel is an amphibious vehicle developed during the war and since found to have a variety of Peace time [Music] uses here is the city of San Francisco hopeless ly blocked by snow drifts its sides festooned with icicles it's been here 3 days with the passengers aboard a news magazine cameraman is the first news real man there for the last 2 days the passengers have gone without heat 60 were overcome by gas fumes that are taken off on sled stretchers but none suffered serious injuries and they report that Spirits were cheerful on the snowbound train then the Monumental task of digging out the Streamliner begins passengers are on their way home but for two more days the train lies embedded in its prison of snow now she moves she's on her way man has won this particular Skirmish in the unending battle with the forces of nature the liner Queen Mary brings Winston Churchill Prime Minister of Great Britain WR into New York Harbor for a series of vital talks with President Truman down the gang plank to a Coast Guard Cutter strides Mr Churchill to Floy Bennett Field New York and auto whisks the Prime Minister who will proceed in President Truman's plane the independence to Washington at 77 he's still vigorous in the capital the reception includes full military honors Mr Churchill whose main purpose is to develop cooperation between Britain and America in relations with communist countries is greeted by President Truman who agrees that peace is what both our countries strive for the presidential yacht Williamsburg is the scene of some of the conferences Churchill makes it plain that he seeks Aid only for a common defense effort now the British Statesman enters the capital for an address to a joint session of Congress and honor rarely accorded foreigners he speaks now of Europe's United defense effort the sooner strong enough forces can be assembled in Europe under United command the more effective will be the deterrence against a third world war if I may say this members of the Congress be careful Above All Things therefore not to let go of the atomic weapon until you are sure and more than sure that other means of preserving peace are in your hands [Music] at Frenchman's plat Nevada the atomic weapon of which Churchill spoke is tested as a tactical weapon of War a film badge goes on the rifle to show how much radiation it receives scientists want to learn the effect of atomic Rays on military equipment these dummies likewise are fitted with instruments to measure the the radiation they undergo army trucks roll through the night carrying into the bomb Zone combat troops the first as these previously secret films reveal ever to take part in atomic tests in the field 5,000 handpicked men move up in the cold dawn to take positions for the last of five Atomic explosions generals William Kean Joseph swing and Mark Clark watch the operation their troops are only seven miles from the point where the bomb is to be detonated nervously the men await the blast the tremendous detonation fell 260 M away shakes the Earth under the soldiers and the blast fills the air with flying dust the test is a terrifying experience but it shows that the atom bomb can be used in support of troops above them to a height of 6 mil Rises the atomic Cloud the test is successful a new use for the bomb is developed and a new weapon is added to our Arsenal one that will never be used America hopes but that will serve as a deterrent to aggression vegetables are the wrong materials for Senor Luigi lr's art Senor logi of Milan Italy uses potatoes cabbage eggplant peppers and celery to create odd and decorative sculpture his DEA fingers are at work now on a bird which seems almost to come to life before your eyes here's one of his finished Works a swallow in [Music] Flight a ballerina made of vegetables pirouettes gracefully for you and here's an elephant hoisting a log a dancer and a bird are followed by still another ballerina next is a rooster whose every feather is made of vegetables two race horses with their jockeys parade to the post and here the rogy presents a whole Avary of birds this cuckoo clock is a model for the sculptured cuckoo but you'll never see any of these masterpieces in a museum mercilessly they're tossed in the pot for suffer thus nourishing body as well as [Music] mind at China Lake California the Navy demonstrates a new and complex device for observing Ing and recording the flight of guided missiles film is threaded into the mobile motion picture camera the camera performs two functions it is telescopic bringing the missile photographed closer to the eye and it slows down the missile's meteor-like flight in the telescope tube of the camera an officer sees his reflection on the parabolic mirror the camera is called little bright eyes because of these huge binoculars through which the operator follows the target the camera is mounted on a mobile anti-aircraft gun turret the operator who must have high technical skill takes his seat through the binoculars he will follow the missile's flight while his hands control the camera's movement it can effectively film a missile at distances of from 1 to 20 M now the target is spotted it's a plane a tiny Speck off there rather than a guided missile for security reasons the operator follows it with his binoculars and the camera C's parabolic mirror swings round too here's the film from the navy camera the code marks on the right are made by an electronic counter which registers speed distance rate of climb and other factors the camera exposing film five times as rapidly as our conventional camera reduces the plane's flight to 1/ its speed the telescope magnifies the plane 3 m away 22 times a Navy invention advances development of our new weapons the Revolutionary War was raging in America when England's Captain Cook discovered the Hawaiian archipelago a Tropic mountainous Paradise of volcanic origin it was a fertile territory swept by Sun and gentle trade winds and surrounded by Rolling Seas today today the United States knows the islands as one of its most valuable outposts slightly more than 2,000 M away reached in 9 hours by plane or leisurely 4 and 1/2 Days by liner the islands comprising some 6,400 square miles are the most important group of the Central Pacific these sparkling Shores were probably the last habitable area to be occupied by man centuries ago setting out from Asia via Malaya Java and Tahiti wave of adventurous Polynesian tribesmen landed in the Hawaiian Islands they traveled in boats like these across thousands of miles of Open [Music] Sea cook searching for new roots to the Orient landed by accident at WIA Bay in Kawaii in 