1952 - Newsreel, USA: Hydroplane Record; Miniature Dutch Town; Warner Brothers Fire; Republican Convention

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1952 - Newsreel, USA: Hydroplane Record; Miniature Dutch Town; Warner Brothers Fire; Republican Convention Main title. Intertitle: New Record - Speed Boat Sets 178-Mile Mark. 19:54:10 Stanley Sayres CU & Slo-mo-shun IV speedboat preparing for record attempt on Lake Washington w/ Elmer Linenschmidt, mechanic boarding hydroplane. MCU timing clocks. 19:54:30 Pan across lake, speedboat racing w/ seaplane pacer. Sayres congratulated after setting speed record. 19:55:20 Title: News In Brief. 19:55:23 MCU Medieval castle, harbor & miniature ships, docks. Man walks thru miniature village. 19:55:37 High Angle / HA Crown Princess Beatrix of Netherlands arriving to open new miniature town near The Hague dedicated to youth of Holland. CU shaking hands. Young people watching. 19:55:47 Princess given Mayoral necklace. Models of construction, windmills, moving traffic on highways & railroads. Toured. 19:56:28 Title: California. LS & MS of huge fire on Warner Brothers film studio lot burning sets. Wreckage & smoking ruins. 19:57:17 Title: GOP Convention. 19:57:21 HA of packed Chicago International Amphitheatre convention floor. Reporters at typewriters & telephones. Delegates: Everett Dirksen, Thomas Dewey; ?? w/ monocle. 19:57:48 CU Georgia sign. HA meeting room of Credentials Committee. MS Republicans. 19:58:01 HA of convention floor. CU of delegates. MS Governor Fine, Pennsylvania runs to microphone & interrupts in protest complaining of lack of a caucus. Montage of state placards. Ike straw hats waved, placards waved. 19:59:11 Title: Ike Nominated! HA of convention floor, MCU delegates caucusing / talking. MCUs. LS & MS of cheering delegates after Eisenhower nomination. 20:00:22 Ike & Mamie wave to crowd. 20:00:32 The End. Water Speed Record; Oddities; Disasters; Motion Picture Industry Fires; Presidential Nominating Conventions; Politics; 1950s; NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk