YESTERDAY'S NEWSREEL - WORLD WAR I SUBMARINE WARFARE MINIATURE GOLF

television highlights are the news of yesteryear [Music] saga of the submarine business man's use of the submarine as a destructive force this man means of taking advantage of inventive genius that enabled him to live and travel underwater in 1875 first experiment on a submarine was concluded by John T Holland shown here in historic photographs with his first practical underseas craft Holland's initial trial was a failure his second in 1879 was also unsuccessful but in 1900 his ninth model was approved by experts fourteen years later the American invention augmented by German engineers took to the Seas to war on Allied shipping features of holland submarine combined with developments by Simon Lake the Baltimore were contained in Germany's u-boats these were under the command of Alfred von Tirpitz Lord High Admiral of the dirty lon maybe submarine warfare started August 6 1941 10 u-boats swept the North Sea and sank every ship in sight you are watching actual scenes showing a u-boat in action the English ship net more is being shelled by the German sub which is serviced to complete destruction started by torpedoes [Music] there goes the net more contrary to general belief Great Britain had more submarines than Germany at the start of World War one but by 1917 Casa vilhelm shipyards were in full production of underseas Raiders but back to 1915 and the u-boat warfare German officers scan papers of a sunken ship as lookout scout the sees another victim the steamer [ __ ] this time a surfaced torpedo was brought into action a direct hit and the park gates crew takes to the lifeboats the park gate was one of the five thousand four hundred and eight ships destroyed by u-boats from 1914 through 1918 watch his British crew members rode taught the submarine to destroyed their ship taken aboard as prisoners of war the sailors of the interned for the duration as you vote continue to terrorize the Atlantic waters Britain experimented with the new types of marine the one you see in these photographs were steam propelled with collapsible funnels that disappeared into the superstructure when the craft submerged this was an impractical craft never placed in mass production but other allied ante u-boat methods were more successful camouflage zigzag courses in sub invested waters decoy ships mine and net barriers and most effective of all the convoying of transports and supply ships by death-dealing low-slung destroyers and subjects [Music] November 11th 1918 saw end of hostilities and November 20th saw surrender of all Germany's u-boats to the conquering allies the war was over but the submarine developed in peacetime took its place with the airplane as a major destructive force rin-tin-tin animal Idol of America in San Francisco in the late 1920s and the first great dog star of the movies puts on a show for ailing cuts you're watching the canine celebrity who were in $300,000 for his master and movies like million-dollar collar tiger Rose Rinty of a desert and others fuzzy smart look bar goodbye Randy it's 1933 and Russia's 16 year campaign for recognition by the United States is climaxed by President Roosevelt invitation to Soviet government head Michael covenient following official word from Washington Kalinin prepares to send to America commissar for Foreign Affairs Maxim Litvinov Russia's representative arrives in New York on route to the capital lifting off active in Russian political movement since nineteen hundred and five when he helped organize the revolution of that year became Moscow's ambassador to Great Britain in 1917 but was refused recognition in London in these pictures he greets former associates of his World War 1 endeavor Addie's off to Washington for the conference with President Roosevelt which was out of an diplomatic recognition of the Soviet Union November 16 1933 Dean of the American theater it's the immortal David Belasco developed stars like David Warfield Frances star of the know Ulrich and whose first production was in 1889 shown buying bonds during World War one now it's 1925 in movie star Gloria Swanson is back in New York the screens best dressed woman had just married the Marquis de la Falaise of a cadre and this was their honeymoon trip remember her in the affairs of a natal male and female Zaza Bluebeard's 8th wife or if your memories really good as a Mack Sennett bathing beauty beli Explorer of pure American humor in cartoon for its Claire Briggs who prior to his death in 1930 was responsible for two of the most popular strips ever drawn when a fella needs a friend and the famous mr. and mrs. full paid Sunday feature this was Claire brains [Music] miniature golf sport that swept the country in 1928 they were two of these [ __ ] courses in America by 1930 over 25,000 every available lot became an adult playground even the rooftops who converted to courses in a man an inch they used to say and he'd open one of these diminutive duffer's delights two million people played every day somewhere in America by the way ever hear why it was called miniature golf well you start and in a miniature through [Music] fiercest fire in 10 years in Chicago it's August 4th 1932 when flames engulfed 42nd in Sangamon streets as half of the Windy City's plays battling brigades labor to bring the mother control immediate center of the fire are the Quincy green elevator and the Omaha meatpacking plant and early estimates placed damage at six million dollars on the scene is yesterday's news reels camera recording the blaze which takes its place among the nation is disaster fire boats on the Chicago River fight to prevent spread of the congregation and so successful of their efforts that although millions of bushels of we don't burn thousands of cattle and tons of meat destroyed losses are placed eventually at one-fourth the original estimate twenty acres in one of Chicago's most valuable areas are ravaged however before these flames were completely conquered on the spot pictures of a destruction of 1 million six hundred and twenty five thousand dollars worth of produce and property the 1932 Chicago Fire [Music] dawn in Dearborn Michigan and historic tribe balloon altitude record is to be made by Jeanette and Auguste Piccard it's October 1934 and Henry Ford is among Watchers as the balloon ascends harvest Picard in 1931 had risen to a height of fifty two thousand four hundred and sixty-two feet in 1932 he set a new record of ten and four tenths miles but this attempt ended in failure as the balloon lost buoyancy after izing ten miles the Picard's unhurt the record unbroken winter in 1928 posed no problem to Midwestern women who took advantage of the newest for then her fashions knee-length Airmen wraparound trimmed and white box lined with silk brocade black caracal they say 5000 wouldn't buy it buy new one who would this creation is made of ermine and sable that also I understand is what greens are made up to code illustrating the new shorter length for 1928 back to Regal Airmen again with a three-tiered hemline monkey fur above the elbow fur fashions were great in 28 [Music] Paris in 1922 and the United States sends its evidence for the first women's international track and field meet ever held Pershing Stadium is the scene and competing our athletes for Six Nations let's watch the hundred there it is there they go the high jump she's over okay your turn Sally whoops well almost stick around you can try it again later new worlds record by Lucille Goddard in the shot put and by Mademoiselle salvia and the broad jump American girls were in the lead though and oh you look in Sally ok keep trying I didn't mean right away she's watching America's Nancy Boreas win the runnin broad jump and we're watching the javelin throw Great Britain's leading on points it's up to Sally but is Sally up to it No then it's England's meet 50 points to 31 [Music]