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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56021)
GREEKS RIOT AS BRITISH EXILE CYPRUS ARCHBISHOP:
ATHENS – Greek anger at the exile of Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus by the British erupts into near rebellion. Troops are called out as anti-British mobs storming through Athens overcome police, attacking everything British, businesses, building and offices.
SEATO NATIONS STRENGTHEN TIES:
PAKISTAN – Members of the Southeast Asian Treaty Organization strengthen their ties within the collective security organization, pledging support to Pakistan in territorial disputes with India, and re-affirming their common stand against Russian aggression.
REVOLVING HONEYMOON PENTHOUSE:
JAPAN – Atop a new hotel, a revolving bridal suite, which gives newlyweds a complete change of scenery every half hour, enough to make anyone’s head swim.
BLIZZARD HITS MONTREAL:
CANADA – The worst snow-storm in 19 years hits Montreal, tying up traffic and almost isolating the city as gale force winds assault the city, with a near record fall of 16 inches in one day.
TOY TIGER USHERS IN EASTER:
PALO ALTO, CAL. – An Easter scene, thousands of chicks, is jarred by the appearance of a tiger – actually Tim Hovey, 10-year old star trouper, sending out Easter greetings to all his young friends and fans.
ST. PETER CEREMONIES MARK POPE’S BIRTHDAY:
ROME – Richly colorful ceremonies in St. Peter’s mark the 80th birthday of Pope Pius XII, and the 17th anniversary of his Coronation. Official delegations of 49 nations are present, in a unique tribute from the free world to the Pontiff.
10 YEAR MARK SET IN CYCLE DERBY:
DAYTONA BEACH – Daredevil riders, roaring motors, and screaming tires, in the cycle derby. Spills a plenty, and more than a few injuries, in one of the most thrilling contests – won by the fastest speed in a decade, a sizzling 93 mph.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56022)
OPERATION GOOD NEIGHBOR:
EVANSVILLE, IND. – The entire community pitches in to help St. Mary’s Hospital move to a new building. 110 tractor-trailers, and hundreds of drivers’, loaders’ and helpers’ services are donated to move 90 patients, and every stick of furniture and equipment in a mammoth operation, timed to the split-second, that comes off without a hitch.
NEWS IN BRIEF:
GERMAN AIR FORCE TRAINEES arrive in New York City. First members of the postwar German Air Force, they’ll go on to study with the U.S. Air Force, and form the nucleus of a modern, 1200 plane combat arm.
STORMS LASH CANARY ISLANDS – New and dramatic evidence of this winter’s savage, unrelenting fury, from off the beaten track. Towering, storm-lashed waves pound these Atlantic isles, bringing floods, landslides, death and destruction.
NEW MISSILE LAUNCHER, the latest model of the famed F-89 Scorpion is the first operational craft fitted to launch the deadly Falcon air to air missile. Films show the Scorpion – Falcon team in action.
IRISH PRIME MINISTER John A. Costello arrives in Washington D.C., where he’s greeted by President Eisenhower. The first Irish Prime Minister to visit the U.S., he’ll stay three weeks on his mission of good-will, taking part in St. Patrick’s Day observances.
HAREM FASHIONS:
An exotic new note on the fashion scene is provided by originals from Istanbul – ranging from turban-twirling adaptions of traditional harem wear to chic and sumptuous evening gowns as modern as milady could wish.
SKIBIRDS FLY HIGH:
AUSTRIA – Some of Europe’s top-ranking skiers fly high and far, approaching the unofficial world mark with leaps upwards of 390 feet. Form is impeccable, and the result, ace competition in the most graceful and dramatic of sports.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56023)
SNOW STORM CRIPPLES NORTHEAST:
A weekend of snowstorms totaling over sixteen inches total fall cripples the Northeastern United States. Early reports list over 100 dead, with the final toll of accidents and exposure still to come. Transportation was paralyzed, with over 10,000 cars abandoned in New York alone. The worst storm in nearly a decade to strike the heart of the Atlantic seaboard.
TOP HEROISM AWARD:
FT. DIX, N.J. – The Soldier’s Medal, America’s highest peacetime military award, is presented to Sgt. Henry C. Rainey, for heroism above and beyond the call of duty when a trainee dropped a live hand-grenade. His split-second action saved the lives of 5.
ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE:
NEW YORK CITY – Truly a great day for the Irish. The big parade misses a record snowstorm by only a day, and is graced by the presence of the Prime Minister of Eire, John Costello, who with Cardinal Spellman reviews the wearers of the green as they pass in review.
