1939
| SORT DATE |
CONTENTS |
| 1/11/39 |
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT TALKS ON INFANTILE PARALYSIS. (Unreleased) |
| 1/12/39 |
SHARECROPPERS CAMP ALONG HIGHWAY IN EFFORT TO OBTAIN GOVERNMENT AID, Missouri. Several camps along highway 61, each with about 20-30 families - Most are Negroes but there are a few whites - One of the members of the camps speaks - Man with moustache speaks - white couple married a short time live in camp with colored people (Mr.and Mrs. Horn - both speak) - J.V. Coran, land owner and attorney speaks. (Unreleased) |
| 1/12/39 |
Complete Newsreel. NEWS OF THE DAY. THE FRONT PAGE. THE TOM MOONEY DRAMA! FAMOUS PRISONER FREED AFTER 22 YEARS! San Quentin - Grim penitentiary releases its most noted inmate for fateful pardon hearing - touching family reunion takes place on steps of prison! Sacrament - Governor Olson presents full and unconditional pardon amid scenes of great excitement and jubilation - Mooney voices gratitude. San Francisco - Gigantic parade welcomes freed labor hero in home town. Climaxing celebration, Mooney speaks to admirers at Civic Center. SKY DAREDEVILS THRILL CROWD AT AIR RACES! America's crack pilots perform acrobatics de luxe over Miami - top fliers weaving smoke patterns in sea of clouds - ace-high art! ROOSEVELT GIVES DEMOCRATS SOME IRISH ADVICE!
President is life of party at Washington's Jackson Day dinner urging harmony with inimitable brogue as Vice-President Garner and $100 a plate diners cheer him on. HEADLINE PERSONALITIES! FELIX FRANKFURTER NAMED TO COURT! Latest nominee for nation's highest tribunal poses at Cambridge, Massachusetts, home with his wife. HULL HOME FORM PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE! Secretary of State returns to New York from Lima, Peru, confident of success of parley. He outlines principles offered for world peace. THE SPORTING PAGE. DOG MUSHERS HIT ICY TRAIL -- New England Sled Dog Association holds 14-mile trek across frozen Lake Chocurua, New Hampshire. TOBOGGON THRILLS FOR CITY KIDS -- Weehawken, New Jersey, builds giant slide to keep youngsters from dangers of sledding on streets - and how they love it! 1939's FIRST BIG SKI MEET -- Central Association stars stage exciting carnival at Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, with breath-taking spills enlivening the show. (HNR Vol.10-No.233) |
| 1/16/39 |
PEOPLE'S AUTOMOBILE WORKERS - Fallersleben, Germany. 4,000 workers are to be employed for the building of the plant - output will be two complete cars per minute - 2,500 and some Dutch will make up figure due to shortage of German labor. (Unreleased) |
| 1/25/39 |
APPEAL FOR REFUGEES by Earl Baldwin, England. Plea for help for victims of Nazi regime - victims not of natural disaster but of man's inhumanity to man. (Unreleased) |
| 1/25/39 |
130,000 REFUGEES WAITING FOR ASSISTANCE - Prague, Czechoslovakia. Refugees from the Sudetenland deprived of homes. (Unreleased) |
| 2/6/39 |
Complete Newsreel. THE FALL OF BARCELONA! Capture of Loyalist capital by Franco's army after smashing of defenses. Sensational pictures show occupation of Spain's largest city. Sub. 1 - Mass flight to France! First of thousands of Barcelona refugees - mothers, babes, soldiers - cross border at Le Perthus in pitiful exodus. EARTHQUAKE DISASTER IN CHILE! -- Chillan in ruins! Scenes from heart of earthquake zone reveal havoc wrought by disaster that took 30,000 lives and destroyed 20 cities. President Cerda inspects stricken region. LATEST NEWS SNAPSHOTS. SPRING FLOODS PREVIEW! -- Ohio River inundates lowland towns in four states - drives thousands from homes. Rooftop rescues keep toll low and even pets are saved as timely warning makes possible complete