https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/8526677f-051a-4d78-a6ac-d719849370ee This episode of “Yesterday's Newsreel” is from the early 1950s television series that combined original General Newsreel Company footage with contemporary narratives. It begins with Tom Hale announcing it is “the television highlights of the news of yesteryear” (:13). The film starts in 1920, the first World War had ended, yet as specified by the Treaty of Versailles (:50) Allied troops remained to patrol waters. These are actual shots of the American Marines policing water ways between Germany and France. Nine years later, the watch has ended (1:18) as English troops leave Konigstien (1:24) in June of 1920. The American sector of the watch was in Koblenz, Germany (1:57) and President Harding began returning troops home as early as 1922. We then see Marshal Joffe innocently delivering ‘the kiss of death for lasting peace in Europe and the world’ (2:47). French guards also began to parade back to Paris (2:53) as responsibility falls back upon Germany. The last troops leave and return home in June of 1930 (3:00). While President Hindenberg was hailed as rightful ruler (3:20), Adolf Hitler, Rudolph Hess, and Hermann Goring (3:58) of the Nazi Party, were growing in power. The segment ends with the foreboding notion that as they ‘stopped the Rhineland watch, they set the clock for war’ (4:06), alluding to the upcoming Second World War. Our next segment from 1920 is titled “Walking Doll” (4:12). It is the latest craze in London; a large walking doll enabled to walk with secretive metal strings in it’s legs. Tom Hale narrates “Holiday for Strings” (4:51). In 1935, at the Hollywood Bowl in LA with a orchestra of 700 violenes playing for Labor Day. Tom Hale narrates the “Personalities” section for 1925 (5:59) and first is young Stribling and his wife. She is Clara Kinney and his manager as he is an important boxer, yet had not won a fight. On January 29, 1928 (6:30) actress Katherine Cornell posed as Cleopatra to raise funds to build Memorial Theatre. Otto H Kahn (6:53) the son of an immigrant had risen to prominent financier of banking and industry as the ‘financial wizard of yesteryear’. Tom Hale remains the voice for “1922 High Winds Crush Wooden Oil Wells” (7:09). Winds near tornado velocity hit wells near Orange Oil Field Texas. This was before wood was replaced by steel (7:33) and damage was devastating. Roger Owen’s narrates the “1912 Ak-Sar-Ben Festival” (7:33). Woodrow Wilson, from New Jersey, was only a candidate then. The annual October festival included ladies of fashion as well as modern streamline cars (8:15) parading through streets. The festival began in 1895 as one of the largest state fairs (8:22) and still is. Next, to September of 1935 for “Aviation” with Howard Hughes climbing into an untested “mystery plane” (9:02). At considerably dangerous speeds of 75 mph, he lands. While it is only 1935, the millionaire sportsman had already flown over 300 mph (9:28). Sally Anderson takes the “1926 Fashion of the Day” (9:34) for cruise clothing. Men wore caps, white shirts, stripped jackets and a light colored trouser (9:52). Sitting at the captain’s table was the height of the trip and we see this captain donning his WW1 award (10:16). The attire was largely of Spanish influence (10:22). The last section is for “1933 Sports” with Tom Hale (10:40). June 10, 1933 John Goodman beats Goodall (11:33) for the National Open with a score of 287, making him the fifth amateur to win the Championship Cup (11:55). The film ends as he accepts golf’s most coveted crown. The Hughes H-1 is a racing aircraft built by Hughes Aircraft in 1935. It set a world airspeed record and a transcontinental speed record across the United States. 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