YESTERDAY'S NEWSREEL - LONG ISLAND RAILROAD ACCIDENT BASEBALL WILL HAYES SS OLYMPIC CHICAGO

[Music] television highlights are the news of yesteryear [Music] it's March 1928 and at Long Island City New York Express from spank is derailed and disaster follows occurring at height of morning rush-hour accident delays 100,000 commuters for two hours but this isn't worst of it in lead car of derailed train 20 persons are maimed one of world's busiest and most traveled railroads Long Island Line is plagued with serious schedule problems and series of fatal accidents then nan eve of Thanksgiving 1950 road has worst wreck in its unhappy history in torn and twisted wreckage seventy-nine persons are crushed to death it all happened as outbound train rammed rear stalled local with both runs loaded with holiday fares no one will ever know real cause of one of worst accidents in history of American railroading for among dead is engineer passengers in rear car of struck train don't have a chance front car of moving train crashed into rear unit of local ended up on top of both coach and passengers quick action by doctors from nearby hospitals and generous aid from residents of homes along right-of-way cut down toll of death but it was still the worst disaster in the history of the Long Island Railroad [Music] it's 29th of November 1925 as clock River baseball immortal and owner of Washington Senators baseball team takes seven girls and boys to Griffith Park form of capital city's American League club to learn are to playing big league ball it's all in front of course but these seven are brothers and sisters no kidding tiny twin brothers reflected captains of the opposing teams for scrap game and these boys for the bat are a lot more important than bad boys maybe there'll be star members of the Washington Senators someday because many a rookie who looks bad in spring training because I hear all by midseason this looks like a big hit well anyway it makes a hip o'clock Ripper a young man back in 1925 [Music] it's 8th of October 1926 an immigration day and here are will Hayes and Secretary of Labor Davis reading one time Europeans who now want to be Americans but they do more than welcome these strangers to land of the free after the official word of mouth greetings are over newcomers to new world get preview of American life onboard all united states liners all would-be residents of the united states sea motion pictures of life as it's lived over here here's young Robert LaFollette 19th of September 1925 son of famed Wisconsin statesman the under lafalot is following in father's footsteps here he's won primaries later becomes important member of upper house [Music] it's 1920 and here are bad and worse better known as the highly entertaining Duncan sisters after successful tour of the United States they're now aboard the Olympic to have same success in chief cities of Europe that they enjoyed in all leading towns of America here at Briarcliff New York in 1923 as Peter Bernhard kind well known authors better known as Peter be fine the one-time captain of artillery enjoys rest with his wife prolific writer keine is best known for his creation of the character Kathy Rick's fiction hero dreamed up by Kyle in 1916 [Music] it's not middle of winter in Chicago but the 26th day of March almost first of April no man weather is playing trick that puts Luke traffic at a standstill March winds blew no good for these travelers this isn't just a snow flurry either but a full-fledged midwinter blizzard only it's blowing in the wind weary Chicago near the end of March storm rages forty four hours and leaves stricken City under 19 and one-tenth inches of snow and before it happened Chicago was reveling in soft and sunny weather [Music] it's 10th of December 1929 as Harry Seif white shows his utter disregard for the supposed power and danger of one half million volts he does it without aid of mirrors or use of electric wires he's human connecting rod as electricity goes in one hand out other here's one sure way to become an arsonist just plug yourself into a high-power line you'll become a burning sensation this is no joke 500,000 volts passed through mr. white light lab a confirmed student and lover of electricity mr. White's favorite food no doubt his current jelly [Music] to San Francisco California October 27 1925 come troubled Chiefs of Harris webelo Indians mayor off greets the visitors as they appeal to government authorities to oust squatters from Pueblo lands seems squatters have moved into reservation and just won't move on leading Indian delegate Chiefs and the Argo neuronal memories of America as a happy hunting ground comeback as latter-day warriors view the now rare Buffalo these once roamed plains of America in giant herds in midst of negotiations with not always great white fathers Chiefs of Pueblo tribes do ceremonial dance to please God of their own [Music] it's 1928 as Carly Olsen and George Wilkins prepare for flight across North Pole here in flight is plane in which they made historic journey of 2200 miles non-stop across Arctic ice packing 20 years later men were making daily trips over top of world but in 1928 this was heroic achievement shown here our ski runners which saved lives of fliers after forced landing in icy wastes of dead man's Island after many failures two years of efforts and five crashes in 1928 Wilkins and he'll soon fly over top of world [Music] passions for fish in 1928 and in Portland Oregon his pretty fishing and plays seems pretty good good too because it's just 15 stories over city street support them fish fashions haven't changed much official women have can you imagine a female follower of Isaac Walton angling in the Adirondacks dressed like this Isaac would stay at home she's wearing her brother's trousers her father's shirt and bought it by Billy the Kid - bullet holes of course they say talking is what frightens the fish away but dish learned to swim upstream seeing things such as this he's going for most high and all and if it's one she gave dad for Christmas it serves her right those not interested in taking two woods for fishing just take elevator to this Portland Oregon roof luxury was the word for life back in 1928 when even fish came to the city to be caught it's 9th of January 1926 and 20,000 people are jammed into Tampa Florida arena to see first bullfight inside borders of the United States it's all same as spectacle in Spain or Mexico except bull cannot be killed there's nothing in rules however to ensure life of the matador so bullfight has all action drills and expectancy of regular bullfighting [Applause] promoters see standing-room-only as Bulls in arena C read a ringside seat wasn't close enough for this spectator but brief look is long enough it's one of oldest sports in world but in 1926 it was new in states here at Chicago is start of Illinois Athletic Club cross country run for professionals and it isn't just long haul to finish route of race is complete with unpleasant obstacles and a jumps it's every hurdler for himself you have to be a pole-vaulter as well as an endurance runner to make this journey alive dentist race near Zen runners thin out and so do a number of contestants still in quest of winners take early finishers close in on end of race the 5-mile marathon is finally over and here's winter sivak with new record for race [Music]