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United News, Release ?, 1945
MACARTHUR BLASTS JAPANESE FROM NEW GUINEA,1942: 1. Transport planes carry U.S. Troops across the New Guinea mountains and infantry units advance through jungle areas. 2. Pres. Roosevelt and Henry Wallace greet Pres. Batista of Cuba in Washington, D.C. 3. Merchant seamen graduate and pass in review. 4. A farm family in the U.S. Makes machine tools in their home. Chromium is mined in the Pacific Northwest. 5. Coastal batteries fire practice salvoes. 6. Mine sappers clear the way as tanks and infantry of the British 8th Army roll across Libya. Italian troops surrender en masse.
United News, Release 1, 1942
"WEST POINT SENDS HER MEN TO WAR!,1942: 1. Gen. Marshall reviews graduates. 2. ""Flying Tigers"" in China. Gen. Chennault. 3. Men of Houston, Texas, enlist in the Navy in retribution of the sinking of the Houston. 4. Mexico City urges Camacho to enter the war. War is declared. 5. A British convoy carries tanks to Russia. 6. Gens. Ralph Royce and George Brett on flying missions in the Pacific. 7. Roosevelt reviews a military parade in Washington, D.C."
United News, Release 2, 1942
NEW YORK HAILS WAR HEROES OF UNITED NATIONS,1942: 1. Allied troops receive a ticker-tape parade. 2. Army motorcycle dispatch riders take cross-country test. 3. Henry Ford and Donald Nelson inspect bomber and tank plants. 4. Victory ships are constructed and launched. 5. Gen. Hugh Drum and Adm. Andrews attend an Army-Navy benefit horse race. 6. South American military experts view U.S. Land and air forces. 7. U.S. Soldiers and nurses arrive at Australia. Planes and antiaircraft guns battle Japanese planes.
United News, Release 3, 1942
SOVIET COMMISSAR MOLOTOV'S SECRET VISIT TO U.S.,1942: 1. Molotov boards a plane in Washington, D.C. 2. Sec. Hull and Ambassador Litvinov sign a lend-lease agreement. 3. Grand Coulee dam is opened. 4. President greets King George II of Greece at the White House. 5. Women war workers leave their children in nursery schools. 6. U.S. Bombers ferried to Canada. 7. Scrap metal drives. 8. Allied troops parade in New York City.
United News, Release 4, 1942
U.S. RUSHES NEW BASES IN PACIFIC,1942: 1. Equipment and supplies are unloaded. 2. Navy nurses model summer uniforms. Women join the WAC; shows the WAC Col. Oveta C. Hobby. Women dispatch carriers ride motorcycles. 3. A track meet at Madison Square Garden. 4. How V-mail is handled. 5. A Japanese cruiser burns during a naval fight near Midway. Adm. Nimitz presents decorations. Bombers are manufactured. Midshipmen graduate and parade at Annapolis.
United News, Release 5, 1942
U.S. REVEALS ARMED MIGHT FOR CHURCHILL,1942: 1. President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet at the White House and then view a mass parachute drop. 2. The Red Cross provides food as refugee children debark in New York City. 3. Seven brothers and their father (all Navy men) pose on a cruiser. 4. Air Force gunners assemble and disassemble guns. Simulated aerial combat. 5. President Roosevelt and his cabinet greet King Peter of Yugoslavia at the White House. Rueen Wilhelmina and Princess Juliana meet in Canada. 6. Tanks roll off an assembly line, are loaded on trains and planes, and advance in combat.
United News, Release 6, 1942
U.S. BOMBERS BLAST JAP BASES,1942: 1. U.S. Bombers take off and land at an Australian air base. 2. Mrs. Roosevelt attends a ceremony honoring nurses who served in the Pacific. Women operating a lumber mill, testing tanks, and making guns. 3. Iron ore is dug, loaded and delivered to mills. 4. The National Professional tennis championship. 5. A test flight of a Navy flying boat. 6. Canadian submarine chasers drop charges.
United News, Release 7, 1942
MARTYRED CZECH VILLAGE LIVES AGAIN IN U.S.,1942: 1. A town in Illinois is officially renamed Lidice. 2. The wreckage of Japanese submarines is raised from Australian harbor. 3. Timber is felled in Canada. 4. Cowboys ride at a California rodeo. 5. Flashbacks show scenes of five years of war in China. 6. Jeeps roll from an assembly line. 7. Generals Doolittle and Arnold decorate fliers. A practice bombing mission.
United News, Release 8, 1942
WAR IN THE PACIFIC,1942: 1. Japanese planes attack a troop convoy off New Guinea. The aircraft carrier Yorktown is bombed off Midway Island. 2. Brazilians are inducted into the army. U.S. and Guatemalan troops parade. 3. An ice carnival in New York City. 4. Planes fly in a practice bombing mission. Marines learn to swim in the ocean. 5. U.S. Troops and equipment are unloaded at a port in India. A camel caravan carries supplies into Burma as Indian troops move up through jungle terrain.
United News, Release 9, 1942
"BUILD MODEL TOWN FOR INTERNED JAPANESE,1942: 1. Japanese in a relocation camp. Japanese-Americans training in the U.S. Army. 2. A wingless plane is tested. A Civil Air Patrol pilot spots a person lost in the mountains and a rescue party is dispatched to his aid. 3. A Quebec family celebrates a wedding anniversary. 4. Destroyers are constructed. 5. Planes bomb a ""battleship"" in New Mexico on a practice mission. Negro troops man a radar station. Torpedo boats patrol the Atlantic coast."
United News, Release 10, 1942
U.S. LAUNCHES NEW AIRCRAFT CARRIER,1942: 1. The aircraft carrier Essex is launched. 2. Henry Ford, on his 79th birthday, inspects the first Ford automobile manufactured. 3. Old automobiles race across the Connecticut countryside. 4. Americans pray in a cathedral. 5. Tanks are manufactured and tested. 6. Nazi spies are tried in the Supreme Court. F.B.I. Agents with incendiary devices carried by the Germans who landed on the Atlantic shore from a submarine. Personages John Edgar Hoover; Atty. General Biddle. 7. Flyers don high altitude suits and fly in the stratosphere.
United News, Release 11, 1942
U.S. AND CANADA PUSH STRATEGIC ALASKA HIGHWAY, 1942: 1. Tractors and bulldozers clear forests in Canada for the Alcan Highway. 2. Speed boats in California. 3. A transport plane is tested. 4. Dutch Marines man coastal guns at Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana. 5. U.S. Troops presented in a Detroit arena. 6. Aerial gunners in an air show. 7. Australian pilots test planes in New Guinea.
United News, Release 12, 1942
"U.S. MARINES BATTLE JAPANESE IN PACIFIC!,1942: 1. Marines train in the U.S. And set up an operations post in the Pacific. Adm. Byrd. 2. Women make dirigibles; a pipe line is laid from Texas to Illinois; ships are launched in Maine; children camp in New Jersey. 3. Philippine soldiers train in California. 4. The ""Flying Tigers"" in China become part of the Army Air Forces. Wings and insignias are presented to the airmen. Gen. Chennault."
United News, Release 13, 1942
BRAZIL AT WAR WITH THE NAZIS,1942: 1. Crowds mass the streets of Rio de Janeiro as war is declared. Presidents Roosevelt and Vargas meet. Lend-lease military equipment is unloaded. Brazilian pilots fly trainer planes. 2. Various USO scenes. 3. U.S. Troops land in India. 4. P-40 planes take off from carriers enroute to U.S. Fields in the Pacific.
United News, Release 14, 1942
EVERYBODY JOINS U.S. WAR EFFORT,1942: 1. Celebrities in military service (Jackie Coogan, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Clark Gable, Joe Louis, Assoc. Justice Frank Murphy, Tyrone Power, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., James Roosevelt, and James Stewart) and film entertainers on war bond tours (including James Cagney, Ronald Colman, Bing Crosby, Irene Dunne, Greer Garson, and Heddy Lamar). Scenes of Hollywood and Washington, D.C. 2. Antiaircraft guns manufactured. 3. The Royal Air Force bombs France and Germany.
United News, Release 15, 1942
WORLD STUDENTS CONVENE IN U.S.,1942: 1. President Roosevelt addresses students in Washington, DC. 2. Eleanor Roosevelt and Mrs. Henry Wallace witness the launching of the USS Iowa. 3. Veterinarians inspect drafted dogs. 4. Navy torpedo boats tested. 5. President is inaugurated in Dominican Republic. 6. Marines land in the Solomon Islands behind bombardment.
United News, Release 16, 1942
"U.S. TROOPS ON ALASKAN FRONT,1942: 1. U.S. Reinforcements land on Attu Island. ""Flying Tigers"" prepare for a mission. 2. A large crowd prays for the armed forces. 3. Paratroops in the jungles of Panama. 4. An ice carnival in New York City. 5. Ceremonies as a ship crosses the equator and gunnery practice. 6. U.S. Troops honor Brazil in a Washington, D.C. Parade."
United News, Release 17, 1942
ROOSEVELT AWARDS WARSHIP TO NORWAY,1942: 1. A ship, the Haakon VII, is presented to Princess Martha. 2. Tests of Lee tanks. 3. President Camacho reviews a Liberty Day parade in Mexico City. 4. An automobile plant is converted to war production. Other war goods being made. 5. Nelson Rockefeller and President Vargas ratify a trade agreement in Rio de Janeiro. 6. A mock airborne attack.
United News, Release 19, 1942
"U.S. BOMBERS RAID NAZI-HELD FRANCE,1942: 1. Gen. Eaker supervises the preparation of Flying Forts for a bombing mission. 2. A mailman is awarded an ""M"" award for home manufacturing of steering gear parts for cargo vessels. 3. U.S. Troops land unopposed on the Aleutian Islands. 4. Pres. Roosevelt sees tanks manufactured and tested at the Chrysler Tank Arsenal in Detroit, tours the Ford bomber plant with Henry Ford and Charles E. Sorenson, and visits Army and Navy installations."
United News, Release 20, 1942
ROOSEVELT'S WAR TOUR OF NATION,1942: 1. Pres. Roosevelt views an air show. 2. Polish citizens parade in N.Y.C. 3. U.S. Troops patrol New Caledonia in jeeps. 4. A flying hero is received by his home town. 5. Anti-aircraft batteries conduct firing practice in western U.S. 6. Frank Knox and Pres. Vargas see Brazilian air cadets graduate in Rio de Janeiro. 7. Planes, guns, and tanks, are loaded on ships.
United News, Release 21, 1942
U.S. PACIFIC WAR HEROES DECORATED,1942: 1. Servicemen receive decorations at Pearl Harbor. 2. Timber is felled in Canada. 3. Walt Disney draws pictures of his cartoon characters in battle dress. 4. Barrage balloons are raised, and camouflaged antiaircraft guns manned in a practice air raid. 5. Army dogs are inspected and trained. 6. Gen. Stilwell speaks to Chinese troops who are then instructed in small arms fire by Army troops. Wendell Willkie meets Chiang Kai-shek.
United News, Release 22, 1942
ALLIED AIRMEN WIN NEW WINGS,1942: 1. Airmen graduate and Canadian military units parade. 2. Prefabricated homes are manufactured, transported, and erected. 3. British sailors on leave harvest hay and corn. 4. Oil-rich sand is processed. 5. A Navy Day parade in N.Y.C. 6. Street tests of a 117-passenger bus. 7. An amphibious assault on the Solomon Islands.
United News, Release 23, 1942
CHUNGKING BOMBED AGAIN - FIGHTS ON,1942: 1. General and Madame Chiang Kai-shek observe citizens of Chungking rebuilding their rubbled homes. 2. Gen. Arnold decorates Air Force flyers. 3. A large oil tanker is launched. 4. Turkish newsmen lay a wreath on the Unknown Soldier's Tomb in Arlington, Virginia. 5. Citizens of San Francisco's Chinatown view a captured Japanese submarine. A dragon dance in the street. 6. Clark Gable is commissioned. 7. Brazilian troops debark at a port in Brazil. 8. The Dionne quintuplets sell bonds in Toronto. 9. Gen. MacArthur and Gen. Thomas Blamey inspect positions in the New Guinea jungle.
United News, Release 24, 1942
NEW GUINEA,1942: 1. Planes drop supplies to allied soldiers in New Guinea. Australian troops fight and natives carry wounded to field hospitals. 2. The allied war council meets in Washington, D.C. Fighting in North Africa planes bomb supply lines and German prisoners are taken. President Roosevelt addresses the French people by radio. French soldiers eating. Personages Gen. De Gaulle and Gens. Arnold, Doolittle, Eisenhower, and Marshall, and Adms. King and Leahy.
United News, Release 25, 1942
HUGE ANTI-AXIS RALLY STIRS CHILE,1942: 1. A U.N. Rally and parade in Santiago, Chile. 2. A naval battle rages off the Solomon Islands. Admirals Halsey and Nimitz. Gen. MacArthur lands in New Guinea. Planes land troop reinforcements. Artillery pounds Japanese positions. Infantry advances through jungle swamps. 3. U.S. Troops board transports bound for Africa. American and British convoys
United News, Release 26, 1942
ROMMEL'S DEFEAT IN AFRICA, 1942: 1. Allied planes and the British 8th Army attack German positions in Africa. German prisoners are massed. Gen. Montgomery and Adm. Cunningham. 2. U.S. Troops capture Oran, Algeria, are greeted by the citizens, and take French prisoners. The occupation forces at work.
United News, Release 27, 1942
U.S. MARINES ON GUADALCANAL PUSH BACK JAPANESE TROOPS,1942: 1. U.S. Bombers take off from a Guadalcanal airfield. A long column of Marines advances behind artillery support. Adm. Nimitz decorates Gen. Vandegrift and others. 2. The cruiser Boise docks and Adm. King decorates members of the crew. 3. President Roosevelt, Henry Wallace, and Cordell Hull greet Ecuador's President at the White House. 4. Gen. Patton and French officers meet in Casablanca. Gen. Eisenhower, Gen. Clark, and Adm. Cunningham establish allied headquarters in Algiers. French ships docked at Toulon, France, prior to their scuttling.
United News, Release 28, 1942
BRITISH PURSUE ROMMEL IN LIBYA,1942:1. Tanks of the British 8th Army roll past the wreckage of Rommel's Afrika Corps in Libya. Supply bases established on the British route. 2. Canadian mounted police officially open the Alcan highway near Alaska and truck convoys roll northward. 3. Allied troops advance through wet New Guinea jungles and are supplied from the air. 4. Carrier-based planes fight Japanese planes off New Guinea. A carrier is set afire but remains afloat.
United News, Release 29, 1942
"AMERICA REPORTS ON AID TO ALLIES,1942: 1. Lend-lease shipments are prepared and shipped. President Roosevelt. 2. ground and aerial views of the Canadian ""Mosquito"" bomber and a U.S. Army observation plane. 3. The cruiser San Francisco docks in the U.S. Adm. King. 4. Supplies are carried by trains and trucks in Alaska. 5. A meeting of the U.S. High Command. Personages Gens. Arnold and Marshall, Adms. King, Land, and Leahy, Harry Hopkins, Paul V. McNutt, and Elmer Davis. 6. Launchings of ships. Henry J. Kaiser assembles a model Victory ship. 7. The crew of an aircraft carrier swims in the ocean."
United News, Release 31, 1942
LATEST PICTURES WITH AMERICAN TROOPS IN NORTH AFRICA,1942: 1. Gens. Eisenhower and Clark review U.S. Troops in North Africa. Gen. Doolittle inspects airbases. French and Sengalese troops. French Gen. Henri Giraud is met at the Washington, D.C. Airport by Gen. Joseph McNarney. 2. P-38 airplanes are unloaded and assembled in Australia. 3. The British 8th Army occupies Benghazi in North Africa. 4. Aircraft carriers and other ships withstand a Japanese aerial assault.
1943
United News, Release 32, 1943
"U.S. FLIERS BOMB TWO JAPANESE BASES,1943: 1. Bombers strike Japanese bases in the Aleutians. The ""Flying Tigers"" bomb Hong Kong. 2. Coast Guardsmen man a Danish windjammer. 3. Citizens donate blood. 4. Canadian women manufacture small arms. 5. Ships constructed in Brazil. Laying an anti-submarine net. 6. British planes bomb a German factory in the Netherlands."
United News, Release 33, 1943
JAPANESE SHIPS SMASHED AT GUADALCANAL,1943: 1. Burning and sunken ships. Marine Gens. Alexander Vandegrift and Clayton Vogel. 2. Navaho women make gifts for Red Cross packages. 3. Tests of a Constellation cargo plane. 4. Henry J. Kaiser ignites a blast furnace at a new steel mill. 5. Motorcycle dispatch ride a training course. 6. An amphibious landing in North Africa. German prisoners board ships en route to prison camps. 7. Cordell Hull signs a treaty with China. Chinese troops are carried by U.S. Transport planes. 8. President Roosevelt addresses Congress.
United News, Release 34, 1943
WAR NEWS FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC,1943: 1. Nurses arrive at Port Moresby, New Guinea, and seriously wounded soldiers are evacuated. Marines count 100,000 yen captured when Japanese troops attempted an invasion of the Solomon Islands. The defenses of Guadalcanal are inspected. 2. Air force cadets at Yale. College women take physical training. 3. Dirigible pilot trainees in California. 4. Clark Gable receives aerial gunner's wings and shoots on a firing course. 5. Allied paratroops capture a Tunisian airfield.
United News, Release 35, 1943
WEST POINT SENDS 409 NEW OFFICERS INTO U.S. ARMY,1943: 1. Cadets receive diplomas and pass in review. 2. Mrs. Roosevelt christens the aircraft carrier Yorktown. 3. The physical training of artillerymen. 4. British planes bomb Tripoli and soldiers uncover and collect German land mines in Libya. Gen. Montgomery. 5. Royal Canadian Air Force cadets graduate.
United News, Release 36, 1943
CHINESE ENVOY INSPECTS CANADA'S WAR INDUSTRIES,1943: 1. China's Ambassador to Canada sees small arms ammunition and tanks being manufactured. Tanks being tested in the snow. 2. Scenes in Ottawa where Princess Juliana of the Netherlands has given birth to a baby. 3. President Roosevelt and Churchill meet in Casablanca. They ride in a jeep and review allied troops. F.D.R. Inspects U.S. Troops in Liberia and meets President Vargas in Rio de Janeiro. Other personages Adm. King; Gen. Marshall; Gen. Arnold; British Gen. Alan Brooke; Adm. Alfred Dudley Pound; Gen. Giraud; Gen. De Gaulle.
United News, Release 37, 1943
JAPANESE ROUTED FROM BUNA STRONGHOLD!,1943: 1. U.S. And Australian troops in New Guinea. 2. Celebration as Chile joins the UN. 3. A record catch of herring in British Columbia. 4. A track meet at Madison Square Garden. 5. Navy's largest battleship is tested. 6. Australian soldiers on Timor Island attack Japanese positions.
United News, Release 38, 1943
MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS MANEUVER OFF PANAMA CANAL,1943: 1. Torpedo boats and fighter planes in mock battle. 2. Gens. Spaatz and Doolittle present U.S. Planes to French in North Africa. 3. College men practice rowing in Washington State. 4. A submarine crew refurbishes vessel. 5. Norway Prince and Princess open a Home for Norwegian refugees. 6. French battleship docks in the U.S. 7. Polish refugees reach Iran and establish a village.
United News, Release 39, 1943
FRENCH SAILORS WIN OVATION IN FIRST U.S. PARADE,1943: 1. French battleship passes N.Y.C.'s skyline. French sailors parade in N.Y.C. 2. Madame Chiang Kai-shek is welcomed by the Roosevelts. Mme. Chiang speaks to members in the House. 3. Allied tank destroyers blast German tanks in Tunisia. City officials surrender in Tripoli, Libya. 4. An armored division on the California desert.
United News, Release 40, 1943
BRITISH-U.S. AIR MISSION INSPECTS FAR EAST BASES,1943: 1. Gens. Arnold and Chennault inspect Chinese troops with Chiang Kai-shek. 2. U.S. Troops and nurses parade in Australia. 3. PBY rescues fliers drifting in the Pacific. 4. The Texas-to-Illinois pipeline. 5. Gliders are flown. 6. Madame Chiang Kai-shek is welcomed in N.Y.C. 7. Allied planes strafe equipment in Tunisia in Mediterranean Sea.
United News, Release 41, 1943
TWO NEW CRUISERS JOIN U.S. NAVY,1943: 1. The Biloxi and the Astoria are launched. 2. Work on a dam on Canada's Saguenay River. 3. Red Cross boxes for U.S. POWs are shipped. 4. Academy Awards are presented to James Cagney and Greer Garson. 5. Burned fir trees are transported. 6. Royal Air Force ground crews in training. 7. Italian women and children return to Italy. 8. Madame Chiang Kai-shek visits Wellesley College. 9. Allies in New Guinea.
United News, Release 42, 1943
U.S. ARMY PREPARES FOR INVASION OF EUROPE,1943: 1. U.S. Troops storm a beach in practice. 2. Anthony Eden and Lord Halifax converse with Sec. Of State Hull. 3. A steel life raft is tested. 4. Snowplows clear roads in Canada. 5. Army men unload mules. 6. Destroyer escorts and tankers are launched. 7. Coast Guardsmen patrol beaches. 8. Lend-lease tanks are used in Australia. 9. A volcano buries a town in Mexico.
United News, Release 43, 1943
LATEST FILMS OF ALLIED DRIVE IN NORTH AFRICA [ETC.], 1943. 1. The British 8th Army advances through mud in Tunisia. Shows Gen. Eisenhower. 2. Chinese air cadets train and graduate in the U.S. 3. Marines return from a raid on a Japanese outpost. 4. Ammunition and tank destroyers are manufactured; amphibious equipment tested; trucks transport food and equipment. 5. Tests of a 240mm howitzer.
United News, Release 44, 1943
ALLIES WIN SEA, AIR BATTLE IN FIGHT FOR AFRICA [ETC.], 1943. 1. An allied convoy lands reinforcements in Africa. German dive bombers are beaten. 2. A portable X-ray machine is used at war. 3. President Roosevelt in the White House. 4. Princess Martha of Norway and Eleanor Roosevelt open a Red Cross drive. 5. Russian pictures show fighting in Stalingrad.
United News, Release 45, 1943
NAZI WAR PLANTS BLASTED BY R.A.F. IN NIGHT RAIDS [ETC.], 1943. 1. Royal Air Force Lancaster bombers strike Germany. 2. The destroyer Sullivan is launched. 3. Tanks are tested over an obstacle course. 4. Madame Chiang Kai-shek speaks in the Hollywood Bowl. 5. An army rescue squad uses a life boat to rescue airmen. 6. Paratroopers jump in practice mission carrying their mascots (Boxer pups). 7. Canadian artillery units practice.
United News, Release 46, 1943
U.S. VICE-PRESIDENT CHEERED ON TOUR OF SOUTH AMERICA [ETC.], 1943. 1. Henry Wallace is greeted in Santiago, Chile by President Rios. 2. American bombers patrol the Aleutian Islands. 3. Torpedoes are manufactured. Henry Kaiser and Eleanor Roosevelt witness the launching of an aircraft carrier at a Pacific coast shipyard. 4. Military supplies for Alaskan bases are portaged around rapids in northern Canada. 5. Allied planes obliterate a Japanese convoy.
United News, Release 47, 1943
ROOSEVELT INSPECTS U.S. ARMY CAMPS [ETC.], 1943. 1. Pres. Roosevelt at camps and air fields. 2. Aircraft carriers are used to transport army planes. 3. Allied troops bomb and capture land in Tunisia. U.S. and German tanks battle. German planes attack U.S. positions.
United News, Release 48, 1943
CHIEF EXECUTIVES OF U.S. HAILED IN LATIN AMERICA [ETC.], 1943. 1. Henry Wallace riding in many parades in Latin American cities. President and Mrs. Roosevelt and President Camacho review a parade in Monterrey, Mexico. 2. Greek volunteers, French Foreign Legion troops, and French colonial troops are assembled on the docks of Algiers. Shows allied troops advancing through mud in Tunisia. 3. B-25 planes take off from the carrier Hornet to bomb Japan. In Chungking Chiang Kai-shek greets Doolittle.
United News, Release 49, 1943
LATEST NEWS FILMS FROM THE TUNISIAN BATTLE FRONT!,1943: 1. Soldiers attend a religious service. Tanks and artillery bombard German positions. 2. Construction on a highway between Panama and Mexico City. 3. Air defenses of Washington, DC. 4. Cows and sheep in Australia. 5. A Coast Guard cutter fires at a German submarine. 6. Flying Fortresses bomb a German submarine base.
United News, Release 50, 1943
U.S. BOMBS JAPANESE FROM NEW BASE IN THE ALEUTIANS,1943: 1. U.S. Troops land on one of the Aleutian Islands. Airplanes take off from an island. 2. The Dionne quintuplets are present as 5 vessels are launched. 3. Tanks of the British 8th Army roll in Tunisia. Gen. Montgomery and Gen. Eisenhower meet. Allied artillery blasts Nazi positions.
United News, Release 51, 1943
UNITED NATIONS LEADERS CONFER WITH ROOSEVELT,1943: 1. President Roosevelt, Cordell Hull, Winston Churchill, and Eduard Benes meet at the White House. 2. Canadian Timber is processed in a lumber mill. 3. Woodrow Wilson sees the take off of the first air mail plane. 4. Henry Kaiser inspects a Kaiser steel mill in California. Tanks roll from assembly line. 5. U.S. Troops land on Attu Island. Australian planes bomb Japanese bases in New Guinea. Gen. Chennault inspects the 14th Air Force in China. Flying Forts bomb Crete and Sardinia.
United News, Release 52, 1943
NEW RESERVISTS SWELL RANKS OF AMERICAN NAVY,1943: 1. Sailors train, eat, and parade. 2. Surf riding in Australia. 3. The 2nd Army and the British 8th Army capture Bizerte and are welcomed by citizens. Hordes of German prisoners are captured. Gens. Eisenhower and Montgomery. 4. Gen. Marshall attends a meeting of the allied war council. The council on the White House lawn.
United News, Release 53, 1943
U.S. FORCES BLAST JAPANESE FROM ATTU,1943: 1. An amphibious landing in the Aleutian Islands. 2. Depth charges are dropped and a German submarine which tried to attack a convoy surfaces. 3. Clean-up operations in Tunis. Hordes of German soldiers are captured. British, troops are warmly greeted by citizens. Gen. Giraud reviews French troops.
United News, Release 55, 1943
"ITALIAN ISLANDS FIRST TO FALL AS INVASION BEGINS,1943: 1. Allied planes bomb Pantelleria Island. 2. Gens. De Gaulle and Giraud inspect troops in North Africa. Giraud decorates Gen. Eisenhower. 3. U.S. Farmers sow potatoes. 4. Hindus gather for a religious ceremony in India. 5. Work on the ""Big Inch"" pipe line. 6. Greece receives a lend-lease destroyer in Washington, D.C. 7. The world's largest synthetic rubber plant. 8. Madame Chiang Kai-shek reviews women Marines. 9. Argentine President is overthrown by revolution in Buenos Aires."
United News, Release 56, 1943
THE FALL OF PANTELLERIA,1943: 1. Landing operations on Pantelleria. The Italian garrison surrenders. 2. A battle-scarred Flying Fortress lands in Washington, D.C. 3. A 5,000 meter foot race. 4. Supplies ferried to shore. 5. Nurses in several hospitals graduate. 6. Chinese troops in Burma dynamite the Burma Road. 7. P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes are tested.
United News, Release 58, 1943
KING GEORGE REVIEWS AMERICAN TROOPS IN AFRICA,1943: 1. King George VI of Great Britain and Gen. Clark review 5th Army units in Africa. Gen. Patton joins them for lunch. 2. The cruiser Houston is constructed and launched. 3. Sheep dogs assist in rounding up sheep on an Alberta, Canada, ranch. 4. U.S. Troops climb snow-covered slopes on Attu Island and capture or kill the remaining Japanese troops in the Aleutians.
United News, Release 59, 1943
U.S. OPENS A NEW DRIVE ON JAPANESE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC,1943: 1. Ships bombard the Solomon Islands. 2. The training and graduation of a paratroop chaplin. 3. The daughter of Princess Juliana of the Netherlands is christened. 4. A glider carrying war supplies is towed from Canada to Britain. 5. Gen. Giraud meets President Roosevelt at the White House and lays wreaths at Mt. Vernon and Arlington Cemetery.
United News, Release 60, 1943
THE INVASION OF SICILY!,1943: An invasion fleet of over 3,000 ships forms and crosses the Mediterranean Sea. Gen. Patton receives a new battle flag. The amphibious assault on Gela, Sicily. Land mines are cleared and troops advance. Gen. Lucian Truscott.
United News, Release 61, 1943
LATEST FILMS FROM GENERAL MACARTHUR IN NEW GUINEA,1943: 1. Gen. MacArthur is driven to the New Guinea front. A B-24 plane sinks a Japanese ship off the island. 2. Coast Guard horsemen patrol the Atlantic coast. 3. Chiang Kai-shek reviews a U.N. parade in Chungking. Mule trains cross Tibet with supplies for China. 4. Australians test U.S. Jeeps. 5. Tanks are given final tests and loaded on ships.
United News, Release 62, 1943
LATEST WAR FILMS FROM U.S. FORCES IN SOUTH PACIFIC,1943: 1. Liberator bombers strike Japanese on a Pacific island and U.S. Troops land. Tractors clear jungle for an airstrip. 2. Chinese work in a California shipyard. 3. Swedish track star runs a record mile in the Harvard University stadium. 4. 7th Army troops advance through Sicilian villages. 5. Railroads in Rome are bombed. 6. Roosevelt speaks of the Fascist decline in Italy.
United News, Release 63, 1943
FIRST U.S. ARMY WOMEN ARRIVE IN ENGLAND,1943: 1. Col. Hobby reviews a Women's Army Corps parade. WAC tours the european countryside. 2. Commercial movies are converted to 16mm for showing at Army posts. Personages Ann Miller, Greer Garson, Linda Darnell, John Garfield, Judy Garland, Betty Grable, Heddy Lamar. 3. Trout are sorted and graded at a Canadian fish hatchery. 4. Filipino troops in the U.S. Army are issued bolo knives. 5. Naval air cadets practice landings on a modified freighter on one of the Great Lakes. 7. Gen. Patton enters Palermo, Sicily.
United News, Release 64, 1943
AMERICAN BOMBERS SMASH AXIS OIL FIELDS IN ROMANIA,1943: 1. 175 Liberator bombers based in Libya bomb Ploesti. Gen. Lewis Brereton. 2. Churchill and family are greeted in Quebec by Mackenzie King. 3. Gen. Stilwell presents the Legion of Merit to Chiang Kai-shek. 4. 15 members of one family who work at the Kaiser Ship Yards. 5. Convalescing sailors sightsee in the Yosemite Valley. 6. Gen. Patton is welcomed in Sicily. Army engineers construct mountain highways. Captured Germans.
United News, Release 65, 1943
"HAMBURG, NAZI WAR CENTER, BLASTED BY BOMBS,1943: 1. 8th Air Force planes bomb Hamburg by day and fight off German fighters on their return to England. Royal Air Force (RAF) planes prepare for a night mission. 2. The aircraft carrier Wasp is launched. 3. ""Volo Song"" at Goshen, New York. 4. Scenes at the Quebec Conference. Personages Roosevelt, Churchill, Adms. King and Mountbatten, Gens. Marshall, Arnold, and Portal, T.V. Soong, Mackenzie King. 5. U.S. Planes bomb Bismarck Islands, and destroyers shell Solomon Islands."
United News, Release 66, 1943
BOMBERS RAID WAR PLANTS IN NAZI EUROPE,1943: 1. Allied planes bomb Abbeville and Rennes, France. 2. Gens. Eisenhower, Patton, and Montgomery confer in the field. Italian POWs. 3. College women plant potatoes in Maine. 4. Gen. Chennault receives gifts from the people of China. 5. Biggest motor bus carryies 250 soldiers. 6. Amphibious assault on Munda in the Solomons.
United News, Release 67, 1943
ALLIES TAKE KISKA,1943: 1. Adm. Kinkaid directs allied troops on Kiska Island. 2. Chinese civilians construct an airdrome. 3. A British anti-aircraft unit parades in N.Y.C. 4. Mary Churchill visits a WAC camp. 5. Tanks and guns are loaded on railroad flat cars. 6. Allied planes bomb New Guinea.
United News, Release 68, 1943
ITALY SURRENDERS,1943: Italians in New York City celebrate Italy's surrender. U.S. Troops land in North Africa. President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet at Casablanca. Allied planes bomb islands off Italy. Sicily is invaded by allied troops. The 7th Army and Britain's 8th Army land on Italy's mainland. Italian warships speed to allied ports and are surrendered. President Roosevelt announces Italy's surrender. Other personages Gen. Eisenhower, Gen. Clark, Mussolini, Adm. Cunningham.
United News, Release 69, 1943
BRAZIL MARKS 121ST YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE,1943: 1. Press Vargas reviews a military parade. 2. Canadian women work in shipyards and WACs repair an airplane. 3. 1,600 naval cadets race cross country. 4. Movie stars James Cagney, Judy Garland, Greer Garson, Harpo Marx, and Mickey Rooney attend a war bond rally at the Washington Monument. 5. Mrs. Roosevelt visits hospitals in the South Pacific. 6. The invasion convoy at Salerno, Italy.
United News, Release 70, 1943
AUSTRALIA AND AMERICA DRIVE JAPANESE FROM LAE!,1943: 1. Planes bomb Lae. Gen. MacArthur confers with officers and then flies in an airborne operation. Paratroops join Australian troops in making a landing strip. 2. The landing at Salerno, Italy. Navy guns down German planes. Gen. Clark comes ashore and confers with Gen. Alexander. Troops advance. German prisoners are moved to the rear.
United News, Release 71, 1943
ARABIAN PRINCE REVIEWS CADETS AT U.S. NAVAL SCHOOL,1943: 1. The Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia reviews a parade of midshipmen. 2. Red Cross girls ride camels in Egypt. 3. The allied military government in Sicily releases Sicilians from military prisons. 4. Gens. De Gaulle and Giraud review French troops in North Africa. 5. Army troops enter villages north of Naples, Italy. Gens. Eisenhower and Clark meet.
United News, Release 72, 1943
LATEST FILMS OF THE WAR IN ITALY,1943: 1. Army units occupy villages north of Naples. 2. Planes drop supplies to Airmen in Burma. 3. Polish patriots parade in NY.C. 4. Gen. Arnold inspects air units in England. Igor Sikorsky is greeted by Henry Ford. 5. Princess Martha of Norway decorates Norwegian soldiers in NY.C. 6. President Roosevelt addresses Yugoslav airmen.
United News, Release 73, 1943
BOMBING SCHOOL FOR AIR CADETS,1943: 1. Chalk bombs are dropped on U.S. Cadets in training. 2. Lt. Comdr. Mildred McAfee, Director of the Women's Reserve, U.S.N.R., christens the carrier Franklin. A destroyer is launched on the Great Lakes. 3. Chinese in Toronto honor Chinese ambassador to Canada. 4. convoys on the Alcan Highway. 5. U.S. Planes and the 5th Army fight in Italy. Prisoners are freed at Cosenza. Troops are greeted in Naples. Gen. Clark.
United News, Release 74, 1943
NEWS OF THE WAR IN ITALY,1943: 1. U.S. Engineers repair water facilities in Naples. 5th Army units march northward. 2. Douglas fir is felled in Canada. 3. Italian fliers land their planes and join the allies. 4. Chinese and U.S. Troops swim a river in Burma to take up new positions. 5. Planes carry out low level bombing attacks on Wake Island.
United News, Release 75, 1943
NEWS FROM NORTH AFRICA,1943: 1. Gen. Eisenhower and British Admiral Cunningham review allied troops in North Africa. 2. Sec. Of State Hull lands in Cairo en route to Moscow. 3. Russian planes bomb a German convoy in the Arctic Ocean and Russian sailors beat off a German aerial assault. 4. Canadian fishing vessels return laden with cod. 5. 5th Army units occupy Naples and advance north. Refugees return to Naples.
United News, Release 76, 1943
FLYING FORTS BATTLE NAZIS OVER GERMANY,1943: 1. Flying Forts bomb Germany. 2. Gens. Stilwell, Somervell and Lord Mountbatten arrive in India. 3. Scenes in Naples after the German retreat. A bomb explodes in a post office building killing several. 4. The liner Normandie is moved to be refitted. 5. Americans vote in several cities. 6. Australian troops advance in New Guinea.
United News, Release 77, 1943
MOSCOW PACT A TRIUMPH FOR UNITED NATIONS,1943: 1. Sec. Hull, Molotov, Eden, Averell Harriman, and T.V. Soong sign the Moscow Pact. 2. Marines celebrate 168th anniversary. 3. Gen. Clark receives an honorary degree from Naples University. 4. Chiang Kai-shek, Adm. Mountbatten, and Gens. Stilwell and Somervell meet in Chungking. 5. Army nurses take combat training in Italy. 6. F.D.R., Gromyko, and Lord Halifax sign an UNRRA agreement.
United News, Release 78, 1943
PRINCESS JULIANA MAKES FIRST VISIT TO DUTCH GUIANA,1943: 1. Princess Juliana reviews Dutch and U.S. Troops. The bush tribes pay their respects. 2. A volcano erupts on the Pacific island of Niuafoo. 3. A sheep herd is moved across Grand Coulee Dam. 4. A Canadian farm. 5. Marines go ashore on Bougainville and establish a beach head.
United News, Release 79, 1943
MEXICO MARKS 33RD ANNIVERSARY OF NEW SOCIAL ORDER,1943: 1. Camacho reviews a parade. 2. U.S. And Australian troops compete in a steer riding contest. 3. Parachute troops and gliders land in an exercise. 4. Eleanor Roosevelt reviews SPARS parading past the White House. 5. Australian tennis stars play for servicemen. 6. Ships and planes bombard Japanese positions on New Guinea and the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. Marines land on Bougainville.
United News, Release 80, 1943
THE CAPTURE OF TARAWA FROM JAPAN!,1943: 1. The invasion fleet moves toward Tarawa. Marines land and fight after a naval bombardment. The effect of the attack on Japanese emplacements. 2. President Roosevelt meets with Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek in Cairo, and with Churchill and Joseph Stalin at Teheran. Madame Chiang and Sara Churchill.
United News, Release 81, 1943
ROOSEVELT REVIEWS U.S. TROOPS IN IRAN,1943: 1. President Roosevelt reviews U.S. Troops in Iran. 2. Tanks, guns, and other war material is unloaded at the port of Naples. 3. The Queen Mary docks in Sydney with U.S. Troops. 4. College girls in the U.S. Make dolls. 5. British sailors test U.S. Torpedo boats off the Atlantic coast. 6. Marines inch forward on Tarawa. Wounded are carried to the coast and loaded on landing craft. Army units relieve the Marines.
United News, Release 82, 1943
GEN. MACARTHUR'S FORCES WIN NEW BASES IN PACIFIC,1943: 1. Australian troops capture Madang, New Guinea. 2. A Navy dirigible patrols for German submarines. 3. The Shah of Iran, and his family. 4. A cannon is fired from a B-25 bomber. Bombs are dropped. 5. Animals are rescued from an irrigation viaduct. 6. Fighters of the 8th Air Force down German planes. 7. Roosevelt inspects the 7th Army in Sicily.
United News, Release 83, 1943
NOVOROSSISK RECAPTURED BY SOVIET FORCES,1943: 1. Russian troops enter the city by land and sea after a naval and aerial bombardment and capture it after intense street fighting. 2. The Wright brothers fly at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Gen. Arnold honors Orville Wright in a Washington, D.C. Ceremony. 3. President Roosevelt and his family. 4. Boys learn seamanship at an Australian academy. 5. Winston Churchill reviews Iranian and allied troops in Teheran. 6. Mitchell bombers bomb New Guinea and New Britain.
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United News, Release 84, 1944
HEAVY RAINS SLOW ALLIED ADVANCE ON ITALIAN FRONT,1944: 1. Soldiers and equipment advance. 2. Aerial and amphibious assaults against Makin Island and New Britain. Troop reinforcements land in the Solomons. A carrier task force battles Japanese kamikaze planes off the Marshall Islands.
United News, Release 85, 1944
U.S. AIR FORCES BATTLE JAPANESE FOR PACIFIC BASES, 1944: 1. Liberators bomb the Solomons. Navy battalions build an airstrip in the Gilbert Islands. 2. Locomotives for use in India are constructed in a Canadian factory. 3. The hospital ship Acadia docks. 4. Army-Navy football game in Australia. 5. Gen. Eisenhower and Gen. Clark survey the Italian front. 5th Army troops enter the town of Lagone. 6. Allied planes bomb Occupied France.
United News, Release 86, 1944
HEADLINES FROM THE FAR EAST,1944: 1. U.S. Air Force nurses land in China and are met by Chinese nurses. Elephants move British artillery in Burma. 2. Robert Montgomery, Clark Gable, and Irene Dunne witness the launching of the ship Carol Lombard. Flashback shows Miss Lombard entertaining in a USO show. 3. Carrier-based planes bomb and strafe Japanese positions on New Britain Island. Marines wade ashore behind an intense naval bombardment and advance through jungle terrain.