evacuation. ZERO HOUR FOR CAVALRY! -- King Winter's Own - Uncle Sam's crack troopers at Fort Allen, Vermont, stage stirring charge over snow and perform difficult and daring feats of horsemanship. SWANKY CANINES MAKE SOCIAL DEBUT -- Boston bluebloods hold colorful coming out party for aristocrats of dogsdom and Governor Saltonstall awards the honors. THE SPORTING PAGE. TRACK RECORDS TOPPLE IN MILLROSE GAMES -- Roy Staley breaks world mark in 60 yard high hurdles - Dick Ganslen shines for Columbia with 14-foot pole vault and Charlie Beetham's unlucky fall is spectacular 880 thrill New York fans at monster indoor meet. MAX SCHMELING COMES BACK FOR MORE -- The former heavyweight champ still wants another match with Joe Louis - In ship news interview, he declares he can beat the Bomber - proving Der Maxie quite an optimist. GOLDEN BEARS TAKE TO THE RIVER -- California stalwarts turn out for first crew practice of 1939 at Oakland. REIDAR ANDERSON WINS NATIONAL SKI JUMP --Norwegian star leads field of experts in U.S. tourney at St. Paul, Minnesota, winding up winter Carnival with a bang. (HNR Vol.10-No.241) |
| 2/8/39 |
IMPEACHMENT HEARING ON SECRETARY PERKINS! First woman Cabinet officer appears before House Judiciary Committee at Washington, D.C., in executive session. Later, in her office, she denies all charges. (HNR Vol.10-No.242) |
| 2/19/39 |
JEWISH REFUGEES FROM GERMANY FIND REFUGE IN OVERCROWDED SHANGHAI. (Unreleased) |
| 2/20/39 |
GERMAN BUND MEETING, MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NYC. Crowds - disturbance, Ethel Moses escorted out by police - Address by National Leader Fritz Kuhn - during address man named Greenbaum jumped on stage and tried to reach Kuhn but was stopped by police and Nazis - crowds. (Unreleased) |
| 3/15/39 |
GERMAN TROOPS ENTERING PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia. After having had an interview with Pres. Hacha - Hitler resolved to place the Czech Nation under the protection of the Reich. On the 15th of March 1939 German forces began to occupy Bohemia and Moravia - At about 10:00 a.m. the first motorized columns of the German army reached Prague - received German soldiers with calm and dignity. (Unreleased) |
| 3/15/39 |
DEATH OF A NATION CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Prague scene - crowds - Pres. Benes - Girls parade - planes - Czech troops - Munich Pact - Maps of Czechoslovakia with Sudeten shaded, Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia marked - German troops Goering, Hitler, Mussolini. SWIFT CABINET changes, Prague - 2nd cabinet formed since Hitler's troops occupied Sudeten - Benes signing resignation. SLOVAK NATIONAL Guard and their "Fuehrer" Dr. Adalbert Tuka - Slovak guards a kind of facsimile of fascist militias of Germany and Italy - even Prime Minister Joseph Tiso presents respects to Tuka. EMIL HACHA elected President of Czechoslovakia, as expected, Prague. SOLEMN OPENING of first Slovak Parliament - Bratislava. (HNR Vol.10-No.252) |
| 3/17/39 |
THE REATTACHMENT OF RUTHENIA TO HUNGARY. On March 17, when the reattachment was already a fact, thousands of members of different associations organized torch light procession to the Embassies of Italy and Germany to thank these powers for all the aid they gave to Hungary to realize endeavors. (Unreleased) |
| 3/18/39 |
JAPANESE WAR, Manchukuo. (Unreleased) |
| 3/29/39 |
DAWN OF PEACE IN SPAIN! Thirty-two months of terror in Madrid is ended - and famished populace looks to former foes for bread instead of bullets. (HNR Vol.10-No.256) |
| 4/3/39 |
ITALY'S KING EXTENDS OLIVE BRANCH. Victor Emmanuel, opening first session of Italy's substitute for Parliament - a Fascist Chamber - urges peace with all, including France, in speech from throne as Mussolini stands by and listens. (HNR Vol.10-No.257) |
