Based on the holdings of the defunct General Newsreel Co, Yesterday’s Newsreel was a TV series that actual vintage news footage with modern narration. This particular episode begins with the years 1912 to 1946 and the title is ‘A Military Man’. Douglas MacArthur (:41) was a West Point graduate since 1913. He is then shown on a military expedition to Veracruz, Mexico as a Captain and among comrades including Franz Von Papen (1:02). General John BlackJack Pershing recognizes MacArthur with a medal (1:10). On November 20th, 1919 MacArthur is promoted to Brigadier General Head of West Point (1:19). He later becomes a Major General and the Seventh Military Chief and he is the youngest to have received the honor (1:49). MacArthur is depicted in Manila watching the Philippine president Manuel L. Quezon sign a ten-year plan for island defense and military training (2:14). He is then stepping from a plane at Atsugi Airport in Japan (2:35) as President Truman had commissioned him to accept the terms of surrender from the Japanese. On board of the USS Missouri (2:55) he accepts those terms and later his established headquarters building in Tokyo is shown (3:38). In the streets, troops are marching on July 4th, 1946 which is the Philippine Independence Day (3:59).
‘1927 Flare up at Folsom’ documents a riot on November 24th,1927 at California’s Folsom State Prison (4:22). National guardsmen are shown heading inside to cease the violence that left eleven dead and 31 wounded in it’s wake. The warden himself was prisoner and filmed walking out of the prison (4:37).
1928 Personalities begins with the boxing champion Edward Mickey Walker (5:11) as he trains. We then see the dancing duo named the “Dolly Sisters” (5:37). The pair is pictured with their mother and Nora Bayes (5:50). The ‘Hollywood Cowboy’, Ken Maynard is with ‘Tarzan’ (5:57) and they are demonstrating stunts on horses as they had been circus stars turned movie stars (6:15). The ‘Duke of Dance’ is Arthur Murray and he is filmed teaching students to dance (6:19). The young man of the talented dancing couple is revealed to be the movie star George Murphy (7:26).
In the world of aviation in 1937, Captain Harold Grey and his crew have been bestowed congratulations from the President of Ireland (7:54). Two-way transatlantic travel had been established (8:20) as a U.S. bound British plane flies over New York. The aircraft featured include the Sikorsky S-42 flying boat, and the British Short Empire "Caledonia" of Imperial Airways, tail# G-ADHM.
The New York Senator, Robert Wagner (9:00) is filmed leading the passage of the old age security act which helped those over the age of seventy whom could no longer work and required pensions (9:12).
The 1932 Fashions of the Day centers around women’s flying attire (9:32). Tight fitting leather collars, goggles and helmet are popular (9:45) especially for open air. Costume for flight in an in-cabin trek still included helmets yet more feminine materials such as fluffy collars on tweed coats (10:00) would be worn as well. Another woman is shown wearing a black satin helmet and a large collar for warmth in the cold air (10:22).
For sports highlights in 1923, the film shoots to England for a steeplechase race (11:02) and contestants lurch over hurdles (11:14) trudge through waterways (11:38) and the winner crosses the finish line (12:14) at the close of the episode.
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