United News, Release 87, 1944
"NAVY FLYING BOAT, WORLD'S LARGEST, MAKES RECORD HOP,1944: 1. The ""Mars"" and its crew en route to Hawaii from California. 2. Test firings of a 240 mm howitzer. 3. Women manufacture gun cotton. 4. Canadian motorcycle dispatch riders take their final cross-country riding tests. 5. SPARS go ice boating near Boston. 6. 1,000 families near Naples leave the caves where they had lived for safety from bombs. They receive food from the U.S. Army. Ship-to-shore oil pipe lines are laid. Allied troops attack Ortona, Italy."
United News, Release 88, 1944
NAVY LAUNCHES WORLD'S MIGHTIEST BATTLESHIP,1944: 1. Margaret Truman christens the Missouri. 2. A bond rally in New York's Chinatown. 3. Copper is mined and smelted in Chile. 4. Tests of an Air Forces fire truck which uses carbon dioxide. 5. Canadian sailors take physical training in snow. 6. Allied troops fight in Italy. Includes scenes of the all-Negro 99th Fighter Squadron.
United News, Release 89, 1944
NEW ALLIED ARMY LANDS IN ITALY SOUTH OF ROME,1944: 1. The invasion fleet assembles and troops land between Nettuno and Anzio. German planes attack the force. 2. Chinese troops rout the Japanese at Changteh, China. Civilians return to their ruined city and are given money for food. 3. U.S. Troops fight on Makin Island in the Pacific. Planes bomb and strafe Japanese positions. Lt. Col. James Roosevelt.
United News, Release 90, 1944
WAR NEWS FROM CHINA'S ARMIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA,1944: 1. Chiang Kai-shek and Gen. Mountbatten inspect Chinese troops in Burma. The Chinese advance on Japanese positions. 2. The aircraft carrier Ticonderoga is launched. 3. Roosevelt presents a destroyer escort to French naval officers. Sengalese troops. 4. Soldiers land in the Marshall group. Naval guns shell the islands.
United News, Release 91, 1944
ALLIED FORCES IN ACTION ON INDIA-BURMA FRONTS,1944: 1. Native laborers help construct airstrips in India. Newly won positions on New Guinea. British and Indian troops in Burma. 2. Women's gymnastics in Australia. 3. Quadruplets celebrate a birthday in Texas. 4. U.S. Planes bomb railroad yards in Rome. Army troops advance from Anzio beachhead. 5. Yugoslav refugees debark in Italy. 6. Gen. Eisenhower, Gen. Montgomery, and Gen. Arthur Tedder meet in London.
United News, Release 92, 1944
NEW FILMS OF U.S. VICTORY IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS,1944: Kwajalein is bombarded from the air, from naval guns, and from artillery batteries. U.S. Troops land and advance inland under a constant artillery barrage. Flamethrowers and pack charges are used against pillboxes. Japanese prisoners are deloused and given medical treatment. Adm. Nimitz witnesses the raising of the American flag.
United News, Release 93, 1944
GLOBAL WAR FINDS UNITED NATIONS ON MANY FRONTS,1944: 1. Allied troops fight in New Guinea, in the Italian Alps, and at Anzio. German POWs. 2. A doctor reaches a soldier by parachute and dog sled. 3. Italian naval cadets train on a sailing vessel. 4. Rockets are practice targets for antiaircraft gunners. 5. U.S. And British sailors on leave play winter games. 6. Flashbacks show B-25's taking off to bomb Japan.
United News, Release 94, 1944
GEN. MACARTHUR LEADS ATTACK ON ADMIRALTY ISLANDS,1944: 1. An amphibious assault on the islands and troops fighting on Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands. 2. Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek inspect an airbase in China. 3. 10 dirigibles are used to train pilots in California. 4. Service men on leave visit the Taj Mahal and the ruins of Pompeii. 5. Fighters of the 8th Air Force down German planes.
United News, Release 95, 1944
U.S. BOMBERS IN FIRST DAYLIGHT RAID ON BERLIN,1944: 1. Bombers strike Berlin. 2. The Gripsholm arrives in N.Y. with soldiers freed from German prison camps. 3. Gen. Blamey reviews veterans in Sydney. 4. Gen. William Shedd and Eleanor Roosevelt inspect garrisons in Puerto Rico. Mrs. MacArthur christens the Australian destroyer Bataan. 5. German prisoners in the U.S. Shovel snow and work in a shoe shop. 6. Italian refugees are evacuated to southern Italy.
United News, Release 96, 1944
AMERICANS WIN NEW AIRBASES IN SOUTH PACIFIC,1944: 1. Manus Island is bombed from sea and air. Soldiers fight in the jungle. 2. Wounded soldiers in Burma are treated. Supplies are dropped to Fijian troops. 3. Princess Juliana visits Curacao Island in the Netherlands Antilles. 4. Ground and air crews of planes that bomb German-held territory.
United News, Release 97, 1944
ALLIES DIG IN ON ANZIO FRONT,1944: 1. Troops wounded in Italy are treated. 2. Brazilian troops parade in Sao Paulo. 3. New jeeps are tested on beaches. 4. Purple Hearts are presented to parents of Japanese who died serving in the U.S. 5. A Nova Scotia salt mine. 6. Girl lifeguards man a boat on an Australian beach. 7. Planes bomb Japanese positions on Truk and Saipan.
United News, Release 98, 1944
"U.S. NAVY PLANES BOMB JAPANESE SHIPS IN SOUTH PACIFIC,1944: 1. Carrier planes sink a Japanese cruiser off New Guinea. 2. U.S. Servicewomen view cherry blossoms. 3. Thomas Edison and an early movie camera. Scenes of Broadway in 1896. Theodore Roosevelt and the ""Rough Riders"" parade in N.Y.C. Inaugural parade of 1905. Lillian Russell, Pearl White, and William S. Hart appear in early movies. Market Street in San Francisco in 1900. 4. Winston Churchill and Gen. Eisenhower watch a parachute drop in England."
United News, Release 99, 1944
NEW PLANE BREAKS RECORD IN FIRST U.S. FLIGHT,1944: 1. A Constellation airplane leaves California and lands in Washington, D.C., in less than 7 hours. 2. A missionary in Alaska adopts 20 Indian children. 3. Eggs are processed in a Canadian dehydrating plant. 4. Mount Vesuvius, outside of Naples, erupts and the lava flow reaches San Sebastiano. Villages are evacuated in its path. Black ash rains on Salerno, 17 miles away.
United News, Release 100, 1944
ALLIED ARMIES IN BURMA BATTLE JAPANESE ON WIDE FRONT,1944: 1. U.S., British, and Chinese troops advance against Japanese positions in Burma. 2. The Canadian Navy stages a musical show. 3. Yugoslav troops in Italy board ships to return to liberated areas of their homeland. 4. The Allied Control Commission issues supplies in Naples. 5. War material is stockpiled on the Atlantic shore awaiting loading. A Navy seaplane tender sinks a German U-boat in the Atlantic.
United News, Release 101, 1944
HUGE AIR FLEETS BOMB NAZI WAR PLANTS IN EUROPE,1944: 1. R.A.F. Boston bombers strike war plants in Europe. 2. Delegates from 40 nations meet for a labor conference. 3. Sec. of the Navy Frank Knox is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. 4. Airplane propellers are tested in a wind tunnel. 5. The carrier Bon Homme Richard is launched. 6. 37th Division troops move inland on Bougainville.
United News, Release 102, 1944
ALLIED PATROLS IN ACTION ON ANZIO BEACH,1944: 1. Troops fight at Anzio. 2. Under Sec. Of State Stettinius returns from London. 3. SPARS, WAVES, and WACS model uniforms. Navy nurses on Guadalcanal. 4. A baby contest in California. 5. The Forest Service uses a snow plow to clear Montana roads. 6. Adm. John Beardall is decorated at the Naval Academy. Midshipmen pass in review. 7. The Kentucky Derby. 8. Surf riding in Australia.
United News, Release 103, 1944
ALLIED DRIVE ON ITALY--PLANES SMASH FOE IN AIR,1944: 1. U.S. Planes bomb German cities. Artillery pounds Nazi positions in Italy and infantry advance. 2. Mustang fighter planes from California to New York in 6-1/2 hours. 3. Nurses are sworn into the Army. 4. An infantry division parades in the U.S. 5. Airplanes spray farm lands with insecticide. 6. U.S. Troops land in New Guinea. Tanks and infantry advance through wet jungle terrain. Gen.
United News, Release 104, 1944
ALLIED GUNS BLAST NAZIS IN ITALY,1944: 1. Artillery blasts German positions in Italy. 2. Italian POWs are trained as U.S. Army engineers. 3. New citizens take the oath of allegiance in Central Park, N.Y.C. 4. U.S. Troops in England construct homes from crates. 5. Bombs and flame throwers tested. 6. Gen. Eisenhower inspects an Air Force base in England. Marauder bombers blast German railroad yards by day.
United News, Release 105, 1944
AMERICAN ARMY WOMEN SERVING ON ALL FRONTS,1944: 1. WAC mechanics service airplanes in Arizona. 2. The Boeing aircraft plant in Seattle celebrates the 5,000th Flying Fortress. 3. Military cameramen who will cover the invasion of Europe. 4. Air Force heroes in Washington, D.C. 5. Allied planes bomb Italy. British troops advance toward Cassino and Americans toward Anzio. German POWs and aid to Italian citizens.
United News, Release 106, 1944
D-DAY,1944: Gen. Eisenhower and his aides map the Normandy invasion. German pictures show the extent of their coastal defenses. Tanks, guns, locomotives, and other military equipment is massed on the English beaches. Troops practice loading operations. Landing craft is tested in the English Channel. Pictures of practice landing and airborne operations are used to dramatize the actual invasion on June 6, 1944.
United News, Release 107, 1944
NAVY PLANES DOWN JAPANESE IN PACIFIC BATTLE,1944: 1. A U.S. Carrier task force repulses a Japanese assault. 2. Gen. Somervell speaks at a West Point graduation. 3. Chinese air cadets see an Indian dance festival in New Mexico. 4. A military parade in N.Y.C. launching the 5th War Bond drive. 5. Gen. Clark reviews allied service women in Italy. 6. Airborne troops land in gliders in a practice assault.
United News, Release 108, 1944
U.S. PLANES ATTACK JAPAN,1944: 1. B-29's of the 20th Air Force fly from India to bases in China. 2. The 5th Army advances toward and fights in Rome. Huge crowds greet troops advancing through the city. Pope Pius XII addresses a crowd of 250,000 in Vatican City. Gens. Mark Clark, Alfred Gruenther, Lucian Truscott, and Geoffrey Keys and French Gen. Juin.
United News, Release 109, 1944
REPUBLICANS NOMINATE DEWEY,1944: 1. The Republican Convention in Chicago. Personages Gov. Bricker, Gov. Dewey, Gov. Landon, Representative Joseph W. Martin, Chairman Harrison E. Spangler, Senator Taft, Gov. Warren, and Wendell Willkie. 2. members of the new Italian cabinet. U.S. Soldiers, including Gen. Mark Clark, attend mass. 3. Pres. Roosevelt signs the G.I. Bill of Rights. Rehabilitation activities of servicemen. 4. 70,000 Chinese laborers build an airfield in China.
United News, Release 110, 1944
ALLIES LIBERATE ISLAND OF ELBA,1944: 1. Elba is invaded after a naval bombardment. Part, 2 shows Marshall Tito and Yugoslav patriots. 3. Gens. Marshall and Clark in Italy. Gen. Alphonse Juin is decorated by Gen. Clark. 4. An amphibious assault on Saipan. Marines fight on the island. Wounded soldiers receive treatment and women and children are removed to safety.
United News, Release 111, 1944
LAST LIBERTY SHIP LAUNCHED,1944: 1. Henry Kaiser witnesses the launching of a liberty ship. 2. Henry Wallace meets Chiang Kai-shek in Chungking, plays volley ball with U.S. Soldiers. 3. Sec. of the Treasury Morgenthau opens the U.N. Monetary Conference in New Hampshire. 4. Pres. Roosevelt and others greet de Gaulle at the White House. Gen. De Gaulle speaks to the American people from New York City.
United News, Release 112, 1944
"ALLIES WIN MYITKYINA AIRSTRIP,1944: 1. Transport planes and gliders land troops on Myitkyina airstrip in Burma. Gen. Stilwell and Gen. Frank Merrill. Lt. Col. Seagrave operates on wounded in field hospital. 2. U.S. Service women sightsee in Egypt on camels. 3. All U.S. Artillery pieces in Normandy fire on the 4th of July. Gens. Eisenhower, Bradley, and Joseph Collins participate. French school children sing ""America."" 4. Carrier-based planes land on Saipan, refuel, and then bomb Japanese positions on the island. Marines advance."
United News, Release 113, 1944
NEW SERVICE SPEEDS MAIL TO U.S. TROOPS,1944: 1. The handling of V-mail. 2. Wheat is harvested at Walla Walla, Washington. 3. A new army gun carrier is tested. 4. How penicillin is manufactured. 5. Sen. Barkley nominates Roosevelt at the Democratic convention in Chicago. Franklin D. Roosevelt accepts the nomination in a radio broadcast from his railroad car in California.
United News, Release 114, 1944
U.S. PREPARES MORE PARATROOPS FOR BATTLE,1944: 1. Paratroops train and jump from planes. 2. Gen. De Gaulle presents the Legion of Honor to Gen. Mark Clark. 3. A Navy salvage crane at work off the Atlantic coast. 4. At Hunter College in New York City, WAVES pass in review for Mayor La Guardia. 5. Adms. King and Nimitz visit Saipan. 6. A volcano wrecks homes at Paricutin, Mexico.
United News, Release 115, 1944
U.S. SOLDIERS BECOME CITIZENS AT BATTLEFRONT,1944: 1. Men of the 5th Army receive naturalization papers. Japanese units pass in review. 2. Sergio Osmena is sworn in as President of the Philippines. Manuel Quezon's body heads to the Arlington National Cemetery and there interred. Flashback shows Quezon with Gen. MacArthur. 3. Marines land on Guam.
United News, Release 116, 1944
U.S.TROOPS CONSOLIDATE PACIFIC ISLANDS,1944: 1. Artillery units on Saipan bombard Japanese positions on Tinian. Gen. Holland Smith inspects positions on Guam as Marines advance from pillbox to pillbox. 2. Gen. Devers welcomes Brazilian troops debarking in Naples. 3. Pres. Roosevelt, Gen. MacArthur, Adm. Nimitz, and Adm. Leahy converse on a cruiser anchored in Pearl Harbor. The President witnesses a demonstration of small arms firing. F.D.R. Addresses navy yard workers at Bremerton, Washington.
United News, Release 117, 1944
ALLIES STUDY POST-WAR SECURITY,1944: 1. Cordell Hull, Edward Stettinius, Alexander Cadogan, and Andrei Gromyko attend the Dumbarton Oaks Conference in Washington, D.C. 2. Celebrations in Reykjavik as Iceland becomes a republic. Gen. William Key. 3. Shasta Dam is opened. Views of the dam and its electrical equipment. 4. Japanese planes attack ships off Saipan. U.S. Troops land on islands off New Guinea. Troops fight and supplies are dropped on Guam. Women and children are fed and treated at hospitals.
United News, Release 118, 1944
GRASSHOPPER PLANES ON BOUGAINVILLE,1944: 1. A light plane conducts reconnaissance on Bougainville. Artillery blasts Japanese positions. Infantry units advance. 2. Gov. Dewey welcomes the liberation of Paris. 3. Allied troops invade southern France. A coastal village is occupied after a raging battle between coastal batteries and naval guns. French underground members welcome the allies.
United News, Release 119, 1944
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS TO WASHINGTON,1944: 1. President-elect Grau San Martin, of Cuba, is greeted by Secretary of State Hull in Washington. Dr. Wellington Koo is met by Under-Sec. Stettinius. 2. Australian fishermen making a record catch. 3. Marines in the Pacific round up native cattle. Soldiers eating. 4. Dive bombers hit Japanese positions in Burma. Gens. Stilwell and Merrill.
United News, Release 120, 1944
BRAZILIAN TROOPS WITH 5TH ARMY IN ITALY,1944: 1. Gen. Clark inspects and reviews Brazilian troops in Italy. 2. Sec. Of State Stettinius, Dr. Wellington Koo, Lord Halifax, and other U. N. Delegates visit Monticello, Va. 3. A military supply train begins the trip to Russia. 4. Roosevelt, Churchill, and Mackenzie King meet at Quebec. 5. Steeplejacks paint the dome on the Capitol Building.
United News, Release 121, 1944
ROOSEVELT AND CHURCHILL END QUEBEC TALK,1944: 1. A military ball in Quebec. President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill receive honorary degrees from McGill University. 2. Horses and mules draw buses in Rome during a transportation emergency. 3. Brazilian general reviews cadets at West Point. 4. Marine Corps combat cameramen behind infantry units on Guam.
United News, Release 122, 1944
NEW U.S. JET PROPULSION PLANE,1944: 1. jet-assisted take offs by Navy planes. 2. Canadians pack Christmas packages for prisoners of war. 3. Gens. Marshall and Arnold address the American Legion Convention in Chicago. 4. Uruguay celebrates its 119th year of independence. Ambassador Dawson attends. 5. B-29's being made and flying. Gen. Chennault greets the first crew to arrive in China and decorates Gen. Kenneth B. Wolfe. 6. UNRRA meets in Montreal. Addresses are made by Mackenzie King and Herbert Lehman.
United News, Release 123, 1944
THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY FLEET,1944: 1. Merchant seamen parade in New York City. Adm. Emory Land. 2. Sec. Of State Hull, Under Sec. Stettinius, Dr. Wellington Koo, and Lord Halifax at the Dumbarton Oaks Conference. Donald M. Nelson and Gens. Stilwell and Hurley in Chungking. 3. Amphibious landings on New Guinea and in the Palau Islands.
United News, Release 124, 1944
U.S. BOMBER MISSION IN VISIT TO CHILE,1944: 1. Gen. George Brett decorates Chilean soldiers and attends a military show. 2. The funeral of Al Smith, with flashbacks. 3. A victory garden produces watermelons for soldiers in the Pacific. 4. Princess Martha visits the Norwegian Naval Anti-Submarine School in New York. 5. British planes bomb Le Havre and Calais.
United News, Release 125, 1944
PACIFIC ADVANCE CONTINUES,1944: 1. The 6th Army lands on Wake Island. Marine units advance in the Palau Islands. 2. The 92nd Division of the 5th Army advances in Italy. Gen. Clark visits a hospital. 3. Wendell Willkie at the 1940 Republican Convention and with Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek. 4. Sec. Of State Stettinius summarizes the results of the Dumbarton Oaks Conference. 5. Chinese troops capture the city of Tengchung in Burma after intense street fighting. 6. Allied planes bomb the Ploesti oil fields.
United News, Release 126, 1944
MACARTHUR RETURNS TO THE PHILIPPINES,1944: 1. Naval guns bombard the beaches of Leyte. Gens. MacArthur and Wainwright. 2. Red Cross personnel pack food for Americans imprisoned in Germany. 3. Cadets parade at Uruguay's military academy in Montevideo. 4. A MARK I calculator at Harvard University. 5. Marines capture pillboxes and dugouts on Peleliu Island. 6. The 5th Army breaks through the Gothic line in Italy.
United News, Release 127, 1944
U.S.S. IOWA JOINS THE NAVY,1944: 1. A Navy Day parade in Washington, D.C., and the battleship Iowa joining a Pacific fleet. 2. Eleanor Roosevelt views an exhibition of paintings by service men held in New York city. 3. Boys in Maryland grade schools attend sewing and cooking classes. 4. Battle shots of Marines in the Pacific. 5. German troops flee through the streets of Antwerp. The Belgian underground sabotages German vehicles. U.S. Troops enter the city. Artillery and aerial bombardment precedes the 1st Army as U.S. Troops occupy Aachen.
United News, Release 128, 1944
ROOSEVELT WINS,1944: 1. Americans voting in various cities. Crowds in Times Square follow the returns. Gov. Dewey concedes defeat and President Roosevelt receives congratulations at Hyde Park. 2. Delegates from 51 nations meet at an aviation conference in Chicago. 3. The Navy bombards Japanese positions on Leyte. Landing craft reach the beaches. Gen. MacArthur and President Osmena wade ashore. U.S. Troops advance on the island. 4. The 3rd Army advances near Metz behind artillery and tanks. Gens. Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley meet.
United News, Release 129, 1944
"PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT RETURNS TO WASHINGTON,1944: 1. President Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and Henry Wallace ride from Union Station to the White House. F.D.R. visits the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. 2. Mail for U.S. Troops is sorted at a N.Y.C. post office and at the front. 3. U.S. Troops advance on Leyte. U.S. And Japanese ships battle in the Philippine Sea. Adm. Nimitz speaks after the naval victory. 4. Trucks carry military supplies to the front lines in operation ""Red Ball Express."""
United News, Release 130, 1944
BATTLE OF ANGAUR ISLAND,1944: 1. An amphibious landing on Angaur Island in the Palau group. U.S. Troops advance behind tanks and artillery. 2. Chief Justice Stone and Andrei Gromyko are present as the Turkish Ambassador to the U.S. Is buried in Arlington, Va. The procession from the Turkish Embassy to the cemetery. 3. Under Sec. Of State Stettinius and Gromyko speak at a U.S.-U.S.S.R. Rally in Madison Square Garden. Joseph E. Davies and Lord Halifax are present. 4. U.S. Troops enter Aachen and capture German soldiers.
United News, Release 131, 1944
SAIPAN,1944: BASE FOR THE B-29'S, 1944 1. Airstrips are constructed on Saipan, the first B-29 lands there, and Gen. Haywood Hansel greets the crew. Gen. Arnold greets B-29 crews in Washington, D.C. 2. President Roosevelt and others gather in the White House as Cordell Hull resigns. Sec. Of State Stettinius speaks at a Variety Club dinner. 3. C-82 transport planes are tested. A lifeboat being dropped at sea from a B-17. 4. Mail is transferred from a mail ship to a destroyer by breeches buoy. 5. Japanese planes attack a convoy off Leyte. U.S. Troops advance across the island. Gen. MacArthur.
United News, Release 132, 1944
ARMY BEATS NAVY IN TRADITIONAL FOOTBALL CLASSIC,1944: 1. Gens. Marshall and Arnold and Adm. King witness the Army-Navy football game in Baltimore. 2. A Canadian aircraft carrier is loaded with grain and joins a convoy. 3. Associate Justice Jackson swears in Edward R. Stettinius as Sec. Of State. 4. B-29's bomb Formosa and return to their base on Saipan. Gen. Haywood Hansell. 5. U.S. Planes land in Yugoslavia with military and medical supplies and food. Marshall Tito. 6. Japanese troops of the 36th Div. Break through German lines in France.
United News, Release 133, 1944
BOMB JAPANESE BASES IN BURMA,1944: 1. B-25 planes bomb bridges and railways near Hsipaw, Burma. 2. Cotton is picked by machine in Mississippi. 3. Dr. Joseph Erlanger, Dr. H.S. Gasser, and others receive Nobel peace awards in New York City. 4. Carrier-based planes bomb Leyte Island. Adm. A.W. Radford. 5. French and 3rd Army troops enter Strasbourg and advance in the Metz area. The 9th Army advances through German villages.
United News, Release 134, 1944
B-29'S OVER TOKYO,1944: 1. U.S. Planes bomb Tokyo and return to Saipan. Gens. Haywood Hansell and Emmett O'Donnell. 2. The 6th Army advances on Leyte and cares for displaced Filipinos. 3. A plane in flight picking up men from the ground. 4. French and U.S. Troops enter Metz, Strasbourg, and Belfort. Gen. Walton H. Walker receives the German surrender in Strasbourg.
United News, Release 135, 1944
1944-1945: Reviews events of 1944 War scenes in Europe (including the Allied invasion at Normandy and the recapture of Paris) and the Pacific Ocean (MacArthur returns to the Philippines); conferences at Quebec and Dumbarton Oaks. Personages Thomas E. Dewey, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Alfred E. Smith, Wendell Willkie, Gen. Eisenhower, Gen. Bradley, Gen. De Gaulle, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Heinrick Himmler, and Admirals Nimitz, Halsey, and Kinkaid.
United News, Release 1002, 1944
CANADA'S MILITARY MIGHT REVIEWED, 1944: 1. Mackenzie King reviews Canadian troops. 2. Shows the manufacture and assembly of prefab. houses. 3. Allied bombers leave England to strike inside Germany. 4. Allied troops occupy Cassino, Italy. Generals de Gaulle and Clark meet. 5. The 5th and 8th Armies meet in Italy.
United News, Release 1003, 1944
INVASION, ETC, 1944: 1. Winston Churchill and Jan Christian Smuts wish luck to allied troops . Eisenhower broadcasts to the French people. Shows street scene in London. The Navy and Air Force blast Normandy shore positions. 2. U.S. Troops enter Rome. Stalin reviews Russian troops. 3. The 9th Air Force bombs German positions and airborne troops land in Normandy. General Eisenhower and General Montgomery inspect the beach positions.
United News, Release 1004, 1944
GATEWAY TO VICTORY, 1944: 1. Shows the aerial and amphibious assault on the beaches of Normandy. 2. U.S. Troops enter Rome under the supervision of Gen. Clark. A mob attacks collaborationists. Pope Pius XII addresses the populace. 3. Shows allied convoys landing on the Normandy beaches. Shows Gens. Eisenhower and Montgomery and Adm. Sir Bertram Ramsey.
United News, Release 1005, 1944
ALLIES STRIKE OUT FROM BEACHHEAD, 1944: Allied troops pour onto Normandy beaches. Shows German Generals Rommel and von Runstedt inspecting coastal fortifications in France. U.S. Troops construct airstrips and planes take off. Allied planes bomb and strafe German emplacements. Winston Churchill, Jan Christian Smuts, and Generals Eisenhower, Marshall, and Montgomery view allied positions.
United News, Release 1006, 1944
U.S. AIR BASES IN RUSSIA, 1944: 1. U.S. Planes bomb Yugoslav and Hungarian cities and land in the Ukraine. Ambassador Harriman and Gen. Ira C. Eaker greet the crews. The Russians stage a show for the U.S. Fliers. Shows Gen. Perminov. 2. The island of Elba is taken by French troops. Shows Gen. Tassigny. 3. The mechanism of the German flying bomb is diagramed. 4. U.S. Troops enter Cherbourg and take prisoners. Shows rockets being armed, loaded on planes, and fired on rail centers.
United News, Release 1007, 1944
BRITISH POUND CAEN SECTOR, 1944: 1. British artillery pounds German positions in northern France and troops advance through villages and care for civilians. Tanks clear mine fields. 2. American troops enter Cherbourg. The 6th Airborne Div. Receives supplies by parachute from British planes. Gen. J.L. Collins accepts the surrender of German officers.
United News, Release 1008, 1944
ROYALTY CHRISTENS U.S. BOMBER, 1944: 1. The King and Queen of England and Princess Elizabeth christen an airplane at a U.S. Airfield in England and are greeted by Gen. Doolittle. 2. Shows the processing of plasma and penicillin. Troops in Normandy receive medical care. 3. Naval guns bombard Cherbourg. The 8th and 9th Air Forces bomb communication lines. British troops take Caen. Shows Gen. Montgomery.
United News, Release 1009, 1944
FOUR FRONTS, 1944: 1. British and U.S. Troops advance in northern France. 2. French troops take Sienna, Italy. 3. Allied planes attack a German convoy in the English Channel. 4. Russian and captured German films show battle scenes along the Russian front.
United News, Release 1010, 1944
BATTLE FOR FRANCE, 1944: 1. Allied armored troops roll forward near Caen and care for French refugees. Female collaborationists are herded through the streets. Gen. Montgomery greets villagers. 2. Plywood is processed and used in the manufacture of landing craft, gliders, and small fighter planes. 3. U.S. Troops parade in Cherbourg on Bastille Day. Gen. De Gaulle is present. 4. Hitler and Goring inspect air raid damage in Berlin.
United News, Release 1011, 1944
NAZI EXODUS FROM ROME, 1944: 1. German troops retreat through the streets of Rome as U.S. Troops enter and clear out snipers. Germans are captured. 2. Shows newly opened air raid shelters in London. 3. German positions near Cherbourg are bombed. U.S. Troops liberate French villages. 4. Pope Pius XII blesses U.S. Troops in the Vatican.
United News, Release 1012, 1944
TURKEY BREAKS WITH GERMANY, 1944: 1. Panoramic views of Istanbul. Von Papen leaves Turkey by train. Churchill meets with President Inonu of Turkey. 2. Prefabricated concrete barges are manufactured. 3. Gen. De Gaulle visits the Vatican. 4. Shows UNRRA operating schools and food dispensaries in French Morocco. 5. Vice Pres. Wallace inspects livestock on Siberian farms. 6. The 1st Army marches through towns in northern France. Shows German prisoners and allied air raids.
United News, Release 1013, 1944
ALLIES LIBERATE FLORENCE, 1944: 1. Shows mopping up operations in Florence, Italy, by South African and New Zealand troops. 2. U.S. Troops enter Rennes, France. Surrendered German troops and collaborators are marched to stockades. 3. Allied troops complete the rout of the German 7th Army in northern France. Shows Gen. Montgomery. Allied airplanes strafe and bomb German vehicles with rockets and bombs.
United News, Release 1014, 1944
BURMA FRONT, 1945: 1. The British 14th Army rounds up snipers near Kohima, Burma. Adm. Mountbatten inspects his troops. British planes attack jungle positions. 2. French troops board ships on the English coast to return to France. American troops land in southern France from gliders and naval landing craft. Shows Gen. Alexander Patch. Allied troops operate near St. Malo. The 8th Air Force fires on truck convoys. Gen. Montgomery greets Polish commanders of area troops.
United News, Release 1015, 1944
THE PARIS STORY, 1944: Shows celebrations following the liberation of Paris: the 3rd Army crosses the Seine on pontoon bridges, Free French units enter the city, de Gaulle reviews a parade in his honor and places a wreath on the Arc de Triomphe, German snipers interrupt a ceremony at the Hotel de Ville. Includes shots of British and U.S. Troops rounding up snipers in Paris and environs. Shots of Germans surrendering.
United News, Release 1016, 1944
BATTLE FOR PARIS, 1944: Members of the French resistance movement erect cobblestone entrenchments in Paris, distribute weapons, battle the Germans in the streets, and take prisoners. Shows the liberation of Paris and the arrival of Gen. LeClerc.
United News, Release 1017, 1944
FLYING BOMB DEFEATED, 1944: 1. V-2 rocket launchers are captured in France. Shows defenses in and over London operating against the flying bomb (anti-aircraft batteries, barrage balloons, and fighter planes). Some of the bombs explode in London. 2. The British army rolls through Brussels and captures Germans. Belgians celebrate in the streets.
United News, Release 1023, 1944
ALLIES SET FOR OFFENSIVE, 1944: 1. British planes bomb Brunswick, Germany, and British and Canadian soldiers fight in Holland. 2. Shows how harbor facilities made in England were used in the Normandy invasion. A storm damages the harbor but unloading continues. 3. Aachen, Germany, is taken by U.S. Troops after a heavy artillery barrage. German citizens are removed from the battle areas.
United News, Release 1024, 1944
ALLIES BREAK NAZI GRIP ON HOLLAND, 1944: 1. British troops advance in Holland, using tanks, infantry, and flamethrowers. Dutch citizens are rescued from debris. 2. Allied aerial operations in Burma, Germany, and the Indian Ocean are shown. 3. Athens is liberated by British troops. Crowds cheer arriving soldiers. Shows Prime Minister Papandreow, the Acropolis, the Parthenon, and Greek guerrillas.
United News, Release 1025, 1944
WESTERN AIR FRONT, 1944: 1. Shows aerial views of Aachen, Germany, after bombing. British planes bomb Cologne. 2. A German armament factory, set afire by Danes, burns in Denmark. 3. Allied troops attack the Scheldt Islands by land, sea, and air.
United News, Release 1026, 1944
ALLIES CLEAR SCHELDT ISLANDS, 1944: 1. Allied troops invade the Scheldt Islands. 2. Gen. Eisenhower honors Gen. Spaatz and British Gens. Arthur Harris and Leigh-Mallory. 3. Citizens of Bucharest cheer liberating Russian troops. 4. Yugoslav patriots receive supplies by air. They drill and are reviewed by Marshall Tito. Wounded patriots are evacuated.
United News, Release 1027, 1944
ARMISTICE DAY IN FRANCE, 1944: 1. Shows ceremonies at Compiegne. 2. Allied troops advance through mud and snow in Europe. 3. The German battleship Tirpitz is bombed and sunk on the coast of Norway. Shows Hitler at its launching in 1939. Shows British Air Marshall Harris. 4. Japanese-American soldiers rescue soldiers of the 36th Division surrounded in France.
United News, Release 1028, 1944
RUSH REPAIRS OF SUPPLY SHIPS, 1944: 1. Sailors and Seabees in England repair damaged ships. 2. U.S. Military police in Paris assist soldiers and civilians. 3. Soldiers receive, mark, and return absentee ballots. 4. The 3rd Army fights in Metz and crosses the flooded Moselle River under a smoke screen. The 7th Army battles near Strasbourg. The 1st and 9th Armies fight at Aachen. Shows equipment advancing as artillery and tanks barrage German lines.
United News, Release 1029, 1944
"EISENHOWER IN BRUSSELS, 1944: 1. Gen. Eisenhower is welcomed and places a wreath on the tomb of the Belgian unknown soldier. 2. Trucks of the Transportation Corps carry supplies in France on the ""Red Ball"" Highway. 3. The 8th and 9th Army Air Forces fight German planes and bomb German cities. Allied troops advance in Germany and take prisoners."
United News, Release 1030, 1944
WESTERN FRONT [ETC.]. UNITED NEWS. 1. 3rd and 9th Armies advance in France. 2. Labor leaders meet in London to plan a labor conference. Shows Sidney Hillman. 3. Gen. Eisenhower visits Canadian and Polish troops and an army hospital. Flamethrowers are demonstrated. Shows Gen. Montgomery. 4. Allied troops fight in Antwerp and take prisoners. The first allied convoy to the port brings military supplies.
United News, Release 1031, 1944
FRENCH HONOR AMERICAN HEROES [ETC.], 1944. 1. Members of the 5th Inf. Div., including Gen. Stafford LeRoy Irwin, receive the Croix de Guerre at Metz. 2. U.S. soldiers help clear London rubble and rebuild homes. 3. Gen. Eisenhower wishes Merry Christmas to representatives of allied troops. 4. 17 Congressmen inspect battle lines near the German border and are greeted by Gen. Patton. 5. Artillery bombards Kiel and German troops surrender. Other personages: Congressmen Matthew J. Merritt, Clare Boothe Luce, John Martin Costello, John Parnell Thomas.
United News, Release 1032, 1944
AMERICAN SUB RESCUES AIRMEN [ETC.], 1944. 1. 22 crewmen from a U.S. bomber are rescued in the Pacific. 2. Gunners shoot at German robot bombs over England. 3. Shows pipe lines being laid in Africa and Europe. 4. Troops of the 9th Army enter and fight in Saarbrucken, Germany. 5. Soldiers receive mail and gifts and give Christmas presents to children in Europe.
United News, Release 1033, 1944
CHURCHILL IN ATHENS [ETC.], 1944. 1. Shows Churchill, Eden, and Field Marshall Alexander in Athens. 2. Allied troops halt German advances in Belgium. Captured film shows German troops advancing. Belgians are evacuated by U.S. vehicles. As the weather clears, allied planes attack German troops and equipment in force.
United News, Release 1034, 1944
THE YEAR 1944. Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin at the 1943 Teheran Conference. U.S. troops land and fight on Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Saipan, Guam, and other Pacific islands. Russian troops advance to Romania and capture German soldiers. Ships carrying equipment, supplies, and men are loaded in England and cross the English Channel. Paratroops jump at Caen. Troops land under a naval barrage. Citizens of Rome, Paris, Bucharest, Brussels, Belgrade, and Athens celebrate their liberation. Shows scenes of the Dumbarton Oaks, Quebec, and Yalta Conferences, of the election of F.D.R., and of airplane manufacturing. Navy bombards the Philippine Islands and Gen. MacArthur and President Osmena wade ashore. F.D.R. addresses the UN. Gen. Eisenhower, Pope Pius XII.
United News, Release 1035, 1944
YANKS HELP REPAIR FRENCH RAILROADS, 1944: 1. French civilians and U.S. Army engineers repair and salvage railroad yards, bridges, and trains. 2. Generals Eisenhower, Bradley, and Montgomery confer. Shows the ruins of Malmedy, Belgium. Planes drop reinforcements to troops at Bastogne. Shows German prisoners. Gen. Taylor congratulates Gen. Collins for his defense of Bastogne. 3. Russian troops and artillery attack German forces in Poland.
United News, Release 1036, 1944
WINTER GRIPS WESTERN FRONT, 1944: 1. Military equipment slides on icy roads as units of the 7th Army advance. Tanks bombard a town held by German troops. 2. Shows the funeral of Adm. Sir Bertram Ramsey. Shows Ramsey with Gen. Montgomery in Africa and with Gen. Eisenhower planning the invasion of Normandy. 3. Victory salvos are fired in Moscow to celebrate the liberation of Poland. Shows Hitler and German troops in Poland in 1939 and the final surrender to Germany. Shows Stalin and Russian generals. 4. U.S. Planes bomb Germany. Shows many German fighters being shot down by aerial gunners.
United News, Release 1037, 1944
BATTLE MUD IN BURMA, 1944: 1. Burmese natives and U.S. Troops clear mud from roads. 2. U.S. Troops in Europe improvise time-saving devices. 3. A demolished truck factory in France is rebuilt and manufacturing resumes. 4. Men of the 7th Army fight German troops near Strasbourg, France, and assist civilians. British and U.S. Troops meet. Soldiers clear roads during a blizzard and uncover bodies of soldiers massacred at Malmedy.
United News, Release 1039, 1944
ALLIES PIERCE SIEGFRIED LINE, 1944: 1. Russian soldiers advance to the Oder River in Poland. 2. Representatives of labor unions from 16 countries meet in London to discuss unions and the war. 3. Planes of the 8th Air Force are prepared for a raid on Berlin. Crews are briefed, planes take off, and the target is bombed.
United News, Release 1040, 1944
AIR WAR ON GERMAN SUPPLY [ETC.), 1945: 1. Planes of the 9th Air Force strafe German trains. 2. French milliners make and model hats of wood shavings and paper for U.S. Service women. 3. 500 undernourished Dutch children travel to London to participate in a study of nutrition. 4. U.S. Troops fight from house to house to capture a German town.
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United News, Release 136, 1945
FIRST PICTURES,1945: ALASKA-RUSSIA SKY ROUTE, 1945 1. Many fighter airplanes in Alaska, a lend-lease shipment, are inspected and flown away by Russians. 2. German radio equipment and operators are captured by the Coast Guard on and near Greenland. 3. France joins the U.N. And Sec. Of State Stettinius addresses the delegation. 4. The bombardment and occupation of Leyte. Civilians return to their homes and welcome soldiers; children attend school.
United News, Release 137, 1945
"U.S. PLANES BOMB BORNEO,1945:1. The 13th Air Force bombs oil fields in Borneo. 2. New members of Congress and other personages (Henry Wallace, Harry Truman, Alben Barkley, Sam Rayburn) as the 79th Congress convenes. 3. Test firings of naval torpedoes. 4. Elmer Davis signs the charter for the United Nations Information Service. 5. The preparation and shipment of clothing by UNRRA. 6. Rockets are tested on targets. 7. Tests and samples of silicone, a ""new bouncing plastic."" 8. Carrier-based airplanes bomb and strafe Japanese shipping and airfields."
United News, Release 138, 1945
NEW TRANSPORT PLANE FOR ARMY,1945: 1. Views of the C-97 being loaded. 2. Soldiers arrive at New York from Europe for furloughs. 3. Women in military service (SPARS, WACS, and nurses). 4. The 77th Inf. Div. Lands and fights on Luzon. Includes views of wounded soldiers and of Gen. Andrew D. Bruce, Division Commander.
United News, Release 139, 1945
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT INAUGURATED,1945: 1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt takes the oath of office and delivers the inaugural address at the White House. Personages Harry Hopkins, Sec. And Mrs. Stimson, Sec. And Mrs. Forrestal, Sec. Ickes, Adm. King, Sec. And Mrs. Stettinius, Gen. And Mrs. Marshall, Vice Presidents Wallace and Truman. 2. Demonstrates a sea rescue by a Coast Guard helicopter. 3. A Japanese airbase on Puerto Princesa Island is bombed. 4. Ice breakers clear a path across Lake Michigan and men tie down airplanes on an aircraft carrier during a typhoon. 5. The 38th Inf. Div. Fights in Burma. Gen. Daniel I. Sultan.
United News, Release 140, 1945
ALLIED BOMBERS STRIKE ON TWO FRONTS,1945: 1. Japanese oil fields in Borneo and a German airfield are bombed. 2. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott presents decorations to the 92nd Inf. Div., 5th Army. 3. Gen. Albert Wedemeyer as the new Commander of Army Forces in China. Ambassador Hurley presents his papers to Chiang Kai-shek. 4. Boxing matches between American, English, and French soldiers in Rome. 5. Diagrams and the manufacture and testing of a robot bomb. 6. Japanese planes bomb a Fleet in the Philippines. The 6th Army lands and fights at Lingayen, Luzon.