PRINCE RAINERR EMBARKS:
NEW YORK CITY – Prince Rainier of Monaco, prospective bridegroom of film star Grace Kelly, embarks homeward to prepare for the wedding. He runs a gauntlet of newsmen, and repeats emphatically that Miss Kelly will end her screen career after marriage.
FASHION PARADE:
BERLIN – West German fashion houses unveil new lines for spring, boating a surprising continental flair. Ranging from a stunning leopard-skin sheath to frothy ballroom gowns, the new fashions earn the applause of hundreds of European style leaders at a gala showing.
JOE LOUIS IN WRESTLING DEBUT:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Brown Bomber returns to the ring as a professional wrestling, in a slam-bang rough and tumble match with Cowboy Rocky Lee, a villain type, that has the crowd roaring all the way. A smash ending, as Joe Louis’ famed right hook sends Lee out of the ring.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56024)
MARINES OFF TO NEAR EAST TROUBLE SPOT:
As violence erupts in Cyprus, North Africa, and Israel, the 2nd Battalion of the 8th Marines, reinforced the carrying full battle kit, embarks on the Atlantic Coast to join the U.S. 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean, ready for any emergency.
NEWS IN BRIEF:
AIRPORT FIRE at Montreal razes a Royal Canadian Air Force Hangar, destroying two multi-engine transport planes, and damaging or wrecking 40 cars parked nearby. The destruction amounts to 3 million dollars.
ACADEMY AWARDS are presented in Hollywood, at the Pantages Theatre. The twenty-eighth Oscar ceremonies are attended by a glittering, celebrity-studded crowd, for Hollywood’s own night of nights. Among those honored, Anna Magnani and Ernest Borgnine.
NEWSMAN JOINS BUDDHISTS – In Indo-China, an American correspondent is inducted into a Buddhist monastery. With shaven head and wearing the saffron robe, he takes part in a simple but exotic, centuries-old ceremony.
SWEET FASHIONS for sweethearts are shown in San Francisco. These Easter bonnets look good enough to eat, and they are! The pastry chef turns couturier, and the result is bon-bon bonnets.
SPORTS:
GOLDEN GLOVES – Inter-City finals in New York see a favored Chicago team routed in a series of thrilling slug-fests. Sub-novice Vince Shomo strikes like lightning to deck Bill Duclos, while in the battle for the heavyweight crown, rugged Johnny Harper blasts to a decision over Booker Staten.
SHEEPDOGS steal the show at the Irish Kennel Club’s annual meet in Limerick. Scott and Nell team to show their skill, not on sheep, but on ducks – and there’s nary a skitter or a quack as they herd their feathered charges.
GOLDEN GATE FREEWAY DEDICATED:
The new 6 million dollar Golden Gate Freeway to Marin County is dedicated by Governor Knight.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56025)
LITTLE AMERICA BASE REDEDICATED:
ANTARCTICA – Admiral Byrd rededicates Little America, the base established on his first Polar expedition. As winter approaches, the new base is supplied and built up to meet the Antarctic ordeal, with every phase of Operation Deepfreeze closely supervised by penguins, tireless greeters and hosts.
NEWS IN BRIEF:
SUPERSONIC BAILOUT – In California, the only man ever to survive a super-sonic bailout at low altitudes and live, test pilot George Smith, goes aloft for the first time after many months in the hospital. Meanwhile, an air force rocket sled hurtles dummy pilots to destruction, in an effort to solve the key problem of survival for pilots forced to bail out.
RUSSIAN JET TRANSPORT – The plane that flew Russia’s head of security police to London gets more attention than its illustrious passenger. A civil conversion of the standard Red Air Force medium jet bomber, it’s the first Russian jet transport to appear in the West – and proves the match, in design and performance for any first-line British or U.S. plane.
DONS BEAT IOWA FOR 55 IN ROW:
EVANSTON, ILL. – The finals of the NCAA basketball tourney sees Iowa pitted against the San Francisco Dons, with the fabulous quintet out for their second straight collegiate title. The Dons overcome an early Hawkeye lead, and then Russell and company take charge to close out their second full undefeated season – a skein of 55 successive victories.
DRAMATIC FALL ROBS NEAR VICTOR IN GRAND NATIONAL:
ENGLAND – A thrilling running of Great Britain’s great turf classic, highlighted by one of the most spectacular scenes in racing history. Devon Loch, the favorite, ahead in the stretch and bound for the wire, takes a fluke fall on the straightaway – and before it can regain its feet, the race is over. The fruits of victory go to second-runner E.S.B.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56026)
GOOD NEIGHBOR CONFERENCE:
WEST VIRGINIA – President Eisenhower welcomes Prime Minister St. Laurent of Canada and President Cortinez of Mexico, for two days of informal diplomacy, a meeting without agenda or protocol, the first such meeting of heads of state ever held in North America, and acclaimed as highly successful.