| 4/4/39 |
Complete Newsreel. THE FRONT PAGE! EUROPE'S WAR CRISIS! --Timely scenes of Albania, its tiny army and fugitive rulers - latest victims of a dictator's ambition. Tirana's fall recalls wedding of King Zog at which Count Ciano acted as best man. POLAND GETS READY! -- Realistic air raid drill in Warsaw trains populace of focal point in Europe's new nightmare zone to meet sudden sky attack. KEEPING AMERICA NEUTRAL! -- In Washington D.C., Senate Foreign Relations Committee hears Bernard M. Baruch give telling testimony on staying out of war. Veteran Senator Hiram Johnson of California adds fiery postscript. LESSON IN TOLERANCE AT NATION'S CAPITAL! -- Marian Anderson, colored contralto around whom controversy raged, makes Washington debut at Lincoln Memorial before 75,000 including host of notables headed by Secretary Ickes. LATEST NEWS SNAPSHOTS. SPRING AVALANCHES BURY VILLAGES! -- Huge slides in French Pyrenees overwhelm a dozen towns - At Barages rescuers dig desperately seeking survivors. TREACHEROUS ROCKS WRECK FREIGHTER! -- British "Temple Bar" founders on Quillayute Needles in Washington - Coast Guardsmen help save crew of 36. DANISH ROYALTY ON FIRST VISIT HERE! -- Crown Prince Frederick and Princess Ingrid are welcomed at San Pedro, California, as they arrive for nationwide tour. THE SPORTING PAGE. ENGLISH DINGHY FLEET BRAVES CHOPPY SEAS -- Amateur skippers put out from Putney for Ranelagh Trophy as young gale sweeps Thames capsizing many of the 12-foot sail skiffs and drenching crews. FOOTBALL TRAINING ON BUCKING BRONCO. College boys stage rodeo in desert near Victorsville, California, riding untamed mustangs and steers like seasoned cowhands. (HNR Vol.10-No.259) |
| 4/20/39 |
Cuts and Outs. ITALIAN ARMY EXTENDING OCCUPATION OF ALBANIA. Troops - war material- food for civilians - with this southern push all of Albania is in hands of Italy. (Unreleased) |
| 4/20/39 |
ITALIAN REINFORCEMENTS FOR ALBANIA ! Il Duce pours troops into tiny land he seized - Roman legions land in slings from transport. (HNR Vol.10-No.265) |
| 4/24/39 |
JEWISH REFUGEES ENTERTAINED - Dover Court Camp, England. (Unreleased) |
| 4/24/39 |
THOUSANDS OF FOREIGNERS ENLIST IN FRENCH ARMY. Germans, Italians, Czechs and others who fled to France enlist in army. (HNR Vol.10-No.263) |
| 5/3/39 |
FRONTIERS - Holland. Different fortifications of the Dutch - military precautions not taken against anyone in particular but in connection with the general European situation. Guard - trees which can be brought down over roads. (HNR Vol.10-No.266) |
| 5/15/39 |
HARLAN HOTBED OF COAL STRIKE! Scenes in Kentucky strife sector as National Guardsmen protect men who want to work and black diamonds move again to avert critical shortage in the East. (HNR Vol.10-No.270) |
| 5/15/39 |
HARLAN COUNTY COAL STRIKE. (Unreleased) |
| 5/23/39 |
DOCTOR ALBERT EINSTEIN DEDICATES JEWISH PALESTINE PAVILLION AT NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR. Thousands attend - crowd - Whalen's speech - Einstein's speech - Dr. Stephen Wise's speech - crowds - Pavillion - flags. (Unreleased) |
| 5/24/39 |
Cuts and Outs. SPAIN FEEDS STARVED WAR BABIES! (Unreleased) |
| 5/24/39 |
SPAIN FEEDS STARVED WAR BABIES! Newly-organized Government kitchens supply bread for 100,000 youngsters in Madrid alone. (HNR Vol.10-No.271) |
| 5/28/39 |
70,000 ITALIAN AMAZONS FORGET SEX AND DEMONSTRATE BEFORE MUSSOLINI IN FULL WAR REGALIA - Rome. (HNR Vol.10-No.275) |
| 5/31/39 |
Cuts and Outs. AXIS BECOMES WAR ALLIANCE! (Unreleased) |
| 5/31/39 |