United News, Release 141, 1945
"AIR ASSAULT TACTICS,1945: 1. ""Attacks"" by airborne troops using gliders and parachutes in a training maneuver. 2. Land, sea, and air tests of rockets by the Navy. 3. Gen. Stilwell relaxing at home in California and sitting at his desk in Washington, D.C. 4. The manufacture of B-29 bombers, a fuel depot in China, and a bombing of Thailand. 5. Airplanes take off and land on an aircraft carrier. One plane crashes. 6. Gens. Krueger and MacArthur watching a sea bombardment of Luzon. The 6th Army fights on the island."
United News, Release 142, 1945
SUPPLIES ROLL TO CHINA OVER STILWELL ROAD,1945: 1. Gen. Daniel I. Sultan congratulates Gen. Louis Pick on the completion of the Stilwell Road. A convoy travelling the road. 2. Chinese ordnance officers studying at Northwestern University and Chinese airmen graduating from their training in the U.S. 3. Air Force veterans at work in an airplane factory in Denver. 4. War dogs are returned home after demilitarization. 5. British soldiers and the U.S. 7th Army fighting in Germany. German prisoners watch soldiers of the 30th Inf. Div. Remove bodies of atrocity victims from the snow.
United News, Release 143, 1945
U.S. NAVY CARRIER PLANES SWEEP CHINA SEA,1945: 1. Japanese oil fields in Indo-China and ships are bombed, and a tanker is torpedoed. 2. Preparations are made for the Yalta Conference in Russia. Supplies arrive and communications lines are strung. Delegates arrive and are shown in conferences. Personages Anthony Eden, Sec. Of State Stettinius, Ambassador Harriman, Winston Churchill, Pres. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin.
United News, Release 144, 1945
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT MEETS MIDDLE EAST LEADERS,1945: 1. President Roosevelt is visited aboard a ship by Ibn-Saud, King of Saudi Arabia; Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia; and King Faruk I of Egypt. 2. Units of the 8th Army, 6th Army (37th Inf. Div.), and the 1st Cavalry Div. Participate in the liberation of Manila. jungle and city fighting, large fires in the city, captured collaborationists, and Philippine guerrillas receiving hand grenades. Gen. MacArthur inspects a former Japanese prison.
United News, Release 145, 1945
"NEW FIGHTER PLANE FLIES ""TAIL FIRST"",1945:1. A fighter plane is tested. 2. Gen. MacArthur is present as civilians are liberated from Manila prison camps. 3. Sec. Of State Stettinius and Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller attend the Inter-American Conference at Mexico City. 4. U.S. Troops penetrate the Siegfried line in northern France and take prisoners. 5. The 5th Marine Div. Lands on Iwo Jima and advances across the island behind naval and aerial bombardment."
United News, Release 146, 1945
U.S. TROOPS RETURN TO CORREGIDOR [ETC],1945: 1. Gen. Wainwright surrenders to Gen. Yamashita on Corregidor in 1942. Airborne troops and the 8th Army land on the island in 1945. 2. Wounded veterans debark at a New York City harbor. 3. Joseph C. Grew, in Washington, D.C., welcomes Egyptian and Turkish envoys. 4. Allied planes bomb cities in central Germany.
United News, Release 147, 1945
MARINES RAISE FLAG OVER IWO JIMA,1945: 1. 5th Div. Marines advance on Iwo Jima behind artillery, naval, and aerial bombardment. 2. Sec. Of State Stettinius signs the Chapultepec Pact at the Inter-American Conference, Mexico City. 3. Carrier-based planes bomb the Tokyo area. 4. The 9th Army crosses the Rhine. Gens. Eisenhower and W.H. Simpson inspect positions. Russian prisoners are liberated. German atrocities are discovered.
United News, Release 148, 1945
MANILA ENTIRELY FREE IN SAVAGE LAST-DITCH BATTLE,1945: 1. U.S. Troops fight in Manila streets and care for refugees. Gen. MacArthur sees the American flag raised on Corregidor. 2. UNRRA loads ships with clothing for Europe. Henry J. Kaiser. 3. The War Memorial Bldg. In San Francisco is readied for the U.N. Sec. Of State Stettinius and Senators Connally and Vandenberg visit President Roosevelt at the White House. Stettinius explains the U.N. Purposes. 4. The 1st Army enters Cologne. Allied troops capture bridges across the Rhine.
United News, Release 149, 1945
ASSAULT ON OKINAWA,1945: 1. British and U.S. Carrier-based planes bomb Okinawa. 2. The Navy demonstrates a new aerial fire bomb. 3. Cargo ships are launched at Houston, Texas, under the French flag, and the aircraft carrier Midway is launched at Newport News, Virginia. 4. Troops of the 1st, 3rd, 7th, and 9th Infantry Divisions assault cities in the Saar Basin with tanks and rocket launchers.
United News, Release 150, 1945
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, 1945. 1. Chief Justice Stone swears in Pres. Truman. Part 2 shows family scenes in Pres. Roosevelt's early years; the 1932 Democratic convention; the 1933 inaugural address; the 1941 signing of the Atlantic Charter off Newfoundland; F.D.R. at Casablanca, Cairo, and Teheran in 1943; the 1945 inaugural address; and F.D.R. at Yalta in 1945. Other personages: Joseph Stalin, Churchill, Molotov, Chiang Kai-shek, Gen. Marshall, Adm. King, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Truman.
United News, Release 151, 1945
FUNERAL OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT [ETC.], 1945. 1. President Roosevelt's body is placed on a special train in Georgia. The train is met by Vice Pres. Truman and Henry Wallace. The body is carried by caisson to the White House and reposes there in state. Funeral ceremonies are held at Hyde Park, New York. 2. Harry S. Truman attends the 1944 Democratic convention with his daughter, and, as President, receives Lord Halifax, Anthony Eden, Sec. of State Stettinius, Gen. Marshall, Adm. King, Sec. of War Stimson, and James Byrnes at the White House. Also shows Eleanor Roosevelt.
United News, Release 152, 1945
CONTINUED LIBERATION OF PHILIPPINES [ETC.], 1945. 1. Artillery units blast Japanese troops from the hills of Luzon. 2. President Truman and Sec. of State Stettinius greet San Francisco Conference delegates at the White House. 3. Chinese workers move gasoline drums to the front lines. 4. U.S. troops liberate Russians from German prison camps. Gens. Patton and Bradley meet in Munich. Other personages: Jan Christian Smuts, Anthony Eden, Molotov, Georges Bidault, T.V. Soong.
United News, Release 153, 1945
UNITED NATIONS OPEN CONFERENCE AT SAN FRANCISCO [ETC.], 1945. 1. President Truman speaks to the U.N. from Washington, D.C. Personages at San Francisco: Sec. of State Stettinius, Jan Christian Smuts, Molotov, Lord Halifax, Andrei Gromyko. 2. Mussolini lies dead in Italy. Shows Mussolini and Hitler in 1943. 3. Gens. Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley inspect atrocity scenes in German prison camps.
United News, Release 154, 1945
SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE MOVES AHEAD [ETC.], 1945. 1. Georges Bidault speaks to delegates at the U.N. conference. Sec. of State Stettinius presides. 2. New York City celebrates VE Day. President Truman announces the German surrender. U.S. and Russian troops meet at the Elbe. German troops in Italy surrender. U.S. troops occupy Nuremberg. 3. Artillery and tanks blast Japanese positions on Okinawa. Kamikaze planes attack U.S. aircraft carriers.
United News, Release 155, 1945
U.S. TURNS TO JAPAN AFTER GERMAN DEFEAT,1945: 1. Sec. Of State Stettinius, Anthony Eden, Molotov, and Mackenzie King meet in San Francisco. Lights going on in New York City and Washington, D.C., as blackouts are lifted. 2. A Chinese orphan is adopted by the 14th Air Force. 3. Survivors are taken from a bombed hospital ship. 4. President Truman greets his mother at the White House. 5. Gen. Montgomery accepts the surrender of German troops in Germany. 6. Gen. Jodl surrenders to Gen. W.B. Smith in France. Gen. Eisenhower is present.
United News, Release 156, 1945
CARRIER FRANKLIN SURVIVES SAVAGE JAPANESE BOMBING,1945: 1. The carrier Franklin is bombed in Pacific waters but limps home through the Panama Canal to an Atlantic port. 2. Crews of two German submarines surrender off the New Jersey coast. 3. German Gens. Keitel and Jodl surrender to Gen. Spaatz and Russian Marshall Zhukov at Berlin.
United News, Release 157, 1945
AIRCRAFT CARRIER IS NAMED FOR PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT,1945: 1. Eleanor Roosevelt, Gen. Marshall, Adm. King, and Bernard Baruch witness the launching of the Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. 2. Adm. Doenitz and Artur von Seyss-Inquart are captured in Germany. 3. B-29's of the 8th Air Force land in the U.S. 4. President Truman presents the Congressional Medal of Honor to an infantryman. 5. Two traitors are tried and shot in Paris. 6. 37th Div. Troops enter Bagio on Luzon. Marine Gen. Geiger observes U.S. Troops entering Naha, Okinawa.
United News, Release 158, 1945
REVEAL UNDERSEAS OIL LINE, BRITAIN TO CONTINENT,1945: 1. Steel pipe, tubing, and cable are manufactured. British ships lay an oil line across the English Channel. 2. Sec. Of State Stettinius reports on the San Francisco Conference. 3. Naval guns bombard Okinawa. 7th Army units and 6th Div. Marines use tanks and rocket launchers. 4. Berchtesgaden, Germany, in ruins. 101st Airborne Div. Troops recapture Goring's art works. Gens. Von Runstedt, Kesselring, and Goring are captured.
United News, Release 159, 1945
GIGANTIC PARADE MARKS MAY DAY IN MOSCOW,1945: 1. President Kalinin, Marshall Voroshilov, and Stalin review a parade in Moscow. 2. Vidkun Quisling is tried for treason in Oslo. Captured German officers and scenes of Himmler's suicide at Luneberg, Germany. 3. British troops liberate prisoners and destroy the German prison camp at Belsen. 4. President Truman reports on the progress of the Japanese war. 5. The 10th Army uses tanks in the final Okinawa assault.
United News, Release 160, 1945
NORWAY RETURNS TO FREEDOM,1945: 1. Citizens of Oslo celebrate their newly gained liberty. 2. President Truman meets wih Davies, Hopkins, and Leahy. 3. Gens. Eisenhower, Montgomery, and Zhukov sign for allied control of Berlin. 4. British troops retake Rangoon. 5. UNRRA collects clothes in N.Y.C. for Europe. 6. Gen. Eisenhower reviews parades in London and Washington, D.C., and receives the Medal of Liberation in Paris.
United News, Release 161, 1945
WORLD CHARTER SIGNED,1945: 1. Delegates arrive in San Francisco for the UN conference. 2. President Roosevelt speaks to Congress on the San Francisco Conference shortly before his death.
United News, Release 162, 1945
U.S. NAVY FIGHTS OFF JAPANESE SUICIDE PLANES,1945: 1. The aircraft carriers Saratoga and Bunker Hill are partially disabled by Japanese kamikaze planes. 2. Gen. Eisenhower reviews a parade in Abilene, Kansas. 3. President Truman receives an honorary degree from the University of Kansas City and speaks on the United Nations. Pres. Truman arrives at the U.S. Capitol with the U.N. Charter.
United News, Release 163, 1945
LIBERATION OF PRAGUE,1945: 1. German S.S. Troops fight Czech civilians in Prague streets. Russian and Czech troops enter the city. A parade honors Eduard Benes. 2. UNRRA sends cattle to Europe. 3. James Byrnes is sworn in as Sec. Of State. Other personages President Truman, Edward Stettinius, Chief Justice Stone, and Cordell Hull. 4. Gen. De Gaulle reviews a liberation parade in Paris. 5. Generals Chiang Kai-shek and Wedemeyer confer in China.
United News, Release 164, 1945
FINAL VICTORY ON OKINAWA--ALLIES INVADE BORNEO,1945: 1. Gen. Buckner observes artillery of the 10th Army and Navy planes blasting Japanese positions on Okinawa. Australian troops land on Borneo and Gen. MacArthur arrives. Navy torpedo boats assault a Borneo oil depot. 2. Sections of a floating drydock are launched in the U.S. And assembled in Pacific waters. A cruiser is repaired. 3. Gen. Eisenhower, accompanied by Eleanor Roosevelt, visits F.D.R.'s grave at Hyde Park. 4. The Queen Elizabeth arrives in New York with returning veterans.
United News, Release 165, 1945
"HUGE FLYING SHIP ""HAWAII MARS"" IN TRIAL RUN,1945: 1. The testing of a Navy seaplane. 2. The 2nd Marine Division lands on and secures an atoll near Okinawa. 3. The cruiser Augusta docks at Antwerp and President Truman, Sec. Of State Byrnes, Sec. Of War Stimson, and Adm. Leahy are greeted by Adm. Stark. Andrei Gromyko greets the party at the dock."
United News, Release 166, 1945
ALLIES INVADE BALIKPAPAN,1945: 1. Gen. MacArthur supervises a naval bombardment upon Borneo. The Australian 7th Div. rolls inland. 2. Firemen battle flames in the Empire State Building after an aircrash. 3. Veterans go to Marseilles for the Pacific theater. 4. Refugees in allied displaced persons camps are routed homeward. 5. Japanese kamikaze planes strike the battleship Nevada and the carrier Ticonderoga.
United News, Release 171 A, 1945
GEN. DE GAULLE VISITS AMERICA,1945: 1. Sec. Of State Byrnes meets Gen. De Gaulle at the Washington, D.C. Airport. President Truman welcomes the General at the White House. De Gaulle, with Eleanor Roosevelt, visits the Hyde Park grave of President Roosevelt and participates in ceremonies at the Military Academy. 2. Grade schools on Okinawa are opened by U S. Military authorities. 3. Pierre Laval testifies at the treason trial of Marshall Petain in Paris. 4. Japanese peace envoys
United News, Release 171B, 1945
JAPANESE SIGN FINAL SURRENDER, 1945: the signing of the Japanese surrender aboard the battleship Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945.
United News, Release 172, 1945
FIRST PICTURES INSIDE BOMB BLASTED JAPAN, 1945: 1. Aerial views and close-ups of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Osaka, Kure, and Tokyo. Americans are liberated from Japanese prison camps. 2. President Truman, Mrs. Truman, and Baseball Commissioner Chandler at a baseball game in Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. 3. General Jonathan Wainwright receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor.
United News, Release 173, 1945
JAPANESE SURRENDER MORE TERRITORY, 1945: 1. Japanese surrender documents arrive at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Japanese surrender to the Chinese at Chingkiang. The surrenders of Marcus Island aboard the destroyer. 2. Traitor Vidkun Quisling is sentenced at Oslo, Norway. 3. Gen. Clark reviews a parade. Allies occupy Vienna. 4. The 1st Cavalry Division enters Tokyo.
United News, Release 174, 1945
B-29'S FLY FROM JAPAN TO CHICAGO IN 25 HRS., 1945: 1. Gens. O'Donnell and LeMay land at the Chicago airport and later at Washington, D.C. 2.Hurricane devastation in Florida. 3. President Truman presents the Distinguished Service Cross to Sec. Of War Stimson. Sgt. Joe Louis receives the Legion of Merit at Fort Hamilton, New York. Madame Chiang Kai-shek lands at Chungking and is greeted by the Generalissimo. British soldiers round up snipers in Hong Kong. The surrender of the Japanese Wake Island garrison.
United News, Release 175, 1945
NEW TARGET PLANE IS CONTROLLED BY RADIO, 1945: 1. Radio-controlled target airplanes are constructed and fired upon. 2. The 7th Inf. Div. Enters Seoul, Korea, and the Japanese troops in Korea surrender to Gen. John R. Hodge. 3. Premier Tojo in Yokohama after attempting suicide. 4. Wild horses are rounded up in Canada for shipment to Europe. 5. Ambassador Braden explains the Argentine question. An anti-Peron demonstration in Buenos Aires. 6. The liner Europa docks at New York City with returning veterans. Returning POWs land at San Francisco.
United News, Release 176, 1945
"SAILING SHIP ""DANMARK"" GOES HOME AGAIN, 1945: 1. The Cost Guard's Danmark departs for Denmark. 2. Pres. Truman presents the Medal of Honor to troops. 3. Teams plant underwater demolitions prior to an attack on the Borneo coast. 4. Sec. Of State Byrnes reports on the Foreign Ministers meeting in London. 5. Courtroom scenes of the trial at Luneberg, of Nazis who served at the Belsen prison camp. Includes scenes of the atrocities. 6. A parade in Washington, D.C."
United News, Release 177, 1945
FIRST POSTWAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER IS LAUNCHED, 1945: 1. The aircraft carrier Oriskany is launched. 2. The aircraft carrier Ticonderoga docks at San Francisco. 3. President Rios of Chile visits Truman at the White House. 4. Salmon being caught and canned. 5. President Truman dedicates a dam. 6. The 100th anniversary of the Naval Academy. 7. Preparations at Nuremberg for the war trials.
United News, Release 178, 1945
A GERMAN IS TRIED FOR MURDER, 1945: 1. Courtroom scenes at Dachau, Germany, where a Nazi is adjudged guilty of murdering a prisoner of war. 2. General de Gaulle reviews a parade in Brussels. 3. Scenes of the trial of Pierre Laval in Paris. 4. A U.S. Submarine sinks Japanese ships in the Pacific. Sec. Of the Navy Forrestal decorates the submarine commander.
United News, Release 179, 1945
RADIO PROXIMITY FUSE-WEAPON BEHIND VICTORY, 1945: 1. Diagrams the use of radio proximity fuses on bombs and rockets. 2. Navy Day celebrations in New York City: a Navy fleet in the Hudson River, the aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt being launched, a parade, and President Truman aboard the U.S.S. Missouri in N.Y. harbor.
United News, Release 180, 1945
PIERRE LAVAL EXECUTED FOR TREASON, 1945: 1. Laval in Paris in 1941 with Nazis and prison scenes before and after his execution. 2. Gen. Yamashita is tried in Manila for war crimes. 3. Truman speaks before a labor-industry conference. 4. Cavalry horses and mules are driven to feeding grounds. 5. British troops capture Japanese soldiers. 6. Japanese government gold, silver, and platinum are removed from caches.
United News, Release 181, 1945
DENMARK'S KING CHRISTIAN MARKS 75TH BIRTHDAY, 1945: 1. Crowds in Copenhagen hail King Christian. 2. Citizens of Berlin begin to rebuild the city. 3. French citizens vote in a peacetime election. Vincent Auriol and Leon Blum. 4. The testing of a 36-inch mortar. 5. The motherless child of a U.S. Soldier is flown to Minnesota. 6. Clement Attlee and Mackenzie King visit President Truman and Sec. Of State Byrnes.
United News, Release 182, 1945
"U.S. CARRIER ""ROOSEVELT"" LEAVES NAVY YARD, 1945: 1. The Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Hudson River. 2. German POW's in a U.S. Army school. 3. Workmen repair St. Patrick's Cathedral. 4. Soldiers patrol Rio de Janeiro as President Vargas resigns. 5. Clement Attlee meets with President Truman. 6. Sec. Of Agriculture Anderson presents a farm to a war hero. 7. Premier Tojo and other war criminals at Omori prison camp. Army troops find cached silver in Japan. Japanese officers surrender to the British in Malaya."
United News, Release 183, 1945
SUPERFORTRESS SETS NEW DISTANCE RECORD, 1945: 1. A B-29 airplane lands in Washington, D.C., and Gen. Arnold decorates the crew. 2. Disabled veterans are trained as watchmakers in a Bulova Watch Corp. School in New York City. 3. Japanese aliens board ships at Seattle, Wash. 4. Pre-Christmas parades are held in New York City and Hollywood. Jack Benny. 5. The daily routine of captured German generals in a U.S. Prison camp in Germany. 6. Gen. Eisenhower advises a Congressional committee to pass universal military training. 7. Gen. Yamashita is tried at Manila for war crimes. Gen. R.B. Reynolds.
United News, Release 184, 1945
NAZI SPIES AND MURDERERS ARE EXECUTED BY U.S., 1945: 1. The execution in Germany by firing squad and hanging of Nazi spies and prison camp personnel. 2. Emperor Hirohito prays at his father's grave. 3. Nazi war criminals are tried at Nuremberg. Other personages: Hermann Goring, Rudolph Hess, Franz von Papen, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Justice Robert H. Jackson.
United News, Release 186, 1945
MOSCOW TALKS BEGIN; UNO PICKS U.S. HEADQUARTERS, 1945: 1. Gen. Eisenhower and Under Sec. Acheson see Sec. Byrnes enplane for Moscow. Also a meeting of the UN Preparatory Council in London (Dec. 15). 2. Japanese occupation troops and their families board a ship for Japan at Shanghai. 3. U.S. Troops board a ship for home at Marseilles, France. A tug carries soldiers from a damaged ship off Bermuda. 4. A German general is killed by a U.S. Firing squad in Italy. 5. A Navy jet parasite plane bombs a ship in a test flight. A radio-controlled Navy plane takes off, flies, and lands. 6. Hess, Goring, and court scenes at the Nuremberg trials.
United News, Release 187, 1945
THE YEAR 1945: German Films of the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium. Roosevelt is inaugurated at the White House and poses at Yalta with Churchill and Stalin.His funeral in Washington. Truman is sworn in. Gens. Jodl and W.B. Smith sign the Ger. Surrender at Reims, France. Gen. Eisenhower. Kamikaze planes attack ships in the Pacific. The invasion of Okinawa. An atom bomb is exploded. Shigemitsu and MacArthur sign the Japanese. Surrender aboard the Missouri. Atrocity evidence in Manila; Gen. Tojo in a hospital; various Japanese generals; scenes of Nazi concentration camps; and mob scenes in Milan, Italy, as Mussolini and Facist leaders are killed. Hitler visits a Ger. Hospital. War crime trials in Nuremberg. Delegates sign the UN Charter at San Francisco.
United News, Release 1041, 1945
DRESDEN BLASTED, 1945: 1. Hordes of British and 8th Air Force planes bomb Dresden by day and night. 2. Paris and other French towns are flooded. 3. Gen. De Gaulle decorates French and U.S. Soldiers, including Generals Devers and Patch, in celebration of the triumph at Colmar. 4. Shows Churchill and Field Marshall Alexander in Athens. 5. Allied troops advance in Germany. Soldiers cross a river under a smoke screen.
United News, Release 1042, 1945
CIVIL AFFAIRS IN GERMANY, 1945: 1. German citizens return to their devastated homes as U.S. Army civil affairs units restore order and prepare for rationing food. 2. Shows ground and aerial views of a new British jet plane. 3. U.S. Cigarettes and candy are given to Russian troops at a British rest camp. 4. Allied planes bomb 8 German railroad centers and strafe airfields.
United News, Release 1043, 1945
"LEADERS VISIT WESTERN FRONT, 1945: 1. Russian generals talk with freed prisoners of war. Winston Churchill, Field Marshalls Montgomery and Brooke, and Gen. Simpson inspect the Siegfried Line; Gens. Eisenhower and Simpson view a battle area. 2. An American ship brings lend-lease equipment to LeHavre, France. 3. Shows a ceremony in a town in Holland where the town square is renamed in honor of the 30th Infantry (""Old Hickory"") Division. General Leland S. Hobbs receives a picture of the square. 4. Shows a 9-year-old blind pianist in Holland whose study in America will be financed by American airmen. 5. Shows bombing of and street fighting in Cologne, Germany."
United News, Release 1044, 1945
SHERMAN TANKS MOUNT ROCKETS, 1945: 1. Rockets are armed, loaded, and fired from Sherman tanks. 2. President Benes of Czechoslovakia reviews Czech troops in England and leaves exile for return home. 3. Citizens of Cologne, Germany, come out of hiding to plunder food, to cook and launder, and to relinquish arms as soldiers battle in other parts of the city. Includes shots of captured German soldiers and of American soldiers crossing the Rhine River.
United News, Release 1045, 1945
BASTOGNE DEFENDERS HONORED, 1945: 1. The 101st Airborne Div. Is inspected by Gens. Eisenhower and Taylor, is decorated, and passes in review. 2. Shows an English blockbuster (22,000 lbs.) and aerial views of its use on German targets. 3. 500 Dutch children are entertained by American soldiers in England. 4. Shows the use and repair of the only bridge across the Rhine River at Remagen, Germany, and the ruins after its collapse. Includes shots of the 1st Army fighting in Coblenz, Germany.
United News, Release 1051, 1945
GERMANY IS BEATEN, 1945. Reviews events in the rise and fall of Germany, 1939-1945. 1. Shows Germans in Denmark, Belgium, Luxemburg, Holland, and France. French citizens leave their cities and children are evacuated from London and Paris. Rubble is cleared and factories continue to produce in Britain after English planes down German bombers. 2. Shows Russian defense and offense against Germany. U.S. troops fight in the Pacific and in Europe, bombing and strafing the enemy. Shows the Yalta Conference, celebrations by liberated countries, and the effect of war on German civilians and prisoners. Includes scenes of London, Moscow, Washington, D.C. Personages: Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Eisenhower, and Hitler.
United News, Release 1052, 1945
FREE VOTE FOR FRANCE [ETC.], 1945. 1. France holds its first free municipal elections since liberation. 2. Occupation forces in Heidelberg print a newspaper and distribute it to eager citizens. 3. A French ship is loaded with grain and potatoes in Canada. Airplanes drop food to the Dutch in a UN operation. 4. German surrenders are received by Gen. Montgomery from Adm. Friedeburg and by Gen. Walter 2. Smith from Gen. Jodl. Gen. Eisenhower speaks.
United News, Release 1053, 1945
VICTORY ROUND-UP, 1945. Gens. Zhukov, Spaatz, and Tedder receive Gen. Keitel's surrender at Berlin. Shows Munich scenes. German Gens. Goring, Kesselring, and von Runstedt are captured. Gen. E.H. Brooks receives Germany's surrender in Austria. Adm. Doenitz is captured. British sailors board German U-boats at Antwerp. Citizens of Brussels and Paris celebrate in the streets Gen. de Gaulle visits the Arc de Triomphe. Gen. Montgomery receives the German surrender at Lundberg. The British fleet enters Copenhagen harbor. Gen. Montgomery and King Christian X ride through the streets of Copenhagen.
United News, Release 1054, 1945
NORWAY FREED [ETC.], 1945. 1. Norwegian and British officials receive the German surrender at Oslo. 2. Shows destruction to French and German ports caused by allied air attacks. French soldiers return home and citizens rejoice. Shows German prisoners. 3. Pipe lines are manufactured and laid in the English Channel and through France to Ghent, Belgium. Shows pumping stations in England.
1946
United News, Release 188, 1946
CANADA COLLECTS CLOTHES FOR WORLD'S NEEDY, 1946: 1. UNRRA workers sort and bundle clothing. 2. Snowy scenes at Buffalo, New York, and Niagara Falls. 3. Japanese planes are destroyed by flamethrowing tanks. 4. Aluminum is made into prefab. houses. 5. A 3-wheel auto is demonstrated. 6. Gen. Yamashita is given death sentence.
United News, Release 189, 1946
HAIL VICTORY IN CALIFORNIA ROSE FESTIVAL, ETC, 1946: 1. The Rose Parade in Pasadena. 2. UN delegate Stettinius, Mrs. Roosevelt, and Senators pose. 3. Chinese citizens greet General Marshall. 4. Japanese POW's board a ship in California. 5. Truman calls 1946 a year of decisions. 6. General Patton's funeral in Hamm, Luxemburg. 7. The 82nd Airborne Division disembarks in N.Y. 8. General Homma pleads innocent at a war crimes trial. 9. Skiing and bobsledding in N.Y.
United News, Release 190, 1946
WORLD LOOKS AT UNITED CHINA, 1946: 1. Chiang Kai-shek greets Gen. Marshall at Nanking (1945). 2. A dog mascot of a Coast Guard cutter crew. 3. A demonstration of the Army helicopter R-5. 4. Churchill disembarks at N.Y. and addresses greeters. 5. A fire destroys a U.S. Warehouse in Yokohama. 6. UN delegates visit Truman and seek a site for the UN. 7. The 82nd Airborne Div. Parades.
United News, Release 191, 1946
U.S. AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY LATEST INVENTIONS, 1946: New Kaiser and Fraser autos. Demonstrates an auto-airplane. 2. Roosevelt dimes are coined at the Philadelphia mint. The Trumans donate to March of Dimes. 3. An airstrip is built in Burma. 4. The UN meets in London: Spaak is elected president. Attlee speaks on preventing WWIII. 5. Churchill arrives in Miami and attends a race.
United News, Release 192, 1946
"SKI CHAMPIONS IN JUMPING MEET, 1946: 1. Tower jumps in Illinois. 2. Sec. Byrnes pledges support at a UN meeting in London. 3. Greer Garson receives the Look Magazine award for ""Valley of Decision,"" co-starring Gregory Peck. 4. Kansas farm destruction caused by crows. 5. A jet plane sets a transcontinental record. 6. The signing of a Chinese truce. Chiang Kai-shek addresses his people. 7. The cruise of the Roosevelt in the Caribbean."
United News, Release 193, 1946
U.S. SUBMARINES DECOMMISSIONED, 1946: 1. Sailors at the San Francisco Navy Yard. 2. Army radar equipment is used to contact the moon. 3. Gen. McNarney rides across new bridges on the Rhine. 4. Chinese troops board ships en route to Manchuria. 5. Men and women race on ice skates in Minnesota. Men race and pole vault at Madison Square Garden. 6. British war brides are greeted by their husbands in N.Y.
United News, Release 194, 1946
NEW DEVICES FOR CLEARING PATHS IN MINE FIELDS, 1946: 1. Mine detonators are tested. 2. Joe Louis and Billy Conn train for their boxing match. 3. Radar guides a ferry across foggy Puget Sound. 4. The inauguration of Pres. Dutra in Rio de Janeiro. Ceremonies in congress and scenes of congratulation. 5. Sponge fishing off Florida. 6. Displaced persons are greeted on their return to Czechoslovakia.
United News, Release 195, 1946
NEW CARDINALS GO TO ROME FOR PAPAL CEREMONY, 1946: 1. Archbishops Stritch, Glennon, and Spellman board planes for Rome. The Vatican and Pius XII. 2. Unusual automobiles designed in the U.S. 3. Race horses grazing in Australia. 4. The Dionne Quintuplets celebrate their 12th birthday. 5. A new Navy dive bomber. 6. Supreme Court Justices speak on racial toleration.
United News, Release 196, 1946
BOBSLED RACERS IN FAST TRIALS, 1946: 1. Bobsledding at the Lake Placid track. 2. Greeks wounded in war arrive at La Guardia. 3. Scenes of America's first jet squadron. 4. An arctic exploration in Canada. 5. Archbishops Spellman, Mooney, and Stritch leave the U.S. For Rome. They are made bishops by Pius XII.
United News, Release 197, 1946
SHANGHAI HAILS CHIANG KAI-SHEK, 1946: 1. Chiang deplanes is cheered in the U.S. 2. Japanese Gen. Homma is tried and sentenced to death in Manila. 3. Sec. Anderson asks Americans to help conserve food. 4. Soldiers ski in Japan. 5. A concrete house is built. 6. Hirohito tours Honshu Island. 7. The Golden Gloves Tournament.
United News, Release 198, 1946
FRANCE CLOSES SPANISH BORDER, 1946: 1. The border near St. Jean de Luz is closed. 2. Pres. Truman tells the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ that the U.S. will defend the UN charter. 3. Ice from Lake Huron crushes homes in Bay City, Mich. Soldiers throw and move tank decoys. 4. A radio-controlled airplane. Natives prepare to evacuate Bikini Island before atomic bomb tests. 5. Several ski jumps from the tower at Iron Mountain, Mich.
United News, Release 199, 1946
U.S. BOWLERS MEET FOR CHAMPIONSHIP, 1946: 1. Bowling in New York State. 2. Aga Khan III, in ceremonies at Bombay, contributes his weight in diamonds to India's needy. 3. The tip of an island near Japan that has been raised by volcanic eruptions. The sun through instruments at a Colorado observatory. 4. Churchill decorates Roosevelt's tomb in Hyde Park. The two men at historic meetings during the war. 5. A puma is treed and captured. 6. UNRRA distributes food to Italian children. Cattle and horses are prepared for shipment. Herbert Hoover enplanes for Europe.
United News, Release 200, 1946
UNRRA COUNCIL PLANS RELIEF OF WORLD'S NEEDY, 1946: 1. Delegates and the meeting at Jersey City, N.J. 2. The flying boat Mars on the ground and in the air. 3. A circular aluminum house. 4. Arctic tests of the carrier Midway. 5. Trout are caught at a New Zealand hatchery. 6. Delegates arrive at Hunter College for a meeting of the UN Security Council.
United News, Release 201, 1946
CANADIAN FIRE SWEEPS HUGE PULPWOOD STOCKS, 1946: 1. Night scenes of the fire. 2. Phosphate is mined in Florida. 3. Meetings of the UN Security Council, and discussion of the Russian-Iranian dispute.
United News, Release 202, 1946
"GOERING TAKES STAND IN WAR CRIMINALS TRIAL, 1946: 1. Court room scenes in Nuremberg as Goering is questioned about organized murder in Germany. 2. Tidal waves in the Hawaiian Islands. A volcanic eruption in Japan. 3. A schizophrenic pianist plays Chopin's ""Fantasy Impromptu"" as part of his musical therapy. 4. Damaged buildings are destroyed in the reconstruction of Dortan. The Russian-Iranian dispute at the UN Security Council."
United News, Release 203, 1946
SUBMARINES OF JAPANESE NAVY SUNK BY U.S., 1946: 1. 24 submarines are loaded with explosives and shelled by the cruiser Chicago. 2. Columbus, Ga., and vicinity is sprayed with DDT and cleared of debris. 3. Buildings are constructed in Yellowknife, Canada, as a result of a gold rush. 4. Cypress trees are felled in the Florida Everglades. 5. The Roosevelt Estate becomes a national shrine in a ceremony. Mrs. Roosevelt and Pres. Truman deliver speeches.
United News, Release 206, 1946
AIR FREIGHT BY PARACHUTE, 1946: 1. Cargo is dropped by parachute. 2. Roxas is elected President of the Philippines. 3. The queen of the Washington Apple Blossom Festival. 4. Army divers retrieve Japanese silver. 5. Joe Louis and Billy Conn weigh for their boxing match. 6. A 3,000-lb. Iron ball is used to demolish N.Y. slums. 7. The Kentucky Derby.
United News, Release 207, 1946
NAVY TESTS NEW SHIP PROPELLER, 1946: 1. Prof. Kirsten poses beside a propeller he has designed to replace ships' rudders. 2. Japanese war criminals arrive for trial in Tokyo. 3. 3,000 sheep move across Grand Coulee Dam. 4. Pres. Roxas and P.V. McNutt visit Pres. Truman. Roxas describes the Philippines as a miniature U.S. 5. Arctic explorers finish their expedition in a blizzard. 6. Truman says CARE will help UNRRA feed Europe.
United News, Release 208, 1946
U.S. COAST GUARD RESUMES NORTHERN ICEBERG PATROL, 1946: 1. Cutters and seaplanes plot courses of icebergs in the Atlantic. 2. Hoover returns from a survey of Europe's food problems and is greeted by Truman. 3. A plane crashes into the Bank of Manhattan Building. 4. Sec. Byrnes reports on the foreign ministers council. 5. Chinese sailors man ships at San Diego. 6. Britain's activities in reducing her empire.
United News, Release 209, 1946
U.S. PLANS TESTS OF ATOM BOMB ON PACIFIC ATOLL, ETC, 1946: 1. Camera towers are built on Bikini Island. 2. DDT is used to combat infantile paralysis. 3. Truman and Secretary Byrnes greet wounded veterans. 4. Newly born quadruplets. 5. Joe Louis and Billy Conn train for boxing match. 6. A sheep shearing contest. 7. Eisenhower is greeted in Nanking by Chiang Kai-shek and Gen. Marshall.
United News, Release 210, 1946
U.S. CATHOLICS DONATE FOOD FOR WORLD NEEDY, 1946: 1. A bust of Booker T. Washington is unveiled at Hall of Fame. 3. German criminals are hanged at Dachau. In Prague, Karl Frank is sentenced and hanged. 4. Indians of the jungles in Panama harvest bananas. 5. Recreational activities of children in the New York Police Athletic Leagues. 6. Recalls D-Day, 1944, showing beachhead scenes. Ceremonies are held at U.S. Military cemeteries.
United News, Release 211, 1946
LATEST NEWS IN AVIATION WORLD, 1946: 1. Paratroops jump at West Point graduation. 2. Tenants are rescued from the burning LaSalle Hotel in Chicago. 3. Chiang Kai-shek decorates the tomb of Sun Yat-sen as the capital is returned from Chungking. 4. 50th anniversary of the auto industry. 5. The 82nd Airborne Div. is honored, celebrating D-Day. 6. Gen. Doolittle and Adm. Nimitz at Academy graduations.
United News, Release 212, 1946
U.S. DEMONSTRATES LATEST ROCKETS, 1946: 1. Rockets are fired from various locations. 2. Pres. Peron is inaugurated in Buenos Aires. 3. The fuselage of an 8-motor seaplane is hauled. 4. The Council of Foreign Ministers reconvenes in Paris. 5. Jewish refugees land in Palestine. Citizens of Transjordan celebrate their independence. Amir Abdullah reviews Arab troops. 6. Bernard Baruch speaks to the UN Atomic Energy Commission.
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1957
Universal Newsreels, Release 10, January 28, 1957
Jan 28, (Release 10)- PRINCESS' BIRTH HAILED IN MONACO; CYPRUS VIOLENCE as Turks set seventy fires in revenge; HUB CAP THEFTS IN SAN MATEO, CA; JEWISH REFUGEES: from Egypt to Greece; King Winter in pageant; MRS. IKE AND MOTHER' MARCH OF POLIO; HORSE RACING IN ARCADIA, CA; ICE BOATING IN LONG ISLAND.
Universal Newsreels, Release 11, January 31, 1957
"Jan 31, (Release 11)- ""IKE"" GREETS KING SAUD OF SAUDI ARABIA; WINTER FLOODS SWEEP FOUR STATES; SNOW IN SUNNY CLIMATES: California and Spain; OIL TANKER BLAST KILLS 9; MARCH OF DIMES FASHIONS: Polio Poster Girl steals the limelight. BASKETBALL: SEATTLE U. TOPS ""BAKERS."""
Universal Newsreels, Release 12, February 4, 1957
Feb 4, (Release 12)- 3 air tragedies strike the U.S. within 48 hours; rocket-powered helicopter makes debut; CHINESE NEW YEAR in San Francisco; 1,200 share New York breakfast; NIXON TAKES PART IN HEART FUND CAMPAIGN; ROUGH AND TUMBLE RODEO at Palm Springs; BABY BOBSLEDS IN ALPS: winter thrills, for babies.
Universal Newsreels, Release 13, February 7, 1957
Feb 7, (Release 13)- GAS BLASTS RIP RENO: 2 die, 55 are injured; Italian cruiser joins U. S. fleet units in San Diego; AIR PROSPECTING IN A HELICOPTER; IKE MEETS IRAQ PRINCE; IKE COMMENDS HOOVER; SPRING FASHIONS IN SPAIN.
Universal Newsreels, Release 15, February 14, 1957
Feb 14, (Release 15)- REDSTONE MISSLE IN PRODUCTION: answers critics of our missile program; ISRAEL: protest against the U.N. order to evacuate Gaza Strip; PHOTOPLAY AWARDS in Beverly Hills; NEW ATOMIC PLANT near Chicago; Ed Sullivan pleas for tolerance as National Brotherhood Week begins; WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW: 2,600 canine aristocrats; Basketball: Columbia meets Penn.
Universal Newsreels, Release 16, February 18, 1957
Feb 18, (Release 16)- Queen Elizabeth emplanes for Portugal to be reunited with the Duke of Edinburgh; chic beach wear at Palm Beach; Hundreds of thousands of birds head south to Holland for winter; pro tennis: Pancho Gonzales and Ken Rosewall tangle in their eighth match; ski-jumping against the back drop of the Rockies.
Universal Newsreels, Release 17, February 21, 1957
"Feb 21, (Release 17)- QUEEN VISITS PORTUGAL: Portugal honors the British monarch; MISS BERLIN CHOSEN - Over 100 frauleins competed; ITALY EXCAVATIONS: newly discovered hideaway for the social set of Julius Caesar's Rome was buried by volcanic eruption; ""BIG HILL"" SKI JUMP COMPETITION, WASH.; GOLDEN GLOVES FINALS in New York; MOTOR BOAT SHOW: an exhibit of the latest water craft."
Universal Newsreels, Release 27, March 27, 1957
Mar 27, (Release 27)- ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS: Dorothy Malone, Anthony Quinn, and Ingrid Bergman; MIDWEST BLIZZARDS; the 6-nation European Common Market Plan; Ike hosts Dublin's Jewish Lord Mayor; GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE; SUEZ CANAL IS CLEARED; 6-DAY CHICAGO BIKE RACE.