U.S. SEIZES RED PROPERTY:
In synchronized raids across the country, Treasury men seize property of the Communist Party and The Worker, official Red newspaper, in an action to collect almost a half million dollars in back taxes owed the government.
NEWS IN BRIEF:
GRANARY EXPLOSION in Philadelphia creates a scene reminiscent of London in the blitz. 1 is known dead, 2 missing, and scores injured by the blast, which cut a ten-block swath of destruction, and was felt 25 miles away. The dust explosion was touched off by a pilot light.
BIGGEST GENERATOR. A minor landmark in engineering is marked with the loading of a 185 ton generator-stator aboard a Japan-bound freighter by the world’s biggest hammerhead crane – in the heaviest peacetime shipment ever made from New York.
PANTHER HUNT in Central Asia. A Kirghiz farmer demonstrates the fine art of bringing ‘em back alive, single handedly snaring the savage cat, trussing it, and bringing it to a zoo station, for sale. It’s his hobby. So far he’s captured 30 panthers, without incurring a scratch.
FALLAS FESTIVAL in Valencia – where ornate and elaborate paper-mache figures good naturedly spoof fads and follies of local and worldly customs. The fiesta ends in a splendid blaze, with a night long fireworks display that sets the sky aflame with splendor.
TIMBERJACK PARADE:
OREGON – The country’s Timber Capitol, Roseburg, Oregon, marks the start of the logging season with a giant, gala two-day Timberjack Festival, marked by two parades and some of the biggest flapjacks ever flipped on a griddle.
EASTER SEASON:
Easter is observed around the world, from the smallest country church to the greatest cathedrals. Worshippers give joyous thanks for the man of Galilee and His message. A glad message rings out from the bells, a carillon of hope and salvation.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56027)
FRENCH STRUGGLE FOR LAST N. AFRICAN COLONY:
With the tide of rebellion mounting, France transfers crack troops from NATO service to re-enforce units stretched thin across a hostile country, where the smallest hamlet is kept under constant surveillance, a crushing military task that fails to stem the daily eruptions of guerilla violence.
NEWS IN BRIEF:
MONSTER MINER, a behemoth excavator that automatically chews out ten tons of coal at a bite, goes into service in the Ruhr. 200 feet high, it moves on enormous treads, feeding railroad cars by a mile-long conveyor belt.
ARIZONA WELCOMES KOREA WAIFS:
ARIZONA – Gov. Ernest MacFarland confers honorary citizenship on 25 Korean war waifs playing roles in U-I’s exciting “Battle Hymn,” now being filmed. They play Korean war waifs in the film biography of Col. Dean Hess, the famed “Flying Parson” of 2 wars, who saved the lives of hundreds of orphans in Korea.
QUAD LAMBS are born on the Petaluma, Cal., farm of the Harlan Wagners. It’s quite a rarity and a notable job of animal husbandry keeping all four li’l lambs alive. Mama can only handle two – so the others get bottles.
SYNGMAN RHEE’S 81st birthday is celebrated by a big, impressive parade in Seoul. It’s part of a nation-wide campaign appealing to the aged leader to serve a third term as President, after he announced he’d retire.
SPORTS:
HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS open an 18-city series with the College All-Stars in New York. High-powered opposition keeps the Trotters too busy for much clowning, but they win nevertheless in a fast-paced exciting game.
MOTORCYCLE MARATHON in Holland. International speedsters vie in a hard-driving cross country competition, beset by clouds of dust and steering a perilous course between narrow lanes of spectators. No one gets their toes mashed somehow, as the racers scorch by. Close, though!
GREGORY PECK ASKS AID IN CANCER BATTLE
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56028)
MISSILES REPLACE NAVY BIG GUNS:
Radar-guided war rockets replace big guns aboard the Navy’s first guided missile cruiser, the U.S.S. Boston. Designed specially to launch the potent “Terrier” missile, the Boston can load and launch a full salvo from its capacious below-deck magazines. The first of a new combat class, foreshadowing the Navy of tomorrow.
SCORES DIE AS TWISTERS RIP MIDWEST:
Killer winds strike in the wake of spring’s coming. Twisters rip across the Midwest, killing over 43, injuring hundreds, flattening entire towns in a great scar of destruction across fourteen states. The worst tornado damage in 36 years takes a bitter, heavy toll of the nation.