AXIS BECOMES WAR ALLIANCE! In momentous ceremony, Count Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister signs Berlin pact in Hitler's presence, uniting dictators' forces. (HNR Vol.10-No.274) |
| 6/1/39 |
GERMAN LINER ST. LOUIS IS NOT ALLOWED TO DISCHARGE PASSENGERS - Havana, Cuba. 922 homeless European refugees - etc.. (Unreleased) |
| 6/5/39 |
MEMORY OF THE DEAD, Berlin. German people remembered heroes of war and honored tombs of foreign war captives - Fuehrer lays wreath. (Unreleased) |
| 6/5/39 |
FRANCE PUSHES WITH FULL MIGHT RE-ARMAMENT PROGRAM. Aeroplane, tank and gun factories. (Unreleased) |
| 6/26/39 |
HAVEN FOUND AT LAST FOR REFUGEES IN SEA DRAMA! Touching scenes as unfortunates aboard St. Louis are allowed to land at Antwerp, Belgium, after 5 weeks afloat. (HNR Vol.10-No.281) |
| 7/7/39 |
DANZIG - THE EYES OF ALL POLISH PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TOWARDS THE SEA. Danzig, the old Polish city, owes her start and her richness to Poland. Gdynia, latest and younger Polish port is becoming bigger. La Pomeramie has been Polish country for centuries. We shall not allow her to be taken away from the sea. (Unreleased) |
| 7/27/39 |
US ABROGATES 1911 TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP WITH JAPAN, WASHINGTON D.C.. Senator Arthur H. Vandenburg of Michigan - Senator Key Pittman, Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee. (Unreleased) |
| 7/31/39 |
NORTH CHINA GUERRILLA WARFARE RAGES! Nipponese invaders run into trouble in Shansi hills as they storm mountain strongholds in clean-up drive. (HNR Vol.10-No.291) |
| 7/31/39 |
JAPAN CONTINUES TIENTSIN BLOCKADE! Coolies stopped - Britons and Chinese searched by sentries. First supplies for beleaguered foreigners arrive from Shanghai - a boatload of live beef and hogs. (HNR Vol.10-No.291) |
| 8/7/39 |
SCENES IN WARSAW AND GDYNIA. 30,000 children are offering the Polish army machine guns and bicycles at Place Pilsudski. Gdynia - the new Polish sea port is capturing all the trade that used to go to Danzig. (Unreleased) |
| 8/7/39 |
MEETING OF THE SUPREME SOVIET, Moscow. Stalin, Molotov, Kalinine, Joanov, Khrouchtchov, Lazare Kaganovitch, Vorochiv, Boulganine, Beria. (Unreleased) |
| 8/9/39 |
JAPANESE TAKE SOVIET PRISONERS! Russian soldiers surrender in Mongolian mystery war - captives are given unusual treatment at Nipponese camp in Manchukuo - haircuts on the house and hearty meal. (HNR Vol.10-No.294) |
| 8/28/39 |
Complete Newsreel. EUROPE IN SHADOW OF WAR! -- Latest films of great drama overseas as European nations make frantic preparations for war amid desperate last minute maneuverings for peace. BRITAIN! -- London rings itself with anti-aircraft guns - air raid warnings are posted - Tommies go to training depots as England's Army is expanded to war strength - tense crowds gather around 10 Downing Street as Prime Minister Chamberlain confers at special Cabinet meetings - Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary, broadcasts fateful message. FRANCE! Paris speeds mobilization - reservists fill stations - Premier Daladier and ministers meet on rejection of appeal - Public eagerly follows developments - Evacuation of French capital starts - American tourists in danger zones begin homeward rush. DANZIG-POLISH BORDER! Danzig builds barricades - parades Nazi defense force - Alleged refugees stream into Free City from corridor. GERMANY! -- Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop's mystery missions intensify "war of nerves" - General von Brauchitch, Army chief, stiffens morale of munitions workers at Dusseldorf, and demands guns, more guns. AMERICA! -- In Washington, President Roosevelt holds history-making press conference and discusses untiring peace efforts. In New York, travelers returning from Europe happily hail Miss Liberty! Congressman Dies and Acting Secretary of War Johnson make stirring pleas for peace and neutrality. THE SPORTING PAGE. U.S. WINS WIGHTMAN TENNIS CUP! -- Thrilling court battles at famous Forest Hills, New York, as American team led by Alice Marble and Sarah Palfrey Fabyan defeat England's beautiful Kay Stammers and Freda Hammersley to take trophy for 9th successive year. (HNR Vol.10-No.299) |