Universal Newsreels, Release 28, April 1, 1957
Apr 1, (Release 28)- GERMAN WAR VETS AT U. S. PARATROOP SCHOOL; Ike boosts the Cancer Crusade; National Press Photographers Association holds beauty pageant; HELICOPTERS aid French forces in Algeria; EAST-WEST COLLEGE BASKETBALL; GRAND NATIONAL Steeplechase.
Universal Newsreels, Release 29, April 4, 1957
Apr 4, (Release 29)- TORNADOES AND SNOWS BATTER SOUTHWEST; POLIO DRIVE FOR PROTECTION IN KANSAS; EASTER SEAL CAMPAIGN is launched in D.C.; PENTAGON PERSONNEL CHANGES; Brazilian staff chief Mazza is welcomed; SPRING FASHION PARADES; THE CIRCUS IS BACK!
Universal Newsreels, Release 30, April 8, 1957
Apr 8, (Release 30)- Air Force's 1800-pound cargo carrier wears skis; PARADE IN SPAIN commemorates end of Civil War; MIDGET CONVENTION in Reno; turbo-jet French helicopters over N.Y.'s skyline; Doug Ford wins the Masters Golf; DIVING QUEEN MCCORMICK DEBUTS; TRAILER: SUPPORT CANCER CRUSADE.
Universal Newsreels, Release 31, April 11, 1957
Apr 11, (Release 31)- PARIS HAILS QUEEN on her 3-day visit; Roman buildings and artificats unearthed in excavations at Herculaneum; U. S. tanker delivers cargo of oil to Israel; HATS FASHIONS; A.A.U. CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING IN BOSTON.
Universal Newsreels, Release 32, April 15, 1957
Apr 15, (Release 32)- In N.Y., The first U.S. World Trade Fair; CHURCHILL denies Japan's plea to stop planned H-bomb tests; CULINARY ARTS displayed in Chicago; PRINCESS MARGARET of Holland dedicates World War II memorial; SPRING HAT FASHIONS; KIDS' BOXING; WHITE WATER WIZARDS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 33, April 18, 1957
"Apr 18, (Release 33)- ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS HAILED IN ATHENS AFTER EXILE IN ENGLAND; FIREWORKS celebrate the World Trade Fair; CIRCUS AT N.Y. HOSPITAL; ""PINWHEEL"" BACK-COPTER IS DEMONSTRATED; TEETER-TOTTER WORLD RECORD; STANLEY CUP: Montreal beats Boston; FRENCH STOCK CARS; TEEN WATER SKI CHAMPS."
Universal Newsreels, Release 34, April 22, 1957
"Apr 22, (Release 34)- DULLES REPLIES TO RED THREATS: the free world will not be intimidated; England's ""Mayflower II""; small plane takes off from car roof; King Hussein tries to retain control during resignations; Zoo animals in classrooms; NEW CHIC HAIR STYLES; ""BOLD RULER"" WINS PREVIEW HORSE RACE."
Universal Newsreels, Release 35, April 25, 1957
Apr 25, (Release 35)- JORDAN CRISIS: King Hussein denounces Red influences; OLYMPIAN HONEYMOONERS arrive in N.Y. from behind the Iron Curtain; TEEN-AGE TELEPHONE CO.; CHIMP CIRCUS; HARDWARE HATS in San Francisco; JAPANESE FASHIONS in N.Y.; POLIO RODEO.
Universal Newsreels, Release 36, April 29, 1957
Apr 29, (Release 36)- HUSSEIN TIGHTENS GRIP ON JORDAN; TEXAS FLOODS in wake of seven-year drought; MENTAL HEALTH WEEK is opened by V.P. Nixon; FIRST BABY GORILLA ever born in captivity; FAMILY FASHIONS; SAILING SEASON opens in the Netherlands; DRAKE RELAYS track contests.
Universal Newsreels, Release 37, May 2, 1957
May 2, (Release 37)- POPE RECEIVES GRACE; REMEMBRANCE PARADE for World War II heroism; SPRING IN SNOW COUNTRY, Wash; SALT HARVEST; Colombian Indians gather salt; CHIMPANZEE ART; STYLE INTERNATIONAL; MOTORBIKE SOCCER: France beats Germany 5-0.
Universal Newsreels, Release 38, May 6, 1957
May 6, (Release 38)- IRON LIEGE WINS KENTUCKY DERBY; APPLE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL; Leading Democrats gather for dinner; 2 weeks of turmoil pause for Ramadan; QUEEN JULIANA'S BIRTHDAY; A.A.U. GYMNASTS in national championships; BRITISH SOCCER FINALS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 39, May 9, 1957
"May 9, (Release 39)- STRAIGHT UP ""VERTIJET"" At Edwards AFB; IKE GREETS VIETNAM'S ANTI-COMMUNIST DIEM; 28 NEW SWISS GUARDS at the Vatican; AUSTRIAN ELECTIONS: Dr. Adolf Schaerf; WATCH FASHIONS at Swiss Trade Fair; HYDROPLANE RACING on Lake Chelan; MOTORBIKE HILL-CLIMB."
Universal Newsreels, Release 40, May 13, 1957
May 13, (Release 40)- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE NEW YORK for 80,000 newly-naturalized citizens; IKE VISITS GETTYSBURG; VIETNAM'S ANTI-COMMUNIST DIEM IS HAILED IN N.Y.; FRANCE'S COTY VISITS ROME; MRS. AMERICA in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY RODEO IN CALIFORNIA.
Universal Newsreels, Release 41, May 16, 1957
"May 16, (Release 41)- Evangelist Billy Graham assaults sin in N.Y.; SHIPS FOR SPAIN under Mutual Defense Assistance Pact; FRANCE'S COTY VISITS POPE; Spring snowfall blocks traffic in Spain; Memphis cotton parades; FASHION PARADE; STONE-LIFTING in Spain; muscle man wins ""Mr. Ontario"" title."
Universal Newsreels, Release 42, May 20, 1957
May 20, (Release 42)- MIRACLE RESCUE, N.Y.: 7 year old reached at the bottom of a 21 foot well; ARMED FORCES DAY PARADE in N.Y.; NEW FRENCH JETS ON DISPLAY; FESTIVAL OF CANDLES IN ITALY; OKLAHOMA FLOODS: The Cimarron River rampages; Preakness Stakes horse racing; JUNIOR RODEO in Oregon.
Universal Newsreels, Release 43, May 23, 1957
May 23, (Release 43)- NEW TORNADOES BATTER MID-WEST: over 53 die; ELIZABETH HAILED IN DENMARK; SCANDINAVIA'S GRIPSHOLM LUXURY SHIP WELCOMED; A.F.L.-C.I.O. Trade Show; Russians reap caviar harvest; a horse of the Korean War honored for service under fire; 3-NATION BIKE RACE through middle Europe.
Universal Newsreels, Release 44, May 27, 1957
May 27, (Release 44)- Ike welcomes West German Chancellor; damages to U.S. Embassy in Formosa are assessed; DALLAS FLOODS; Sweden's King welcomes Holland's Queen and Prince; SAUCER BOAT on Milwaukee River; Morris & Essex Kennel Club dog show; CALIFORNIA HANDICAP horse racing; LOS ANGELES COLISEUM RELAYS TRACK MEET.
Universal Newsreels, Release 45, May 30, 1957
May 30, (Release 45)- NEW ATOM TESTS NEVADA; FIRE DEMONSTRATION; first films of the Vanguard rocket and the satellite it will carry; films of the rare actinia fish; DAYDREAMS IN DESIGN: HATS; police boxing finals.
Universal Newsreels, Release 46, June 3, 1957
June 3, (Release 46)- Britain explodes its first H-bomb in Pacific; Algerian Nationalists slay 300; IKE'S NEW HELICOPTERS; Israel aids its own Arab population; FISH STORY In Maine; MODEL AIR SHOW in New York; GOLF: Sam Snead wins the Palm Beach tourney; Track & Field thrills in Compton, CA.
Universal Newsreels, Release 47, June 6, 1957
June 6, (Release 47)- Graduation at West Point and Annapolis; TRUMAN A GRAND-DAD; Santa on the boardwalk at Coney Island; FRENCH AIR SHOW: The United States and Russia participate; CRAPELLO WINS EPSOM HORSE DERBY; NEW DAM for California's Feather River.
Universal Newsreels, Release 48, June 10, 1957
June 10, (Release 48)- IKE SEES AIR MIGHT: a spectacular series of naval air power exercises; KING SAUD IN JORDAN FOR ADVICE; GIRAFFE HOUSE: the Columbus Zoo; FASHION PARADE in Paris; ROYAL ENTRY WINS EPSOM HORSE RACES; OCTOGENERIAN CYCLIST; LIVERMORE RODEO CLASSIC.
Universal Newsreels, Release 49, June 13, 1957
June 13, (Release 49)- 18 NATION NAVAL REVIEW off Norfolk, VA.; MAYFLOWER II REACHES NEW WORLD; HAWK DEFENSE MISSILE DEMONSTRATED; 30 nations take part in Polish trade exposition; 32nd FRENCH PRIME MINISTER since WWII; HOUSE OF TOMORROW opened at Disneyland; coastal tribes of Washington and British Columbia in War Canoe Race; BUY WAR BONDS-JACK WEBB TELLS WHY (Trailer); SPORTSMEN FEAST FROM GLOBAL MENU.
Universal Newsreels, Release 50, June 17, 1957
June 17, (Release 50)- Queen Elizabeth's 31st birthday; Portland's 49th annual Rose Festival; BROAD MID-EAST POWER SHIFTS; U.S. OPEN GOLF: Dick Mayer wins; BELMONT STAKES HORSE RACING; POLE VAULT RECORD at Nat'l Collegiate track meet.
Universal Newsreels, Release 51, June 20, 1957
June 20, (Release 51)- JAPAN PREMIER GOLFS WITH IKE: Kishi pledges to resist communism; POPE GREETS CONGRESS OF EUROPE; Dutch air show displays 50 years of progress; ALPINE FLOODS devastate France; RESORT FASHIONS in New York; AUSTRIAN'S NO-FEET MARATHON; TENNIS championships in Holland: Chile's Ayala wins.
Universal Newsreels, Release 52, June 24, 1957
June 24, (Release 52)- NEW CANADIAN GOVERNMENT: Prime Minister Diefenbaker; U. N. TO RE-ARM IN KOREA against Red threats; MARINE COMMANDOS practice off Puerto Rico; BACK YARD PLANE CRASH in Maryland; ALPINE ROUND-UP: Shepherds move flocks to coller weather; KIDS FISHING; JAPAN PREMIER AT YANKEE BALL GAME; A.A.U. TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 53, June 27, 1957
June 27, (Release 53)- COMMUTER TRAIN DERAILED IN N.Y.C.; LIONS PARADE signals 40th Convention; ANNE FRANK HONORED with torchlight ceremonies; COTY VISITS LUXEMBOURG; VERSATILE SPANISH TRUCK; WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL receives annual visit; LE MANS AUTO RACE; MOTO-CROSS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 54, July 1, 1957
July 1, (Release 54)- TOLL RISES IN WAKE OF GULF HURRICANE AUDREY; MAYFLOWER II sails into New York; PRINCE FAISAL of Saudi Arabia arrives in N.Y.; MEDIEVAL FESTIVAL OF LILIES in Italy; WOMEN'S OPEN GOLF.
Universal Newsreels, Release 55, July 4, 1957
July 4, (Release 55)- The story of Project Vanguard, which will launch the first man-made moon into space; ALBATROSS sailing vessel into New York; NEW AIR CHIEF HONORED; TINY TOMIC REACTOR IS CONSTRUCTED; DIAMOND SHOW, Amsterdam; HIGHWAY SAFETY films; Princess Margriet at Dutch Zoo; NEW DECATHLON CHAMP at National A.A.U. Championships.
Universal Newsreels, Release 56, July 8, 1957
"July 8, (Release 56)- TRUMAN LIBRARY DEDICATION CEREMONIES; BIGGEST U.S. A-BLAST EVER TESTED; MISSILE DISPLAYED IN GRAND CENTRAL STATION; POPE GREETS BOSTONIANS IN ROME; OREGEN TIMBER CARNIVAL: the ""world series"" of logging; BAREFOOT WATER-SKIING in Ontario."
Universal Newsreels, Release 57, July 12, 1957
July 12, (Release 57)- ISRAEL-SYRIA BORDER CLASH: an explosive situation; Parents' Day at Prince Charles' school; VENEZUELA commemorates its independence; ALTHEA GIBSON returns from winning Wimbledon; HEAVYWEIGHTS BOXING; RENO RODEO.
Universal Newsreels, Release 58, July 15, 1957
July 15, (Release 58)- OPERATION ALERT: 100 cities hit by simulated atomic air raids in civil defense drill; JAMBOREE: 50,000 Boy Scouts gather; CHICAGO FLOODS washing out suburban homes; India's Prime Minister visits Holland; FASHION DISPLAYS; ARLINGTON CLASSIC HORSE RACING.
Universal Newsreels, Release 59, July 18, 1957
July 18, (Release 59)- NEW JET RECORD: Marine airman John Glenn sets coast-to-coast flight record; MARIJUANA SEIZED: $4 million crop of marijuana is burned; JUNIOR FASHION PARADE; JET CARRIER LANDINGS; Crop dusters cut daisies with landing gear; Full-sized man on midget water-skis.
Universal Newsreels, Release 60, July 22, 1957
July 22, (Release 60)- RECORD CROWD HEARS BILLY GRAHAM IN N.Y.: 92,000; IKE GREETS FOREIGN STUDENTS; Aga Khan, leader of Ismaili Moslem sect, is buried; AIR-TO-AIR A-BOMB IS FIRED; FOUR COMPETITORS BREAK 4 MINUTE MILE; HORSE RACING.
Universal Newsreels, Release 61, July 25, 1957
July 25, (Release 61)- 24 DIE IN FRENCH TRAIN DERAILMENT; EGYPT HAILS NEW PARLIAMENT: Nasser reviews Russian-built military; 300 CATTLE SHIPPED TO PERU; BEY OF TUNIS: 250 year monarchy comes ends; TRAVELLING ZOO; Vienna celebrates giant ferris wheel; BIKE-RIDING BEAR; National Roller Skating Championships.
Universal Newsreels, Release 62, July 29, 1957
July 29, (Release 62)- WORST FLOODS IN JAPAN: over 1,00 dead; 50thAIR FORCE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION; the week-old republic of Tunisia hails Habib Bourguiba; OUTDOOR STYLE SHOW, SAN FRANCISCO; Sailing Week in Holland; ARLINGTON HANDICAP HORSE RACING; OLD-TIMER BASEBALL: former Yankees and Tigers play.
Universal Newsreels, Release 63, August 1, 1957
Aug 1, (Release 63)- Japanese training ship completes cruise to Seattle; NASSER BLASTS U.S. destroying Egypt; ATOMS FOR PEACE: U.S. joins; Anderson becomes Secretary of the Treasury; Holland on marching marathon; EURPOEAN GRAND PRIX; the Kochman Auto Thrill Show; DIVING ANTICS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 65, August 8, 1957
Aug 8, (Release 65)- IKE TALKS ON DISARMAMENT; Air Base tests crash barrier; U.S. air base opens in Spain; IKE VISITS AILING WIFE; U.S. FASHIONS GO TO ROME; NEW SWIMMING RECORD at Holland's national swimming championships; Olympic heavyweight champ Rademacher trains; the Ostrich Derby!
Universal Newsreels, Release 66, August 12, 1957
Aug 12, (Release 66)- TOP-RANKING RED SPY CHIEF CAPTURED: Rudolf Ivanovich Abel; HOOVER'S 83rd BIRTHDAY; San Francisco hair styles; the world golf championships; GOLD CUP HYDROPLANES: a coveted speedboat trophy; ALL-STAR FOOTBALL: N.Y. Giants beat College All-Stars.
Universal Newsreels, Release 67, August 15, 1957
"Aug 15, (Release 67)- Twining becomes chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; GREEK RULERS VISIT FRANCE; DOG HERO rescues toddler; Indian Moslems observe Day of Muharrum; ""MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES"": film's world premiere in N.Y.; TROUT DERBY IN MONTANA; BATTING DUEL between Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams."
Universal Newsreels, Release 68, August 19, 1957
Aug 19, (Release 68)- BIGGEST WIND TUNNEL: 3,000 m.p.h.; ZOO ON STORE'S ROOF; KID'S SOAPBOX DERBY; RAMS vs REDSKINS; A.A.U. DIVING: Women's National Diving Championship; NATIONAL BASEBALL CONGRESS: two-week tournament.
Universal Newsreels, Release 69, August 23, 1957
Aug 23, (Release 69)- IKE WARNS OF RED POWER GRAB IN SYRIA; PROJECT MAN-HIGH: Air Force doctor ascends to rim of the stratosphere in balloon flight; Archbishop of New York arrives in Rome; PREVIEW OF '58 SWIM STYLES; KOREA LIBERATION DAY: parade commemorates 12th anniversary; L.A. SHERIFF'S RODEO; SALMON FISHING DERBY.
Universal Newsreels, Release 70, August 26, 1957
Aug 26, (Release 70)- GERMAN ELECTIONS SEE WHISTLE-STOP TOURS; a new British guided missile; TOWN CRIERS gather in England; LEATHER FASHIONS for back to school; KAYAK RACE on Spanish river; LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES.
Universal Newsreels, Release 73, September 5, 1957
Sept 5, (Release 73)- SOVIET JET LANDS IN U. S.; IKE'S VACATION; FLYING NUN aboard Air Force jet; DUTCH PIGEON RACE; BRITISH AIR SHOW; NEW JERSEY STOCK CARS: a 500 mile marathon; WASHINGTON PARK HANDICAP HORSE RACING; WATER JOUSTING by French aqua-sportsmen.
Universal Newsreels, Release 74, September 9, 1957
Sept 9, (Release 74)- Miss America 1958 is chosen in lavish ceremonies; a radiation-shielded bulldozer is tested in Nevada; ROOFTOP HELIPORT for Ray Nichols in Oakland hills; TENNIS AT FOREST HILLS; MOTORBOAT MARATHON: course twice wraps Manhattan Island; '49ers V. CARDINALS; SOONERS PIGSKIN PREVIEW.
Universal Newsreels, Release 75, September 12, 1957
Sept 12, (Release 75)- U.N. DEBATE ON HUNGARY: seeking to ease Red repression; Iron flows from Venezuelan mountain; MAKARIOS, leader of Cyprus, visits N.Y.; MILLION DOLLAR FUR FASHIONS; DUTCH WATER-SKIING STUNTS; PENDLETON RODEO: the Granddaddy of Western rodeos; KING SAUD visits West Germany.
Universal Newsreels, Release 76, September 16, 1957
Sept 16, (Release 76)- ADENAUER SWEEPS GERMAN ELECTIONS; AMERICAN LEGION: 39th annual convention; EARTH GIVES WAY UNDER BRITISH HOUSES; U.N. DELEGATES SWORN IN; 3-WHEEL CAR IN N.Y.; BRITISH HAT FASHIONS; The World Series of water-skiing; U.N. HANDICAP HORSE RACING.
Universal Newsreels, Release 77, September 19, 1957
Sept 19, (Release 77)- U.N. Assembly Names General Assembly President: New Zealand's Sir Leslie Munro; VIRUS VACCINES celebrated in Atlantic City; BOMARC INTERCEPTOR MISSILE IS TESTED; ROYAL FAMILY visits their country estate; FRENCH FASHIONS; BANTAMWEIGHT BOXING IN PARIS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 78, September 23, 1957
Sept 23, (Release 78)- QUEEN JULIANA OPENS PARLIAMENT In the Hague; SPANISH WINE CELEBRATION; WHALE PARADE. San Francisco opens the sea food season with a 42-foot whale; KING SAUD AT THE CIRCUS; FOOTBALL: Oregon State beats USC, Oklahoma stomps Pittsburgh.
Universal Newsreels, Release 79, September 26, 1957
Sept 26, (Release 79)- U.S. COAST GUARD CONQUERS NORTHWEST PASSAGE; PRINCE CHARLES attends public school; PLOWING CONTEST; Universal City movie lot is burned; KING OF MOROCCO calls for end to Algerian violence; BRAVES CLINCH PENNANT, DODGERS PLAY LAST GAME OF SEASON; World Championship Rodeo in New York.
Universal Newsreels, Release 80, September 30, 1957
Sept 30, (Release 80)- 5 NATO nationsland on Turkish coast; FRENCH ALGERIAN CAMEL CORPS; VULCAN BOMBER OVER FLORIDA; SEAGOING MERRY-GO-ROUND; FASHIONS AT THE HORSE TRACK; FOOTBALL: MICHIGAN BEATS U.S.C., ARMY BEATS NEBRASKA.
Universal Newsreels, Release 81, October 3, 1957
Oct 3, (Release 81)- ATOMS-FOR-PEACE: the first meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency; NEW DUTCH TUNNEL: Queen takes a ride; CHAMPION APPLE PICKER; PICTURE PUZZLE helps police identify criminals; RETURN OF THE RACOON: campus fashions; WORLD SERIES: YANKS WIN OPENER, 3-1.
Universal Newsreels, Release 82, October 7, 1957
Oct 7, (Release 82)- REDS LAUNCH FIRST SPACE SATELLITE Moscow earns the scientific glory; SAN MARINO POLITICAL CRISIS; GROMYKO MEETS DULLES; MECHANIZED MINE LAYER demonsrtated by Army Engineers; PREVIEW OF '58 SWIM SUITS; FOOTBALL: OHIO STATE vs. WASHINGTON; WORLD SERIES: Yankees lose fourth game.
Universal Newsreels, Release 83, October 10, 1957
Oct 10, (Release 83)- IKE DENIES U.S. MISSLE LAG: reassures of U.S. missile strength; SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Neil McElroy is sworn in; COTTON PICKERS; the National Cotton Picking Contest; NEW RAIL FRONTIERS in Canada's Peace River country; a jewelry parade on 5th Avenue; BRAVES WIN WORLD SERIES.
Universal Newsreels, Release 87, October 24, 1957
Oct 24, (Release 87)- MacMILLIAN ARRIVES FOR TALKS WITH IKE on the Middle East crisis, and on possibly teaming up to overtake Russia in the space race; 'MOON' CARRIER ROCKETS 109 MILES: a Viking rocket that will carry America's space satellite; NEW AGA KHAN: Ismaili Moslem sect installs new spiritual leader; U.S. TRACTORS FOR MOROCCO: Morocco launches a massive new farm development program; JET REFUELLING: the Navy's biggest flying gas station yet; FOOTBALL: GIANTS BEAT STEELERS 35-0.
Universal Newsreels, Release 88, October 28, 1957
"Oct 28, (Release 88)- U.S. FIRES 4,000 MILE ROCKET FROM A BALLOON in ""Operation Farside""; MACMILLAN of Britain tells of the NATO technology pooling to aid space race; IKE PRESENTS ""ATOMS FOR PEACE"" AWARD to physicist Niels Bohr; NEW VATICAN RADIO is inaugurated 12 miles from St. Peter's; leather for Fall and Winter fashions; WORLD'S RICHEST PACE, the Messenger Stakes horse racing at Roosevelt Raceway; FOOTBALL: IOWA v. NORTHWESTERN; OREGON v. CALIFORNIA."
Universal Newsreels, Release 89, October 31, 1957
Oct 31, (Release 89)- IKE COMMENTS on the frequent shifts at the Kremlin's top-level; U.S. JET TRANSPORT rolls off the production line; ALPINE REFUGE: a memorial for Belgium's King Albert nears completion; ICE SKATING FASHIONS; BACK TO POLITICAL NORMALCY for the Republic of San Marino; PRO FOOTBALL: BROWNS v CARDINALS; Michigan's Mackinac Bridge opens to traffic.
Universal Newsreels, Release 90, November 4, 1957
Nov 4, (Release 90)- AVALANCHE HUNTERS: scenes of rockfalls amid mountain grandeur; Santa arrives by satellite to delight thousands of kids; a $750,000 library financed by Bing Crosby is unveiled; Canada's fastest growing family is honored; FOOTBALL: ARMY TROUNCES COLGATE; GA. TECH TOPPLES DUKE; NAVY TOPS NOTRE DAME.
Universal Newsreels, Release 91, November 7, 1957
Nov 7, (Release 91)- Space Race: Ike announces the successful return of a U.S. missile fired into outer space; Gen. Douglas MacArthur is honored with the new Army flag by Secretary Brucker; NEW FRENCH PREMIER is appointed; Formosa, celebrates anniversary of the end of Japanese occupation; Ike gives blessing to Senatorial candidate Knight; NATIONAL HORSE SHOW; the Grand National Rodeo.
Universal Newsreels, Release 92, November 11, 1957
Nov 11, (Release 92)- 5,000 MILE MISSILE HITS MID-OCEAN TARGET; new Atomic Energy Commission headquarters; BRITAIN'S ROTODYNE AIRLINER rises like a helicopter; POPE GREETS COAL MINE EXPERTS; NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL SWORN IN: William P. Rogers; FISH FARMING: a new crop for Dutch Guiana; TRENTON HANDICAP HORSE RACING; FOOTBALL: OHIO STATE v. PURDUE; NEW SPEED BOAT RECORD.
Universal Newsreels, Release 97, November 28, 1957
Nov 28, (Release 97)- President Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke, but V.P. Nixon expects a quick recovery; DOLLS DONATED: Christmas comes early to Italian orphans; science steals the show at an international exposition in Amsterdam; JETS OUTRACE SUN TO COAST AND BACK: a record-shattering 7 hours 12 minutes; FOOTBALL: BROWNS v RAMS; 1st PRIVATE ATOM PLANT at Pleasanton, California.
Universal Newsreels, Release 98, December 2, 1957
Dec 2, (Release 98)- President Eisenhower attends church just four days after suffering a mild stroke; Ushering in the holiday season, 80 Korean orphans arrive by air; TOY TRAINS: scores of small boys gaze; the bear mascot of the 6th Infantry leaves for the Washington Zoo; SPEEDBOAT RECORD at Lake Washington: 183 m.p.h.; FOOTBALL: NOTRE DAME BEATS USC, NAVY BEATS ARMY IN FOOTBALL CLASSIC.
Universal Newsreels, Release 100, December 9, 1957
Dec 9, (Release 100)- VANGUARD SATELLITE A BUST: Official films show America's catastrophic launching attempt; BRITISH TRAIN WRECK takes nearly a hundred lives; the Amsterdam Aquarium celebrates its 75th Anniversary; GAS EXPLOSION in Villa Rica, Georgia: 12 are killed; JET-COPTER in Holland; NEW AIR FORCE THEME: the Air Force gets a new theme song; FOOTBALL: NOTRE DAME BEATS S.M.U., PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL GRID CHAMPS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 103, December 19, 1957
"Dec 19, (Release 103)- Pres. Eisenhower speaks of NATO accomplishments and urges new dedication to its principals; ANNIVERSARY: the 54th anniversary of the world's first powered flight is marked with ceremony at monument enshrining Wilbur and Orville Wright; the Navy's newest amphibious landing vehicle can carry the heaviest armored vehicles ashore; SUBMARINE ESCAPE: a new ""built-in breathing"" system of escaping from a submarine is demonstrated by the British Navy; SAILFISHING-A big fleet of fishing boats sets sail for the 23rd annual Metropolitan Miami Fishing Tournament."
Universal Newsreels, Release 104, December 23, 1957
"Dec 23, (Release 104)- NEWS HIGHLIGHTS OF 1957: President Magsaysay of the Philippines dies in plane crash; Queen Elizabeth's gala tour of New World; Royal heir born in Monaco; New York's ""Mad Bomber"" Metesky is captured after a 17 years; Russia master spy is seized;aviation records topple; the first Hurricane of the season wreaks terrible tragedy in Louisiana; SPACE AGE ARRIVES: the Age of Space dawns on mankind as Russia launches the first artificial satellites, while America's own satellite attempt is a flaming disaster. Russia's space dog is alone in the skies as Western chiefs of state gather for new NATO strategy talks."
Universal Newsreels, Release 106, December 30, 1957
Dec 30, (Release 106)- SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS The Editors of Universal Newsreel bring you a dramatic, action-packed round-up of tops in sporting thrills for the year 1957. EUROPE'S TOP SKI JUMPERS IN ACTION IN GERMANY.THE KENTUCKY DERBY AND THE GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE.NEW RECORDS FALL IN TRACK AND FIELD. ALTHEA GIBSON SWEEPS BIG TENNIS TITLES.FISTIC FIREWORKS IN PARIS; HALIMI BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMP.WOMEN'S A.A.U. DIVING AND TRICKS ON WATER SKIS.THE GOLD CUP RACE AND WORLD'S RECORD JET SPEED-BOAT.BRAVES BEAT YANKS AND COP WORLD SERIES. FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS: NOTRE DAME BREAKS OKLAHOMA'S UNBEATEN STRING; AND UNEXPECTED THRILLSON GRIDIRONS EVERYWHERE.
1958
Universal Newsreels, Release 1, January 2, 1958
Jan 2, (Release 1)- DEATH CLAIMS DAREDEVIL: At Orange Bowl, hydroplane driver is killed in accident;BOWL GAMES: OHIO STATE WINS ROSE BOWL 10-7 AFTER OREGON MISSES FIELD GOAL. SOONERS ROUT DUKE IN ORANGE BOWL; OLE MISS 39, TEXAS 7 IN SUGAR BOWL; MIDDIES BEAT RICE 20-7 IN COTTON BOWL; LIONS CLAW BROWNS 59-14
Universal Newsreels, Release 2, January 6, 1958
Jan 6, (Release 2)- The inauguration of Philippine President Garcia; POLIO FIGHTERS: 20th March of Dimes is opened; TRAIN DISASTER: 34 die in India; HORSE LAUGH: style show for horses. MR. BERLIN: German muscle-men flaunt themselves; SKI MEET: Russia's Kamenski wins in Bavaria; BARREL JUMPING: championship among top skaters.
Universal Newsreels, Release 3, January 9, 1958
Jan 9, (Release 3)- In State of the Union message, Ike confronts Soviet advances; MOTHERS IN RED CHINA: three mothers search for their missing sons; BOMARC IN PRODUCTION: an interceptor missile is produced; NEW YORK HAT FASHIONS: a preview of Spring hats; NOVICE GOLDEN GLOVERS: The Golden Gloves tournament opens.
Universal Newsreels, Release 4, January 13, 1958
Jan 13, (Release 4)- ATLAS ICBM FIRED: A successful missile test; REDS FREE AIRMAN: Major Howard Curran freed from Albanian captivity; INDONESIA EVACUEES GREETED: Dutch Queen greets deportees from Indonesia's anti-Dutch drive; INDIA HAILS MACMILLAN: The first visit by a British Prime Minister; FASHION PARADE: Spring fasions; WEST BEATS EAST 26-7, IN PRO BOWL.
Universal Newsreels, Release 5, January 16, 1958
Jan 16, (Release 5)- Ike's first press conference since his stroke; SAHARA OIL: Oil to be shipped, despite threat of Algerian sabotage; JAPANESE NAVY. The Japanese Navy heads for Hawaii; SKI JUMP CHAMPS. 26 top U.S. skiers compete to contend in the World's Championship; SLED DOG RACE. A 2-day Huskee Marathon.
Universal Newsreels, Release 6, January 20, 1958
Jan 20, (Release 6)- A POLISH EXPEDITION: arctic venture in Red scientific drive; LONDONERS DEBATE: Princess Rose's portrait; WANDERLUST: Italian Army allows conscript to fly to his fiancee; HUSTLER: B-58 Hustler carries H-bombs with speed; NATIONAL BOAT SHOW; GOLDEN GLOVES: Shoma scores K.O. victory.
Universal Newsreels, Release 7, January 23, 1958
Jan 23, (Release 7)- THOR: new IRBM tested; FAMINE: U.S. aids Indian famine with grain donation; BLIZZARD: Kansas City paralyzed by snowstorm; JAPANESE FILM WEEK: Japan's film stars in New York; GLOBAL FASHION PARADE; AUSTRIA SKI THRILLER: Olympic champion is defeated.
Universal Newsreels, Release 8, January 27, 1958
Jan 27, (Release 8)- TYRANT: Venezuela hails the end of dictator Jimenez; AGA KHAN: The new Aga Khan is invested as Imam of the sect; LONDON FIRE: Smithfield market is destroyed; ROUND HOUSE: Germany ships houses to Belgian Congo; AUSTRIA SPORTS: Italians win bobsledding; FILMAKERS MEET: In NYC, the industry has annual Breakfast.
Universal Newsreels, Release 9, January 30, 1958
"Jan 30, (Release 9)- BAGHDAD PACT PACT MEETING: the meeting of the Baghdad Pact Council in the Turkish capital;MISSILE CAMERA: close-ups of ""Thor"" missile; QUEEN MOTHER: the Queen's first global trip; ANIMAL CORNER: HIPPO DENTIST AT SAN FRANCISCO ZOO; ADOPTED CHIMP; MARCH OF DIMES FASHION SHOW TO AID POLIO; BASKETBALL WHIZ KIDS"
Universal Newsreels, Release 10, February 3, 1958
Feb 3, (Release 10)- U. S. SATELLITE: America's first satellite is launched; EGYPT AND SYRIA MERGE IN NEW STATE; RAIL DISASTER:10 die on British railways; BRITISH FASHION PARADE; BOSTON TRACK MEET
Universal Newsreels, Release 11, February 6, 1958
"Feb 6, (Release 11)- VANGUARD ROCKET FAILS IN 2ND TRY: The Navy's Vanguard fails to match the Army's ""Explorer."" IKE TELLS PRESS TAX CUT POSSIBLE; GANDHI MEMORIAL: 10th anniversary of the his assassination; ATOMIC CANNON TO KOREA. The Army deploys atomic cannon to Korea to off-set Reds in the north; WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS."
Universal Newsreels, Release 12, February 10, 1958
Feb 10, (Release 12)- BRITISH SOCCER CHAMPS DIE IN PLANE DISASTER; Surplus tanks put to work by a New Jersey house-wrecker; PRINCESS BEATRIX visits Dutch West Indies; PHOTOPLAY AWARDS. Photoplay Magazine's 1957 Gold Medal Award winners; KID'S JUDO; POLICE FESTIVAL: German police stage a field day; ALPINE CHAMPIONSHIPS: The world's top skiers compete in Austria.
Universal Newsreels, Release 13, February 13, 1958
Feb 13, (Release 13)- IKE VIEWS ECONOMY WITH CONFIDENCE; VIAREGGIO CARNIVAL: BROTHERHOOD WEEK: Vice-President Nixon speaks in support; LOURDES CENTENNIAL: the hundredth anniversary of the vision of Bernadette; WORLD'S SKI CHAMPION; WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW: the finest canine specimens.
Universal Newsreels, Release 14, February 17, 1958
"Feb 17, (Release 14)- 2 DIE - 4 TRAPPED IN NYC BLAZE; ""SPACEMAN"" COMPLETES 7-DAY TEST: America's first space-voyager competes his week-long test; TUNISIAN CRISIS GROWS; The explosive Algerian issue becomes international; NEW PLUMAGE: winter sports fashions; WINTER'S WORST STORM: the year's iciest cold wave paralyzes cities? and marooned thousands."
Universal Newsreels, Release 15, February 20, 1958
"Feb 20, (Release 15)- TUNISIA BUFFER ZONE PLANNED: French-Tunisian crisis; A trans-Antarctic Expedition; SPY ATTEMPTS SUICIDE IN NEW YORK CITY;MARDI GRAS DEFIES WEATHER; ""MISS CHINATOWN, SAN FRANCISCO; CRUISE FASHIONS; CAROL HEISS RETAINS FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIP."
Universal Newsreels, Release 16, February 24, 1958
"Feb 24, (Release 16)- REDS HIJACK KOREAN TRANSPORT: Reds say ""no"" to American demands for return of a hijacked Korean airliner; NASSER'S TRIUMPH: The United Arab Republic officially comes into being; HOOVER HONORED; 16 DIE IN VESUVIUS PLANE CRASH; PREVIEW OF UPCOMING SALON STYLES; A.A.U. CHAMPIONSHIPS: Highlights include the 60-yard hurdles the mile run; Derby Winner Iron Liege."
Universal Newsreels, Release 17, February 27, 1958
Feb 27, (Release 17)- EISENHOWER URGE'S FOREIGN AID PLAN: leaders put aside partisanship to support Foreign Aid program; RED RUSSIAN TURBO-JET: capable of flying 220; RED CHINA'S YANG-TZE BRIDGE; SOLAR HOUSE; ZOO NEWS: SAN FRANCISCO; CUBAN SPORTS FESTIVAL MARRED by kidnapping and racing disaster.
Universal Newsreels, Release 18, February 30, 1958
Feb 30, (Release 18)- SNOW AND FLOODS IN EUROPE: Parliament buildings menaced by waters; ENGLAND nearly paralyzed by an overnight blizzard; ARGENTINE ELECTIONS: Frondisi's overwhelming victory; RED TROOPS WITHDRAWN: Russia begins withdrawal of 41,000 troops from East Germany; ANTI-U.S. DEMONSTRATIONS; A WHALE'S BIRTHDAY; Visits to baseball teams' spring camps.
Universal Newsreels, Release 19, March 3, 1958
"Mar 3, (Release 19)- GARMENT INDUSTRY STRIKE; SUB SPEED MARK: America's third atomic sub; TURKEY'S FERRY DISASTER; MISSING MOON: The U.S. Army's attempt to launch a second ""Explorer""; IKE BOOSTS RED CROSS; GOLDEN GLOVES: in Chicago, Heavyweights and light-heavies mix it up; SPRING TRAINING: the Milwaukee Braves train in Florida, the San Francisco Giants have new hopes that come with their new name."
Universal Newsreels, Release 20, March 10, 1958
Mar 10, (Release 20)- REDS RELEASE 26 FROM HIJACKED AIRLINER; PRINCESS BEATRIX ends her tour of Dutch Empire; TOY FAIR WITH SANTA; MISSILE SUB: sub designed for guided missile launching. FASHION PARADES: ROME; FLORIDA'S MOTORCYCLE DERBY; SANTA ANITA HORSE DERBY.
Universal Newsreels, Release 21, March 13, 1958
"Mar 13, (Release 21)- ""DEAD"" A-BOMB HITS U.S. TOWN; SUB SCHOOL teaches escape techniques with dramatic realism; TUNNEL A-BLAST: tunnel A-bomb shocks Alaska; AUTOMATIC FACTORY IN L.A.; FASHION PARADES IN ROME"
Universal Newsreels, Release 22, March 17, 1958
Mar 17, (Release 22)- THIRD VANGUARD SUCCESSFUL--MOON IS LAUNCHED: Vanguard scores a bulls-eye on third attempt; MONACO ACCLAIMS NEW CROWN PRINCE; CANADIAN ICE-BREAKER BATTLES THROUGH THE ST. LAWRENCE; BRUSSELS WORLD'S FAIR; DELANY SETS NEW INDOOR MILE TRACK RECORD; WORLD SKI-JUMP CHAMPIONSHIPS: in Finland, 100,000 spectators are on hand at world ski-jump championships.
Universal Newsreels, Release 23, March 20, 1958
Mar 20, (Release 23)- 24 DIE IN NYC LOFT FIRE; PRESIDENT EISENHOWER SAYS TAXES WILL BE CUT IF NECESSARY; 2,000 YEAR-OLD WINE JAR OPENED IN NYC; STUDENTS HELP BUILD MODERN SCHOOL; FLYING SAUCER: dish-shaped antenna atop Navy plane is shown; TRAVELLING CHINESE OPERA; EUROPEAN BOXING CROWN IN PARIS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 24, March 24, 1958
Mar 24, (Release 24)- BLIZZARD OF '58: worst snow storm of the year; MIKE TODD DIES IN PLANE CRASH; QUEEN MOTHER: Britain's Queen returns from around the world; CANADIAN POODLE PARADE; MISS PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER; ROCK-A-BILLY: a wild cross between rock 'n roll and hillbilly music; WILDCATS WIN NCAA HOOP CHAMPIONSHIP.
Universal Newsreels, Release 25, March 27, 1958
Mar 27, (Release 25)- BULGARIN OUSTED AFTER ELECTIONS IN USSR; QUEEN VISITS NETHERLANDS; WOOL MADE FROM SLAG; ELVIS DRAFTED; MOVIELAND'S BIG NIGHT: Academy Award presentation ceremonies feature a record number of top stars; GOLDEN GLOVES CHAMPIONSHIPS: Eastern versus Western champions.
Universal Newsreels, Release 26, March 31, 1958
"Mar 31, (Release 26)- INDONESIA REBELLION: government forces suppress rebels protesting pro-Communist policies. KHRUSHCHEV NEW RED PREMIER; HOLLAND HAILS QUEEN; POLAR DOG DISCHARGED; GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE WON BY ""MR. WHAT."""
Universal Newsreels, Release 27, April 3, 1958
Apr 3, (Release 27)- BLAZING MISSILE MISHAPS; DEATH OF BLUES COMPOSER W. C. HANDY; SWIM FASHIONS are previewed in San Francisco; CANCER CRUSADE: Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower initiates Cancer Control Month; LAST SKIS OF WINTER: ski-jumpers compete in the Bavarian Alps; KID BOXING.
