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American Movie Archives (美國電影檔案)

Title
News Magazine of the Screen, The (Vol. 2, Issue 6)
Year
1952
Abstract
Newsreel stories reformatted for classroom presentation. Includes: Dwight D. Eisenhower enters 1952 Republican party primary; blizzard at California's Donner Pass; Winston Churchill visits the United States; nuclear test at Frenchman's Flat, Nevada; Italian man sculpts human and animal figurines out of raw vegetables; new camera developed to track guided missiles in flight; history and landmarks of the Territory of Hawaii; captain Henrik Kurt Carlsen and his heroism at the helm of sinking freighter "Flying Enterprise."
Notes
Produced: Warner Path?News
Sponsor: N/A
Run Time: 22:59
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W
Keyword
Newsreels;Atomic-nuclear: Weapons;Cold War;Atomic-nuclear: Weapons;Cold War
Theme
Ike Joins, Church Comes, Troops Watch and Ship Sinks!
Review
In this volkume.. We first see Ike take his first steps to becoming the President of the United states by becoming a replublican candidate for election. Nothing really earth shattering here, unless you can't get enough of that impossibly jingoey 'We Like Ike" slogan. Nice footage of a snowstorm that happened at California. Great footage of a rescue of a snowtrapped train. Winston Churchill comes to Washington and NYC and well, since this is NYC, they throw a parade for him. Pretty nice one too. More foolish troops watch a nuclear bomb test in Nevada. They seem to not mind the radioactive dust blowing on to them.. Rather silly segment about a man who can carve figures out of vegetavles. Might as well throw them into a soup like the woman did at the end. We then show a pretty blah demonstration of a slo mo camera that is said to be able catch missles in flight. That is not shown, instead, we see a slow mo plane. Hawaii is then profiled, as it was on the verge of becoming a US state. Mmmmkay. We end it off with a protrait of a ship captain who thought he could save his ship, finally he wa convinced to get off of it. Everyone is moved to this, NYC has (yes) a parade for him. and his hometown also has one too. Pretty standard stuff this time!
(Reviewer: Spuzz)
Location
A/V room, 2/F