| 9/1/39 |
WAR PREPARATIONS IN POLAND. Whole of Poland is getting ready in case of war - shots troops leaving for posts - Polish army had affection and love of population - army ready - Poles live for honor and liberty - when time comes for fighting Poles will fight against everything for freedom of Poland. ANTICIPATING AIR RAIDS WARSAW DIGS IN - men and women volunteers working on trench - shelter system. Official government films of troops leaving for border. (HNR Vol.10-No.301) |
| 9/3/39 |
FROM WHITE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON DC, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT BROADCASTS MOMENTOUS MESSAGE TO NATION ON NEUTRALITY. (HNR Vol.10-No.301) |
| 9/6/39 |
HOLLAND MOBILIZES AGAINST WAR! The Netherlands calls up half-million men to man frontier defenses and keep kingdoms at peace. (HNR Vol.10-No.302) |
| 9/15/39 |
Complete Newsreel. THE FRONT PAGE. WAR COMES HOME TO NEW WORLD! ATHENIA SURVIVORS ARRIVE IN AMERICA! -- Freighter "City of Flint" brings 223 rescued passengers of torpedoed liner to Halifax, Nova Scotia. They tell harrowing tales of nightmare off Scotland when ship went down. GERMAN U-BOAT RAIDERS FILMED IN ACTION! -- Last pictures permitted to be made aboard Reich submarines reveal operation of craft that sank more than 100,000 tons of shipping in 11 days. CONGRESS TO DEBATE ARMS EMBARGO ACT! -- President calls special session - Senator Thomas of Utah and Senator Nye of North Dakota speak for and against repeal. GENERAL PERSHING CELEBRATES 79TH BIRTHDAY! -- Former chief of A.E.F. observes milestone at Washington D.C., as roar of guns across sea recalls stirring part he played in last World War. SQUALUS RAISED! NAVY WINS LONG FIGHT! -- Salvagers bring submarine to surface with its cargo of 26 dead and tow her to Portsmouth, New Hampshire - final chapter of an epic of the sea. THE SPORTING PAGE. PREVIEW OF 1939 FOOTBALL STRATEGY! -- Fordham's Coach Jim Crowley puts one of East's strongest teams in field as Ram faces stiffest schedule in years. Slow motion analysis reveals plays that'll thrill you this Fall. (HNR Vol.11-No.200) |
| 9/22/39 |
THE WAR IN EUROPE! FILMS FROM THE FRONT! -- Official German pictures of the conquest of Poland! Advance of invaders - tanks, guns, men crossing borders in overwhelming numbers! Nazi bombers taking off on raids - wreckage and devastation of war. Gallant defense of Westerplatte near Danzig against merciless air, land and sea bombardment. Terrific shelling by German warship "Schleswig-Holstein" forces surrender of Polish "Alamo"! (HNR Vol.11-No.202) |
| 9/27/39 |
FRANCE TAKES WAR IN STRIDE! Air raid alarm becomes familiar routine in Paris - children of capital - evacuated to country - enjoy new life, oblivious of strife - Belgian reservists called home from Paris, leave with farewells as fervent as if they were going to war. (HNR Vol.11-No.204) |
| 10/6/39 |
HITLER IN WARSAW 1939. After termination of battalion in Poland - Fuehrer extends hand of peace to Western powers, but England does not accept - Norwegian and Swedish commercial vessel permitted to pass - 4,250 prisoners surrender - prisoners to German concentration camp - booty - National Socialist Peoples Welfare begin beneficent work in Warsaw - rations - enemy beaten. (Unreleased) |
| 10/10/39 |
Cuts and Outs. RUMANIA AVENGES SLAIN PREMIER. (Unreleased) |