Universal Newsreels, Release 28, April 7, 1958
Apr 7, (Release 28)- CALIFORNIA FLOODS FOLLOW SPRING RAINS; EASTER MESSAGE: Pope Pius XII calls on world to sacrifice for peace; NEW YORK: Easter Parade washed out by heavy rain; NON-A BLAST: Canada'S mightiest non-atomic explosion ever; CANADIAN FASHION PARADE; TRACK RIVALRY SETTLED: Dave Sime and Bobby Morrow; MASTERS' GOLF: Arnold Palmer defeats the old masters.
Universal Newsreels, Release 29, April 10, 1958
Apr 10, (Release 29)- CUBA AND CASTRO: First films from the mountain stronghold of Cuban rebel leader Fidel Castro; QUEEN TOASTS ROYAL AIR FORCE; NEW HATS FOR SUMMER; JOLTIN' JALOPPIES IN DALLAS; SIX YEAR OLD GOLF PRO.
Universal Newsreels, Release 30, April 14, 1958
Apr 14, (Release 30)- DESTROYER DEBUT: the newest addition to the Navy's guided missile fleet; DALAI LAMA IN TIBET; BRITAIN'S AIRBORNE HOSPITAL; ZAMBEZI RIVER FLOODS IN RHODESIA; N.Y.C. FASHION PARADE; HAWKS WIN N.B.A. CROWN: downing the Celtics 110-109; ELEPHANTS ON SKIIS: for the first time on the Hudson River.
Universal Newsreels, Release 31, April 17, 1958
Apr 17, (Release 31)- BRUSSELS FAIR NEW ARENA FOR EAST-WEST RIVALRY: Cold War rivalry is crystallized into a battle of showmanship; FIRE IN MUSEUM OF MODERN ART; ROBOTS' RHAPSODY: three robots stage a concert; NCAA GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS; BASEBALL HISTORY IN THE MAKING: the Giants are hailed by their new home town, San Francisco.
Universal Newsreels, Release 32, April 21, 1958
Apr 21, (Release 32)- BRUSSELS FAIR HAS GALA OPENING DAY: Russian and American pavilions out-draw all others: MONACO HEIR BAPTIZED IN CEREMONY; MOUNTAINEERS go to school in the Cascade Mountains of Canada; RUNNING RAPIDS: hundreds of fishermen on the rapids of the McKenzie River; MONTREAL BEATS BOSTON IN STANLEY CUP; ARMED FORCES DAY -trailer.
Universal Newsreels, Release 33, April 24, 1958
Apr 24, (Release 33)- TEXAS PIANIST WINS TOP SOVIET MUSIC PRIZE: Van Cliburn wins Tchaikowsky Competition; SOLAR ECLIPSE IN JAPAN; 49 DIE IN PLANE CRASH: A mid-air collision between a transport and an Air Force jet; QUEEN SORAYA of Iran arrives in New York; DOOLITTLE HONORED in rememberance of Tokyo raid; MODELS GO TO MEXICO.
Universal Newsreels, Release 34, April 28, 1958
Apr 28, (Release 34)- FUN AT THE BRUSSELS WORLD'S FAIR; ISRAEL'S TENTH ANNIVERSARY IN JERUSALEM; PRINCESS MARGARET ARRIVES IN TRINIDAD; CHURCHILL AND IKE EXHIBIT PAINTINGS; RUSSO-GERMAN TRADE PACT; TRACK THRILLS AT PENN RELAYS: at the 64th Penn Relays.
Universal Newsreels, Release 35, May 1, 1958
May 1, (Release 35)- VANGUARD MISFIRED; NAVY'S POLARIS MISSILE TESTED; INFLATO-PLANE: Navy's rubberized fabric airplane; 20 FT. SNOW PASS IS CLEARED; Princess Margaret's tour of the new West Indian Federation; SEAL HUNTING ON CASPIAN SEA; NATIONAL WALKING CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 36, May 5, 1958
May 5, (Release 36)- REDS HARASS WEST BERLIN: West Berlin's river tolled by East Germany; MAY DAY PARADE IN PRAGUE; MAY DAY IN VATICAN-ROME; GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE'S BIRTHPLACE is visited by Ike and First Lady; NIXON VISITS SOUTH AMERICA; the 84th Kentucky Derby; Virginia's 31st Apple Blossom Festival.
Universal Newsreels, Release 37, May 8, 1958
May 8, (Release 37)- A WET AND COSTLY SPRING; U.S. WORLD TRADE FAIR opens in New York City with sixty nations represented; CARDINAL STRITCH - former Archbishop of Chicago leaves hospital after amputation of his right arm; ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL: not yet fully rebuilt; NEGLIGEE FASHIONS are previewed in Rome; SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS: Britain's Cup Final; MOTORCYCLE HILL CLIMB.
Universal Newsreels, Release 38, May 12, 1958
May 12, (Release 38)- REDS HARASS NIXON: In Peru, he is spit upon by the Red-led mobs; MASS CALISTHENICS: In Madrid, 10,000 display organized calisthenics; The boardwalk, Atlantic City, N.J. sees pilgrimage event; TODDLERS' BALLET; HINTS ON HATS: new hat creations; A.A.U. GYMNASTS: college athletes compete for the Gymnastic Championships; BOXING T.K.O. IN DORTMUND.
Universal Newsreels, Release 39, May 15, 1958
May 15, (Release 39)- HERO'S WELCOME FOR VICE PRESIDENT NIXON; AFTER VENEZUELA MOB ATTACK: Nixon is welcomed after anti-American demonstration; CURRENT AGONY OF FRANCE: A junta calls on De Gaulle to take over in France, which hangs by a thread with the nation on the brink of civil war.
Universal Newsreels, Release 40, May 19, 1958
May 19, (Release 40)- FRANCE- THE CHALLENGE OF GENERAL de GAULLE: 35,000 security troops guard Paris in the gravest crisis since World War II; MINE DESTROYER; Dedication ceremonies of Eisenhower State Park; VAN CLIBURN RETURNS: American pianist champion is greeted; MIRACLE MILE: In the LA Coliseum Relays, Elliott runs America's fastest mile.
Universal Newsreels, Release 48, June 16, 1958
June 16, (Release 48)- FIGHTING IN LEBANON: Rebel forces carry Lebanon's civil conflict into the streets; LONDON STRIKE OF 1700 truckers cuts off the city's big wholesale food market; pageantry observing the Queen's official birthday; PLATYPUSSES WELCOMED at Bronx Zoo; Portland, Oregon's Rose Festival; FASHION REVIEW IN ITALY; N.C.A.A. TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS: Berkeley, CA.
Universal Newsreels, Release 49, June 19, 1958
June 19, (Release 49)- Eisenhower's assistant, Sherman Adams, accepted lavish gifts from industrialist; VANCOUVER BRIDGE COLLAPSES; ORDER OF THE GARTER: Britain's elite in solemn ritual; India-Pakistan dispute dispute leads to draught; Greek royalty on U.S.S. Saratoga; WOMEN'S TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
Universal Newsreels, Release 50, June 23, 1958
June 23, (Release 50)- FREE WORLD OUTRAGED BY MURDER OF NAGY: Reds executed Hungarian Freedom Fighters; U.S. donates 50 jets to West Germany; 22 nations take part in World Gliding Championships; Army craft rotates propellers vertically; The U of Washington crew will compete in Britain and Russia; ELLIOTT SETS NEW MILE MARK at A.A.U. Championships.
Universal Newsreels, Release 51, June 26, 1958
June 26, (Release 51)- WESTERN EMBASSIES MOBBED IN MOSCOW: Russia retaliates for last week's anti-Red demonstrations; FIERY DISASTER ON EAST RIVER, N.Y.; ROYAL REVIEW: Britain's Territorial Army's Golden Jubilee; MISS GERMANY CROWNED; BACK TO SCHOOL FASHIONS; GONZALES TOPS ROSEWALL IN PRO TENNIS TOURNEY.
Universal Newsreels, Release 52, June 30, 1958
"June 30, (Release 52)- Two Air Force jet tankers race to London; JAPAN PARCHED BY WORST DROUGHT IN 52 YEARS; NEW EXPANDABLE LIFE RAFT; Monaco steals the show at the Brussels Fair; FIRST LADY GREETS ""QUEEN OF THE AMERICAS""; WOMEN'S GOLF: 23-year-old Wright dominates the Women's Open; SANTA ROSA RODEO in Vernon, Texas."
Universal Newsreels, Release 53, July 3, 1958
July 3, (Release 53)- ALASKA HAILS STATEHOOD; St. Lawrence pours into man-made lake; ARMY SHOWS HERCULES MISSILE; IKE AND MAMIE'S ANNIVERSARY; QUEEN VISITS MODERN COAL MINE; experimental dream car, complete with automated gadgets; PARAJUMPING COMPETITION IN PARIS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 54, July 7, 1958
July 7, (Release 54)- De GAULLE VISITS ALGERIA, MEETS WITH DULLES: Premier De Gaulle visits Algeria for support from Moslems; ARMY MEN CAPTURED BY REDS; TITO AND NASSER under heavy fire from the Communist bloc; PROGRESS ON WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL; Chinese Panda at zoo; WIMBLEDON FINALS IN AUSTRALIA; AQUACIRCUS: a perennial summer favorite.
Universal Newsreels, Release 55, July 10, 1958
July 10, (Release 55)- USSR FREES 9 U.S. AIRMEN; IKE IN CANADA: addresses Parliament on trade differences; ALL-STAR GAME: At Baltimore, the 25th All-Star Game; 25 YEARS AGO TODAY: F.D.R.'s inauguration, bank holiday and Depression barter; LIONS PARADE IN CHICAGO: marks the official opening of the Lions International 1958 convention.
Universal Newsreels, Release 56, July 14, 1958
July 14, (Release 56)- REVOLT IN IRAQ: toppling King Faisal's pro-U.S. government on the eve of the Baghdad Pact meeting; FILM FESTIVAL IN BERLIN; NEW EJECTOR SEAT; KIMONOS GO WESTERN: jet-age kimonos; AMERICA'S CUP TRIALS; Newest contender for heavyweight boxing championship.
Universal Newsreels, Release 57, July 17, 1958
July 17, (Release 57)- MID-EAST CRISIS: AMERICA, BRITAIN, SEND IN TROOPS. U.S. MARINES RESPOND TO THREATENED BEIRUT REGIME. BRITAIN ANSWERS CALL FROM JORDAN, AIRLIFTING 2,600 PARATROOPERS. THE UNITED NATIONS CALLS FOR DECISIVE ACTION BY THE WORLD ORGANIZATION.
Universal Newsreels, Release 58, July 21, 1958
July 21, (Release 58)- MID-EAST CRISIS: Moscow's angry demonstration at U.S. Embassy; America builds forces in Lebanon; BULLS RAMPAGE in Spain; 25 YEARS AGO TODAY: The New Deal is hailed in New York by 10 hour parade. CHICAGO'S WORLD FAIR; PERSONALITIES OF THE DAY: John D. Rockefeller golfing; Albert Einstein comes to America.
Universal Newsreels, Release 59, July 24, 1958
July 24, (Release 59)- MID-EAST QUIET: PENDING U.N.-SUMMIT TALK: U.S. Robert Murphy begins Lebanon compromise efforts. As U. S. planes airlift vitally needed fuel, U.S. evacuees from Iraq arrive in Rome; FIRST OUTBOARD TO CROSS ATLANTIC; BIGGEST BLIMP FOR NAVY: carries largest airborne radar antenna; FALL FASHION PARADE; ARMED FORCES DAY AT SALINAS RODEO.
Universal Newsreels, Release 60, July 28, 1958
July 28, (Release 60)- MID-EAST CRISIS- PROPAGANDA WAR HOT: British forces in Jordan, but Nasser calls on Jordanians for an anti-West rising. RECORD BALLOON TRIP: Navy research balloon into stratosphere for endurance record; JAPAN TYPHOON; MISS UNIVERSE 1958; JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES: 180,000 gather in N.Y.C.; HORSE RACING AT ARLINGTON CLASSIC.
Universal Newsreels, Release 61, July 31, 1958
"July 31, (Release 61)- LEBANESE ELECTIONS HELD: the election of General Faud Shehab; ""HOT"" TEA: A freighter loaded with radioactive Japanese tea in New York; CHENNAULT FUNERAL: wartime leader of the Flying Tigers is remembered; MASS BAPTISM: for 7,136 new Jehovah's Witnesses; FASHION FIESTAIN MEXICO; monkeys at Frankfurt Zoo."
Universal Newsreels, Release 62, August 4, 1958
Aug 4, (Release 62)- WORST ARGENTINE FLOODS IN 18 YEARS; HOTEL HAS USES WALKIE-TALKIES; U.S.S.R. AIR SHOW; PRINCESS MARGARET VISITS CANADA; ESTHER WILLIAMS DAY: The lovely star arrives in Atlantic City by helicopter; WOMEN'S SOCCER IN HOLLAND; the gala opening of new Yonkers Raceway.
Universal Newsreels, Release 63, August 7, 1958
Aug 7, (Release 63)- IKE WARNS ON ECONOMY; KING HUSSEIN, his regime still shaky despite quiet in the Mid-East; MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY GRADUATION; ESTHER WILLIAMS; AUTUMN; WOMEN'S DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN TOPEKA.
Universal Newsreels, Release 64, August 11, 1958
Aug 11, (Release 64)- The atomic sub Nautilus pioneers a new seaway: 1830 miles in 96 hours!; Ike confers the Legion of Merit on her skipper; HERBERT HOOVER TURNS 84; GROMYKO ARRIVES to head Russia's U.N. delegation; N.Y. TRAIN WRECK: 5 die; 5 MAN MILE RACE IN DUBLIN: Elliott wins in 3:54; TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY: Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. Bonito Mussolini is acclaimed by his Blackshirts.
Universal Newsreels, Release 65, August 14, 1958
Aug 14, (Release 65)- IKE ADDRESSES U.N. ON MID-EAST CRISIS; MARINES LEAVE LEBANON; American wheat arrives in Jordan; BRITAIN HAILS NAUTILUS, POLAR ATOMIC SUB; NEW YORK CHEERS CREATOR OF WORLD'S NO. 1 HIT SONG: Domenico Modugno.
Universal Newsreels, Release 66, August 18, 1958
Aug 18, (Release 66)- FIRST MOON ROCKET fails; China's Nationalist and Communist jets clash; NANTUCKET AIRLINER CRASH; the Tenth Anniversary of the Republic of Korea; SEA DRAGON ATOMIC SUB IS LAUNCHED; SOAP BOX DERBY at Akron.
Universal Newsreels, Release 67, August 21, 1958
"Aug 21, (Release 67)- ""TRITON""- BIGGEST ATOMIC SUB, LAUNCHED; The U.S.S. ENTERPRISE heads for the scrap heap; ALPINE FLOODS; LONDON FALL FASHIONS; 25 YEARS AGO TODAY: Eleanor Roosevelt visits the bonus marchers. BABE RUTH who wins All-Star Game with home run. Snowfall on the Mojave and a heat wave in the East."
Universal Newsreels, Release 68, August 25, 1958
Aug 25, (Release 68)- RETURN OF THE NAUTILUS ATOMIC SUB; SUB-KILLER: Navy demonstrates it's newest anti-submarine weapons; JET-LINER DEBUT: jet transport debuts in New York; LITTLE LEAGUE CHAMPS; TENNIS DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 69, August 27, 1958
Aug 27, (Release 69)- NEW YORK HAILS NAUTILUS SUB CREW; De GAULLE VISITS AFRICA; U.S.S.R.-NAVY DAY: this year's Red Navy Day; PRISON ART: San Quentin displays art by inmates. NAVY GRIDDERS begin pre-season workouts at Annapolis; SUMMER SKIING from a straw-lined ramp; ICE CAPADES OF 1958.
Universal Newsreels, Release 70, September 1, 1958
"Sept 1, (Release 70)- Britain unveils new ""BLOODHOUND"" air-to-ground missile; ANGLER'S PARADISE IN CANADA; Paris' top fashion: ""Empire revival""; 25 YEARS AGO TODAY: Revolution in Cuba; Vatican's first radio station."
Universal Newsreels, Release 71, September 4, 1958
Sept 4, (Release 71)- Ike warns that he will not hesitate to commit U.S. troops to China; AIR FORCE ACADEMY: near Colorado Springs; Royal Air Force air show; ATOMS FOR PEACE: 20 nations displaying progress in atomic power; INTERNATIONAL BIKE RACE: In France, the 175 mile world's professional championship bicycle race.
Universal Newsreels, Release 72, September 8, 1958
Sept 8, (Release 72)- MISS AMERICA '59 is chosen; FRANCE: Premier DeGaulle begins campaigning for new constitution; In Sweden, A Nazi U-Doat is salvaged; Frankfurt Zoo celebrates 100th birthday; COOPER: GIBSON WINS NATIONAL TENNIS FINALS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 73, September 11, 1958
"Sept 11, (Release 73)- Marines join Chiang Kai Shek's forces on beaches of Formosa; gunners blast away at ""drone"" targets; FASHION GETS THE BOOT in New York; PRISON RODEO; Dodger catcher Roy Campanella tells of progress against paralysis."
Universal Newsreels, Release 74, September 15, 1958
"Sept 15, (Release 74)- Tension continues with Reds in Formosa Strait 3-mile territorial limit despite Red threats; 40 DIE IN TRAIN WRECK: An estimated 40 persons die when a commuter train races in New York; CHURCHILL'S GOLDEN WEDDING; Royal Aif Force's new ""V""-Jet; A festival on Italy's lake Como; HORCE RACING at the United Nations Handicap at Atlantic City."
Universal Newsreels, Release 75, September 18, 1958
"Sept 18, (Release 75)- QUEMOY BLOCKADE GOES ON- U.S. REINFORCES IN AREA: on Formosa, U.S. jets arrive; WARSAW TALKS: negotiations begin between the U.S. and Red China; DE GAULLE MEETS WEST GERMAN CHANCELLOR; Algerian Nationalists attempt to assassinate French; ""ROTTERDAM"" LAUNCHED: Holland's largest passenger ship; 13 th U. N. ASSEMBLY OPENS: Dulles charges Red China with menacing world peace."
Universal Newsreels, Release 76, September 22, 1958
Sept 22, (Release 76)- U.S. BUILD-UP AFFECTS QUEMOY CRISIS; Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams resigns after controversy of bribery; NAVY MISSILE FIRED 200 MILES INLAND; Deputy Supreme Commander of NATO retires; Algeria's rebels set up a government in Cairo; THOR MISSILES TO ROYAL AIR FORCE; COLLEGE FOOTBALL; THE U.S. RACES BRITAIN AT SEA.
Universal Newsreels, Release 78, September 29, 1958
Sept 29, (Release 78)- STORMS RIP EASTERN U.S., JAPAN: Hurricane Helene roars and Typhoon Ida kills 600; a victory for DeGaulle's constitution; NEWSMEN REACH QUEMOY; British pilot dies carrier jet disaster; America's racing yacht Columbia defends the merlon's Cup against Britain; COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
Universal Newsreels, Release 80, October 6, 1958
Oct 6, (Release 80)- LAST FILMS OF POPE BEFORE STROKE; 60-DAY SUBMARINE ENDURANCE RECORD; FRENCH FLOODS; DE GAULLE IN ALGERIA to cement his constitutional victory; people celebrate 100th anniversary of St. Bernadette's visions at Lourdes; NEW ARMY OFFENSE RIPS PENN; MICHIGAN STATE AND MICHIGAN TIE.
Universal Newsreels, Release 81, October 9, 1958
Oct 9, (Release 81)- WORLD MOURNS POPE: film highlights of the life of Pius XII; WEATHER STUDY SPANS 93 MILLION MILES: an Air Force observatory studies the vast storms on sun's surface; YANKEES WIN SERIES.
Universal Newsreels, Release 82, October 13, 1958
"Oct 13, (Release 82)- MILLIONS PAY LAST TRIBUTE TO POPE: scenes of the late Pope Pius Twelfth in the hours following his death; PIONEER MISSES MOON BUT SETS NEW MARK: multi-stage missile lifts off to hurl the Pioneer 80,000 miles in space; 25 YEARS AGO TODAY: disarmament was of world concern, the grim Depression years, the National Miners Union strike, and the ""bouncing bike."""
Universal Newsreels, Release 83, October 16, 1958
Oct 16, (Release 83)- Funeral rites for Pope Pius the Twelfth are conducted. The remains go to a crypt under the Papal altar; AIR FORCE CRASH ON N.Y. HIGHWAY; IKE'S 68th BIRTHDAY celebtrated; FASHION PARADE: Hats in London; FOOTBALL: ARMY TOPS NOTRE DAME; NAVY UPSETS WOLVERINES.
Universal Newsreels, Release 84, October 20, 1958
Oct 20, (Release 84)- INDIA'S NEHRU TREKS TO TIBET; REDS BATTER QUEMOY IN NEW ATTACK; REDS TO GET HOLLYWOOD FILMS: ten top Hollywood films to Sgo to Soviet screens; FIRST CIVIL DEFENSE COORDINATING CENTER IN ILLINOIS; COLLEGE FOOTBALL: FALCONS BLANK STANFORD; GLOBETROTTERS IN NEW YORK.
Universal Newsreels, Release 85, October 23, 1958
"Oct 23, (Release 85)- While Communist artillery attacks Quemoy, U.S. supplies continue to pour into Formosa; QUEEN OF GREECE: Queen Frederika of Greece to visit the White House; President Heuss of West Germany visits England; MOTOR-BIKE HILL CLIMB at Modesto, California; 25 YEARS AGO TODAY: A new Gold Rush as Federal buying pushed prices up. Inventors at their zaniest: the ""Flying Windmill,"" the ""Flying Flapjack."""
Universal Newsreels, Release 86, October 27, 1958
Oct 27, (Release 86)- WORLD AWAITS CHOICE OF POPE; Throngs fill Saint Peter's Square; CASALS PLAYS AT U.N. CONCERT; 81-year-old plays at musical celebration of United Nations Day; OTTAWA ROCKED BY UNEXPLAINED EXPLOSION; FOOTBALL: PITT TIES ARMY 11-14; GARDEN STATE STAKES is run in a torrential downpour.
Universal Newsreels, Release 87, October 30, 1958
Oct 30, (Release 87)- CARDINAL RONCATLI IS PROCLAIMED POPE; QUEEN OPENS PARLIAMENT- FIRST FILMS EVER; QUEMOY STALEMATE: harassed by Communist guns; HULA HOOPS CONQUER CONTINENT; FOOTBALL: BROWNS RIP CARDINALS In Chicago.
Universal Newsreels, Release 88, November 3, 1958
"Nov 3, (Release 88)- Japan debates whether ""no-war"" constitutional clause should be repealed; the Sacred College of Cardinals make their adoration to Pope John XXIII; Nationalist China builds new deforestation industry to help feed the island's 10 million; FASHION PARADE on a river boat in Germany; FOOTBAL: L.S.U. TOPS OLD MISS, 'NEW' IRISH BLAST NAVY."
Universal Newsreels, Release 97, December 4, 1958
"Dec 4, (Release 97)- Malibu's brush fire still not contained; CHICAGO SCHOOL FIRE: 90 die; France's elections for First National Assembly; POPE JOHN XXIII receives Shah of Persia; Marines test ""Mighty Mite"" jeep-type vehicle; MARCH OF DIMES: ""Victories Beyond Polio"" is launched; New York's racing season ends on a rainy day."
Universal Newsreels, Release 98, December 8, 1958
Dec 8, (Release 98)- West Berlin routs Reds in defiance; MASS FUNERAL FOR SCHOOL FIRE VICTIMS IN CHICAGO; ISRAEL-SYRIA BORDER CLASH: Israeli border communities blasted by Syrian artillery; Japan's royalty play tennis; the East Coast edition of the Imperial Ball; the National A.A.U. cross-country Championship.
Universal Newsreels, Release 99, December 11, 1958
Dec 11, (Release 99)- NORFOLK PLANE CRASH: Navy plane crashes into neighborhood; FOUR DAYS AND SEVEN FEET OF SNOW IN N.Y.; Navy test fires new Regulus II guided missile; 25 YEARS AGO TODAY: Boston Marathon with a newcomer victorious, Baseball's Most Valuable Player was New York's Carl Hubbell, USC football beat Panthers- 35-0.
Universal Newsreels, Release 100, December 15, 1958
Dec 15, (Release 100)- BIG THREE IN ACCORD AT PARIS regarding West Berlin; NOBEL PRIZE WINNER: Father Pire, the Belgian priest; PARAKEET CIRCUS IN HOLLAND; POLISH HOOP-DE-DO; SEASON'S GREETINGS FROM EMBASSY TOTS; SPORTS: New York Giants beat the Cleveland Browns.
Universal Newsreels, Release 101, December 18, 1958
"Dec 18, (Release 101)- ""THOR"" FIRING OPENS NEW MISSILE CENTER, Vandenberg Air Force Base.; FLOATING PLATFORM finds the Golden Gate is a low bridge; NEW CARDINALS: Archbishops Cushing and O'Hara are elevated to Cardinals in Rome; RECORD AIR LIFT: Air Force Cargo transport carries 59 ton payload; West German skating star ready for Olympics; DONS vs. WILDCATS; N.Y. ski jumping."
Universal Newsreels, Release 102, December 22, 1958
Dec 22, (Release 102)- ATLAS IN ORBIT/ PRESIDENT EISENHOWER'S RADIO MESSAGE OF PEACE TO THE WORLD: Atlas ICBM soars, broadcasting a goodwill tape recording by the President; In madrid, a charity bullfight event; GIANTS SHUT OUT BROWNS: - 10-0 at Yankee Stadium.
Universal Newsreels, Release 103, December 23, 1958
Dec 23, (Release 103)- SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS OF 1958: WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS; NCAA BASKETBALL at Louisville; the Indianapolis 500-mile sees a 13-car pile-up; Golfdom's National Open; Track sensation of the year was Herb Elliott; AMERICA'S Cup Race; the Supreme event of Yachting; in Baseball, the Giants and Dodgers made headlines, as the Yankees beat the Braves in the World Series; the Women's National AAU Diving Championships.
Universal Newsreels, Release 104, December 29, 1958
Dec 29, (Release 104)- Pope John XXIII visits Rome's Regina Coeli Prison; De GAULLE CALLS FOR AUSTERITY; GHANA'S NKRUMAH MEETS INDIA'S NEHRU; TIGERS MAKE HOME IN DUBLIN ZOO; SPORTS: COLTS TOP GIANTS 23-17 IN SUDDEN DEATH CLASSIC.
1959
Universal Newsreels, Release 9, January 29, 1959
Jan 29, (Release 9)- At Cape Canaveral, the Atlas ICBM takes off; at Viareggio, Italy, the annual carnival is larger than ever; NEW YORK WELCOMES PRESIDENT OF ARGENTINA; GENERAL DOUGLAS MacARTHUR CELEBRATES 79TH BIRTHDAY; MARCH OF DIMES FASHION SHOW; SPORTS: the Monte Carlo rally.
Universal Newsreels, Release 10, February 2, 1959
Feb 2, (Release 10)- The Navy's newest aircraft carrier INDEPENDENCE starts her first sea trials; researchers work on an electronic weather forecasting system; Khrushchev boasts that Russia has the ICBM on mass production; a West Berlin landmark, the Bahnhof, is dynamited; India celebrates Republic Day; TRACK: at New York's Madison Square Garden, the Millrose meet.
Universal Newsreels, Release 11, February 5, 1959
Feb 5, (Release 11)- LOCKHEED ELECTRA TURBO-JET CRASHES INTO EAST RIVER, taking a life toll of 65; top Italian couturier's show their Spring-Summer fashion collections; the National Speed Skating Championships at Lake Como.
Universal Newsreels, Release 12, February 9, 1959
Feb 9, (Release 12)- America's newest ICBM, TITAN, is launched; West Berlin's Mayor arrives for a month long visit; two unidentified airmen are buried after being shot down over Soviet-Armenia; underground scenes show Canada's largest salt mine; the Garmisch Ski Meet. Ski luminaries take some fancy headers in the downhill event.
Universal Newsreels, Release 13, February 12, 1959
Feb 12, (Release 13)- A tornado blitzed through St. Louis; NEW YORK CITY HAILS WEST BERLIN MAYOR IN RAINY PARADE; THE 83rd WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW; MARDI GRAS MERRIMENT in New Orleans.TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO: the French government topples; Northeast India's 8-minute earthquake; record low temperatures across the states; Niagara Falls froze.
Universal Newsreels, Release 14, February 16, 1959
Feb 16, (Release 14)- Secretary of State John Dulles is under radiation therapy for cancer; INDIANA PERILED BY FLOODS; POPE JOHN XXIII blesses a U.S. helicopter; the annual Photoplay Gold Medal Awards in Hollywood; West Berlin's Mayor stops off in Los Angeles; the American Bowling Congress tournament; NEW YORK ATHLETIC CLUB GAMES.
Universal Newsreels, Release 15, February 19, 1959
Feb 19, (Release 15)- A weather satellite is shot into orbit; an avelanche inches down to destroy the village of Swiss Hamlet; head gear serves as anti-smog device; AQUA-KITING for water-skiers; the New York Golden Gloves finals; at Switzerland, the world's bobsled championship.
Universal Newsreels, Release 16, February 22, 1959
Feb 22, (Release 16)- 137,000 BELGIAN MINERS STRIKE in protest; RETURN OF A RENAISSANCE MASTERPIECE: a 5 x 13 ft. canvas by Tintoretto is delivered to a Toronto Art Gallery; CHILDREN'S BOXING. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY Senatorial Committee investigating Air Mail contracts touches off national scandal; Inventions: the Whatsit flyer and the Dynaxion car.
Universal Newsreels, Release 17, February 26, 1959
Feb 26 (Release 17)- Prime Minister Macmillan goes to Moscow hopeful to "break the ice" with the East; exile ends for Archbishop Makarios, likely as next President of the Republic of Cyprus; Spring fashions; training for the Pittsburgh Pirates; CHICAGO WHITE SOX: American League challengers of Yankee dominance.
Universal Newsreels, Release 18, March 2, 1959
Mar 2 (Release 18)- The American Export liner Constitution slices into a tanker; DANISH FREIGHTER CONQUERS FROZEN ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; 8 DIE WHEN SNOW-LADEN ROOF OF HOCKEY ARENA COLLAPSES in Canada; Spring hat styles forecast the Easter parade; WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - FIGURE SKATING at Colorado Springs; YANKEES' SPRING TRAINING.
Universal Newsreels, Release 19, March 5, 1959
Mar 5 (Release 19)- Pioneer IV passed within 37,000 miles of the lunar surface; Khrushchev declares the U.S.S.R. will stop at nothing to gain their Berlin objective, while Eisenhower reiterates intentions of defending the freedom of West Germany; BASEBALL: BRAVES AND DODGERS SPRING TRAINING; BOXING: GOLDEN GLOVES EASTERN CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 20, March 9, 1959
Mar 9 (Release 20)- Teenagers have a launching of their home-made missiles; FOREIGN PRESS AWARDS IN HOLLYWOOD; a fleet of 5 Russian fishing boats - suspected of communiust espionage; amateur completes his 50th flight across Atlantic; the King of the Indoor mile; THE SANTA ANITA DERBY.
Universal Newsreels, Release 21, March 12, 1959
Mar 12 (Release 21)- PRESIDENT EISENHOWER BARS GROUND WAR IN EUROPE; the X-15 space plane is carried aloft; the King of Jordan visits Formosa. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO 20,000 Americans denounce the anniversary of Hitler's rise to power; Northern Italy suffers four avalanches; the world's billiard champions; Yankees training.
Universal Newsreels, Release 22, March 16, 1959
Mar 16 (Release 22)- Hawaii is voted into the Union; Pope John XXIII bestows red hat upon three Cardinals; SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN FOSTER DULLES leaves Walter Reed Hospital; a French research rocket soars 112 miles; a Swiss six wheel truck is demonstrated; CANADA vs. U.S.S.R. IN HOCKEY; NCAA: Cincinnati vs. Kansas State.
Universal Newsreels, Release 23, March 19, 1959
Mar 19 (Release 23)- Scenes from the lab where three nuclear devices of Project Argus were launched secretly; London's worst fire in a century; Eisenhower signs Hawaii into the union; NATO inspects assembly lines of Redstone and Jupiter missiles; SKITTLES: a new British game catches on in Texas; MOTOCROSS international contest.
Universal Newsreels, Release 24, March 23, 1959
Mar 23 (Release 24)- U.S. and British officials agree on a formula for meeting Soviet demands on representation. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY A cab drivers' strike in New York; F.D.R. called for more jobs and Higher wages; BASKETBALL: CALIFORNIA vs. WEST VIRGINIA; Britain's Grand National Steeplechase.
Universal Newsreels, Release 25, March 27, 1959
Mar 27 (Release 25) President reasserted he would not attend a Summit meeting unless real measures can be discussed; King Hussein greeted at the White House; TIGHT ROPE WEDDING for a Circus in France; pee-wee boxing at Annapolis, Md.
Universal Newsreels, Release 26, March 30, 1959
Mar 30 (Release 26) Anti-Communist fighters in Asia revolt against Chinese Nationalists; Pope John XXIII imparts his first Easter Blessing; rocket launching from a truck-borne platform; Pope John XXIII revives the washing of the feet; the Ringling Bros. Circus; a soccer game witnesses a dog score a goal.
Universal Newsreels, Release 27, April 2, 1959
Apr 2 (Release 27) NATO marks its 10th Anniversary; MAHDI DEAD: Sudan mourns a beloved religious and political leaders; FORMOSA HAILS TIBET REBELS: over 60,000 roar approval; Acting Secretary of State Christian Herter confers with Foreign Ministers before they convene for the Summit meeting; SUMMER STYLES at the Netherlands Antilles; Spring at the zoo in England.
Universal Newsreels, Release 28, April 6, 1959
Apr 6 (Release 28) The nuclear submarine SKATE penetrates the ice at the North Pole from below; 10th NATO ANNIVERSARY observed; INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE SHOW in New York's Coliseum; a wedding approaches for Japan's Prince Akihito and Michiko Shoda; Herbert Hoover awards the Boys' Club of America's Boy Of The Year; the Masters Golf Tournament.
Universal Newsreels, Release 29, April 9, 1959
Apr 9 (Release 29) ZERO GRAVITY TEST FLIGHT: scenes of spacemen training in Ohio; Academy Awards Night in Hollywood; NUCLEAR POWERED SUBMARINE SKATE RETURNS HOME; fashion pirates at work in Germany. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Strikes spread across the nation; New 1934 cars rolled off the assembly lines; tests of a new non-skid tire tread are interrupted by a nearby crash.
Universal Newsreels, Release 30, April 13, 1959
Apr 13 (Release 30) Japan's Prince Akihito weds the commoner Michiko Shoda; first sea trials of the nuclear submarine Skipjack; ST. PIUS X returns to Venice; Spring fashions in Vienna; CANINE CIRCUS in Berlin.
Universal Newsreels, Release 32, April 20, 1959
Apr 20 (Release 32) The Dalai Lama, having fled Communist aggression, is warmly welcomed to India; Eisenhower appoints Christian Herter as Secretary of State; the Bolshoi Ballet makes its American debut; HORSE RACING: THE WOOD MEMORIAL. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO LEGALIZED BETTING at N.Y. race tracks; F.D.R. starts a work-relief program; MRS. ANNE LINDBERGH is awarded at the National Geographical Society.
Universal Newsreels, Release 33, April 23, 1959
Apr 23 (Release 33)- CHRISTIAN HERTER SWORN IN AS SECRETARY OF STATE; CASTRO IS GREETED IN NEW YORK; QUEEN MOTHER OF ENGLAND AND PRINCESS MARGARET RECEIVED BY POPE JOHN; stunning portraits via typewriter keys; BOSTON MARATHON; ITALY'S SUMMER STYLES.
Universal Newsreels, Release 34, April 27, 1959
Apr 27 (Release 34)- THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY IS OPENED TO SHIPPING after construction; the Army's Newest trough terrain truck; the President's new 600 m.p.h. Jet; American models visit the British West Indies; GERMAN GAL GYMNASTS look forward to the 1960 Olympics; GOLF: LAS VEGAS TOURNAMENT.
Universal Newsreels, Release 35, April 30, 1959
Apr 30 (Release 35)- PRIME MINISTER NEHRU MEETS WITH DALAI LAMA; Western Foreign Ministers agree on what to expect of the Soviet Union at the Summit; PROJECT MERCURY NOSE CONE is rocketed aloft in a test; FASHION in the Netherlands Antilles; CHILDREN AT CANADIAN ZOO.
Universal Newsreels, Release 36, May 4, 1959
May 4 (Release 36)- FOREIGN INVADERS OF PANAMA SURRENDER; SECRETARY OF STATE HERTER REPORTS TO EISENHOWER on the Foreign Ministers meeting in Paris; Holland salutes the 50th Birthday of Queen Juliana; British World War II commander Montgomery meets with Khrushchev; BOXING: Johansson wins the Heavyweight Title; HORSE RACING: the 85th Run For The Roses.
Universal Newsreels, Release 37, May 7, 1959
May 7 (Release 37)- Sir Winston Churchill visits Ike; Queen Elizabeth greets the Shah of Iran; Golden Anniversary for AFL-CIO Union Trade Show; Navy's newest automated sub-killer helicopter; BALMAIN FASHIONS INVADE ITALY; the Modesto Cycle Club's annual assault on Ospital Canyon; French drivers put on incredible feats.
Universal Newsreels, Release 38, May 11, 1959
May 11 (Release 38)- Soviets demand that East Germany be a bargaining equal at the pre-Summit meeting in Geneva; Shah of Iran visits the Royal Family; Ike's heart specialist leads a bicycle crusade. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Cuban Police shoot anti-BATISTA crowds; Financier SAMUEL INSULL faces charges; the 60th KENTUCKY DERBY.
Universal Newsreels, Release 39, May 14, 1959
May 14 (Release 39)- Construction begins for New York's Lincoln Square Art Center; Pope John XXIII prays before the caskets of St. Pius X and St. John Bosco; men rescue wild-life from the rising waters of the Zambezi dam. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO CHICAGO FIRE; a speed record from Detroit to New York; BOXING: the welterweight championship. TODAY: "beatniks" in Paris.
Universal Newsreels, Release 40, May 18, 1959
May 18 (Release 40)- PRESIDENT EISENHOWER tours the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, and receives an honorary degree; INDIA BUILDS CITY FOR TIBETAN REFUGEES on a former U.S. airstrip; KING BAUDOUIN OF BELGIUM visits America's automobile capital, Detroit; DON CAMPBELL SETS NEW SPEED MARK in his jet hydroplane; HORSE RACING: THE PREAKNESS COMPETITION.
Universal Newsreels, Release 41, May 21, 1959
May 21 (Release 41)- The launching into orbit of 4 mice - and their recovery as the tiny life capsule re-enters the atmosphere; FORMOSA CELEBRATES the 1000th Anniversary of the Goddess Machu; Italy's calorie collectors gather to match waists; FASHION PARADE; SOCCER CROWN PRE-VIEW: two of the top teams of Germany clash in Frankfurt.
Universal Newsreels, Release 42, May 25, 1959
May 25 (Release 42)- The passing of John Foster Dulles - for 6 years the maker and shaper of American foreign policy; POPE JOHN XXIII GREETS GREEK ROYALTY; ARGENTINE LABOR RIOTS by bank clerks and railroad workers; SHAH OF PERSIA VISITS HOLLAND; HORSE RACING: the coveted Californian.
Universal Newsreels, Release 44, June 1, 1959
June 1 (Release 44)- Two monkeys, Able and Baker, become the first animal life to voyage into outer space and return safely to earth; Khrushchev arrives in the tiny Red satellite of Albania; RIVER RACERS on Oregon's Rogue River; FASTEST INDIANAPOLIS "500".
Universal Newsreels, Release 45, June 4, 1959
June 4 (Release 45)- Traditional commencement ceremonies at the Service schools: West Point and Annapolis; CLEVELAND HIT BY FLASH FLOODS; RED CHINA ELECTS NEW CHIEF followed by a "people's celebration"; HORSE RACING: THE EPSOM DERBY.
Universal Newsreels, Release 46, June 8, 1959
June 8 (Release 46)- MISSILE MAIL: mail from a Navy test rocket; West German Chancellor Adenauer declines to step up to the honorific post of President; a Royal wedding in Belgium; AUTUMN FASHIONS; GOLF: the 7th Annual Triangle women's round robin.
Universal Newsreels, Release 47, June 11, 1959
June 11 (Release 47)- The X-15 rocket plane goes aloft; New York celebrates the 350th Anniversary of the river discovery by Henry Hudson; POLARIS-FIRING ATOMIMC SUB is launched; beasts at the San Diego Zoo. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Fascists parade before MUSSOLINI; worst DROUGHT in half a century scourges the nation; Maine's worst FOREST FIRES; the PANCHEN LAMA is greeted in Shanghai; the heavyweight championship.
Universal Newsreels, Release 48, June 15, 1959
June 15 (Release 48)- TROOPING THE COLOR The Queen's birthday ceremony in London; HOVERCRAFT SKIMS WAVES; FALCONRY IN GERMANY'S BLACK FOREST; American beach fashions invade Italy; CASPER WINS U.S. OPEN.
Universal Newsreels, Release 49, June 18, 1959
June 18, (Release 49)- TORNADO RIPS MIAMI; West Berlin commemorates the 1953 anti-Red uprisings in East Germany; national treasures of Free China are removed from Formosa's bomb-proof cave; in Baltimore, the National AAU 20 kilometer Walking Championship; Florida's Junior Water-Skiing Championships.
