Telenews Weekly, September 19-October 8, 1950
Identifier
F.2012-03-0185
Date Of Production
1950
Abstract
Telenews Weekly presented by Telenews Productions, International News Service and International News Photos presents a news review of events spanning September 19 through October 8, 1950.
Description
Telenews Weekly reports upon heavy industry above the 38th parallel in North Korea; communist riots and strikes occur in Vienna, Austria; Margaret Truman visits Halloran Veterans Hospital in Staten Island, New York where she meets with patients including Marine Corporal and musician, Herb Frankhouser; models of new building construction which are featured at the Metropolitan Museum of Art include Bellevue Hospital Center and Lever House; Miss Portugal Beauty Contest takes place; Philippine troops under United Nations command arrive in Busan, South Korea on September 19, 1950; Paul G. Hoffman, administrator of the Economic Cooperation Administration, attends the European Industrial Fair in Berlin; in Washington, D.C., U.S. Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin declares there is no unemployment; Perle Mesta, U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, travels to New York; Cardinal Francis Spellman celebrates Mass at a U.S. Air Force base in England during his tour recognizing 100 years of Catholic restoration in the country; the Maccabiah Games occur in Tel Aviv, Israel from September 27 – October 8, 1950.
Run Time
8 min 50 sec
Format
16mm
Extent
300 feet
Color
B&W
Sound
Optical
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Print
Genre
Form
Subject
War
Korean War, 1950-1953
Beauty Contests
Religious services
Sports
Political Activists
Economic and social conditions
Strikes
Korean War, 1950-1953
Beauty Contests
Religious services
Sports
Political Activists
Economic and social conditions
Strikes
Related Collections
Related Places
Distributor
Main Credits
Koza, Frank (is filmmaker)
Participants And Performers
Spellman, Francis (is participant)
Tobin, Maurice J. (is participant)
Hoffman, Paul G. (is participant)
Truman, Margaret (is participant)
Mesta, Perle (is participant)
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