YESTERDAYS NEWSREEL - 20TH CENTURY WWI GERMAN NAVY SURRENDERS MOBSTERLEGSDIAMOND

television highlight of the news of yesteryear historic surrender scapa flow november 17 1918 germany had given up the week before pharmacist term is demanded the turning over of the darkspawn beat to the victorious Allies within the week 20 miles of German warships gave up here the youthful Prince of Wales of all the USS New York watches as the terms of British Admirals to David PD are carried out king george v is present in the first and fourth as germany's beaten battle wagons bound to the pact made between Admiral Beatty and its Rear Admiral von Mira naval death of a defeated nation Admiral PD Admiral Rodman King George the Prince of Wales and Admiral Sims included in Germany's sea power to be interned and disarmed by the terms of the armistice our sixth battle cruisers ten battleships eight light cruisers including to mine layers 50 destroyers and the scourge of the underwater underworld the u-boat even as these surface warships steamed past allied ships even though Germany has officially given up the kaisers Navy is not trusted and Jack tars on British men of war are up there battle stations waiting for the first indication of treachery ready to blast the enemy ships to the bottom white these fears the surrender was made without incident the greatest naval force ever to haul down its flag was handed over without a shot being fired only once was this battle force in action may 31st 1916 saw the Battle of Jutland a tremendous victory for the British Navy never again during World War one where's the German fleet to venture from its father dreaded u-boats which menaced have our shipping all during the war rise to the surface to join the parade of defeat but this story is not over even though the surrendered vessels were parried by their own crews to scapa flow off the Scottish coast for in June 1919 the same German seamen who were interned with their ships after the surrender succeeded in scuttling many of them these scenes you are watching are the epic climax of the conflict that began with Germany's invasion of Belgium and ended with the defeat of Germany a downfall of the horns our own ruling family and the passing of control to affliction Pro political party that spawned the Hitler of World War two Jack legs diable typifying the glorified gangster hero of the late twenties arrested 17 times acquitted 17 times the second of every crime in the book legs diamond met a charmed life temporarily returning from Europe in 1930 he became a target of an aroused public and rival gangsters and the Venera was in sight as Diamandis again in custody it's ironic that peace officers had no part in terminating his career released from charges diamond was shut up by opposition mobsters in October 1930 leg survived the shooting but in Albany New York rival gangsters killed him in this rooming house a public enemy in life his death started a reform wave but drove gangs into hiding or prison cell this was legs diamond hawaii's jostling phenomenon the ever active volcano of Mount Kilauea in 1944 the bubbling massive lava you see here burst out in the open causing tremendous losses of life and property now a sightseers goal Kilauea represents a constant threat to Hawaii revered by ancient Polynesians that worshipped as a god it's lava devastating when Unleashed does have a beneficial aspect for the volcanic overflow is credited with enriching the soil of Hawaii and contributing to its agricultural wealth nature in its preeminent example of publicity creates a crater capable of economic benefit or complete devastation [Music] it's the early nineteen twenties and miss ten get pays us a visit French stage star since 1899 Miss Anne gets legs reputed to be the most beautiful in the world were insured for a million dollars these shots taken around the age of 60 indicate why the dandies of two continents ruled at her feet and stared at her legs baden-powell founder of the Boy Scouts in 1908 inspects new Scouts in London years later veteran of early African and Indian campaigns baden-powell received a peerage for creating the boy and girl scout movement yesterday's movie king and queen it's Edward Earl and Billy Burke with Earl meeting Patricia daughter of his queen [Music] beautiful Billy Burke was married to Florenz Ziegfeld the follies producer and in a contest sponsored to eight New York City's poor she and Edward Earl topped all of movie Lion stars Edward Earl and the labor [Music] insurrection in Ireland it's 1921 an airman devil era president of Aaron's National Assembly heads the new Irish Free State after years of struggle against British domination since the founding of a shin pain in 1910 revolvers seized in Ireland revolted flamed into armed conflict as the Irish protests against conscription in World War one Easter Sunday 1916 saw heated outbreak in Dublin soon Britain's feared Black and Tans arrived to preserve order early Irish leaders like Robert Emmett and boastful Mike Collins call for concerted effort against the British and in London Prime Minister David Lloyd George carried the Irish question directly to King George on Western Ireland continued as no tangible results came from London dead in 1920 ambush of Black and Tans sabotage and a reign of terror finally resulted in a pact between de Valera and Lloyd George in December 1921 I uh none had become a republic the Irish Free State was born watch the screen for one of the earliest traumatic moments ever filmed in 1910 and Theodore Roosevelt arrives at Wright fairgrounds fascinated by the flying exhibition the fall of president is ready and eager to accept the invitation of aviator art Hoxie and here is Teddy Roosevelt in the plane the first ex-president to fly only just returned from a hunting trip to Africa the popular Teddy thrills the huge crowd by his decision these are historic pictures of a great American and the birth of a gigantic industry aviation the daring that won him fame at San Juan Hill will he let his Rough Riders to victory as evidenced here with aviation in its infancy and each flight of perilous experience it's Teddy who set the example Teddy Roosevelt is in the air as the right fly plane lands three minutes and 20 seconds later named leader of the Rough Riders prototypes American daring and decision is given a tremendous cheer from the crowd for his successful adventure yes sir teddy does it again [Music] fashions of the late 20s Hollywood leads off with his riding habit over which the model where the French velour trenchcoat the habit itself is informal made expressly for the casual equestrian ww4 created this outfit which enjoyed quite a bowl for the feminine tennis enthusiast Hollywood Dutt Grace and design this strife silk kerchief wrong with hat to match unusual and unique creation from the movie capital was this afternoon dinner dress of Blackshear outlined with Maria ribbons full-length sleeves in the bodice are in black tulle formal evening gown introducing a new style element featuring shorter bodice and uneven hemline the gown is a gold brocade with bands and lining of gold medal formal pink corded disc taffeta for evening the circular ruffles are finished with taffeta fringe and a luxurious wrap of White Russian ermine with mink collar lined with cherry red chiffon complements the unsung modes for milady exotic exclusive and naturally expensive [Music] let's go South 1927 to watch Pete Desjardin national diving champ in a full twist see the layout half-gainer followed by a jackknife version of the same dive [Music] the swan dive champion for three years peak now does the difficult two and a half then the front one and a half with a new twist it's a toner Beach Florida March 1927 here's the initial unveiling of pages Seagrave and his mystery speed car the Sunbeam Seagrave is opposite a new speed record and here's his mystery car radical and design and construction about to take off on a trial run a fugly beach marred the first attempt at a new world's record but the following day Seagrave and the sunbeams did a new record time of 166 point 51 miles per hour [Music]