YESTERDAY'S NEWSREEL

[Music] television highlights are the news of yesteryear day and [Music] it's 1917 and Woodrow Wilson signs declaration of war and then from famous fish bowl draws one of early numbers in national draft for America's small army must be bolstered by civilian and for Jefferson Barracks Missouri here are some of first to get called to duty civilians yesterday draftees now they'll soon be in the Army at Camp Dix New Jersey with shoes in hand recruits go through inspection this is important part of early training program for an army doesn't march on its stomach but on its feet and foot work here will mean good work in Europe's war every day at camps like Jefferson Barracks American men leave civilian life behind and begin weeks of conditioning and training for battle that lies ahead from induction centers they march now on the camps effort across the country creator of training program is general Peyton March now chief of staff and among his many specialized assistance is boxer Bennie Leonard here at Camp Upton on Long Island Bennie demonstrates that fundamentals of fisticuffs demands same motions of attack that will be needed in hand-to-hand combat with Banat American marines catch on quick well-trained Leatherneck will live longer and most of training is in trench warfare and fighting hand-to-hand for World War one was not a war of speed and mobility it was war of trenches in battle for possession of no-man's land even kidding around soldiers of the growing AEF did things that helped them get into condition for the grim task ahead at Camp Dodge Iowa four-legged recruits of the cavalry and Field Artillery took their army training to soldiers learn to break wild horses chew their frisky mounts for prior two days of armored half-tracks and cannon Laden tanks the horse was the Army's chief means of transportation and mobility but armored tanks did show even in training days of America's participation in World War one here's practice tank being inspected by Americans who volunteered for time affair in the fields of France considered dreadnought of the battlefields of World War one it provides cover for advancing doughboys of the soon-to-be famous Infantry Division of 1917 at fort MacArthur California these draftees have finished their basic training and trade their campaign hats for steel helmets they'll wear in war shrapnel from bursting shells has proved disastrous in France so America's untried fighting men will go prepared for it under stress of war America's fighting army grows from 30,000 to 300,000 5 months after this nation's entry into the conflict more than 1 million men were under arms and each day thousands more were filing into induction camps for intensive and extensive training average soldier trained 6 months before going overseas but some American soldiers sailed for France less than 4 weeks after our entry into war trained and ready for combat over there general john pershing salutes first soldiers in his command and it's off to war and victory in France those who stay home do so with heavy hearts for a head lie the Argonne the mirror's chateau-thierry and the Marne and as the first Doughboy set sail November 11th 1918 is yet a long way off [Music] it's a rainy day in December 1929 but Germans in Berlin say that as rain let it rain and here's a very ingenious and handy reason why it's an umbrella ornament of course Berlin has come in all shapes and sizes and the gentle rain of Germany falls on the large and small yes there's a Kazan type Sabre even for little girls [Music] procession of high churchmen leaves Madison Avenue residence of Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes as Cardinal himself emerges from his New York home to take part in solemn church right it's 29th of April 1924 and governor and mrs. Al Smith watch as hazel essence crowd gathered on 50th Street near Fifth Avenue note old buildings were Radio City now stand Archbishop of New York since 1919 Hayes has just returned on Leviathan from Rome and Vatican City for pius xi elevated him to rank of Cardinal highest dignity of Catholic Church next to papacy itself [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Aaron Washington DC in 1923 is the famed wild bull of the pampas prizefighters voice purple hear the mighty Argentinian shakes hands with his Nations ambassador coy we're dome for his best-known mission in this country was trading beautiful Bulls of America's parks in King Jack Dempsey in San Francisco for American Legion convention of 1922 here's Hollywood heroine Colleen Moore as she brings greetings from movie land the men who fought in France Miss Moore is remembered for her roles in Little Orphan Annie so big and flaming you yes 1927 and here in nation's capital are two of America's leading senators as they look at the senatorial debates of yesterday hey senators William Borah of Idaho left and young Bob La Follette of Wisconsin [Music] it's 24th of July 1930 and here's result of yesterday's series of tremors that brought death and destruction to Italians of Apennine mountains [Music] eight provinces steal motion of the quake and near center of disturbance whole villages are destroyed known dead approached three thousand with thousands more injured some seriously Italy's premier Mussolini has ordered leaders of Italian Red Cross to conduct relief and rescue operations in person and little King Victor Emmanuel wept when viewing his people's pitiful plight fourteen thousand survivors have moved out of quake area for fear shaken buildings will fall and cause more death this remains at least worse disaster so she accepts the invitation to dance without all Hitler [Music] it's ninth of August 1927 and here's Miss Gail Beverly of Broadway and the United States Navy doing a few fancy nautical debuffs genre of navies commander Goss gale as famous as daughter of the Navy at a dancing comedian on Broadway stage you're doing black bottom and bit of ballet on surfboard Miss Beverly shows she's such a good sailor she just assumes when half her time in water but are the actress in her wins as she looks pretty for producers [Music] it's September 1928 and at airport in Milwaukee Wisconsin planes from all parts of America unload their unusual cargo boxes of fresh-cut flowers postmaster piaseki inspects container of posies shipped by air from Portland Oregon look at those stamps and here's what was in the box from Oregon gladiolas two thousand miles from their garden home but still fresh Milwaukee's post office displays airborne flowers from here there and everywhere you okay so permanent it's 1919 and no the lady isn't going to be scalped she's a 1919 beauty parlor to get a permanent wave we promise you that isn't an instrument of death or torture it's the harmless curling machine of the time any surprised look she may be wearing is purely beauties price required for waves she's little warm under that battery of electric curling iron but all's well that ends well now let's see if she has her hair all will be in the market for a week no damage a large curved comb goes on top of our victims brilliant heated head and here are results of tortured our beauty parlor victim has endured her hair is all waves and she's happy cause it's open til next time [Applause] turtle race it's September 1925 and it's rodeo time on the famed 101 ranch at Ponca City Oklahoma and among most exciting events is turtle race every cowpoke and ranch gal in the county has two dollars down and here comes the winner here's pepper fastest Terrapin in all of Oklahoma pepper winner of 1679 dollars in 1949 and it's foot of Colorado spikes teeth auto racism Mike path starting host on - to the top of mountain there are 154 turns along the route all like this and all you do to drop out of race is miss just one up [Music] here's what it looks like behind wheel of racer speeding up the long zigzagging incline at Summit here comes the speeding winner by an air of Colorado Mountain congratulations and $1,200 belong to Edward Phillips [Music]