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American Movie Archives (美國電影檔案)

Title
News Magazine of the Screen, The
Year
1951
Abstract
Newsreel stories reformatted for classroom presentation.
Notes
Produced: Warner Pathe News
Sponsor: N/A
Run Time: 18:49
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W
Keyword
Newsreels;Cold War;Atomic-nuclear;Energy;Cold War;Atomic-nuclear;Energy
Theme
Macarthur Retires! Hogan Attacked! Don't Smoke with rubber gloves on!
Review
The French President visits. This is the FIRST french president to ever visit the United States! Which is interesting. So because of this. PARTY! PARTY! PARTY! The New Yorkers thow an AMAZING parade for him, which seemed to cover 3 city blocks. Pretty amazing! Macarthur quits: After serving in Japan for a long time, Truman calls him back. Macarthur leaves Japan ("many cheering Japanese say goodbye!") and he returns to Washington, where he gives a tearful retirement speech. He then goes of course, to New York, where he gets a parade which pales in comparison to the French President's parade. Macarthur's parade is BLANKETED with paper, which is truly amazing. Almost a whiteout of ticker and scraps of paper. Awe-inspiring. Think of the clean-up! Canadian Nuclear Power Plant: A pretty standard overview of a Nuclear plant in Canada is shown, I liked the sign they had though.. "Do Not Smoke While Wearing Rubber Gloves". The Circus Comes To Town: New York gets the Ringling Bros Circus, and, after an intro by Jimmy Durante, it entertains the crowd with some pretty amazing acrobatics. Ben Hogan: The golfer Ben Hogan is profiled. who, after battling cancer, continues his dominance of the golf world. What's particularly interesting here is the guy who tries to either go after Hogan or Hogan's golf ball after he finishes a tournament. He nearly makes it, but is pushed aside and apparently, that's it. Just amazing footage. Zoo Aviary: A nice profile of a zoo aviary is then shown, with plenty of exotic birds. Some of which I had never seen before. Maybe they're extinct now? :( We finish off by a bizarre focus on a small town, Lebanon Pennsylvania, as it was chosen as a model town for a comparison to a town in Russia, and vice versa. Nothing earth shattering here, I liked the model UN, and how the evil country (India) were trying to force their ideas on a "nice" country (Britain(!).
(Reviewer: Spuzz)
Location
A/V room, 2/F