Universal Newsreels, Release 50, June 22, 1959
June 22, (Release 50)- Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip tour Canada; Pope John XXIII greets Prince and Princess of Monaco; an all-wax Nikita Khrushchev arrives in Niagara Falls; HORSE RACING: the $40,000 Good Time Pace at Yonkers Raceway. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The DIONNE QUINTUPLETS; EX-PRESIDENT HOOVER dedicates Pasadena's MORRIS DAM; Chicago's dazzling CENTURY OF PROGRESS EXPOSITION.
Universal Newsreels, Release 52, June 29, 1959
June 29, (Release 52)- Queen Elizabeth is joined by Eisenhower for a ceremony formally opening the St. Lawrence Seaway; 68 DIE when a Milan plane breaks up and burns in mid-air; the Air Force tests a new all-weather landing system; De Gaulle visits the Vatican; RED FAIR IN NEW YORK: the Soviet Exhibition of Science, Technology and Culture.
Universal Newsreels, Release 53, July 2, 1959
July 2, (Release 53)- Eisenhower greets the Soviet's First Deputy Premier Kozlov; the Lions International hold their annual convention; ANNUAL VISIT TO WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL; a new mechanical artist; windy fashions; HORSE RACING: the 100th Queen's Plate Stakes.
Universal Newsreels, Release 54, July 6, 1959
July 6, (Release 54)- Chicago greets Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip; Belgium's Prince and Princess are wed in Brussels; TENNIS: the Wimbledon finals.TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGOJOHN DILLINGER is cut down in a gun battle in Chicago; Federal Deposit Insurance assured their money's safety; in aviation, the introduction of the REVERSIBLE PITCH PROPELLOR.
Universal Newsreels, Release 55, July 9, 1959
July 9, (Release 55)- The 7 Astronauts chosen for America's man-in-space program taste zero-gravity; son of America's first combat hero of World War II enters West Point; De Gaulle tours former French colonies in Africa; the region of Saarland reunited with West Germany; France's first toll bridge is readied; BASEBALL: THE ALL-STAR GAME.
Universal Newsreels, Release 56, July 13, 1959
July 13, (Release 56)- Khrushchev hosts 7 U.S. Governors during their tour of Russia; a Trans-Atlantic jet escaped destruction; LOS ANGELES BRUSH FIRE; Queen Elizabeth's Canadian tour carries her to Sault St. Marie; in Spain, a spectacular show featuring jet-speed aerobatics; HORSE RACING AT OAKS; A.A.U. platform diving championships.
Universal Newsreels, Release 57, July 16, 1959
July 16, (Release 57) Union Strikes continue in Steel Industry; America's first nuclear surface ship; BASTILLE DAY; an American Newsreel Unit will cover the American Exposition in Moscow. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO HUEY LONG waged war against City Administration of New Orleans; F.D.R. toured the mid-West draught; FUR FASHIONS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 58, July 20, 1959
July 20, (Release 58) Castro shows he is still Cuba's maximum leader; Khrushchev continues his tour of Poland; PREVIEW OF MANNED SPACE FLIGHT: Artist's conception films preview the first manned flight into space; PAMPLONA: running of the bulls; U.S.-SOVIET TRACK MEET in Philadelphia.
Universal Newsreels, Release 60, July 27, 1959
July 27, (Release 60) At the opening of the United States Fair in Moscow, Nixon engages Khrushchev in debate; VAST RALLY HAILS CASTRO as Cuba's leader; JAPANESE BEAUTY NAMED MISS UNIVERSE; MID-SUMMER SKI-JUMP in Italy; HORSE RACING: MUDDER'S DAY STAKES.
Universal Newsreels, Release 61, July 30, 1959
July 30, (Release 61) Highlights of Vice-President Nixon's tour of the Soviet; Hawaii's first election; BRITISH HOVERCRAFT SKIMS CHANNEL; FALL FASHIONS; the Annual Wild Horse Round-Up.
Universal Newsreels, Release 62, August 3, 1959
Aug 3, (Release 62) President Eisenhower announces plans for an exchange of visits with Nikita Khrushchev; Spanish paratroops plummet into Casa de Campo Lake; Mediterranean-style carnival in the Isle of Jersey's Battle of the Flowers; P.G.A. GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP; THE INTERNATIONAL TROT at Roosevelt Raceway.
Universal Newsreels, Release 63, August 6, 1959
Aug 6, (Release 63) Nearly 4,000 greet Nixon with a hero's ovation on his return from the Soviet; ROOF-TOP FASHIONS in London; WEIGHT-LIFTING CHAMPIONHHIPS at America's muscle metropolis; the Grand Prix of Germany.
Universal Newsreels, Release 64, August 10, 1959
Aug 10, (Release 64) EXPLORER VI, a 142-pound satellite is fired into orbit; Roseburg, Oregon is ripped by the explosion of a truck; Steven Rockefeller and his fiancee meet the press; HAWAIIAN HURRICANE pushes inland; construction on the mammoth U.S.S. Enterprise atomic-powered flat-top; HORSE RACING; the Gold Cup, Seattle's hydroplane classic.
Universal Newsreels, Release 65, August 13, 1959
Aug 13, (Release 65)- Ike's comments on Nikita Khrushchev's coming visit; FORMOSA FLOODS: some 650 are dead; the 8th Annual Junior Chamber of Commerce Safe Driving Road-E-O; TOP GYMNASTS in events at West Point. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The solution of the LINDBERGH KIDNAPPING: manhunt ends.
Universal Newsreels, Release 66, August 17, 1959
Aug 17, (Release 66)- LANDSLIDE WRECKS HOLLYWOOD SUBURB of Palisades Park; America mourns WWII Admiral William Halsey; a new road-surfacing compound that can be brewed in any asphalt plant; AUSTRIAN FLOODS rampage for a week; ITALIAN FASHIONS; a mother swims around Manhattan to celebrate the 300th Anniversary of Henry Hudson's discovery; ALL-STAR COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
Universal Newsreels, Release 68, August 24, 1959
Aug 24, (Release 68)- President Eisenhower proclaims and acclaims HAWAII the 50th State; THE ROCKEFELLER WEDDING; HORSE RACING: THE ARLINGTON HANDICAP. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The burning of the luxury liner Morro Castle; Lawson Little began his big career on the links; yacht racing: the America's Cup over the British entry Endeavour.
Universal Newsreels, Release 69, August 27, 1959
Aug 27, (Release 69)- Eisenhower is acclaimed by West Germans beforemeeting with Khrushchev; GERTRUDE EDERLE'S historic New York reception after becoming the first woman to swim the English Channel; BOMB PROOF HOUSE includes a fall-out shelter; FUN AND SKILL ON TRAMPOLINE in Bad Kissingen, Germany; the twentieth edition of the Ice Capades.
Universal Newsreels, Release 70, August 31, 1959
Aug 31, (Release 70)- Ike tours the Western allies' capitals to relax cold war tensions; De Gaulle of France visits Algiers on the eve of his talks with Ike; Laos receives shipments of emergency military aid from the U.S., as Communist forces launch a major offensive; in Spain, a kayak descent of the Sella River; the annual marathon swim across the English Channel.
Universal Newsreels, Release 71, September 3, 1959
Sept 3, (Release 71)- IKE GREETS WAR COMRADES on the eve of his departure from London; Formosa gets a bountiful harvest from thre sea after typhhon havoc; STYLE SHOW ON THE SEINE; in Holland, an 8-day military band review.
Universal Newsreels, Release 72, September 7, 1959
Sept 7, (Release 72)- The Communist offensive in Laos changes from guerilla skirmishing to classic field warfare; Venice is taken over by birds; CANAL HOPPING: a new sport in Holland; Austrian water-ski tourney. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The assassination of King Alexander in Marseilles; a terrible typhoon lashes Japan; the Miss America Beauty contest fills Madison Square Garden.
Universal Newsreels, Release 73, September 10, 1959
Sept 10, (Release 73)- On Jersey City waterfront, firemen battle an inferno of exploding chemicals; automatic cameras film a bank robbery in Manhattan; Red guerilla activity renews in Laos, and additional thrusts by regular forces from Communist North Vietnam are reported; Britain's annual air show; the Pan American games at Chicago feature the women's platform diving championships.
Universal Newsreels, Release 77, September 24, 1959
Sept 24, (Release 77)- Khrushchev spends the most cheerful day of his American tour on a farm in Iowa; WHITE SOX clinch the American League pennant. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO THE WORLD SERIES: Detroit Tigers vs. St. Louis Cardinals; an anti-gambling campaign is launched in New York; a STEAM-POWERED TRUCK and a COLLISION-PROOF CAR.
Universal Newsreels, Release 78, September 28, 1959
Sept 28, (Release 78)- Khrushchev ends his visit to America, after talks with Ike at Camp David; TYPHOON VERA LASHES JAPAN: thousands dead, lost, or injured; a Congolese baby elephant is presented to Ike; ROSE BOWL: CALIFORNIA vs. IOWA; HORSE RACING: THE WOODWARD.
Universal Newsreels, Release 80, October 5, 1959
Oct 5, (Release 80)- The West Coast sees its first World Series, with the greatest crowd in Series history; FREE CHINA MARKS 10 YEARS ON FORMOSA; Fashion Parade in Gotham; FOOTBALL: S.M.U. vs. NAVY.
Universal Newsreels, Release 81, October 8, 1959
Oct 8 (Release 81) At Comiskey Park, Chicago, the sixth and final game of one of the most exciting World Series ever; SNOW BLANKETS COLORADO in one of the heaviest snow storms in U.S. history; Red China's 10th Anniversary festival in Peiping, featuring Nikita Khrushchev; FOOTBALL: BOILERMAKERS vs. NOTRE DAME.
Universal Newsreels, Release 82, October 12, 1959
Oct 12 (Release 82) MEXICAN PRESIDENT VISITS U.S., Ike warmly greets Adolfo Lopez Mateos; BRITISH ELECTIONS: a landslide victory for Harold MacMillan's Conservatives; VATICAN observes the first anniversary of the death of Pope Pius XII; FOOTBALL: TEXAS vs. OKLAHOMA.
Universal Newsreels, Release 84, October 19, 1959
Oct 19 (Release 84) On the ranch of Senator Lyndon Johnson, a barbecue honoring visiting President Lopez Mateos of Mexico; Navy tests new submarine escape gear from the greatest depth ever; Steven Rockefeller's father-in-law visits the Westchester estate; FOOTBALL: MICHIGAN STATE vs. NOTRE DAME. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO One of the worst storms in the Seattle's history; slum clearance gets underway in Atlanta; President Roosevelt visits the tomb of the Unknown Soldier; Chicago's effort to thwart bootleggers.
Universal Newsreels, Release 85, October 22, 1959
Oct 22 (Release 85) The Guggenheim Museum in New York is finally opened; Britain's annual Earls Court Motor Show; Rome's motorcycle police stage a spectacular demonstration; FINGER WRESTLING championships; FOOTBALL: WASHINGTON vs. U.S.C.
Universal Newsreels, Release 86, October 26, 1959
Oct 26 (Release 86) CUBA IN CRISIS: A rising tide of opposition confronts Fidel Castro before he denounces the United States for harboring his foes; Lublin, Poland, discovers that for 15 years it's been living atop a Nazi landmine; a new aquarium brings exotic sealife to Vienna; FOOTBALL: OLE MISS vs. ARKANSAS; SYRACUSE vs. WEST VIRGINIA.
Universal Newsreels, Release 87, October 29, 1959
Oct 29 (Release 87) Castro denounces the U.S. for letting opposition bomb Havana; a new four-propeller flying platform for the Army; in Switzerland, a gorilla born in captivity; the gymnastic championships of Europe; FOOTBALL: WISCONSIN vs. OHIO.
Universal Newsreels, Release 88, November 2, 1959
Nov 2 (Release 88) A missing craft is found in the Blue Ridge Mountains, with only one aboard still alive; SHAH'S BIRTHDAY: hailed in a spectacular mass torchlight display; Van Doren faces the investigation of rigged quiz shows; SAPPHIRE THRILLER PREVIEW; FOOTBALL: AIR FORCE vs. ARMY, L.S.U. vs. MISSISSIPPI.
Universal Newsreels, Release 89, November 5, 1959
Nov 5, (Release 89)- 1,500 DIE IN MEXICO as Hurricane and floods wreak havoc; Panama's nationalist mobs storm the Canal Zone and turn on U.S. business; POPE JOHN MARKS ANNIVERSARY of the Coronation of Pope John XXIII; an Illinois student's 12-pound power scooter; in New York City, the 70th annual National Horse Show; FOOTBALL; U.S.C. vs. CALIFORNIA.
Universal Newsreels, Release 90, November 9, 1959
Nov 9, (Release 90)- STEEL STRIKERS GO BACK TO WORK following the upholding by the Supreme Court of a Taft-Hartley Act injunction; an oil tanker blazes after a series of blasts; Hollywood celebrities meet royalty at the Imperial Ball; FOOTBALL: SYRACUSE vs. PENN STATE, WISCONSIN vs. NORTHWESTERN.
Universal Newsreels, Release 92, November 16, 1959
Nov 16, (Release 92)- The village of San Marco D'Urri receives $340,000 in Bank of America stock; RUSSIAN CLIMBERS SCALE 15,000 ft. VOLCANO; FOOTBALL: GEORGIA vs. AUBURN, TCU vs. TEXAS. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The KERNS HOTEL of Lansing, Michigan, burns; AMELIA EARHART readies for her first Trans-Pacific flight; CARDENAS is inaugurated as President of Mexico; DUTRA wins the NATIONAL GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
Universal Newsreels, Release 93, November 19, 1959
Nov 19, (Release 93)- A series of spectacular eruptions of Hawaii's Kilauea; GIANT CRANE in New York; in Dresden, priceless and historic art treasures restored by the Red Army; holiday turkeys are chosen for the President and Vice President; WINTER FASHIONS; Canada's heavyweight boxing.
Universal Newsreels, Release 94, November 23, 1959
Nov 23, (Release 94)- The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is dedicated; classic master paintings found in California home; YOKOHAMA SUBURB SHATTERED BY CHEMICAL BLAST; FOOTBALL: UCLA vs. USC, HARVARD vs. YALE.
Universal Newsreels, Release 95, November 26, 1959
Nov 26, (Release 95)- A cargo plane crashes in a residential neighborhood; the Atomic Sub "George Washington" begins its first trials; SHAH'S FIANCEE HAILED IN IRAN; FOOTBALL: ILLINOIS vs. NORTHWESTERN.TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGOA GOLD RUSH in Mojave, California; kids join the President's WAR ON CRIME by burning toy guns; inventor hurls FIRE BALLS; the ROYAL WEDDING of Prince George; MIDGET WEDS FAT LADY.
Universal Newsreels, Release 96, November 30, 1959
Nov 30, (Release 96)- Hollywood hails Santa with parade featuring entertainment; POPE JOHN XXIII performs the rite of blessing the Lamb of God; SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL celebrates his 85th birthday; SHAH MOHAMMED PAHLEVI and his fiancee; FOOTBALL: NAVY vs. ARMY.
Universal Newsreels, Release 97, December 3, 1959
Dec 3, (Release 97)- The President states his mission to dispel the doubts abroad as to peaceful intentions; GENERAL MacARTHUR GETS AWARD at the annual dinner of the National Football Foundation; Thomas Gates sworn in as Secretary of Defense; refugees from Iron Curtain lands protest Red oppression; Cary Grant receives an award from the Radio City Music Hall; the World's International Match-Game Championships.
Universal Newsreels, Release 100, December 14, 1959
Dec 14, (Release 100)- The President's Mission brings him to India, where he receives acclamation; in Washington, D.C., children of various embassies sing season's greetings; round-up time on Canada's largest ranch. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO JAPAN DENOUNCES NAVAL TREATY of war fleet limitation; LADY PILOT becomes first to fly the mail; Olympic swimming queen tops her own mark; AMELIA EARHART's flight from Hawaii; MRS. ROOSEVELT goes Christmas shopping.
Universal Newsreels, Release 101, December 17, 1959
Dec 17, (Release 101)- Ike receives an enthusiastic reception; in the ancient German city of Trier, a vestment purportedly worn by Christ is shown; at Princeton, strange flying scooters and aero-mobiles are tested; Polish harbor is paralyzed by icy winds; 5,000 Korean refugees elect to be repatriated to Red-ruled North Korea; German and Soviet gymnasts compete.
Universal Newsreels, Release 103, December 24, 1959
Dec 24, (Release 103)- The famous ARLBERG-KANDAHAR SKI MEET at Garmisch; California vs. West Virginia at the N.C.A.A. BASKETBALL finals at Louisville; RECORD HIGH JUMP by John Thomas in New York; Billy Casper wins the OPEN GOLF crown; TENNIS: the DAVIS CUP; A.A.U. PLATFORM DIVING championships in San Francisco. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Mussolini reviews Italian troops to keep order in electoral battles; Nazi funds bring German-Americans back to vote; F.D.R.'s STATE OF THE UNION TALK; MUSSOLINI and LAVAL plan Fascist aggression; GENERAL PERSHING is honored.
Universal Newsreels, Release 104, December 28, 1959
Dec 28, (Release 104)- A Soviet expedition penetrates Siberia to solve the mystery of a 1908 meteor; IRAN: SHAH'S WEDDING; LAST CIVIL WAR VET DIES at 117; the Israel-Jordan border is opened to permit Christian pilgrims; Roman hair fashions; FOOTBALL: COLTS vs. GIANTS.
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Universal Newsreels, Release 1, December 31, 1959
Dec 31- A YEAR IN REVIEW: 1959: Vice President Nixon's visit to Russia and debate with Khrushchev; EXPLORATION OF SPACE: the Russians reach the moon, and America makes strides toward a space voyage; CASTRO: Cuba's first year under the reign; HAWAII joins the union.
Universal Newsreels, Release 1, December 29, 1960
Dec 29, (Release 1)- Union members in Belgium protest austerity caused by the nation's losses in the Congo; BROKEN TANKER is towed into Virginia; Laos is in ruins after a battle that ousts Communist rebels; FOOTBALL: EAGLES vs. PACKERS. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The construction on the Golden Gate Bridge; HORSE RACING: the Christmas Stakes; the World's Three-Cushion Billiards Championship; BASKETBALL: N.Y.U. vs. California.
Universal Newsreels, Release 2, January 4, 1960
Jan 4- KENNEDY THROWS HAT IN RING: Senator John Kennedy announces his candidacy for the Democratic Presidential nomination; STEEL STRIKE SETTLED; COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL GAMES: ROSE BOWL: Washington vs Wisconsin, ORANGE BOWL: Georgia vs Missouri, SUGAR BOWL: Mississippi vs L.S.U; COTTON BOWL: Syracuse vs Texas.
Universal Newsreels, Release 2, January 2, 1961
Jan 2, (Release 2)- NEWS HIGHLIGHTS OF 1960 French battle in ALGERIA; the attempted assassination of Premier Verwoerd in SOUTH AFRICA; Chaos in the CONGO; RIOTS IN JAPAN: opposition to the Japanese-U.S. defense pact; reconnaissance of the Soviet by American U2 jets is revealed; HISTORIC U.N. SESSION; CASTRO seizes U.S. owned property in Cuba.
Universal Newsreels, Release 3, January 7, 1960
Jan 7- IKE'S STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE: President Eisenhower addresses the joint houses of Congress; JAPANESE ROYAL ALBUM: the entire Royal Family poses for the royal family album; APE ARTIST: a 12-year-old gorilla has a fling at abstract art; designers preview their Spring collections; BRITISH BOAT SHOW; SKIING AT GARMISCH: pre Winter Olympics meet.
Universal Newsreels, Release 4, January 11, 1960
Jan 11- President Nasser launches construction of the Aswan High Dam project; CONTINENTAL CIRCUS: Incredible animal acts; the annual world barrel-jumping championship; one hundred top skiers warm up for the Winter Olympics; this year's Golden Gloves.
Universal Newsreels, Release 5, January 14, 1960
Jan 14- IKE BLASTS DEFENSE CRITICS: the President reacts strongly to criticisms of America's defense policies; AIRLIFT FROM ICE ISLAND: Alaska, begins to break up in storms; humorous scenes an automated future nursery; 25 YEARS AGO: reflection on past events.
Universal Newsreels, Release 6, January 18, 1960
Jan 18- HAWAII VILLAGERS FLEE VOLCANIC TORRENTS: Hawaii's second major eruption in recent months; RIOTS SEND KISHI OFF: a mob demonstrates to protest Premier Kishi; MOUNTBATTEN WEDDING: England's most glittering wedding since that of the Queen; FOX GROVE SKI MEET: America's Olympic ski jumpers; EAST-WEST PRO ALL STARS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 7, January 21, 1960
Jan 21- IKE, KISHI, SIGN SECURITY PACT; INSTANT DRY CLEANING: A futuristic fantasy from Hungarian filmakers; A unique fashion parade in the capital; POLAR BEAR-NIKS: a group of ice-happy bears carve a swimming hole in the surface of a frozen river; PRE-OLYMPIC SKIING: Austria's Hahnenkamm races.
Universal Newsreels, Release 8, January 25, 1960
Jan 25- DEMOCRATIC DINNER: spotlighting the four front-running Presidential hopefuls, Kennedy, Johnson, Humphrey and Symington; 20 DIE IN ALGERIA RIOTS; COAL MINE DISASTER: At Coalbrock, South Africa; NETHERLANDS FLOODS; 25 YEARS AGO: the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby.
Universal Newsreels, Release 9, January 28, 1960
Jan 28- ALGERIAN CRISIS; LEATHER FASHIONS FOR SPRING; JOHANSSON WINS HICKOCK BELT: Ingemar Johannson receives the 10,000 Hickoek Belt as Professional Athlete of the Year; SPORTS: including MONTE CARLO RALLY and GOLDEN GLOVES.
Universal Newsreels, Release 10, February 1, 1960
"Feb 1- ALGERIA REVOLT ENDS: right-wing Algerian settlers against DeGaulle's policies; MISS CHINATOWN, U.S.A.; supersonic jet bomber's escape capsule tested; Off Guam, ""Trieste"" surfaces after an historic descent into the 37,000 foot Marianas Deep; NATIONAL SPEED SKATING: featuring Ken Bartholomew; SPORTS"
Universal Newsreels, Release 11, February 4, 1960
Feb 4- NEW ARAB-ISRAELI CLASH: Israeli retaliation against shelling from a U.A.R. artillery battery; JAPAN MINE DISASTER; POPE JOHN XXIII marks the Feast of the Purification of Mary; MOTION PICTURE CODE EXPLAINED; JET BOAT DEFIES RULES.
Universal Newsreels, Release 12, February 8, 1960
Feb 8- REDS WOO CASTRO - CUBA: U.S.S.R. Deputy Premier Mikoyan visits Cuba; HAWAII VOLCANO RAZES VILLAGE: The Puna volcano fields; CARNIVAL PREPARATIONS: The artisans of Viareggio; Totota, a rare male pygmy hippo at Washington Zoo; President Nasser watches an Egyptian youth festival; WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB SHOW.
Universal Newsreels, Release 13, February 11, 1960
Feb 11- IKE VISITS CAPE CANAVERAL; WORLD BOBSLED CHAMPIONSHIPS; WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW FINALIST, Pekinese Champion, best in show; GOLDEN GLOVES SEMI-FINALS: 135-pounder vs. a heavyweight; TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO: Victims of the DEPRESSION.
Universal Newsreels, Release 14, February 1, 1960
"Feb 1- SAHARA A-BLAST: France explodes her first atomic bomb; MR. K. IN INDIA: Nikita Khrushchev visits India; CARDINAL STEPINAC FUNERAL: At Zagreb Cathedral for the last rites; ""OSCAR DAY"" PROCLAIMED: Mayor Wagner proclaims Academy Award Motion Picture Day in New York City; WORLD'S LARGEST BLIMP WRECKED; SQUAW VALLEY READY for the Olympics."
Universal Newsreels, Release 15, February 18, 1960
"Feb 18- IKE BLASTS ""DESPICABLE"" SLURS: comments on the current and bitter defense debate; NEW ""NO-NEEDLE"" POLIO VACCINE TESTED; FALL-OUT SHELTERS: a blueprint for survival in the age of nuclear peril; 40,000 penguins move to the Southern Hemisphere; SPORTS: NEW YORK GOLDEN GLOVES and MOTORCYCLE SKIING."
Universal Newsreels, Release 16, February 22, 1960
"Feb 22- 1960 OLYMPICS AT SQUAW VALLEY OPEN; BRITAIN HAILS NEW PRINCE: the birth of Queen Elizabeth's third child; The Air Force reveals ""The Quail""; Pope John XXIII delivers the eulogy at a funeral Mass for Cardinal Stepinac; TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO: Baseball Spring Training with Dizzy Dean, Carl Hubbell and Babe Ruth."
Universal Newsreels, Release 17, February 25, 1960
Feb 25- Eisenhower carries historic peace crusade into Latin-America; JAPAN HAILS BIRTH OF IMPERIAL PRINCE; VIAREGGIO TRADITIONAL CARNIVAL; DESIGN AWARDS: New York Couture Group presents Spring collection; CAROL HEISS BRINGS U.S. FIRST OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL.
Universal Newsreels, Release 18, February 29, 1960
Feb 29- IKE'S HEMISPHERE TOUR: The Latin-American swing; MEG TO WED: Princess Margaret's surprising engagement to court photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones; WINTER OLYMPICS FINALE: The VIII Winter Olympics, a dramatic conclusion to the greatest winter sports festival in American history.
Universal Newsreels, Release 19, March 2, 1960
Mar 2- IKE IN CHILE: President Eisenhower in Chile; SPARGO AT POLE: U.S.S. SPARGO becomes the third nuclear sub to cruise to the North Pole; PRINCESS AT OPERA: Princess Margaret and her fiance make first public appearance; PARIS SPRING FASHIONS: Spring collection of the House of Dior; Elvis Presley is mustered out of the service at Fort Dix; SPRING TRAINING: DODGERS - WHITE SOX.
Universal Newsreels, Release 20, March 7, 1960
"Mar 7- EARTHQUAKE SMASHES AGADIR: Earthquakes destroy Moroccan port; Ike stops in Puerto Rico to relax; MUNITIONS BLAST IN HAVANA; ""IDEA CAR"" ON THE ROAD: A glimpse of the XNR ""Idea Car""; FIRST JAPANESE CARDINAL: Archbishop Peter Tatsuo Doi; the International Figure Skating Championships won by Giletti and Heiss."
Universal Newsreels, Release 21, March 10, 1960
Mar 10- New York hails Carol Heiss, winner of the Olympic Gold and Figure Skating Championship; QUAKE SITE: King Mohammed of Morocco inspects the destroyed city of Agadir; GERMAN SPRING FASHION PARADE; BOWLING CONGRESS OPENS; GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS: Favorite Actor and Actress going to ROCK HUDSON and DORIS DAY.
Universal Newsreels, Release 22, March 14, 1960
Mar 14- SPACE PIONEER: The Pioneer V space laboratory is launched; NAVY TRANSPORT CRASH IN SPANISH SIERRA; JAPAN'S ROYAL BABY: First scenes of Japan's royal baby Prince Hiro; an exhibition of Colombian art spans 3500 years; TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS; FIGURE SKATING CHIMPIONSHIP.
Universal Newsreels, Release 23, March 17, 1960
Mar 17- President Eisenhower gives a strong boost to Richard Nixon's candidacy; VARIETY CLUB HONORS NIXON; NEW YORK ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE; RESCUED RUSSIANS RELAX: Four Russian sailors rescued after 49 days adrift; TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.
Universal Newsreels, Release 24, March 21, 1960
Mar 21- CARIBBEAN WAR GAMES TEST HEMISPHERE DEFENSE; SUPER-LINER LAUNCHED: the Canberra is launched; NATIONAL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Penn State defend their title; BUCK-EYES TOPPLE BEARS: 1960 basketball championships, Ohio State Buckeyes and the California Golden Bears.
Universal Newsreels, Release 25, March 24, 1960
Mar 24- DEGAULLE-PARIS GREET MR. K.: Khrushchev arrives in Paris for Pre-Summit talks with Premier DeGaulle; SOUTH AFRICAN CLASH: protestors clash with police; WEEPING MADONNA ENSHRINED: Icon of the Virgin is pronounced an authentic spiritual manifestation; SNOW QUEEN'S HOMECOMING: Sandra Dee is feted by her hometown; INNER-CITY GOLDEN GLOVES: featuring Vince Shomo and Cassius Clay.
Universal Newsreels, Release 26, March 28, 1960
Mar 28- WORLD LEADERS ON THE MOVE: West German Chancellor Adenauer visits Tokyo and Premier Kishi; Khrushchev makes a pilgrimage to the apartment where Lenin lived in exile; GRAND NATIONAL WON BY FAVORITE, MERRYMAN II; 25 YEARS AGO: reflection on monumental events.
Universal Newsreels, Release 27, March 31, 1960
Mar 31- The United Nations Security Council places South Africa's apartheid crisis on its agenda; FLOODS IN BRAZIL AND MID-WEST UNITED STATES; WHISKEY WAREHOUSE BURNS; ALCOHOL-O-MAT SAFETY: German gadgeteers show a device to end drunken driving; DE SOTO FESTIVAL: top golfers competing, Sam Snead taking top prize.
Universal Newsreels, Release 28, April 4, 1960
Apr 4- WEATHER-EYE SATELLITE IN ORBIT: Tiros, the first weather satellite, is placed into orbit from Cape Canaveral; FRENCH TEST 2ND A-BOMB; POPE ELEVATES NEW CARDINALS; BALLY ACHE WINS FLORIDA DERBY, edging Venetian Way.
Universal Newsreels, Release 29, April 7, 1960
Apr 7- BRITAIN'S ROYAL RECEPTION FOR De GAULLE; 1960'S PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES featuring Democrat front-runners Hurbert Humphrey and John Kennedy and Republican Vice-President Nixon; IKE GREETS COLUMBIA'S PRESIDENT; ACADEMY AWARDS: Highlights of Hollywood's big night.
Universal Newsreels, Release 30, April 11, 1960
Apr 11- SOUTH AFRICA'S PREMIER SHOT: Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd is shot twice; KOREAN ELECTION RIOTS: President Rhee's election leads to riot; PATRICK HENRY, the newest nuclear reactors powered vessels, is formally commissioned; ITALIAN FASHION PARADE: New styles for the season to come; CELTICS WIN N.B.A. CROWN; Arnold Palmer brings home his second Masters.
Universal Newsreels, Release 31, April 14, 1960
"Apr 14- SPACE BEACON SATELLITE: An experimental space ""lighthouse"" placed in orbit; PRINCE HIRO AT HOME: scenes of infant Prince Hiro; AMPHIBIOUS CAR SHOWN; MINI-MIDSHIPMEN BOXING; 25 YEARS AGO: reflection on events, German rearmament, Amelia Earhart."
Universal Newsreels, Release 32, April 18, 1960
"Apr 18- Thousands gather for the Easter message and blessing of Pope John XXIII; INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW: featuring new models and ""dream cars""; SAUCER SUB EXPLORES DEEP; ICE-BREAKERS CLEAR ST. LAWRENCE; AQUA-KITE CHAMP; DOG SOCCER."
Universal Newsreels, Release 33, April 21, 1960
Apr 21- KOREA: Demonstrations in Korea against alleged frauds in the recent election with Syngman Rhee; DeGAULLE IN CANADA: Pre-Summit discussions with Prime Minister Diefenbaker; CHOU EN-LAI VISITS NEHRU; NEW M-60 MEDIUM TANK SHOWN; SKYDIVERS GALORE: skydivers vie for places on the US team.
Universal Newsreels, Release 34, April 25, 1960
Apr 25- DE GAULLE: Talks with President Eisenhower on Summit strategy and policies; A missile with a camera that follows the warhead all the way to the target; BRAZIL DEDICATES NEW CAPITAL: Brasilia; KOREAN CRISIS DEEPENS; TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO: reflection on events including DUTCH SCHULTZ, BOSTON MARATHON, BABE RUTH and the KENTUCKY DERBY.
Universal Newsreels, Release 35, April 28, 1960
Apr 28- Scenes of dramatic climax of Korea's rebellion; IRAN EARTHQUAKE: The town of Lar is leveled by two earth tremors; NEPAL KING VISITS US: King Mahendra and Queen Ratna of Nepal are greeted by Ike; SUB LAUNCHED: the nuclear sub Tullibee, the smallest ever built, is launched. PHOENIX HAILS STEVE ALLENS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 36, May 2, 1960
May 2- KOREA CRISIS EBBS: Calm returns following the downfall of the Rhee government; MAY DAY IN TWO BERLINS; LONDON PREPARES FOR NUPTIALS: the wedding of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones engrosses London; SWORD DANCER IN GREY LAG: 1959's horse of the year, SWORD DANCER, returns to top form to win the Grey Lag handicap.
Universal Newsreels, Release 37, May 5, 1960
May 5- At Ft. Benning, Ike witnessing a demonstration of two hundred pieces of weaponry developed for ground forces; protest against Arab black-listing of U.S. flag ships; MAY DAY PARADE IN MOSCOW; WEST POINT GYMNASTICS: combines A.A.U. Championships and Olympic trials.
Universal Newsreels, Release 38, May 9, 1960
"May 9- THE ROYAL WEDDING: Britain's beloved Princess Margaret marries a commoner to become Her Royal Highness, Princess Margaret, Mrs. Antony Armstrong-Jones. SPY STORY: Russia shoots down an unarmed high-altitude U.S. reconnaissance plane; ""VENETIAN WAY"" WINS KENTUCKY DERBY"
Universal Newsreels, Release 39, May 12, 1960
"May 12- U.S.S. ""TRITON"", the world's largest nuclear sub; the President comments on the Powers Spy case; MEXICO DRAFTS 200,000; TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS: Las Vegas, the final round with Jay Hebert, Julius Boros and Jerry Barber."
Universal Newsreels, Release 40, May 16, 1960
"May 16- SUMMIT CRISIS: The Big Four arrive in Paris for Summit; FRANCE LAUNCHES NEW LINER: France launches the ""S.S. FRANCE"" the world's longest super-liner; ""OTHELLO"" OPENS IN NEW YORK; CONTINENTAL FASHION PARADE; COUNTESS ADIOS WINS MESSENGER STAKE: At Roosevelt Raceway."
Universal Newsreels, Release 41, May 19, 1960
May 19, (Release 41)- Khrushchev tirades against Western powers at Big 4 Summit; UNION-MANAGEMENT SHOW displays skills of labor unions; ZOO CUBS; BOXERS TRAIN; TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO: MUSSOLINI reviews troops, Farmers cheer F.D.R., Civil War vets review parade.
Universal Newsreels, Release 42, May 23, 1960
May 23, (Release 42)- United Nations Security Council hears Red charges against U.S.; Japanese leftist legislators protest mutual security treaty with the U.S.; ATLAS ICBM IS FIRED 9,000 MILES; MIRACLE LANDING BY WRECKED FRENCH JET; New England intercollegiate track and field championships.
Universal Newsreels, Release 43, May 26, 1960
"May 26, (Release 43)- EARTHQUAKES, TIDAL WAVES DEVASTATE PACIFIC BASIN; SENTRY SATELLITE IN ORBIT: a satellite is sent into orbit on the eve of Ike's renewed plea for his """"Open Sky"""" plan; Ike offers to give American photo planes to the U.N. if his plan is adopted; DRAMATIC U.S.-U.S.S.R. SPY DEBATE THE THE U.N."
Universal Newsreels, Release 44, May 30, 1960
May 30, (Release 44)- MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS RESCUED:at 18,000 foot Mt. McKinley; QUEEN MOTHER OPENS MAMMOTH AFRICAN DAM; TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO: Hundreds of mid-Western farmers fleeing dust and drought head for new lives in Alaska.
Universal Newsreels, Release 45, June 2, 1960
"June 2, (Release 45)- On the first day of the Big Four Summit meeting, Khrushchev crushes talks with his tirade; FRANCE LAUNCHES NEW LINER: France launches the newest super-liner, the """"S.S. FRANCE""""; The Soviet film version of """"OTHELLO"""" opens in New York; CONTINENTAL FASHION PARADE; HORSE RACING: COUNTESS ADIOS WINS MESSENGER STAKE."
Universal Newsreels, Release 46, June 6, 1960
"June 6, (Release 46)- IKE REVISITS WEST POINT; LEFTISTS RIOTS MOUNT IN JAPAN: Japanese leftists increase the pressure of their opposition; """"ALL-WAYS JET"""": Great Britain's newest research craft; FUN FASHIONS IN BERMUDA; HORSE RACING."
Universal Newsreels, Release 47, June 9, 1960
June 9, (Release 47)- GRADUATION DAY AT SERVICE ACADEMIES: at West Point and Annapolis Naval Academy; NEW REGIME IN TURKEY after military junta overthrew the Menderes regime; PARIS FASHION PARADE; HORSE RACING.
Universal Newsreels, Release 48, June 13, 1960
June 13, (Release 48)- IKE EN ROUTE TO JAPAN despite Japanese leftist demonstrations; JAPAN MOBS ATTACK PRESS SECRETARY HAGERTY; in London, the traditional ceremony of trooping the color; the gala British Trade Fair in New York; HORSE RACING: THE BELMONT STAKES.
Universal Newsreels, Release 51, June 23, 1960
June 23, (Release 51)- Two satellites are carried by a Thor-Able-Star rocket; Ike is hailed in Hawaii; JAPAN HONORS GENERAL MacARTHUR; THREE WHEEL CAR RIDE; MONKEY BUSINESS WITH MAMA TIGER; Fashion Parade; WHITE WATER CANOE SLALOM.
Universal Newsreels, Release 52, June 27, 1960
June 27, (Release 52)- Ike sums up the achievements of his Asian journey, and warns against Red tactics; TOKYO'S PRINCE HIRO POSES FOR PORTRAITS; HIGH JUMP RECORD TOPPLED; 45-1 SHOT WINS HORSE RACING; TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO: F.D.R. attends West Point graduation ceremonies; John D. Rockefeller golfs in his 96th year; Jim Braddock celebrates winning the heavyweight championship.
Universal Newsreels, Release 53, June 30, 1960
"June 30, (Release 53)- QUAIL MISSILE OUT-FOXES FOES; IKE GREETS THAI KING who begins a five day state visit; TURK GOVERNMENT PLEDGES SERVICE to the Turkish people, and promises free elections; ""PORTRAIT IN BLACK"" PREMIERES; PARIS RACING SEASON."
Universal Newsreels, Release 54, July 4, 1960
"July 4, (Release 54)- REDS' NEW ""ROCKET"" BOAT joins Russia's riverboat fleets; 16,000 IN MASS GYMNASTICS in Czechoslovakia; TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO; Italy threatens war on Ethiopia, Benito Mussolini threshes wheat, America's famed Martin bomber goes into production."
Universal Newsreels, Release 55, July 7, 1960
July 7, (Release 55)- Ike cuts Cuba's share of the U.S. sugar market by 95%; Democrats battle to choose their Presidential nominee; GOTHAM HAILS THAI KING; Britain's Dr. Barbara Moore completes her hike from San Francisco to New York; WIMBLEDON COURT FINALS; 16,000 IN MASS GYMNASTICS in Czechoslovakia; RECORDS TOPPLE AT OLYMPIC TRY-OUTS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 56, July 11, 1960
"July 11, (Release 56)- Highlights of the Democratic convention in Los Angeles as the contenders for the nomination go down to the wire. Senator Frank Church's keynote address sounds the common battle cry, when the inter-party skirmishing is over and the real target, the G.O.P. is in sight; Congolese troops loot and pillage. Thousands of whites flee.; The Navy's ""Thresher"" nuclear attack sub is launched; the coveted Miss Universe crown is awarded; GOLF: NAGLE TAKES BRITISH OPEN; HOLLYWOOD DERBY."
Universal Newsreels, Release 57, July 14, 1960
July 14, (Release 57)- The Democratic National Convention nominates Lyndon B. Johnson as running mate of presidential candidate John F. Kennedy; U.N. SENDS TROOPS TO CONGO: Violence and anarchy in the newly-independent Congo. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO: The W.P.A. and the New Deal's public works program, a mammoth ANTI-FASCIST RALLY.
Universal Newsreels, Release 58, July 18, 1960
July 18, (Release 58)- CONGO CRISIS CONTINUES: Congolese demands for Belgian withdrawal; KENNEDY HOMECOMING; ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF PREMIER KISHI; AIR SHOW IN GERMANY; HORSE JUMPING COMPETITION.
Universal Newsreels, Release 59, July 21, 1960
July 21, (Release 59)- FIRST POLARIS MISSILE FIRED FROM SUBMERGED U-BOAT; CONGO CRISIS CONTINUES: As contingents of United Nations troops pour into the violence-torn Congo; NEW JAPANESE CABINET; FOREST FIRES RAGE THROUGH WEST; FASHION PARADE in Germany; BULL RUN AT PAMPLONA.
Universal Newsreels, Release 60, July 25, 1960
July 25, (Release 60)- G.O.P. CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS excitement mounts in Chicago; LODGE DEBUNKS RED SPY CHARGES: that the R-B-47 was a spy jet; BOY SCOUT JAMBOREE; ITALY'S FASHION WAR ON PARIS: Italy's high fashion general staff declares war on Paris' style supremacy; U.S. WOMN'S OPEN GOLF.
