204. Sept. 16, 1949. Bridge disaster recalled as new span rises [Tacoma Narrows bridge across Puget Sound]. New sky giant [British Brabazon]. British ship wrecked on California coast. Miss and Mrs. America chosen for 1949. Regatta in Venice. Air circus thriller [at Hybla Valley, Va.]
© 16Sep49; MP4880.
205. Sept. 21, 1949. West Germany elects first president [Theodor Heuss]. Navy's new super-rocket. Theatre heads hear tribute to film industry. Millinery fete for Variety Club charity. Perfect legs contest. Rough riding cycle derby [near Paris]. Sky thrills for a sheep.
© 21Sep49; MP4881.
206. Sept. 23, 1949. Appalling ship fire; U. S. tourists victims of Toronto tragedy. Vishinsky here in peaceful mood. Defense head hails films as aid to peace. Texas film theatres raise big polio fund. Family of six try long distance swim [from the Battery to Coney Island]. U. S. vs. Argentina in polo thriller.
© 23Sep49; MP4882.
207. Sept. 28, 1949. Pound devaluation stuns Britain. Dove of peace in UN [as fourth regular General Assembly opens]. Barkley hails aid to West. 3,000–year-old visitor [Peruvian mummy in New York's Museum of Natural History]. Fiery spirits [burning distillery in Paris]. Beauty chosen sweater queen. Danish gymnasts in fast turns.
© 28Sep49; MP4883.
208. Sept. 30, 1949. Atom bomb sensation; Russia has secret! Report stirs world. California bathing beauties go marching on. Thrills from the [New Jersey State] Fair. Season's first grid thrillers: Southern Cal sinks Navy; Michigan's close call; Notre Dame wallops Indiana.
© 30Sep49; MP4884.