YESTERDAY'S NEWSREEL - GRAF ZEPPELIN WORLD FLIGHT IMPERIAL THEATER 1920 KENTUCKY DERBY

[Music] television highlights are the news of yesteryear [Music] around the world in 20 days it's 8 the Marcus 1929 and at Lakehurst New Jersey Germany's dr. Hugo Eckener has invited America's famed airmen commander Rosendahl to represent United States on round-the-world flight of gas mill drop Zeppelin this wall of cylinders contains gas which will boy lighter than aircraft on its historic journey and with other passengers here's lady hey that glamour - crew and here stowaway who won't sail away this trip notice hats on wives saying farewell to their flying husband and look at the size of the Graf Zeppelin which looks big even with Atlantic Ocean under it this is first leg of long globe circling blind of giant ship destined to set a record for round-the-world travel Hector himself checks and supervises every detail of flight and true knows Atlantic is conquered when land plane accompanies Zeppelin across coastal flats of Europe there's home country below as shipped noses through air over Berlin there are cheers from German crowds amid war memorials and here's right stock for one Adolphe Hitler is soon to rule droning ever eastward the Graf Zeppelin flies nonstop over Russia and Siberia on 6,800 80 mile flight longest yet attempted and five days later ship glides into Japanese air with sights set on Tokyo there's little hint here of the things to come in but twelve short years Jeff shouting Bravo here are soon to be shouting Banzai in the jungle thickets of far flung Pacific Isles but right now dr. Eckener and the Zeppelin crew are welcome guests of a picturesque and gracious people proud to do honor to one of the world's foremost flyers now halfway around the world doctor a cure tells youth that Zeppelin's have future bright as their during long haul across Pacific waters lady Haines takes few minutes at controls crew spots lone ship steaming slowly toward a common destination the Pacific coast of North America and soon the airship is gliding gracefully over California's Golden Gate Western doorway into the new world gigantic open arms of greeting to a ship that's almost circled the globe after shortstop that mines field Graf Zeppelin is off on flight across third continent deep ocean waters are exchanged for high rocky mountains and crewmen checks the graphs altitude in the dangerous mountain air then from lowland skies crew sees meandering Mississippi River and then Chicago looms over the horizon and glides under the traveling Zeppelin like a giant checkerboard already nearly 21,000 miles from home the Graf Zeppelin heads for New York and then tours Manhattan skies before nosing toward Lakehurst the mooring mast home base and long journeys and skyline of Manhattan isn't same as it is today for here spire of Woolworth tower then the world's tallest building finally at Lakehurst giant Graf Zeppelin comes to her well-earned rest and with flight finished August 29th dr. Eckener gets hero's greeting in canyons of New York he's piloted Zeppelin 20 1,700 miles in just 12 flying days for new worlds globe-trotting records [Applause] and even Herbert Hoover at the White House says well done to the daring duck director [Music] three strikes and in it's December 22nd 1923 and actress Mary hey who had cast of Mary Jane first play on you theater Ward's client's to Marquis of New York's Imperial Theatre and Chris insane care almost soft Marquis or tough bottle ah third strike is the charms the charming miss a soon makes aim for the Imperial book stage performance that's instant hit here's world-famous author Gilbert Keith Chesterton in 1930 brilliant British writer is visiting America and Holy Cross University at time of his death six years later he was considered one of greatest writers in the world Holy Cross gives warm and joyous welcome to creator of a veritable library of biographies and historical novels GK Chesterton meet Miss Kate Shay it's 1926 and mache is taking that envelope to the White House its president's bimonthly paycheck of 3,000 $125 miss Shea's been paying presidents since 1916 Wilson into Coolidge down in Orange Texas way back in 1920 here's new manager of st. Louis Cardinals baseball team definitely in his pre mahatma days yes he's Branch Rickey Steele general of the Ben lowly Redbirds one day to make baseball history with champions [Music] it's October 26 1926 and near center of Rockport Massachusetts speeding passenger train has rammed freight scrambling boxcars and coaches into a jumble of destruction disaster and injury [Music] each of cars adds to havoc as outdated equipment crumbles on impact what happened to this trade is pretty fearful and this is rolling stock they'll drag away but worse damage and heavy injuries occurred inside passenger cars which looked like this after a crack up that was a class a catastrophe dashing through the dishes in Oakland California it's 1932 and dishwashing contest gets underway each entrant must whip through ten plates Duck Soup for anybody who's ever faced the usual sink full of dirty dishes here's Dolores Foster whipping up plenty of speed and suds and also washing her face everybody's out to break records except this girl who'd rather break dishes yes winner miss Evelyn d yes we said miss chap dishwasher maybe she'll marry when she find somebody to drive here's character analyst w/e Benton in 1929 demonstrating that if to be two-faced is to be dishonest there isn't a trustworthy man in the world seriously Benton is creator of device that reveals our dual personality and for his demonstration he uses faces of most respected persons at the time but let him tell you about it in this study of Charles Lindbergh you see first the full face and then we'll turn it so as to show the right side of his face double this shows a good-natured somewhat inventive young chap and with a wide full forehead rollicking eyes and then we'll turn it to the other side which reveals his hidden nature or this is the strong jaw determined young man who flew across the Atlantic Ocean alone this been de Graaff character study of Helen Wills the tennis champion reveals an unusually summit Racal or well-balanced face however in looking at the right side of the face you see a very fine-looking young lady but not too much determination keen bright alert but notice the other side of the face for the hidden side that accounts for her victories notice the wide determined chin and the alert angle of the eye this anyone can understand is the dual nature of Helen will bathing suits before and even before that in the late 1920s gathering of model shows evolution of bathing attire up to that time and by looks at the latest Beach wear this is long time before the bikini first monstrosity went down to the sea way back in 1910 the wonder she knew whether she was wearing a bathing suit or dress I guess she's wearing those high shoes in case she gets daring and goes waiting this later model is a little better well it looks more like a bathing suit still later suit is still v-neck but the stockings are getting shorter here's a 1920 bathing beauty and beach togs all the way up to her neck [Applause] and here at last is a bather who doesn't wear stockings or maybe he's forgotten them old Indian game one of the things the Indians were doing when Columbus discovered America was playing Rockette here in New Orleans in 1924 ancient game has revived as part of ceremonies opening park when games over they'll have to revive some players too big boy in the bluegrass it's 1920 and here's crowd awaiting annual Running of Kentucky Derby exciting mile and a quarter race is in the offing as horses parade to post at Churchill Downs and then from behind old-fashioned wire barrier they're off it's fast paced right from the start and among the long-striding leaders as field leans around first post is Paul Jones with jockey Ted rice in the saddle as crowd roars PAC swings out a final turn and into the home stretch and the high steppin winner is Paul Jones [Applause] and thirty thousand dollars richer he gets the wreath of roses from the governor [Music]