YESTERDAY'S NEWSREEL - CROWN PRINCE GUSTAVUS ALDOPHUS FRANK HAWKS SAN FRANCISCO STRIKE

[Music] television highlights are the news of yesteryear it's May 1926 and here at Guttenberg our Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and his princess boarding grips home for Atlantic crossing Democratic son of a Democratic father Gustavus joins in merriment aboard ship and like any ordinary sea Voyager has to have a picture of the captain for his scrapbook it's june of 1926 as Prince arrives in New York where he and Princess Louise are greeted by City Hall's dignitaries headed by Grover Whalen police have trouble with crowds anxious for close look at great and gracious Scandinavian Prince and his princess man who will someday be king of Sweden monarch of great nation of the North gets royal welcomed as he is driven to City Hall for a rousing and official welcome and the mayor giving him keys to city is Jimmy Walker it's long way from Stockholm for America's District of Columbia but secretary Kellogg and others make gustavus adolphus and Louise feel as at home as if they were in their native land a prince who like his father an admirer and promoter of progress gustavus visits America's immortal inventor Thomas Alva Edison this is at West Orange New Jersey scene of Edison triumphs forgetful mr. Edison is reminded by his wife to take off his hat before cameras one of his inventions probably most unforgettable moment of visit is this ride of royalty in Edison royal carriage a 1921 tin can at West Point Crown Prince gustavus adolphus reviews cadets of United States Military Academy and calls them finest soldiers he's ever seen and the admired cadets put on a good show for royal visitors they admire and respect in Chicago oh prince and princess pay their respects to american held in high regard by sweden as they place wreath before lincoln memorial gustavus to believes in government of by and for the people and is learning from his great father to rule Sweden well back home in 1927 Gustavus takes some of the royal burdens from his father's aging shoulders though still a prince in name he's slowly but surely becomes a king in action sharing responsibilities of crown in the 1940s he moves closer than ever to the throne that age is forcing his father to vacate and when in 1950 Gustav dies Gustavus Adolphus reigns and his handsome heir apparent is young Carl Gustav newest Crown Prince of Sweden it's 19th of August 1927 and a Durham North Carolina Miss Helen Berube is after her second straight win and moines contest in which she's only woman contestant entrants must each mo one fortieth of an acre of clover and here's how Helen does it in bloomers [Music] oldest entry in clover is Charles H Thompson he's just 87 Helen wants to cut another path to victory but matching her swing for swing and swish for swishes Walder Stickney 65 and good loser Helen shake hands with a winner mowing king of 1927 Walter's thick knee here in the early 1930 is usually busy and bustling streets of heavily populated San Francisco are virtually deserted general strike of all workers in city has brought everything to a standstill there's no gas and none coming in so cars and trucks stand idle or are left in garages city is on edge of complete paralysis threats and rumors of famine empty big towns grocery stores and meat markets counters are bare every sort of business closes up shop in one of most total walkouts in history of strikes [Applause] here's famed senator Thomas J Walsh in 1933 he rose to international fame as fire a prosecutor at teapot dome oil scandal trials and was three times presiding officer at national Democratic conventions his death was called great shock to nation and in addition to that a great loss in fur coat and cloche hat here's miss Greta Garbo of Sweden and the movies it's the middle 1920s with silent films still the best Hollywood fare and miss Garbo is at height of her career fresh from dramatic triumphs and motion pictures with John Gilbert and other stars leaving Whitehouse after conference with President Warren Harding here's inventor Hudson Maxim and his wife it's 1921 and maxim has just recently become member of naval board of United States a successful inventor maxim now tries his ingenious hand at solving the problem of government [Music] it's 30th of August 1930 smoke and angry flames billow and leap from windows of Federal Trade Commission building in Washington DC biggest danger is that valuable government records will be destroyed by flames so 31 firemen are injured in successful battle to get Commission files to safety damage to building and furnishings runs to $165,000 but since files are saved and none of the injured firemen is seriously hurt the outcome was considered a lot better than it might have been it's 29th of January 1930 and workmen risked their lives to place lamps on the dome of st. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City like mountain climbers workmen are held by ropes as they ease down curve of dome to place lanterns might have workers can be judged by size of people in cathedral plaza below it's dangerous work all right but it's for a great and important cause [Music] here's one fellow walking almost out into the air as he place his lamp on part of dome that extends beyond walls of the Cathedral [Music] but night shows the reason for the dangerous work as st. Peters becomes a glory of light and shadow as Catholic City celebrates a Jubilee illumination all Rome comes out to see the site and it's a site that no one could ever forget here's aviation expert Frank Hawkes about to make history Hawks receives first glider mail in United States and then gets a fond farewell and loving send-off from his mother and father for it's the 29th of March 1930 and Hawkes is attempting first transcontinental flight by glider he's to be towed of course and his tow plane takes off from San Diego California airfield Hawk slips his glider into the air and he's off on an epic and maybe record making journey here's the glider in flight as it moves eastward toward New York and then on 6th of April 1930 the glider cuts loose from its tow plane and hawks turns and comes in for a perfect landing and the field he glides into is made of the soil of New York Hawks has spanned the nation by glider his mother kissed him in California now in New York he gets kissed by his wife Frank Hawkes who made the aviation history by glider the nation's nicest in 1929 here are 18 of America's misses and here's miss New York of 1929 picked for Beauty personality and definitely not for her clothes hat miss Miami should rate high in the contest if the height of the neckline moves the judges miss darling is from Denver the arch of the brim of her hat shows influence of Pikes Peak these pretties from the Pacific coast proved that a cloche had a simple suit can't do much damage to the cutest in California I'm mister coma dares a v-neckline beeper victory no doubt even in 29 [Music] win place and water show it's 1925 and an aqueduct New York racing fans see one of greatest neck-and-neck battles in years coming down the backstretch the favorite is the French horse seminar but running alongside him matching him stride for stride in spurts for spurt is the American Lampkin with jockey comer up [Music] rounding the far turn the two horses are still pounding homeward side-by-side and down the stretch to the finish wire it looks like a Bernard or a dead heat [Music] but in final seconds ladkin pulls ahead and gallops over twitter by a whisker defeated but not disgrace the french entry a bernard is flame tired seeming to sense the importance of his victory lab can looks ready to run again and its cheers from everyone for the winning jockey clarence cover [Music]