| 10/10/39 |
RUMANIA AVENGES SLAIN PREMIER. Nine dead assassins left lying in Bucharest Square as grim evidence of Government's determination to wipe out pro-Nazi Iron Guard - King Carol defies terrorists to hold colorful State Funeral in honor of Balkan Dollfuss. (HNR Vol.11-No.207) |
| 10/17/39 |
Cuts and Outs. FIRST FILMS OF WARSAW SURRENDER. (Unreleased) |
| 10/17/39 |
WAR SPECIAL! FIRST FILMS OF WARSAW SURRENDER! -- Polish capital aflame! Official German pictures, passed by censors, of burning city that was bombed, blasted and shelled - fighting to last! Warsaw commander discussing terms with German conquerors. Defenders - dauntless in defeat - marching out as Nazi invaders march in. THE WESTERN FRONT! -- Troop moves in the Saar - scene of recent Nazi onslaught! French poilus (sic) and tanks in occupied towns - first party of American war correspondents in front lines - Scenes of actual war destruction in German territory. THE WAR AT SEA! -- Sensational analysis of epochal duel between British sea power and Nazi air power and U-boats. Pictures of great battle fleet and roving subsea raiders. Plane carrier Ark Royal, lately target for Nazi bombers - spectacular tests by Uncle Sam 16 years ago that forecast showdown of sky strength vs. sea strength - Army bombers sinking obsolete warship - amazing accuracy of British naval anti-aircraft defense. U.S. NAVY ON GUARD! -- Thrilling Navy Day maneuvers that assume unusual significance! Uncle Sam's fleet drilling on Pacific - impressive demonstration of America's sea and sky might co-operating for security and peace. (HNR Vol.11-No.210) |
| 10/17/39 |
WAR DRAMA ON POLISH FRONT! First films of momentous meeting between Nazi and Communist invaders at Brest-Litovak to divide prostrate Poland. Here is event which may shape destiny of world-amazing fraternization of Hitler-Stalin cohorts. German warplanes roar over ravaged countryside on inspection flight that reveals appalling destruction of conquest. (HNR Vol.11-No.209) |
| 10/17/39 |
Cuts and Outs. WAR IN FRANCE AND GERMANY. First German soldier to fall in conquered territory - mines - French troops - French soldier billeted in own village meets his wife and twins - convoy - coal mine still operating - street scenes in occupied German territory - American war correspondents with Colonel Fullerton, U.S. military attach in Paris, press cavalcade led by H. R. Knickerbocker visits Maginot line - Knickerbocker in cap - tall man Percy Phillips of New York Times. FIRST FILMS OF WARSAW SURRENDER. Hitler at Polish front. (Unreleased) |
| 11/10/39 |
NOBEL PRIZE WON BY DR. ERNEST O. LAWRENCE OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, FOR SCIENCE, BERKELEY, CA Prize of $40,000 won by inventor of Atom-smasher cyclotron - Dr. Lawrence, short sentences regarding prize and what he intends to do with the money - Dr. Lawrence at control board of the cyclotron which operates electric relays, etc., that operates cyclotron - The cyclotron in radiation lab. showing men working atop atom smashed. Apparatus weighs 225 tons. Shot from on top of cyclotron in the oscillating room showing copper coils. (HNR Vol.11-No.217) |
| 11/11/39 |
PREMIER DALADIER RECEIVES MR. ANTHONY EDEN, British Dominion Minister and dominion delegates from Australia, New Zealand, S. Africa, India - Daladier moved - speech - Paris. (Unreleased) |
| 11/27/39 |
FIRST FILMS OF MUNICH BOMB EXPLOSION. Scenes inside Beer Hall reveal havoc of mystery blast that turned building into shambles just 11 minutes after Hitler left - killing seven - injuring 63. Nazi chief attends last rites for victims who are given State Funeral. (HNR Vol.11-No.221) |
| 11/27/39 |