Universal Newsreels, Release 61, July 28, 1960
July 28, (Release 61)- G.O.P. NAMES NIXON and LODGE: the convention nominates VICE-PRESIDENT NIXON as the standard bearer in the Presidential campaign. Nixon announces his choice of U. N. Ambassador HENRY CABOT LODGE as his running mate.
Universal Newsreels, Release 62, August 1, 1960
"Aug 1, (Release 62)- POLITICS - U.S.A.: CANDIDATES IN SPOTLIGHT: NIXON AND KENNEDY; Ike hiled by 56,000 boy scouts; CASTRO AILING: he temporarily steps out of the spotlight; Fashion Parade: ITALY'S NEW LOOK; ""ON-AND-ON"" WINS BROOKLYN HORSE RACING DERBY."
Universal Newsreels, Release 63, August 4, 1960
Aug 4, (Release 63)- MARCH OF EVENTS in CONGO CRISIS: United Nations forces take up positions across the vast reaches of the Congo; scientists make a long distance telephone call via satellite; HERBERT HOOVER HONORED by San Francisco's business leaders; Fashion Parade in Italy; TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO: MUSSOLINI reviews half a million troops, a royal garden party shows the BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY, in California, a super-fast plane is unveiled.
Universal Newsreels, Release 64, August 8, 1960
Aug 8, (Release 64)- At the U.N., Secretary General calls for speedy withdrawal of Belgian troops from the Congo; CASTRO BLASTS U.S. AGAIN: Premier Castro makes an appearance before the Pan-American Youth Congress in Havana and announces the seizure of three quarters of a billion dollars of U.S. property; BEAUTIES ON PARADE in Long Beach; BRAZIL TAKES SOCCER TITLE at the American Cup Playoff.
Universal Newsreels, Release 65, August 11, 1960
Aug 11, (Release 65)- Ike says the nation's business should come before politicking in congress; Volunteers take cheerfully to military training in the Congo; the Cuban Telephone Company is nationalized by the Castro government; PRINCE CHARLIE'S FIRST VISIT TO WAIFS; IRON LUNG BABY: The 1958 Polio Mother of the Year shows off her daughter; DIVING COMPETITION: a pre-Olympic warm up.
Universal Newsreels, Release 66, August 15, 1960
Aug 15, (Release 66)- The Discoverer XIII satellite orbits 17 times, then releases a payload capsule which is recovered from the Pacific; ECHO BALLOON RELAYS VOICES FROM SPACE: A Thor Delta rocket carries into orbit a radio mirror; X-15 ROCKET PILOT REACHES HIGHEST ALTITUDE; COLTS DOWN COLLEGE GRID STARS; HORSE RACING.
Universal Newsreels, Release 67, August 18, 1960
Aug 18, (Release 67)- THE U-2 SPY TRIAL - IKE ANSWERS SOVIET EXPLOITATION; BALLOONIST MAKES HIGHEST ASCENT, LONGEST JUMP EVER; Britain's 5-month-old Prince Andrew goes to Scotland to join his mother and father.
Universal Newsreels, Release 68, August 22, 1960
Aug 22, (Release 68)- SPACE CAPSULE SNARED IN MID-AIR over the Pacific; modern replica of Philadelphia's Liberty Bell arrives in Texas; OLYMPIANS POUR INTO ROME; INTERNATIONAL TROT at Roosevelt Raceway; TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO: Aviation thrills in the Thompson Trophy Race at Cleveland.
Universal Newsreels, Release 69, August 25, 1960
"Aug 25, (Release 69)- IKE COMMENTS ON CUBAN CRISIS: after the Soviet infiltration of Cuba, Ike keeps open the door for conciliation with Cuba; NUCLEAR SUB ""SEADRAGON"" CONQUERS NORTHWEST PASSAGE; FLOODS DEVASTATE PHILIPPINES; ICE CAPADES PREVIEWED."
Universal Newsreels, Release 70, August 28, 1960
Aug 28, (Release 70)- NEW TURMOIL IN CONGO: police drive off the crowd in a violent clash. Mobs assault U. N. soldiers; TANK KILLING BABY MISSILE: In Britain, a mighty mite of a missile is revealed; LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES; OLYMPIC PAGEANTRY IN ROME: The 17th modern Olympiad opens in Rome with over 4,000 athletes.
Universal Newsreels, Release 71, September 1, 1960
Sept 1, (Release 71)- 20,000 shop employees go out on strike shutting down the Pennsylvania Railroad; MOURNING THE DEATH OF JORDANIAN PREMIER; NIXON HOSPITALIZED: knee keeps him from the campaign trail; INDIA HIT BY HEAVY FLOODS; West Berlin's police stage their annual show in Olympic Stadium; HORSE RACING: the classic Hambletonian.
Universal Newsreels, Release 72, September 5, 1960
Sept 5, (Release 72)- RHINO ROUND-UP: In Rhodesia, the rescue of animals trapped on soon-to-be-submerged islands; UPSIDE DOWN HOUSE in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; LEATHER FASHIONS; TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO: F.D.R. dedicates mighty BOULDER DAM, then the 8th wonder of the world, MISS AMERICA is chosen.
Universal Newsreels, Release 73, September 8, 1960
Sept 8, (Release 73)- IKE WARNS REDS ON CONGO MEDDLING: endangered hopes for a United Nations solution; HURRICANE DONNA: After taking 116 lives, it moves North towards the Keys and Cuba; BOXING: Heavyweight melee; OLYMPIC HIGHLIGHTS: diving, swimming, track.
Universal Newsreels, Release 74, September 12, 1960
Sept 12, (Release 74)- DONNA SCOURGES ATLANTIC COAST: one of the most destructive tropical storms; IKE AT COUNTRY FAIR IN PENNSYLVANIA; MISS AMERICA 1961 is chosen; track and field highlights of the Rome Olympics.
Universal Newsreels, Release 75, September 15, 1960
Sept 15, (Release 75)- ROYAL FAMILY HOME MOVIES: rare casual scenes of the Royal Family; 76 ESCAPE DEATH IN PLANE CRASH while landing in New York; cleaning up in the wake of Hurricane Donna; OLYMPICS END: torchlight ceremonies bring to an end the 17th modern Olympiad; FOOTBALL: GRID TITANS TROUNCE BILLS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 77, September 22, 1960
Sept 22, (Release 77)- At the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Ike calls for a hands-off Africa policy by all nations, a pledge for peaceful development of outer space, and a comprehensive disarmament and international inspection program; TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO: The League of Nations, met to consider the challenge to peace of aggression in Africa.
Universal Newsreels, Release 78, September 26, 1960
Sept 26, (Release 78)- HISTORIC U.N. SESSION: President Eisenhower's hopeful address is answered by Khrushchev in one of his most shocking denunciations of the West. At stake between East and West are the neutralist nations of the world. FOOTBALL: NOTRE DAME 21 - CALIFORNIA 7, TEXAS 34 - MARYLAND 0.
Universal Newsreels, Release 79, September 29, 1960
Sept 29, (Release 79)- SPOTLIGHT OF HISTORY CONTINUES AT U.N.: the speech of Prime Minister MacMillan is interrupted by Khrushchev's outbursts; IKE AND PRINCE AKIHITO at the White House; MECHANICAL MADNESS: A French artist-engineer-philosopher demonstrates his new art form - awesomely complicated machines; Fashion Parade: in New York, a panoramic preview of leather fashions for winter.
Universal Newsreels, Release 81, October 6, 1960
Oct 6, (Release 81)- 61 DIE IN BOSTON AIRLINER CRASH: an intensive investigation follows; COURIER SATELLITE LAUNCHED: From Cape Canaveral, a Thor-Able-Star rocket carries the 500 pound Courier communications satellite into orbit; WORLD SERIES OPENS: Yankees are brought to earth as their defense crumbles before a smashing Pittsburgh attack.
Universal Newsreels, Release 82, October 10, 1960
"Oct 10, (Release 82)- FLOODS RIP SOUTHERN FRANCE: The worst floods in decades ravage France; The world premiere of ""SPARTACUS"", is a glittering event; Football: ARMY LOSES TO PENN STATE; OHIO STATE CRUSHES ILLINOIS; WORLD SERIES: in the 5th game, the Pittsburgh nine stay in charge as they win 5-2, putting them ahead in the World Series."
Universal Newsreels, Release 83, October 13, 1960
Oct 13, (Release 83)- JAPANESE FANATIC SLAYS LEFT-WING LEADER: At a Tokyo rally, a Socialist leader is slain by an ultra-nationalist; RED U.N. DELEGATES DISRUPT U.N. SESSION; An Estonian crewman from Khrushchev's ship is granted sanctuary in America, and tells why he fled the Soviet empire; World Series Finale: Pirates vs. Yankees.
Universal Newsreels, Release 84, October 17, 1960
Oct 17, (Release 84)- FREE CHINA'S BIRTHDAY: On Formosa, Nationalist China celebrates its 11th year in island exile; FOOTBALL: IOWA EDGES WISCONSIN, 28-21; TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO: ARMISTICE DAY- speaking at the Tomb of the UNKNOWN SOLDIER, F.D.R. pledged America to the goal of Peace.
Universal Newsreels, Release 85, October 20, 1960
Oct 20, (Release 85)- NIXON - KENNEDY: Factual close-up of the 1960 Presidential aspirants. Exclusive statements by both candidates. Kennedy is seen receiving ovation of Democratic National Convention following his first victory. Nixon is hailed by Republican National Convention as successor to Eisenhower.
Universal Newsreels, Release 86, October 24, 1960
"Oct 24, (Release 86)- BRITAIN LAUNCHES FIRST NUCLEAR SUB; the Royal Air Force's ""Black Arrow: jets soar; ALPINEERS SOUND HORNS: An unusual picture close-up on the world's most unusual musical instruments; HOLLYWOOD HAILS ""SPARTACUS""; FOOTBALL: IOWA DOWNS PURDUE 21-14."
Universal Newsreels, Release 87, October 27, 1960
Oct 27, (Release 87)- MEXICO HAILS IKE: presented with the keys to the city; DE GAULLE TOURS FRANCE; FOOTBALL: EAGLES UPSET BROWNS; TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO: ELECTION DAY- FDR returns to office; EARTHQUAKES shock North America; GREECE restores the monarchy.
Universal Newsreels, Release 88, October 31, 1960
"Oct 31, (Release 88)- Fidel Castro arms mercenaries of an ""imminent invasion"" of Cuba by the U.S. Khrushchev supports Castro's charges; Louis Armstrong arrives in the troubled Congo on a State good-will mission; CANADA VIES FOR FASHION HONORS; FOOTBALL: PITTSBURGH UPSETS SYRACUSE; NAVY DOWNS NOTRE DAME."
Universal Newsreels, Release 92, November 14, 1960
Nov 14, (Release 92)- KENNEDY MEETS NIXON: a post-campaign meeting; FOOTBALL: PURDUE 23 - MINNESOTA 14; MISSOURI 41 - OKLAHOMA 19; TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO: Los Angeles menaced by a ring of brush fires; MAX FACTOR opens a Hollywood salon.
Universal Newsreels, Release 93, November 17, 1960
"Nov 17, (Release 93)- The first Atomic sub designed to carry 16 giant Polaris H-bomb rockets; Discoverer XVII satellite is recovered over the Pacific; NEW ENGINE TESTED IN X-15: the half-rocket ship, half airplane receives a new engine over three times as powerful; RIOTS IN ALGERIA over DeGaulle's new policy of permitting Algeria to choose between independence and status as part of France; ""MIDNIGHT LACE"" HAILED IN HOLLYWOOD; FOOTBALL: YALE vs. PRINCETON."
Universal Newsreels, Release 94, November 21, 1960
Nov 21, (Release 94)- THREE FIREMEN DIE IN MANHATTAN LOFT FIRE; PRO-U.S. PARTY WINS JAPAN ELECTION despite riots and the assassination of Socialist leader Asanuma; Congolese strongman Mobutu stages a parade of 3,000 troops; CLARK GABLE FUNERAL; FOOTBALL: USC vs. UCLA; KANSAS vs. MISSOURI.
Universal Newsreels, Release 95, November 24, 1960
Nov 24, (Release 95)- TIROS II WEATHERMAN SATELLITE IN ORBIT: it broadcasts back pictures of the earth's cloud cover; BIGGEST SUB IN POLARIS FLEET IS LAUNCHED; VICE-PRES. JOHNSON PLEDGES NATO SUPPORT FROM U.S.; MEXICO PARADES IN HONOR OF 50th Anniversary of the 1910 Revolution; TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO: MOUNT VESUVIUS erupted; MUSSOLINI staged a massive show of military might; FOOTBALL: PRINCETON vs. DARTMOUTH.
Universal Newsreels, Release 96, November 28, 1960
Nov 28, (Release 96)- KENNEDY KIDS MAKE NEWS: John F. Kennedy takes his little girl to Church on her third birthday; FORMOSA MANEUVERS: a demonstration of nationalist defense strength of Formosa; MacMILLAN VISITS POPE JOHN XXIII; a mourning of nine soldiers slain in a Congo ambush while serving with U.N. forces; FOOTBALL: ARMY vs. NAVY.
Universal Newsreels, Release 97, December 1, 1960
Dec 1, (Release 97)- Congolese President Kasavubu tries for U.N. recognition; CHURCHILL CELEBRATES 86th BIRTHDAY with 100-pound cake; MOSCOW CIRCUS performing in Paris; INTERNATIONAL HAIRSTYLE CONTEST; SKIING IN CENTRAL PARK; CHIMP ICE SKATER at Berlin ice show; FOOTBALL: 49ers vs. COLTS; U.S. SAVINGS BOND.
Universal Newsreels, Release 98, December 5, 1960
Dec 5, (Release 98)- CONGO: ex-Premier Lumumba is captured and returned to Leopoldville to face Mobutu. His followers threaten chaos; VENEZUELA: Pro-Castro students riot and clash with police and army; ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY VISITS POPE JOHN; ACTRESS SANDRA DEE AND SINGER BOBBY DARIN WED; FOOTBALL: UCLA vs. DUKE, PACKERS vs. BEARS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 99, December 8, 1960
Dec 8, (Release 99)- IKE AND KENNEDY discuss the transfer of administrations; EASTER HAT PREVIEW; SPRING SNOWS FOR SKIBIRDS: in South America; FOOTBALL: THE NAVY'S JOE BELLINO WINS HEISMAN TROPHY; LIONS vs. COLTS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 100, December 12, 1960
"Dec 12, (Release 100)- ALGERIA AFLAIV: President D Gaulle's visit to Algeria sparks rioting by French settlers; BLIZZARD OF 1960: the Eastern United States gets a 20-hour snowstorm; A CROWD AWAITS A GLIMPSE OF KENNEDY BABY; POPE JOHN PRAYS IN ROME: a celebration of the Immaculate Conception; LONDON OVATION FOR ""SPARTACUS."""
Universal Newsreels, Release 101, December 15, 1960
Dec 15, (Release 101)- Haile Selassie of Ethiopia is ousted from the throne; KENNEDY NAMES CABINET MEMBERS: the new Secretary of State, Ambassador to the U.N., and Secretary of Defense; two American scientists receive Nobel Prize; PAINTED HAIRDOS IN PARIS; ROCKET SOCIETY AWARD IS PRESENTED: the top prize in space research; Germany's motor-soccer championship.
Universal Newsreels, Release 102, December 19, 1960
Dec 19, (Release 102)- WORST AIR CRASH IN HISTORY: Two airliners collide over N.Y.C.; AIR FORCE PLANE CRASHES IN MUNICH, hitting a crowded streetcar; FIFTY DIE WORKING ON NEW NAVY PLANE; TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO: F.D.R. launches the first Rural resettlement project, a daredevil plummets 8,000 feet in a daring display.
Universal Newsreels, Release 103, December 22, 1960
Dec 22, (Release 103)- The launch and recovery of a space capsule which will carry the first Project Mercury astronaut; an invstigation into the Brooklyn Navy Yard blaze; President Kennedy confers with L.B.J. and Speaker of the House on strategy for passing his legislative program; OPERA FASHIONS; GERMAN TRAMPOLINE CHAMPIONSHIP.
Universal Newsreels, Release 104, December 26, 1960
Dec 26, (Release 104)- SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS OF 1960: Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, California, California to win the NCAA championship, the Kentucky Derby, Arnold Palmer at the U.S. Open, Summer Olympics in Rome, World Series, college football.
1961
Universal Newsreels, Release 3, January 5, 1961
Jan 5, (Release 3)- Castro demands a cut in personnel by the U.S. Embassy; fighting in Laos between Communist rebels and pro-Western forces. FOOTBALL ORANGE BOWL: Missouri vs. Navy; SUGAR BOWL: Mississippi vs. Rice; ROSE BOWL: Washington vs. Minnesota; COTTON BOWL: Duke vs. Arkansas.
Universal Newsreels, Release 4, January 9, 1961
Jan 9, (Release 4)- Millions go to polls to vote on De Gaulle's proposals to solve the Algerian crisis; Neutralist leaders of five African nations meet in Casablanca; West German Chancellor Adenauer celebrates his 85th Birthday; SHIPS COLLIDE off Istanbul; the 1961 barrel jumping championship; the 1961 Torger Tokle Memorial Ski Jump.
Universal Newsreels, Release 5, January 12, 1961
Jan 12, (Release 5)- CHIMPS TRAIN FOR SPACE TESTS: they will ride the capsule designed for the first man-in-space; NATIONAL BOAT SHOW opens in New York City; a new hydrofoil watercraft is tested in Holland; dog fashion show; GARMISCH SKI MEET attracts top jumpers from all over Europe.
Universal Newsreels, Release 6, January 16, 1961
Jan 16, (Release 6)- A vast sea search scours the Atlantic following the collapse of a radar tower; Norway's Princess Astrid marries a commoner; New York's Fashion Week focuses on the tastes of the new First Lady; RUSSIANS TOP U.S. IN GYMNASTICS. TWENY-FIVE YEARS AGO One of the grimmest winters on record; Ethiopia's Haile Selassie leads his forces against Mussolini's.
Universal Newsreels, Release 7, January 19, 1961
Jan 19, (Release 7)- President Eisenhower and his successor John F. Kennedy confer in the White House; in the Indian province of Mysore, it's elephant round-up time; SPARTACUS PREMIERE IN U.S. CAPITAL; BOXING: GOLDEN GLOVES in New York City.
Universal Newsreels, Release 17, February 23, 1961
Feb 23, (Release 17)- SPACE PROGRAM ADVANCES: the Project Mercury astronauts are weeded down to three candidates; Europe's gala carnival merry-making; Ray Patterson wins the New York Golden Gloves. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Amateur rocketeers attempt a mail-carrying ROCKET PLANE; a tribute to movie pioneer CARL LAEMMLE, SR.; fashions inspired by international affairs.
Universal Newsreels, Release 18, February 27, 1961
Feb 27, (Release 18)- King Mohammed V of Morocco dies, to be succeeded by his son; Queen Elizabeth's tour of India is welcomed; ROYAL FAMILY'S FILM NIGHT; BIRTHDAY SCENES OF JAPAN'S PRINCE HIRO; DIOR SUMMER FASHION PREVIEW; the German Alpine Championships at Garmisch.
Universal Newsreels, Release 19, March 2, 1961
Mar 2, (Release 19)- KENNEDY LAUNCHES PEACE CORPS at his news conference; MILLION MOURN MOROCCO KING MOHAMMED V; KENNEDY JOINS VARIETY CLUBS: At the White House, President Kennedy is presented with a membership card in the Variety Clubs; PARIS FASHION PREVIEW; BASEBALL SPRING TRAINING: the PITTSBURGH PIRATES and LOS ANGELES ANGELS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 20, March 6, 1961
Mar 6, (Release 20)- TORNADO RIPS CHICAGO; the 100th Anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's inauguration in the nation's capital; Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip on a mammoth tiger hunt in Nepal; the President of the French National Assembly arrives; NIXON VISITS IKE at Palm Springs; the Knights of Columbus track meet; in Detroit, the 58th Annual Bowling Congress opens.
Universal Newsreels, Release 21, March 9, 1961
Mar 9, (Release 21)- POLARIS SUB has set an underwater cruising record of 66 days and 22 hours; X-15 SETS NEW SPEED RECORD of 2,905 m.p.h.; GAS TURBINE DREAM CAR is exhibited; the International Flower Show draws throngs; EASTER FASHION PARADE in a Spanish Monastery Garden; WOMEN JOCKEYS RACE IN FRANCE; bull riding in Mexico.
Universal Newsreels, Release 22, March 13, 1961
Mar 13, (Release 22)- President Kennedy outlines the program and goals of the Peace Corps. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO From the Ohio Valley and Western Pennsylvania north to Maine; one of the worst flood disasters.
Universal Newsreels, Release 23, March 16, 1961
Mar 16, (Release 23)- India dispatches 4,700 crack combat troops to join United Nations forces in the Congo; ICE RESCUE ON ST. LAWRENCE; Mayor Willy Brandt of West Berlin meets President Kennedy in the White House; the Eastern Golden Gloves finals; CANADA DEFEATS U.S.S.R. IN WORLD HOCKEY.
Universal Newsreels, Release 24, March 20, 1961
Mar 20, (Release 24)- President Kasavubu of the Congo is hailed by throngs in Leopoldville on his return from Madagascar; over 2,000 film notables attend the annual Golden Globe Awards Banquet; the Air Force marks the introduction of its first supersonic jet training plane; Spring hat fashions; INTERNATIONAL WEIGHT LIFTING: 8 records are shattered in Moscow.
Universal Newsreels, Release 25, March 23, 1961
Mar 23, (Release 25)- Communist-supported military attempts to take over in Laos; CHINA ART TREASURES TO VISIT U.S. on a national tour; Tokyo: Prince Hiro and a baby health contest. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The execution of the convicted Lindberg kidnapper and child murderer; PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT on vacation; EASTER HAT FASHIONS; the Easter Parade jams 5th Avenue in New York.
Universal Newsreels, Release 27, March 30, 1961
Mar 30, (Release 27)- At the South-East Asia Treaty Organization's meeting of Foreign Ministers, Dean Rusk reaffirms the policy of freedom from foreign interference in Laos; the premiere of the new film THE GREAT IMPOSTER; MODERN ART ON THE MOVE: machine sculptures in Holland; SWIMMING PIG in San Marcos, Texas; FEATHER FASHIONS; NAVY TOTS BOXING.
Universal Newsreels, Release 28, April 3, 1961
Apr 3, (Release 28)- EASTER SEASON ROUND THE WORLD: in Rome, 300,000 jam St. Peter's Square; Nearly 18,000 at International Auto Show; at Yale's Payne Whitney Pool, the A.A.U. National Indoor Swimming Championships; HORSE RACING: the $115,000 Florida Derby.
Universal Newsreels, Release 29, April 6, 1961
Apr 6, (Release 29)- President Kennedy and British Prime Minister MacMillan meet at the White House; REDS release films of a recent space test with dogs and mice; KHRUSHCHEV TOURS SIBERIA to investigate lagging agricultural production; AIR FORCE TESTS ROBOT JET BOMBER the multi-jet B-47; New York's Bronx Zoo is empty of people in the Zoo strike; GIRLS INTERNATIONAL SOCCER.
Universal Newsreels, Release 30, April 10, 1961
Apr 10, (Release 30)- KENNEDY pledges U.S. defense of Europe; KENNEDY MEETS HELEN KELLER; Vietnam election picks President Ngo Dinh Diem; Boxing in Thailand; Baseball: President Kennedy throws out the first ball.TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGOA new speed record for a flight from Miami to New York; inventor shows a DO-IT-YOURSELF ECONOMY CAR; PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT throws out the first ball to start the baseball season.
Universal Newsreels, Release 31, April 13, 1961
Apr 13, (Release 31)- SOVIETS ORBIT MAN IN SPACE: Major Yuri Gagarin spins around the earth; the trial of Adolf Eichmann begins, reviving memories of the Nazi horrors; CELTICS CHAMPS IN BASKETBALL PLAY-OFFS; GOLF: THE MASTERS CROWN.
Universal Newsreels, Release 32, April 17, 1961
Apr 17, (Release 32)- Cuban army pilots bomb three military installations to open a full-scale invasion of the island; SPACE HERO: Russia gives a wild welcome to Yuri Gagarin; former President Eisenhower is officially received by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; West German Chancellor Adenauer visits Vice-President Johnson's ranch; THE STANLEY CUP: CHICAGO WINS HOCKEY TITLE.
Universal Newsreels, Release 41, May 19, 1961
May 19, (Release 41)- President Kennedy arrives in Ottawa; Queen Elizabeth opens the Chelsea Flower Show; FUNERAL RITES FOR GARY COOPER.TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGOThe depression began to fade; Amy Mollison flew from London to Capetown in four days; John J. Pershing, cut a cake for a Red Cross fund drive; BOXING; HORSE RACING.
Universal Newsreels, Release 42, May 22, 1961
May 22, (Release 42)- Castro's ransom demands: 500 tractors for the return of 1200 prisoners; Korean General Chang Do Young installs his new cabinet; students in Tokyo riot against the new regime, wanting a withdrawal of U.S. forces from Korea; ADENAUER AND DE GAULLE MEET; Vice-President Johnson ends his Southeast Asian tour; HORSE RACING: the Triple Crown.
Universal Newsreels, Release 43, May 26, 1961
May 26, (Release 43)- President Kennedy calls on Congress to appropriate more money to send a man to the moon; Vice-President Johnson returns from a 2-week tour of Southeast Asia; the first Anglican Cathedral to be built in 500 years; Israeli Premier Ben-Gurion is welcomed to Canada; GLIDER SCHOOL TRAINS PILOTS in Germany.
Universal Newsreels, Release 44, May 29, 1961
May 29, (Release 44)- Mexico is nearing completion of an ambitious rail line; the New York City Fire Department unveils new hydraulic ladders; PORTABLE LANDING STRIPS FOR MARINES; a giraffe is born. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT leads rites at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier; the latest MARVEL IN COMMUNICATIONS was facsimile transmission by radio; AIR-CONDITIONING was the coming industry.
Universal Newsreels, Release 45, June 1, 1961
June 1, (Release 45)- President Kennedy arrives in Paris and is greeted by President Charles De Gaulle; TRUJILLO is assassinated in the the Dominican Republic; Indianapolis 500-MILE RACE; HORSE RACING: THE EPSOM DERBY.
Universal Newsreels, Release 46, June 5, 1961
June 5, (Release 46)- Premier Khrushchev and President Kennedy conclude their series of talks in Vienna before the President flies on to London; Dominican dictator Trujillo is buried; South Africa becomes the Republic of South Africa; HORSE RACING: THE BELMONT.
Universal Newsreels, Release 47, June 9, 1961
June 9, (Release 47)- Vice-President Lyndon Johnson addresses new graduates of West Point; the ATLAS rocket explodes on its launching pad; the premiere of the new picture ROMANOFF AND JULIET; INTERNATIONAL MOTORBOAT CLASSIC; EUROPEAN CUP GYMNASTICS FINALS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 48, June 12, 1961
June 12, (Release 48)- Trooping the Colors for Queen Elizabeth on her "official birthday"; President Kennedy arrives back in Washington from Palm Beach; Princess Grace and Prince Rainier of Monaco arrive in Ireland; MRS. KENNEDY ON VACATION: Mrs. John F. Kennedy tours Greece on vacation; CLARK GABLE'S SON CHRISTENED; WESTERN RODEO in San Jose, California.
Universal Newsreels, Release 49, June 15, 1961
June 15, (Release 49)- NEW NUCLEAR POLARIS SUB JOINS FLEET; MRS. KENNEDY'S VACATION IN GREECE; RUSSIA'S MASSIVE EARTH-MOVING SHOVEL; TRAIN WRECK IN GERMANY: 35 die; eased restrictions on Soviet caviar; Freedom 7 space capsule at International Fair in Rome; CIRCUS IN RUSSIA; NEW WEST COAST SPORT.
Universal Newsreels, Release 50, June 19, 1961
June 19, (Release 50)- Rallys in West Germany mark the 8th Anniversary of the anti-Communist uprising in East Germany; the British Navy, Army and Air Force stage an impressive show of power; NEW CARGO PLANE UNVEILED in Canada; HATS AND HORSES at ancient Ascot race track; National Collegiate Field and Track Championships.
Universal Newsreels, Release 51, June 20, 1961
June 20, (Release 51)- Premier Ikeda of Japan meets with President Kennedy; NATO CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY; the first Ecumenical Council since 1869 convenes in Rome; CHINESE RACE DRAGON BOATS on Formosa. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Franklin D. Roosevelt is nominated for his second term; HEAT WAVE.
Universal Newsreels, Release 52, June 22, 1961
June 22, (Release 52)- TRAINING STARTS FOR PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS at Rutgers University; Ramsey is installed as the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury; GENERAL GEORGE PATTON HONORED; HOW TO SAIL IN LUXURY; Miss Universe; TRACK: the AAU National Championships.
Universal Newsreels, Release 53, June 29, 1961
June 29, (Release 53)- President Kennedy challenges Russians to let Berliners determine their own fate; CONGO LEADER returns to Katanga; NEW FACILITIES FOR WILL ROGERS HOSPITAL; a Thor-Able-Star rocket lofts three satellites; War games along Spanish Coast; KIDS RIDE FOR COMMUNITY PROJECTS; Czechoslovakian kayaks in an obstacle course.
Universal Newsreels, Release 54, July 3, 1961
July 3, (Release 54)- The 100th Archbishop of Canterbury is installed; an atomic plant is opened on Formosa; the Queen at the Royal Windsor Fair; Contestants take part in parachute contest. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT is shown sailing; HELEN JACOBS wins Wimbledon Women's Tennis; the 4TH BASEBALL ALL STAR game; Olympic track trials; a HELIOCOPTER designed to hover aloft.
Universal Newsreels, Release 55, July 6, 1961
July 6, (Release 55)- A strike of Moslems in Algeria against threatened French partition results in 80 dead; British troops return to protect oil-rich Kuwait from Iraq; GENERAL MacARTHUR helps the Philippines celebrate their 15th Anniversary of Independence; the Women's Open Golf Championship; YACHTS RACE TO HONOLULU.
Universal Newsreels, Release 56, July 10, 1961
July 10, (Release 56)- Dutch Navy ships parade for Queen Juliana as she reviews them from a pier at the North Sea resort; the Allies are pouring supplies into West Berlin; the Russians hold a Trade Fair in England; AUSSIE TAKES ENGLAND'S TENNIS TITLE: the Men's Single Championship; HORSE RACING: the Hollywood Derby.
Universal Newsreels, Release 57, July 13, 1961
July 13 (Release 57)- The TIROS III satellite is launched successfully from Cape Canaveral as a hurricane tracker; Chancellor Konrad Adenauer visits West Berlin; KENNEDY GREETS PAKISTAN HEAD at historic Mount Vernon; OSTRICH FARMING; NEW ORLEANS HAILS NEW U-I FILM: Miss Tammy Teen Age; German scooters take to the hills.
Universal Newsreels, Release 58, July 17, 1961
July 17 (Release 58)- Refugees pour into West Berlin as Khrushchev threatens; RUSSIA DISPLAYS NEW PLANES on Aviation Day; Miss Universe is narrowed to 15; U.S. athletes meet the Russians in a Track Meet. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The SPANISH CIVIL WAR began; the Olympic Games were held in Berlin; JESSE OWENS in the 100 and 200 meter dashes.
Universal Newsreels, Release 59, July 20, 1961
July 20 (Release 59)- President Kennedy outlines the West's reply to Khrushchev's threats to sign a peace treaty with East Germany; FRENCH AND TUNISIANS CLASH: Native troops fire on French soldiers; thousands of East Berliners cross to the West to attend a Church Convention; the first motion picture is shown aloft.
Universal Newsreels, Release 60, July 24, 1961
July 24 (Release 60)- SPACE TRIUMPH - WORLD HAILS 2ND FLIGHT: the Captain's rescue by helicopter and the sinking of the Mercury with the loss of valuable films. A SALUTE TO CAPTAIN VIRGIL GRISSOM - Our new space hero; HORSE RACING: BROOKLYN HANDICAP.
Universal Newsreels, Release 61, July 28, 1961
July 28 (Release 61)- PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S ANSWER ON BERLIN; UNEASY TRUCE IN TUNISIA; over a half-million Hindus make a pilgrimage to the Jagannath Car Festival. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Forest fires in Northern Minnesota and a Florida Hurricane; President Roosevelt visits Canada; King Edward the Eighth dedicates a War memorial; Amelia Earhart undertakes an air research program.
Universal Newsreels, Release 62, August 2, 1961
Aug 2 (Release 62)- Combat pilots of West Germany are being trained by the US Air Force in Palmdale, California; Natives of Bizerte in Tunisia flee fearing another breakout; Franco in a celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Spanish Revolution; STORM lashes San Sebastian, Spain; the first new hotel constructed in 30 years in New York City is unveiled; Miss International Beauty of 1962.
Universal Newsreels, Release 63, August 5, 1961
Aug 5 (Release 63)- A Continental Airlines jet is held hostage by Castro supporters; BERLIN REFUGEES: the flight to freedom from East to West Berlin continues; TUNISIA: REFUGEES on the move; IKE AND FORMOSA PREMIER AT GETTYSBURG; ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER ON DISPLAY; GYMNASTICS SHOW AT STUTTGART; RAFT OUTING IN BERLIN.
Universal Newsreels, Release 64, August 7, 1961
Aug 7 (Release 64)- Russia sends Major Titov into orbit 17 times around the earth; Canadian TNT test; FIRST U.S. HYDROFOIL BOAT; an annual old-time sailing contest is held in Holland; Philadelphia Eagles vs. College All-Stars.
Universal Newsreels, Release 65, August 12, 1961
Aug 12, (Release 65)- Castro releases a Pan American jet liner from seizure; Herbert Hoover celebrates his 87th birthday; KIRK DOUGLAS CITED BY LABOR COUNCIL for Spartacus; Queen Elizabeth visits Northern Ireland; the Grand Prix of Germany; 1961 WATER SKI CHAMPIONSHIP in Germany.
Universal Newsreels, Release 66, August 14, 1961
Aug 14, (Release 66)- EAST GERMANY CLOSES BORDER: the last great exodus of refugees from the East; WORLD RECORD IN SWIM MEET Becky Collins cracks the 200-meter Butterfly; HORSE RACING: THE SARATOGA.
Universal Newsreels, Release 67, August 17, 1961
Aug 17, (Release 67)- With the border in Berlin between East and West firmly sealed, World opinion is heavily in favor of the West; Russia's Mikoyan opens a Soviet Trade Fair in Tokyo; the Department of Defense announces a build up for our peacetime defense force; a Jordanian village discovered that dates back to 6,000 B.C.; SPECTACULAR DIVING MEET at Reutlingen, Germany.
Universal Newsreels, Release 68, August 21, 1961
Aug 21, (Release 68)- President Lyndon Johnson reassures West Germany that the U.S. would never desert them; TUNISIANS DEMAND FRENCH LEAVE on the eve of a United Nations debate; LAND-SEA BOAT GOES ANYWHERE; the National AAU Men's Swimming Championships.
Universal Newsreels, Release 69, August 25, 1961
Aug 25, (Release 69)- ALLIES STAND FIRM IN BERLIN as the Reds prevent escapes; the Icecapades readying their 22nd annual tour. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The opening of the Boulder Dam; Italian Dictator Mussolini threshed the first wheat from reclaimed lands; Father Divine: the cultist is shown leading his angels.
Universal Newsreels, Release 70, August 28, 1961
Aug 28, (Release 70)- BERLIN REPORT: Mayor Willy Brandt is joined by the Economics Minister on a tour of the border area which is comparatively quiet; HONG KONG has been struck by Cholera; New York City tests a new snow removal device; FASHION: Italian Fall collections; the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Universal Newsreels, Release 71, August 31, 1961
Aug 31, (Release 71)- Khrushchev announces that the Russians will once again undertake nuclear tests; West Berliners have been pounced upon by Khrushchev as his frail reason for resuming Atom-bomb tests; SIX DIE IN FRENCH CABLE CAR CRASH; HORSE RACING: the Hamiltonian.
Universal Newsreels, Release 72, September 4, 1961
Sept 4, (Release 72)- PARIS UNVEILS LATEST STYLES; fish come ashore on the Canadian beaches to spawn; a fleet of 64 huge vans loaded with basic staples for Mexico City; BOB COUSY of the Boston Celtics runs a kids' camp. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Mount Rushmore Memorial is dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Jesse Owens returns from the Olympic Games; the U.S. women's singles championships.
Universal Newsreels, Release 73, September 7, 1961
Sept 7, (Release 73)- Delegates from 25 lands representing 750,000,000 people meet in Belgrade: the neutralist Summit Meeting; South Vietnam troops step up their attack on Vietcong rebels; RARE PICTURES FROM RED CHINA; Korean Police and Army personnel dig to save victims of a collapsed retaining wall; Great Britain unveils some new combat craft; THE KENNEDY CLAN visit the Poland; HORSE RACING: the Kentucky Derby.
Universal Newsreels, Release 75, September 17, 1961
Sept 17, (Release 75)- The dying winds of hurricane Carla generates new terror as devastating tornadoes spring from her wake; CONGO STRIFE: U.N. TROOPS WIN KATANGA; AMERICAN LEGION pays tribute to the role that Motion Pictures play in informing the public; RACING: THE GRAND PRIX in Italy; FOOTBALL: COLTS vs. NEW YORK GIANTS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 76, September 18, 1961
Sept 18, (Release 76)- Dag Hammarskjold, soldier of peace, dies in a Congo plane crash on the eve of a U.N. session for peace; West Berlin officers put on annual show of motorcycle gymnastics; HORSE RACING: the Atlantic City Handicap.
Universal Newsreels, Release 77, September 21, 1961
Sept 21, (Release 77)- The first session of the sixteenth General Assembly of the U.N. meets in tribute to Dag Hammarskjold; Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko meet; FRENCH PLANES IN DARING AEROBATICS: the French Patrol; EISENHOWER HAS PREVIEW of the New York World's Fair of 1964; the New York Yankees cop their 26th American League pennant; West German drivers hold a cross-country race.
Universal Newsreels, Release 78, September 25, 1961
Sept 25, (Release 78)- Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, President Kennedy outlines a United States plan for a step-by-step disarmament; Queen Juliana formally convenes the Parliament of the Netherlands; FOOTBALL: PURDUE vs. WASHINGTON.
Universal Newsreels, Release 79, September 28, 1961
Sept 28, (Release 79)- EAST BERLINERS JUMP TO FREEDOM: the more determined grows the will of East Berliners to escape; Roger Maris as he hits his 60th home run to tie Babe Ruth's record set in 1927. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The YANKEES were playing in the World Series against the New York Giants. New York was also preparing for its World's Fair; the Germans came up with a switch on the tandem bike.
Universal Newsreels, Release 80, October 2, 1961
Oct. 2, (Release 80)- LAST RITES FOR HAMMARSKJOLD: the dedicated man who led the United Nations along the hard road to peace and brotherhood is buried in his native Sweden; BASEBALL: MARIS SLAMS HOMER NUMBER 61; FOOTBALL: OHIO STATE vs. TEXAS CHRISTIAN; GEORGIA TECH vs. RICE.
Universal Newsreels, Release 81, October 5, 1961
Oct. 5, (Release 81) The Nasser vision of a single great Arab nation collapses overnight as Syria revolts against his rule and proclaims itself an independent state; SUDAN PRESIDENT RECEIVED AT WHITE HOUSE; the Motion Picture Industry opens its 20th Anniversary Campaign to raise more than a million dollars for charity; Italian fur fashions; WORLD SERIES: YANKS AND REDS TANGLE BATS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 82, October 9, 1961
Oct 9, (Release 82)- WORLD SERIES: YANKEE BATS SINK REDS; KENNEDY CONFERS WITH RUSSIA'S GROMYKO in a meeting that may decide the fate of man; the Queen's sister returns from Scotland with her husband. FOOTBALL: MICHIGAN vs. ARMY; MARYLAND vs. SYRACUSE.
Universal Newsreels, Release 83, October 12, 1961
Oct 12, (Release 83)- WE'LL LIVE IN PERIL SAYS KENNEDY: "we happen to live in the most dangerous time in the history of the human race"; FOOTBALL: IOWA vs. USC IN THRILLER. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO A hurricane caused untold damage along the East Coast; John D. Rockefeller, makes his annual trek South; a foot-propelled plane.
Universal Newsreels, Release 84, October 15, 1961
Oct 15, (Release 84)- 3,000 flights are canceled for the U.S.-Canadian defense test; FREE CHINA MARKS 50TH ANNIVERSARY; SHAH OF IRAN VISITS DE GAULLE; INTERNATIONAL FASHION PARADE; FOOTBALL: NOTRE DAME VS. USC; MICHIGAN STATE vs. MICHIGAN.
Universal Newsreels, Release 85, October 19, 1961
Oct 19, (Release 85)- Khrushchev announces that the Reds are to explode a huge bomb of 50 megatons; Russians complete their annual reindeer roundup; FASHIONS IN THE NEWS; FOOTBALL: COLUMBIA vs. YALE.
