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CASTLE FILM NEWS PARADE BERLIN CRISIS PALESTINE / ISRAEL PRESIDENT TRUMAN RE-ELECTED 70374c (1948)

1948 · Short film · 8 min

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This ‘News Parade of the Year’ will focus on the news highlights of 1948. It is presented by Castle Films and will begin with aerial shots of massive flood waters which had hit the pacific northwest (:17). The Columbia river swelled due to excessive rainfall and shots of a cow sitting in a boat (:22) as well as a house floating through flood waters are given (:25). Shots of relief workers bringing aide to those in need follow (:25). In Florida, a hurricane swept from Key West to Miami (:59) with winds reaching 140 mph and damages estimating to be $25 million. Queen Wilhelmina of Amsterdam, bids farewell to cheering crowds after 50 years (1:17). Her daughter Juliana, was to be her replacement (1:29) and she is filmed with her Prince consort Bernard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1:29) and going through the procedure and processions of becoming a queen (1:39). The Berlin blockade began in 1948 and images of coal and supplies sitting in rail carts open this segment (2:05). These had been halted by Russian forces, though US Air Force set to sending aide through the skies (2:19) in the greatest airborne movement the world had seen. A troop squadron carrier (2:28) is filmed in flight and violence on the streets between Communists and Germans from the western cities follows (2:43). Strikes broke out in France (2:51) directed by French Communists. These targeted coal mines and left 300,000 coal miners sitting idle (3:01). Violence in the streets is recorded on film between strikers and…

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Running time
8 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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