1778 thus ending 12200 years of isolation cook called his Discovery The Sandwich Islands more explorers followed the islands became an important point of call but native life began to disintegrate under outside influence then King kameha Mayha the great unified the islands in a decisive battle on aahu Kamehameha defeated his last enemies driving most of them to their deaths over the P where a modern highway now runs the wars had wiped out the religions missionaries came and Christianity began to spread rapidly through the islands at the same time under the direction of the New England businessmen the natives began to plant sugar can the Hawaiian royal family lived in Iolani Palace last to Reign was Queen lilio colani who wrote Aloha Hawaii's most famous song in 1893 a revolutionary movement ended the Hawaiian monarchy thus passed royal power for the islands were annexed by the United States in 1898 American influence is shown in the first houses built by Mission Aries reminiscent of New England architecture the missionaries also established the first print shop where the Bible was printed in the native language today the sugar industry started by early settlers forms the Island's major source of income some 28 plantations like this one on Kawaii produce 8 million tons of sugar cane a year pineapple is the second biggest industry once an exotic local fruit it is now an important item on the American menu tourists form the third biggest business each year some 50,000 visitors land in the islands where they receive a friendly welcome the even temperature of the Hawaiian Islands cooled by currents from far away Arctic seas averages about 75° and riding a surfboard is as easy in January as in [Music] June the Island's capital is Honolulu on the island of aahu the famed Aloha Tower dominates the city the University of Hawaii located here has 20,000 students statehood is a burning question a constitution is voted which would permit Hawaii to join the union and in some places what may be our future 49th state looks like Texas or Montana these C are Grazing In the Rio Far West other parts of the islands betray their volcanic origin a lighted match turns into steam Vapors escaping from vents running deep into the Earth's boiling Center you can hardly go out of sight of a volcano in the islands While most of them are inactive monoa on the island of Hawaii is very much alive monoa in fact is the biggest and most active volcano in the world lava Sands are the basis of several black beaches on the island of Hawaii this is the start of a hooka a great fishing party in which the choicest varieties are caught for the big [Music] feast is a celebration in which everyone joins and even the [ __ ] the children can hola in the time honored manner in the history of the islands this F native dance has served as both a religion and a [Music] language the luau is a traditional Feast a favorite dish is poi made out of the root of the tarot plant all inspiring Beauty Natural wealth on land and in the seas a deep sense of the past and of a new world to come these are the things that distinguish Hawaii America's front door on the [Music] Pacific for 7 Days the storm crippled flying Enterprise is towed towards report by the British tug turmoil whose mate Kenneth dansy has joined Captain Henrik Kurt Carlson aboard the listing ship when storm shattered the Enterprise and healed her over Carlson ordered her abandoned at the last minute he decided to stay aboard alone to try to save her the turmoil with an American Destroyer standing by toes her 300 M towards Port then 80 M from safety new storms crash over the Enterprise the 5-in toe cable snaps an engineer on the turmoil said later he wept when it happens the Gale goes on men aboard the Destroyer try to send food to Carlson who's been living on pound cake and warming his hands over a candle each attempt to tie on a new toll line ends in Failure the Gale gets worse the Enterprise now only 41 mil from fouth is going down Carlson and dcy are told a helicopter will fly out from England to pick them up new winds Force the plane back the Gallant ship is flat on her sides and the heavy swell almost conceals her from the attending boats a great mass of debris and deck cargo is washed into the sea as the ocean poured over the superstructure Carlson and dansy leap from the funnel the turmoil picked them up after they'd been in the water for 4 minutes now the turmoil the Destroyer Keith and the tug Englishman chartered by the Press Circle the ship in its last tragic moments the turmoil wires its base that Captain Carlson and Dancy are safed and have gotten warm clothes and a shot of rum [Music] half an hour later the Enterprise is 90% underwater her bow is almost straight up in the air and then she begins to settle in 40 fathoms of angry sea taking with her $2 million of cargo steel automobiles antique furniture objects of art which can never be [Music] replaced ironically the sea turns calm the turmoil brings Carlson and Dy to Falmouth where the captain's Danish mother and and father wait with a crowd of 10,000 Carlson and Dancy are greeted by the town's mayor counselor Carlson apologizes for not bringing his ship home with Dancy on the left he tells how he slept on the slanted side of the cabin wall and prayed and read a book of maritime law to pass the hours then he's honored with a triumphal parade before he heads home to [Music] America landing at New York's Idol wild air report Carlson is greeted by his wife and daughters a few weeks ago he was just another sea captain today thanks to his heroic effort to save his ship he's an international hero and New York City gives him a hero's welcome a storm of paper the mildest storm Carlson's face showers upon him on the ride up low Broadway as the City opens its heart but the most touching welcome of all is that bestowed by Woodbridge New Jersey his Hometown which gives a neighborly parade to the 37-year-old Danish born seedor the high school majorettes have never strutted so well before and Carlson says the reception amazes him as he speaks at the municipal building baile I'm speechless my boss sent me out few months ago with a beautiful ship and I come back with it back without it and yet you all seem to be very very happy and cheer me and really I'm amazed I I do not know what to say I don't understand it all but they warmed I feel here today in this Township from all of you as more than thousandfold compensated for my little inconvenience out in the land the last three [Applause] [Music] weeks at home Carlson refuses offers totaling thousands of dollars and says he'll go back to Sea [Music] again