Universal Newsreels, Release 86, October 23, 1961
Oct 23, (Release 86)- UNREST GROWS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: a series of demonstrations; the first German submarine to be built since that nation went down is launched; the Banff National Park's Wardens and Mounted Police train in the mountains; SPARTACUS begins its second year in Los Angeles; FOOTBALL: TEXAS vs. ARKANSAS, MICHIGAN STATE vs. NOTRE DAME.
Universal Newsreels, Release 87, October 26, 1961
Oct 26, (Release 87)- U.S. DEFIES EAST GERMAN BORDER GUARDS: American troops answer with the only language the Reds seem to understand, a show of arms; Flemish-speaking Belgians march on Brussels to demand that their language be used more; FASHIONS; FOOTBALL: CLEMSON vs. DUKE 7.
Universal Newsreels, Release 88, October 31, 1961
Oct 31, (Release 88)- The United Nations meets in anger and shock on the morning the Russians detonated their super-bomb; the Washington Monument serves as a backdrop as 125,000 people take part in a display of faith; SUPER-CARRIER CONSTELLATION COMMISSIONED FOR THE NAVY; FOOTBALL: RUTGERS vs. PENNSYLVANIA, PITTSBUGH vs. NAVY IN UPSET.
Universal Newsreels, Release 89, November 2, 1961
Nov 2, (Release 89)- President Kennedy gives the approves nuclear tests in the atmosphere; Harry S. Truman visits the White House; the Twist is taking the Continent by storm; FOOTBALL: COLORADO vs. OKLAHOMA. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO President Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-elected to a second term in a landslide.
Universal Newsreels, Release 90, November 6, 1961
Nov 6, (Release 90)- Prime Minister Nehru is greeted by President Kennedy before a series of talks; U. Thant of Burma is elected Secretary-General; PRINCESS MARGARET HAS A SON; POPE CELEBRATES 80th BIRTHDAY AND CORONATION; FOOTBALL: MINNESOTA vs. MICHIGAN STATE, LOUISIANA STATE vs. MISSISSIPPI, OHIO STATE vs. IOWA.
Universal Newsreels, Release 91, November 9, 1961
Nov 9, (Release 91)- The worst fire in Southern California history rages through Bel-Air and Brentwood; Mayor Robert F. Wagner is re-elected Mayor of New York City; President Kennedy confers with Prime Minister Nehru. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Henry Ford's reconstructed childhood school; J. Edgar Hoover received a citation from the Boy Scouts; the Papal Secretary of State visited the U.S.; the reporter Dorothy Kilgallen; painted stockings were the fad.
Universal Newsreels, Release 94, November 22, 1961
Nov 22, (Release 94)- The nation pays tribute to House Speaker Sam Rayburn; PAINTING DRAWS RECORD CROWD AT MUSEUM: a Rembrandt goes on exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; QUEEN ENDS GHANA TOUR; a smash Broadway musical opens: FLOWER DRUM SONG; FOOTBALL: ALABAMA vs. GEORGIA TECH, WASHINGTON vs.UCLA.
Universal Newsreels, Release 95, November 24, 1961
Nov 24, (Release 95)- The Dominican Republic celebrates the end of 30 years of oppressive dictatorship; Egypt, Yugoslavia and India in a Neutralist Summit; WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES convenes in New Delhi; MUSCLE CONTEST: Mr. Europe; HORSE RACING. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO King Edward VIII gave up his throne; the San Francisco-Oakland Bridge was opened; the transmission of pictures over regular telephone lines was demonstrated; U. S. SAVINGS BONDS TRAILER.
Universal Newsreels, Release 96, November 27, 1961
Nov 27, (Release 96)- There is little chance that Michael Rockefeller has survived his ordeal in the jungles of New Guinea; the mighty ENTERPRISE carrier ship joins the U.S. Navy; New Yorkers welcome Kris Kringle into the city; FOOTBALL: OHIO STATE vs. MICHIGAN, RUTGERS vs. COLUMBIA.
Universal Newsreels, Release 97, December 1, 1961
Dec 1, (Release 97)- U.S. ARMY RESERVE TROOPS: KENNEDY IS HOPEFUL OF EARLY RELEASE; scientists orbit a 5 year-old Chimpanzee; all is ready for Project Gnome, an underground nuclear test; French luxury liner S.S. FRANCE prepares for trans-Atlantic service; a 2,000-man cross-country race in Belgium.
Universal Newsreels, Release 98, December 4, 1961
Dec 4, (Release 98)- FOOTBALL: ARMY vs. NAVY; Princess Margaret's new baby; Emperor Hirohito moves into a new home to replace the Imperial Palace; WINSTON CHURCHILL celebrates his 87th birthday; FILM: FLOWER DRUM SONG has a gala premiere.
Universal Newsreels, Release 99, December 7, 1961
Dec 7, (Release 99)- Violence flares in Congo as United Nations troops move in against rebels; Kennedy addresses the Football Hall of Fame Dinner; Queen Elizabeth ends her African tour in Liberia; ERNIE DAVIS WINS HEISMAN TROPHY. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO President Roosevelt goes to Buenos Aires for a Peace Conference; Henry Ford reconstructs the Wright Brothers bicycle shop; Ralph Guldahl is the outstanding golfer of the year.
Universal Newsreels, Release 100, December 12, 1961
Dec 12, (Release 100)- CONGO BATTLE FOR KATANGA: United Nations troops battle Katangese in the streets of Elizabethville; Spring hat fashions; the World Judo Championships; Russia trains for the international skiing championships.
Universal Newsreels, Release 101, December 15, 1961
Dec 15, (Release 101)- Adolf Eichmann is sentenced for his NAZI crimes against humanity; the four Foreign Ministers of the Allied nations meet in Paris with much on the agenda; Albert Luthuli receives the 1960 Nobel Prize for Peace; GRANDMA MOSES IS DEAD; SNOW FASHIONS; Mrs. John F. Kennedy visits a children's hospital in Washington before joining the President in lighting the family tree.
Universal Newsreels, Release 103, December 21, 1961
Dec 21, (Release 103)- 300 people die when a Circus tent catches fire in Rio de Janeir; the President hurries to the bedside of his 73-year-old father after a stroke; PAINTINGS IN WOOL at Buckingham Palace and the White House; billiards hi-jinks. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Wrestlers began acting it out; New Year's Eve, 1937, was a whoop-te-do affair; Havana was a City of Light.
Universal Newsreels, Release 104, December 25, 1961
Dec 25, (Release 104)- SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS of 1961 TRACK AND FIELD: Valerie Brumel of Russia dominated the high jumping field. CARRY BACK won the Kentucky Derby. GOLF: Jerry Barber in the PGA championship. TENNIS: the U.S. Men's Singles. DIVING: The U.S. launched beautiful form. BASEBALL: Roger Maris bettered Babe Ruth's Home Run record, but the Yankees won the World Series. FOOTBALL: major thrills in the Pro and College season.
1964
Universal Newsreels, Release 2, January 6, 1964
Jan 6, (Release 2)- THE POPE'S PILGRIMAGE: as the first Pope to fly, he crosses into Israel and goes to Nazareth; N.Y. BLAZE BLACKS OUT WATERFRONT; WINTER OLYMPICS PREVIEW: the opening of the Winter Olympics in Austria.
Universal Newsreels, Release 3, January 9, 1964
Jan 9, (Release 3)- THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS: President Johnson announces a 25% cutback in material for nuclear weapons; BERLIN WALL IS SEALED ONCE MORE: The Berlin Wall is sealed once more as the 17-day pass agreement ends; 20 compete in the 14th annual barrel jump.
Universal Newsreels, Release 4, January 13, 1964
Jan 13, (Release 4)- RIOTS SHAKE PANAMA: Students in Panama protest over U.S. policies. More than a score died, including four U.S. soldiers; BLIZZARD HITS WIDE AREA: the worst blizzard of the season spreads from the Midwest to the Atlantic seaboard; FIRST LADY'S TOUR: Mrs. Lyndon Johnson visits the distressed coal mining region of Scranton, Pa.; BOSTON MEET OPENS TRACK SEASON.
Universal Newsreels, Release 5, January 16, 1964
Jan 16, (Release 5)- ITALIAN PRESIDENT ON STATE VISIT: President Antonio Segni of Italy is welcomed to the United States as he seeks closer ties between Europe and the United States; STORM CLEANUP of the winter's worst snow storm; Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy thanks the hundreds of thousands who sent sympathy after her husband's assassination; SNOW FASHIONS; SURFBOARD CHAMPIONSHIPS at Makaha Beach in Hawaii.
Universal Newsreels, Release 6, January 20, 1964
Jan 20, (Release 6)- KENNEDY TRIBUTE: BOSTON SERVICES HONOR NATIVE SON; ROBERT KENNEDY MEETS WITH SUKARNO to ease the tensions with the Federation of Malaysia; CASTRO MEETS WITH KHRUSHCHEV in Moscow; John Glenn will seek the Democratic nomination as candidate for Senator from Ohio; CURLING in Germany; bobsledders tune up for the Olympics.
Universal Newsreels, Release 7, January 23, 1964
Jan 23, (Release 7)- UNITED STATES-CANADA PACTS: a multi-million dollar power and flood control project in the Pacific Northwest; GREEK QUEEN HONORED IN UNITED STATES; ROBERT KENNEDY CONCLUDES MISSION to end tensions in Southeast Asia; BELGIAN ROYALTY IN TOKYO; BALLOON RACE ENDS IN TRAGEDY; ANCIENT ART SAVED: Egyptian Pharaoh Rameses II in the path of flood waters from the Nile.
Universal Newsreels, Release 8, January 27, 1964
Jan 27, (Release 8)- BONNET IN THE RING: Margaret Chase Smith announces that she will enter the New Hampshire primary and seek presidential nomination; BELGIAN ROYALTY IN JAPAN; A swamp buggy that is propelled by two buoyant screw devices. It goes over any terrain; Some 20,000 go ice fishing in Quebec; HORSE RACING.
Universal Newsreels, Release 9, January 30, 1964
Jan 30, (Release 9)- SATURN ROCKET: for the first time the U.S. had surpassed Russia in the space race; FIRST WHEAT SHIPMENT TO RUSSIA: capitalist wheat for Communist dinner tables; UNITED STATES-BRED HORSE WINS 100,000 CLASSIC.
Universal Newsreels, Release 10, February 3, 1964
Feb 3, (Release 10)- RANGER HITS TARGET: designed to send back 3,000 pictures of the lunar surface just before it crash-lands; WINTER OLYMPICS RECORDS FALL AT INNSBRUCK: the eyes of 37 nations are on Innsbruck, Austria.
Universal Newsreels, Release 11, February 6, 1964
Feb 6, (Release 11)- NEW RECORDS SET AT OLYMPIC GAMES; ARMY TESTS NEW 'COPTER: a new jet-powered, lightweight helicopter; a new kind of surfboarding: you get up to speed behind a towboat and then ride the wave; a Mitchell bomber crashes into the side of the Empire State Building at the 79th Floor.
Universal Newsreels, Release 12, February 10, 1964
Feb 10, (Release 12)- CYPRUS CRISIS: ALLIES SEEK TO END TURKISH-GREEK FEUD: the Island verges on international conflict; the Beatles have arrived in the United States for their first appearance; MARDI GRAS USHERD IN; UPSETS MARK OLYMPIC GAMES.
Universal Newsreels, Release 13, February 13, 1964
Feb 13, (Release 13)- UNITED STATES-BRITAIN TALKS: high on the agenda are Southeast Asia, Arms Control, Berlin and Britain's trade with Cuba; DUTCH PRINCESS TO WED SPANISH PRINCE: the couple will marry soon; THE WESTMINSTER SHOW; WINTER OLYMPICS ENDS WITH SKI JUMP.
Universal Newsreels, Release 14, February 17, 1964
"Feb 17, (Release 14)- U.S. SUPPLIES WATER TO ""GITMO"" after Castro cuts off its water supply; ITALY LOOKS FORWARD TO SPRING FASHIONS; FLYING HALF-PINT: the DO-32 tiny helicopter is readied for flight."
Universal Newsreels, Release 15, February 20, 1964
"Feb 20, (Release 15)- HEROIC ATLANTIC RESCUE: rescuers save crewmen from the storm-wracked British freighter ""Ambassador""; UNITED STATES ANSWERS CASTRO: an emphatic answer to Castro's charges that the U.S. is stealing water from Cuban sources; RUBY MURDER TRIAL: The defense in the Jack Ruby murder trial; ITALIAN SETS SKI-FLYING MARK with a tremendous leap of 472 feet."
Universal Newsreels, Release 16, February 24, 1964
Feb 24, (Release 16)- At the Charter Day anniversary celebration of UCLA, President Johnson and President Adolfo Lopez Mateos of Mexico receive honorary doctorates of Law; THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON: the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco's Chinatown; GOLDEN GLOVES OFF TO A BANG UP START; HORSE RACING.
Universal Newsreels, Release 17, February 27, 1964
Feb 27, (Release 17)- President Johnson signs the tax cut bill into law after it was proposed to by President Kennedy; BEATLEMANIA! UPROAR GREETS THEIR RETURN HOME; YESTERDAY'S BIG STORY - WAR CRIMES TRIALS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 18, March 2, 1964
Mar 2, (Release 18)- JOHNSON REVEALS U.S. SUPER-PLANE: a Jet high-altitude interceptor; Anticipation of the great New York WORLD'S FAIR; FOOTPRINTS IN THE CEMENT OF TIME: a child movie star is immortalized at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, a Hollywood landmark; BASEBALL GIANTS BEGIN TRAINING.
Universal Newsreels, Release 19, March 5, 1964
Mar 5, (Release 19)- U.N. VOTES TO SEND TROOPS TO CYPRUS: as many as 10,000 men will be sent to the Island that has been torn by strife between Greeks and Turks; PRESIDENT JOHNSON ATTENDS RITES FOR MAYOR WAGNER'S WIFE; PILOT LANDS B-52 AFTER LOSING TAIL: a near-tragedy is averted; THE WORLD BASEBALL CHAMPS GET GOING; Both President Johnson and Bob Hope get upstaged by a couple of young comics - and they love it!
Universal Newsreels, Release 20, March 9, 1964
Mar 9, (Release 20)- CONSTANTINE SUCCEEDS KING PAUL OF GREECE; one of the most unusual Biological Centers in the world is achieving wide fame near Quebec City; WINTER THAW RAISES HAVOC IN VERMONT; New York's annual flower show; UCLA BASKETBALL WIN 26 STRAIGHT.
Universal Newsreels, Release 21, March 12, 1964
Mar 12, (Release 21)- ELECTION UPSET: the hopes of Barry Goldwater and Nelson Rockefeller are snowed under by Henry Cabot Lodge; MID-WEST FLOODS: river towns have been inundated; TRIBUTE TO DAME EDITH EVANS; THE SALVATION BEAT: the British Salvation Army's effort to bring religion to the people.
Universal Newsreels, Release 22, March 16, 1964
"Mar 16, (Release 22)- Jack Ruby's attorneys intend to appeal verdict of ""murder with malice,"" which will take at least two years; GREECE'S KING PAUL IS LAID TO REST; NEW PRESIDENT IN VENEZUELA: Raul Leoni; GOLDEN GLOBES AWARD."
Universal Newsreels, Release 23, March 19, 1964
Mar 19, (Release 23)- DeGAULLE IN MEXICO: Mexico City gives French President Charles De Gaulle a tumultuous welcome; GALE FORCE WINDS SPREAD BLAZES ON WEST COAST: 11,600 acres burned; yet no loss of life; AVENUE OF THE SPHINXES: a two mile Avenue of Sphinxes connecting the ancient Egyptian temples of Karnak and Luxor is being unearthed; GOLDEN GLOVES FINALS in New York.
Universal Newsreels, Release 24, March 23, 1964
Mar 23, (Release 24)- AUTOS CONQUER ALPS: a new tunnel is opened, linking Switzerland with Italy; POPE PAUL VI OPENS HOLY WEEK; White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger will run for a U. S. Senate seat; The Beatles win British Variety Club's award for the top show business attraction; UCLA WINS BASKETBALL TITLE; NAVY's annual boxing tournament.
Universal Newsreels, Release 25, March 26, 1964
Mar 26, (Release 25)- DIPLOMAT STABBED: U.S. Ambassador Reischauer was wounded by a young Japanese man in Tokyo; MRS. JOHNSON TOURS HUNTSVILLE SPACE CENTER; a new starter this year at the INDIANAPOLIS 500 on Memorial Day; RINGLING BROS. BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS opens its season in Madison Square Garden; THE GRAND NATIONAL HORSE RACE.
Universal Newsreels, Release 26, March 30, 1964
"Mar 30, (Release 26)- Devastated Alaska begins the task of rebuilding after the greatest earthquake ever recorded; UNVEILING OF THE LUNAR ""BUG"" CRAFT; GLORY OF EASTER; the most glorious day on the Christian calendar - EASTER - is celebrated around the world."
Universal Newsreels, Release 27, April 2, 1964
Apr 2, (Release 27)- CRISIS IN BRAZIL: Joao Goulart flees Brazil as he is ousted as President by an Army rebellion; CAMBRIDGE OARSMEN AT ROWING CLASSIC; NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR promising to be one of the greatest in history.
Universal Newsreels, Release 28, April 6, 1964
Apr 6, (Release 28)- DEATH OF A SOLDIER: GENERAL DOUGLAS MacARTHUR: One of the greatest military geniuses is dead. Here are some of the highlights in the distinguished and fabulous life of this great military man.
Universal Newsreels, Release 29, April 9, 1964
Apr 9, (Release 29)- President Johnson leads tribute to General of the Army Douglas MacArthur; RAILROAD PROBLEM: A surprise strike against the Illinois Central Railroad brings to a climax a management-labor controversy; AUTO ANTICS: two Frenchmen display their car balancing act; A STEP NEARER THE MOON: The Gemini capsule makes its maiden voyage with total success.
Universal Newsreels, Release 30, April 13, 1964
Apr 13, (Release 30)- GENERAL OF THE ARMY DOUGLAS MacARTHUR BURIED IN NORFOLK MEMORIAL; STARS ON PARADE: all the glamour of Hollywood is on display; PALMER TAKES HIS 4TH MASTERS GOLF: the 30th Annual Masters sees Arnold Palmer turn in a four-round score of 12 strokes under par; BASEBALL SEASON BEGINS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 31, April 16, 1964
Apr 16, (Release 31)- The great Chesapeake Bay Bridge and tunnel complex is dedicated; HOLLYWOOD'S BIG NIGHT: THE OSCARS; DUTCH ROYALTY IN MEXICO: Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands arrive in Mexico for a state visit; BASEBALL: HEY, METS! LET'S WIN SOME BALL GAMES; in Europe, a couple hundred dedicated bicyclists take off on a cross-country race.
Universal Newsreels, Release 32, April 20, 1964
Apr 20, (Release 32)- BASEBALL: Shea Stadium is a new attraction in New York; Europe's Mount Etna volcano erupts once more; WOMAN FLIER CIRCLES GLOBE, greeted wildly upon her return; SHADES OF TOSCANINI: In Paris, the Music of the Future: a symphony of steel sheets and glass tubes; a rocket race in Australia; TRAVEL-EASY FASHIONS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 34, April 27, 1964
Apr 27, (Release 34)- President Lyndon Johnson predicts a 30 billion dollar profit for American business this year; BASKETBALL: BOSTON CELTICS WIN 6TH STRAIGHT; ICE HOCKEY PLAY-OFFS; STAR OF STARS ECLIPSES HIS OWN DISCUSS RECORD.
Universal Newsreels, Release 36, May 4, 1964
May 4, (Release 36)- VISITOR'S DAY ABOARD CARRIER FORRESTAL: the carrier is as long as a 25-story building is high. Carries a crew of 4,200 men; Contrasting May Day celebrations in Moscow and East Germany; the Winchester Apple Blossom Festival; Royal birthdays in Holland and Japan; KENTUCKY DERBY.
Universal Newsreels, Release 37, May 7, 1964
"May 7, (Release 37)- REPORTERS' FAMILIES MEET THE PRESIDENT; new super-speed Hydrofoil passenger service goes into operation between the Channel Island and French ports; IMMIGRANT BOY GETS NEW KENNEDY SAVINGS BOND: A two-month Drive to increase Savings Bonds opens in Washington; YESTERDAY'S BIG STORY: THE SINKING OF THE ANDREA DORIA ""Queen of the Sea."""
Universal Newsreels, Release 38, May 11, 1964
May 11, (Release 38)- LBJ punctuates words of praise and progress at the World's Fair; FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMAN CETEBRATES 80th BIRTHDAY; ANNIVERSARY FOR J. EDGAR HOOVER: he is 70 and will continue to head the FBI; TORNADO SMASHES INTO MICHIGAN: 12 perish - 50 others are injured; 25,000 WORKERS RUSH ASWAN DAM COMPETITION IN EGYPT; WHITE-WATER RACERS COMPETE.
Universal Newsreels, Release 39, May 14, 1964
May 14, (Release 39)- NATO NATIONS MEET IN HOLLAND: DeGaulle insists that French troops stay under French command; THE B-71 SUPER-PLANE OF TOMORROW is unveiled; Major Alexander P. de Seversky, reveals a flying platform that can go sixty miles above the earth; JORDANIAN KING RECEIVED BY POPE; Miss Joan Merriam lands in California to complete a solo flight around the world.
Universal Newsreels, Release 40, May 18, 1964
May 18, (Release 40)- West Berlin's Mayor meets with LBJ, and receives assurances from the that the United States will continue to uphold freedom in divided Germany; HONG KONG HAILS RAIN AFTER DRAUGHT; HORSE RACING; INDIANAPOLIS 500 SPEED TRIALS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 41, May 22, 1964
May 22, (Release 41)- Adlai Stevenson explains U.S. policy in Southeast Asia, to the United Nations. The U.S. will fight communist aggression; African King Mwambuta IV of Burundi is serenaded by his Royal Drummers in Washington; SOARING SNIPERS: HELICOPTERS DEVELOP NEW BATTLE TACTICS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 42, May 25, 1964
May 25, (Release 42)- PRESIDENT JOHNSON DEDICATES GEORGE C. MARSHALL MEMORIAL; blazes destroyed 17 Boston homes AND left 300 homeless; the AFL-CIO Union Industries Show opens at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center; OLYMPIC HOPEFULS IN CALIFORNIA RELAYS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 43, May 28, 1964
May 28, (Release 43)- WORLD MOURNS NEHRU: India's first Prime Minister is dead; FIRE SWEEPS NEW JERSEY WATERFRONT: a spectacular fire lights the riverfront across the Hudson from New York City; DeVATRRA WELCOMED TO UNITED STATES: the President of Ireland is welcomed to the U.S. by L.B.J.; NEW YORK HELICOPTER BASE UNDERGOES TESTS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 44, June 1, 1964
June 1, (Release 44)- TOP U.S. OFFICIALS ON ASIA STRATEGY: with a time of crisis in Southeast Asia, the U.S. calls a high-level conference; THRONGS PAY HOMAGE TO NEHRU: a million and a half mourn; NATION PAUSES TO HONOR J.F.K.; tragedy at Indianapolis 500.
Universal Newsreels, Release 45, June 4, 1964
June 4, (Release 45)- SERVICE ACADEMIES HOLD GRADUATION at West Point, Annapolis, the Air Force and the Coast Guard Academies; GOLDWATER TAKES CALIFORNIA PRIMARY; DOMED STADIUM FOR THE COLTS NEARS COMPLETION.
Universal Newsreels, Release 46, June 8, 1964
June 8, (Release 46)- MOSELLE CANAL LINKS GERMANY AND FRANCE after six years of work; AIR-SEA RESCUE: The Royal Air Force has developed a new rescue technique to snatch people trapped under the 300-foot cliffs at Ramsgate, England; NEW SWIM HATS HIT HIGH FASHION NOTE; HORSE RACING: THE BELMONT STAKES.
Universal Newsreels, Release 47, June 11, 1964
June 11, (Release 47)- D-DAY REMEMBERED: twenty years ago the mightiest armada in history landed the forces of freedom on the Beaches of Normandy; U.S. Senate clears the way for the Civil Rights Bill; Beatlemania seems to have become a way of life.
Universal Newsreels, Release 48, June 15, 1964
June 15, (Release 48)- Governor Scranton of Pennsylvania declares his candidacy for the G.O.P. presidential nomination in the forthcoming national convention; Senator Edward Kennedy receives a tumultuous welcome from the folk of Ireland; MOTORBOAT DAREDEVILS RACE IN GERMANY: a world championship on the water; SQUARE RIGGERS SET SAIL from Lisbon, Portugal.
Universal Newsreels, Release 49, June 18, 1964
June 18, (Release 49)- QUEEN ELIZABETH II ATTENDS FLAG RITE ON 38TH BIRTHDAY; PINT-SIZE BRONCO BUSTERS: at Cheyenne Wells, Colorado, a troop of young ones display cowboy ability with wild ponies and bulls.
Universal Newsreels, Release 50, June 22, 1964
June 22, (Release 50)- Japan suffers her worst earthquake in 40 years, destroying 1,000 homes and damaging 30,000 others; KENNEDY IN CRASH: Senator Edward M. Kennedy is seriously injured when his private plane crashes; QUEEN ATTENDS ROYAL ASCOT; YESTERDAY'S BIG STORY: here's a look at the homefront during World War II; U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT SAVINGS BOND TRAILER.
Universal Newsreels, Release 51, June 25, 1964
June 25, (Release 51)- U.S. Ambassador to south Vietnam, Henry Cabot Lodge, is resigning to devote his efforts to the coming Republican presidential campaign; WORLD'S FAIR CATERS TO THE SMALL FRY: it's Atomsville, USA, and only children are admitted to operate nuclear displays; RECORD CROWD AT LeMANS RACE; JAPAN READY FOR OLYMPIC GAMES AS HOST NATION.
Universal Newsreels, Release 52, June 30, 1964
June 30, (Release 52)- LODGE REPORTS TO JOHNSON, RESIGNS AS ENVOY: he comments on both Vietnam and his own political position; ROBERT KENNEDY IN BERLIN: helps dedicate a plaque to his memory of his late brother; CANADIANS CELEBRATE FEAST: a week-long tribute to St. Jean Baptiste: the latest fashions in Color.
Universal Newsreels, Release 53, July 2, 1964
July 2, (Release 53)- KENNEDY IN WARSAW: Attorney-General Robert Kennedy and his family continue to enjoy riotous receptions behind the Iron Curtain; 17 DIE IN AIR FORCE PLANE COLLISION; R.A.F. PRECISION ATHLETIC SHOW; YESTERDAY'S BIG STORY: in May of 1948 a new nation was born and ISRAEL took her place in the world; LATEST STYLES IN FASHION.
Universal Newsreels, Release 54, July 6, 1964
July 6, (Release 54)- PRESIDENT SIGNS HISTORIC BILL: Congress passes the most sweeping Civil Rights Bill ever to be written into law; WIMBLEDON: A NEW CHAMP AND ONE RE-CROWNED; HORSE RACING: KELSO LOSES RECORD RACE ON COAST.
Universal Newsreels, Release 55, July 9, 1964
July 9, (Release 55)- REPUBLICAN CONVENTION: The eyes of the nation are on SAN FRANCISCO as the Republican Party convenes to nominate their choice for President; The 35th All-Star game of the American League in New York's Shea Stadium.
Universal Newsreels, Release 57, July 16, 1964
July 16, (Release 57)- REPUBLICANS NOMINATE GOLDWATER: Highlights of the Republican Convention that nominated Barry Goldwater; OUT OF THE PAST: a flotilla of square-riggers rendezvous in New York Harbor.
Universal Newsreels, Release 58, July 20, 1964
July 20, (Release 58)- BOY SCOUT NATIONAL JAMBOREE at Valley Forge; JOHNSON-GOLDWATER COMPETE IN CAMPAIGN; THREE NATIONS TEST HUGE T N T EXPLOSION: the U.S., Britain and Canada determine the best defenses against blasts; NICHOLS WINS P.G.A. GOLF TITLE.
Universal Newsreels, Release 59, July 23, 1964
July 23, (Release 59)- The Organization of American States meets to consider sanctions against Cuba; 24-HOUR CYCLE RACE THRILLS SPAIN: 45 Teams race and it's a thriller around the clock; the fastest man on wheels sets a new world's record - 403 m.p.h.
Universal Newsreels, Release 60, July 27, 1964
July 27, (Release 60)- U.S. TRACK TRIUMPH AGAINST RUSSIA WITH RECORD SCORE; a posh new sports center is dedicated near London, offering facilities for everything from archery to football; the Queen has some guests as the Royal Marines celebrate their 300th Anniversary.
Universal Newsreels, Release 61, July 30, 1964
July 30 (Release 61)- Poland celebrates the end of German occupation twenty years ago and it's a springboard to extol their Communist regime; TEST RADICAL PLANE: designers have come up with this rotary-wing craft that combines a conventional engine with free-spinning rotors; CHURCHILL RETIRES: one of the greatest Englishmen of all time retires and his nation pays tribute.
Universal Newsreels, Release 62, August 3, 1964
"Aug 3, (Release 62)- RANGER REVEALS MOON'S SECRETS, making the three-day, 240,000-mile trip and photographing the Moon in detail; GREEK GIRL REIGNS AS ""MISS UNIVERSE""; at Austin's Aqua Festival they hold the first Water Ski Kite Championships; the latest fashion trends photographed in color."
Universal Newsreels, Release 63, August 6, 1964
"Aug 6, (Release 63)- PLANES AND MEN RUSHED TO ASIA: U.S. RETALIATION FOR COMMUNIST PT-BOAT ATTACKS ON INTERNATIONAL WATERS OFF NORTH VIET NAM; A MASSIVE U.S. BUILDUP IS UNDERWAY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AS PEOPLE OF ALL POLITICAL FAITHS RALLY BEHIND THE PRESIDENT IN THIS CRISIS; fashions on parade- ""The Rich Look."""
Universal Newsreels, Release 64, August 10, 1964
Aug 10, (Release 64)- SEEKING CYPRUS PEACE: Cyprus verges on an explosion as Turkish planes raid Greek positions in the Turkish Cypriote area of the divided island; a unique Navy experiment to find out how man can live under the sea; a Boston book store proprietor is forced to move and hasn't room for 50,000 books, so he invites everyone to help themselves; FOOTBALL'S BACK: the Chicago Bears take on a team of College All-Stars.
Universal Newsreels, Release 65, August 13, 1964
Aug 13, (Release 65)- POPE PAUL SIXTH becomes the first Pontiff to fly in a helicopter as he travels 70 miles North; GERMAN PARACHUTISTS GET READY for the international jumping meet; a four-year-old water skier; YESTERDAY'S BIG STORY - 1960 OLYMPICS: the U.S. wound up second to Russia, but they came through with wins otherwise.
Universal Newsreels, Release 66, August 17, 1964
"Aug 17, (Release 66)- 6,000 FEET HONG KONG AVALANCHE caused by torrential rains in the wake of Typhoon Ida; QUEEN ELIZABETH VACATIONS at Balmoral Castle in Scotland; ""Miss Philippines"" is chosen as ""MISS INTERNATIONAL BEAUTY""; Universal City becomes a Tourist Village; the Dublin Horse Show."
Universal Newsreels, Release 67, August 20, 1964
Aug 20, (Release 67)- The Democratic Nominating Convention meets and names Lyndon B. Johnson as their candidate; TOKYO MONORAIL TO SPEED OLYMPIC VISITORS: the first section of a Monorail train is put into operation; a Fashion Show at UNIVERSAL CITY.
Universal Newsreels, Release 68, August 24, 1964
Aug 24, (Release 68)- THE CONVENTION KEYNOTE SPEECH : Senator Pastore sets the theme of the Democratic National Convention as he delivers the keynote address; F.D.R. SHRINE DEDICATED: the Roosevelt summer home off the coast of Maine is dedicated as a shrine to President Franklin D. Roosevelt; U.S. OLYMPIC WEIGHT-LIFTING TEAM IS SELECTED.
Universal Newsreels, Release 69, August 27, 1964
"Aug 27, (Release 69)- ""JOHNSON-HUMPHREY"" AS DEMOCRATS NOMINATE BY ACCLAMATION: the finger of destiny fixed on Atlantic City points to Senator Hubert Humphrey as he is chosen by President Lyndon Johnson to be candidate for the office of Vice President."
Universal Newsreels, Release 70, August 31, 1964
Aug 31, (Release 70)- Two weeks of rioting have brought about another shift in the regime of South Vietnam. Internal strife again threatens South Vietnam in her war with Communist rebels; OLYMPIC TORCH BURNS ANEW: the torch will be passed and flown to Tokyo; European designers unveil latest fashions; the Little League World Series in Pennsylvania.
Universal Newsreels, Release 71, September 3, 1964
Sept 3, (Release 71)- New York's Senator Kenneth Keating is nominated for the U. S. Senate opposing Attorney-General Robert F. Kennedy; WORLD WAR I SERGEANT ALVIN YORK IS DEAD; Femme Fashions: BLOUSES TO ACCENT YOUR COSTUME; HORSE RACING: WORLD MARK TIED IN HAMBLETONIAN.
Universal Newsreels, Release 72, September 7, 1964
Sept 7, (Release 72)- NEW SUB TO DIVE NEARLY 15,000 feet: it will carry a pilot and two scientists; PRISON ART SHOW at San Quentin; THE SAHARA BLOOMS: great drilling rigs bring in water from an underground sea below the surface; the Northern European water-ski championships in Amsterdam; in a curtain-raiser for the Tokyo Olympics, many of Germany's divers go for the National crown.
Universal Newsreels, Release 73, September 10, 1964
"Sept 10, (Release 73)- THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE BEGINS as 100,000 people assemble in Detroit to hear President Johnson's first bid for re-election; THE FURY OF ""DORA"": the fourth major hurricane of the season slams with winds of 100 m.p.h.; QUEEN OPENS NEW SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN SCOTLAND; BERLIN COPS STAGE BALLET ON WHEELS: the Berlin Police Show is an annual phenomenon."
Universal Newsreels, Release 74, September 14, 1964
"Sept 14, (Release 74)- ""DORA"" AFTERMATH: PRESIDENT INSPECTS DISASTER AREA and declares the devastated sections as disaster areas; ARIZONA BEAUTY IS NEW ""MISS AMERICA""; FIRST UNITED STATES SWEEPSTAKES IS RUN in Salem; TRACK STARS SHINE IN TOKYO OLYMPICS."
Universal Newsreels, Release 76, September 21, 1964
Sept 21, (Release 76)- King Constantine of Greece takes Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark as his bride and Queen; HONORING WEST BERLIN G.I. HERO who risked his life under gunfire at the Berlin Wall to rescue a fleeing refugee; NEW HIGH-SPEED TRAIN IN JAPAN that can do 120 mph; FOOTBALL: CALIFORNIA vs. MISSOURI.
Universal Newsreels, Release 77, September 24, 1964
Sept 24, (Release 77)- FIRES RAVAGE WEST COAST, destroying thousands of acres of woodlands and hundreds of homes; DAY OF FREEDOM: Malta, after 165 years of British rule, becomes an independent nation in the Commonwealth; NEW EYE RESEARCH AT U.C.L.A.; B-70 AS NEW COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT PLANE.
Universal Newsreels, Release 79, October 1, 1964
Oct 1, (Release 79)- DE GAULLE HAILED IN SOUTH AMERICA: acclaimed by Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador; ROYAL WEDDING IN JAPAN; WORLD'S FASTEST PLANE: the first public flight of the A-11 jet interceptor at Edwards Air Force Base, California; tennis: drama at the Davis Cup in Cleveland.
Universal Newsreels, Release 81, October 8, 1964
Oct 8, (Release 81)- QUEEN BEGINS CANADIAN 9-DAY TOUR: a royal welcome on Prince Edward Island as Queen Elizabeth arrives; fashions parade in ISRAEL and ROME; BASEBALL: THE CARDINALS MEET THE YANKEES.
Universal Newsreels, Release 82, October 12, 1964
Oct 12, (Release 82)- THE WORLD SERIES: The Yankee-Cardinal World Series moves to New York with the games even; THE OLYMPIC GAMES: Tokyo is dressed in her holiday best for the opening of the Eighteenth Modern Olympics; FOOTBALL: OHIO STATE vs. ILLINOIS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 84, October 19, 1964
Oct 19, (Release 84)- BRITISH ELECTION: LABOUR PARTY OUSTS THE CONSERVATIVES; THE OLYMPICS: UNITED STATES WIDENS TOKYO LEAD: The United States continues to fly high in the Olympic games; FOOTBALL: MICHIGAN vs. PURDUE; TRAILER: Kirk Douglas urges you to vote.
Universal Newsreels, Release 85, October 22, 1964
Oct 22, (Release 85)- THE 1964 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: as Americans prepare to go to the polls November 3, hopefully more than two-thirds of eligible voters that exercised this precious privilege in 1960 - your Newsreel offers close views of both Candidates and what they stand for. Look. Listen. ON NOVEMBER 3 the VOTER will have the final say. Trailer: Janet Leigh urges you to vote.
Universal Newsreels, Release 86, October 26, 1964
"Oct 26, (Release 86)- FINAL TRIBUTE TO HERBERT CLARK HOOVER: a nation mourns his passing; LESLIE CARON RECEIVES ""STAR OF THE YEAR"" AWARD at the 35th annual Allied States Association of Motion Picture Exhibitors; OLYMPICS END WITH UNITED STATES TRIUMPH: The United States teams wind up with 36 Gold Medals to beat out their closest rival - the Soviet Union; Fashion report in full COLOR."
Universal Newsreels, Release 87, October 29, 1964
Oct 29, (Release 87)- POPE REDEDICATES FAMED ABBEY: The famed Benedictine Monastery of Monte Cassino was reduced to a shambles by the Allies during the war, but now it has been restored to its Sixth Century beauty; ASTRONAUT JOHN H. GLENN, JR., IS PROMOTED BY PRESIDENT JOHNSON TO A FULL MARINE COLONEL; FOOTBALL: ALABAMA vs. FLORIDA, U.S.C. vs. CALIFORNIA; FASHION REPORT IN COLOR.
Universal Newsreels, Release 88, November 2, 1964
"Nov 2, (Release 88)- THE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD MUSEUM DISPLAYS HISTORY; workmen put the final touches on New York's Verrazano Bridge; HELICOPTERS HELP BUILD JUNGLE STATION: where a radio relay station is set up in Vietnam to keep remote outposts in touch with the Command Center; THE ""HOTEL OF THE STARS"": a 1,800-room complex at the Universal City lot; FOOTBALL: BOSTON COLLEGE CLIPS AIR FORCE."
Universal Newsreels, Release 90, November 9, 1964
Nov 9, (Release 90)- BERLIN WALL OPENS: Fog-shrouded Berlin is a bright place as the Wall of Shame is opened for visits from both the West and the East; Japanese students and leftist organizations protest the visits of U.S. nuclear submarines to Japanese bases, FOOTBALL: PRINCETON vs. HARVARD, JETS vs. BILLS.
Universal Newsreels, Release 91, November 12, 1964
Nov 12, (Release 91)- WEST COAST RAINS TRIGGER AVALANCHE OF MUD: torrential rains beating down on the hills of Southern California compound tragedy with every drop; COMPUTERS COMMAND BRITISH CARRIER: the British carrier Eagle U9 is carrying a complex computer system that spots the enemy within seconds; STARS TOAST PRODUCER ON NEW FILM CONTRACT; HORSE RACING: IT'S KELSO AGAIN.
Universal Newsreels, Release 92, November 16, 1964
Nov 16, (Release 92)- WORST U.S. DROUGHT IN CENTURY: there is not a crop in most of the United States that isn't affected by one of the worst droughts in a century; the Northeast has had a shortage of rain for three years; Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg is succeeded by her son who becomes the Grand Duke Jean; FOOTBALL: NOTRE DAME vs. MICHIGAN STATE.
Universal Newsreels, Release 93, November 19, 1964
"Nov 19, (Release 93)- HUGE DAM PROJECT RISES IN QUEBEC FOREST: Manicouagan Dam will be a mile long and in back of it will be a man-made lake covering 800 square miles; ""The American Racer"" is the nation's newest ship and the most automated ever built; JOHNSONS CETEBRATE WEDDING MILESTONE in the White House; FOOTBALL: PITTSBURGH vs. ARMY, COLTS vs. VIKINGS."
Universal Newsreels, Release 94, November 23, 1964
Nov 23, (Release 94)- A NATION REMEMBERS: THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES PAUSE IN MEMORY OF JOHN F. KENNEDY ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ASSASSINATION; WORLD'S LONGEST BRIDGE DEDICATED: the new Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is the first link between Staten Island and the New York mainland; A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE by Walter Brennan.
Universal Newsreels, Release 95, November 26, 1964
Nov 26, (Release 95)- 7,000 DIE IN VIETNAM FLOOD: with thousands dead and 709,000 homeless, helicopters from a United States Carrier rush food supplies to the stricken areas; FUR FASHIONS; GERMAN GYMNASTS SHOW DRAWS LARGE CROWDS; FOOTBALL: USC vs. UCLA.
Universal Newsreels, Release 96, November 30, 1964
"Nov 30, (Release 96)- CONGO RESCUE - PARATROOP DROP SAVES HOSTAGES: more than 500 Belgian paratroopers are flown into Stanleyville to rescue white hostages held by Congo rebels; the ""Munsters"" escort Santa Claus to New York to usher in the drive down Broadway; FOOTBALL: ARMY vs. NAVY; USC vs. NOTRE DAME."
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