Cuts and Outs. FIRST FILMS OF MUNICH BOMB EXPLOSION. (Unreleased) |
| 11/29/39 |
THE QUEEN SPEAKS A MESSAGE OVER THE RADIO. Queen Elizabeth of England voices a moving plea at Buckingham Palace, illustrating the burdens the fair sex must bear to aid their country. An appeal by the Empire's First Lady that is both historic and human. (HNR Vol.11-No.222) |
| 12/2/39 |
BOMBARDMENT OF HELSINGFORS, FINLAND. This is the official answer on note from President Roosevelt that only airports are being attacked - from pictures you will see something different - bombardments were repeated several times - bombardment [encompassed] whole town - civil population which had looked for guard in open places were fired upon by Russian fliers - German steamer arrived for evacuation of Germans living in Finland. (Unreleased) |
| 12/6/39 |
HOLLAND OPENS THE DIKES FOR DEFENSE. Little Netherlands, increasingly fearful of attack, floods water belt that is first line of defense for her chief cities. (HNR Vol.11-No.224) |
| 12/13/39 |
FIRST FILMS! BOMBING OF FINLAND! News of the Day brings to the screen a dramatic film record of the Russian air raids on Helsinki and other cities - the wanton attacks that aroused the indignation of the world. Wireless reports from our European representatives describe these pictures as intensely vivid and moving. They are being flown across the Atlantic by Yankee Clipper. (HNR Vol.11-No.226) |
| 12/18/39 |
FEMININE HELP IN WAR FACTORIES, France. During last year 400,000 women worked for national defense - this year there will be more. (Unreleased) |
| 12/19/39 |
WAR COUNCIL HELD IN PARIS. Fourth meeting of allied supreme command - question of assistance to Finland uppermost subject - possible British and French will give effect to condemnation of League of Nations. (Unreleased) |
| 12/23/39 |
THE NEWS PARADE OF 1939. 1939 HISTORY-MAKING YEAR IN REVIEW. Screen saga of peace and war! Headline events of twelve epochal months packed with international sensations, surprises and tragedies. HAPPY NEW YEAR! -- 1939 dawns with most of the world at peace and is wildly hailed from Piccadilly to Broadway. PEACE COMES TO SPAIN! -- After 32 months of strife, war that cost a million lives ends - famished refugees are fed. NEW POPE OF PEACE! -- Pius XII is elevated to Throne of St. Peter in Eternal City as 262d Supreme Pontiff. WORLDS OF TOMORROW! -- From coast to coast, Fairs are dedicated to peace and progress - San Francisco's Pageant of Pacific - New York's $155,000,000 wonderland. BRITISH RULERS VISIT NEW YORK! -- America acclaims King George and Queen Elizabeth on triumphal tour as war clouds gather in Europe. ZERO HOUR STRIKES! --Germany invades Poland! Berlin Blitzkrieg blasts country to bits - Warsaw is consumed by torch of conquest. RED SENSATION! -- Stalin allies himself with Hitler - Nazis and Reds divide up Poland - Mussolini keeps Italy neutral. U.S. GUARDS OWN PEACE! -- President lifts arms embargo - Navy sweeps sea and air on neutrality patrol. DEATH RIDES THE SEAS! -- Britain battles U-boat challenge and sky attack as Nazis try desperately to break blockade. War on Western Front deadlocks vast armies in Maginot and Siegfried Lines. WORLD OF TERROR! -- Legions of little children with gas masks lead armies of refugees in a Europe gripped by manmade madness. NEW YEAR RESOLUTION! -- America resolves and prays there will be no "blackout of peace" in the Western Hemisphere. (HNR Vol.11-No.229) |
| 12/31/39 |
SWASTIKA MENACE. Cologne cathedral - swastika on synagogue - Adler house - Dr. Donald Soper - anti Semitism - Rally - anti-anti Semitism - Jewish star - trial - Alfred Staats - Hitler - German troops - book burning - Goebbels - Jewish store- Ruins Berlin - Atrocities - Nuremberg. (Unreleased) |