ROBOT WEATHER STATION – Designed for exploration of isolated areas, a robot weather station designed to be para-dropped, shows how it rights itself, shoots up an aerial, takes weather readings, and radios reports to base, all automatically.
OLYMPIC JUMPING TEAM emplanes for Stockholm, horses and all. Leaving from New York City via trans-Atlantic airliner, they’ll arrive early to train for the big international event in June, and later European meets.
GRACE KELLY DEPARTS for Monaco, and her wedding to Prince Rainier. A milling crowd of newsmen and photographers, on hand for a last minute press conference, manages to drown out just about all of the film star’s words. Pandemonium and bon voyage.
EXERCISE ARCTIC NIGHT – In the first airborne operation north of the Arctic Circle, 700 men of the 82nd Airborne climax two weeks of sub-zero training with a mass jump and mock battle at 40 below, on the Greenland ice cap.
SPRING BRINGS CIRCUS:
A sure harbinger of spring, as the Circus reappears. The greatest show on earth opens its ’56 season in New York, unveiling breathtaking new acts, and death defying favorites, a preview before the Big Top takes to the road. The Slide for Life, aerialist Pinita del Oro, clowns, animals, and a million thrills, return with the coming of spring.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56029)
ARCTIC RADAR WALL RUSHED:
North of the Arctic Circle, radar stations along the Distant Early Warning “Dewline” are rushed to completion across a 3,000 mile arc. Canadian and U.S. teams work hand in hand, in a massive construction job that’s a milestone in frontier construction work under the most savage conditions, and the keystone of North American defense.
INTERCONTINENTAL “SNARK” MISSILE:
HAWTHORNE, CAL. – Rocket boosters hurl the mighty “Snark” aloft. It’s America’s first intercontinental guided missile to undergo test flights capable of spanning vast ranges with deadly accuracy.
TURBINE CAR TESTED:
From New York to Los Angeles, the newest turbine automobile conquers all possible driving conditions and temperatures, and proves itself road worthy. It boasts a light-weight efficient turbine motor with a low-heat exhaust, it’s major new feature.
YOUNG AMERICA MEDAL:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Eisenhower presents the young America Medal to 14-year old Patricia Ann Strickland of Atlanta, Ga., for her courage in rescuing her mother from the flaming wreckage of a light plane 2 years ago.
SUMMER FASHION PARADE:
ITALY – An elegant audience, including glamorous Continental screen favorites, gathers for a preview of ultra-swank and sophisticated Italian summer fashions, for the beach, cocktail and evening wear. Masculine blouses and colorfully contrasting skirts are a key style note.
BURKE OVERCOMES 8 STROKE LEAD TO WIN MASTERS GOLF:
AUGUSTA, GA. – Young amateur Ken Venturi leads all the way, but going into the final round of the Masters Tournament with a four stroke lead he fades in the finish as pro Jack Burke rallies to win the coveted title by one stroke – a brilliant display of skill, and one of the most dramatic finales in sports.
DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY COUPLE:
STOCKTON, CAL. – Jacob and Joanna Miller, 95 and 97, celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary, repeating their vows after 75 years of marriage, at a merry party given in the home they’ve lived in all that time.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56030)
WAR LOOMS IN MIDDLE EAST:
Arab-Israeli tension mounts to the breaking point with an upsurge of raiding along the Gaza frontier, which take a toll of civilians as well as combat forces. Both nations go on a full mobilization basis as U.N. Secretary General Hammerskjold arrives for top-level talks with Israeli and Egyptian leaders, in hopes of achieving a durable truce.
NEWS IN BRIEF:
SPARROW MISSILE, unlike its avian namesake, shows itself to be a bird of prey. Now in operational service with fleet units, the supersonic air-to-air missile rides a radar beam to smash target planes in an impressive test.
ELEVATOR OBSERVATORY – A San Diego, Cal., Hotel inaugurates the latest thing in elevators. Mounted on the outside of the building, is entirely enclosed in glass so that passengers have a panoramic view of the city as it makes its 175 ft. trip to the roof garden.
EMPIRE STATE BEACON – A crown of powerful airways beacons adds a blaze of brilliance to the New York skyline. Mounted atop the Empire State Building, the beacons are visible from hundreds of miles away.
BRIDE TO BE – Grace Kelly relaxes at sea on her way to Monaco to marry Prince Rainier. She is accompanied by her family and wedding party. She poses graciously for a young army of shutter bugs.
SPORTS:
LADY MATADOR – Who said the weaker sex? Twenty-six-year-old Berthe Trujillo is knocked down four times by the bull, and when rescued from goring wants to go back for more. She gets an ovation from Columbia’s bullfighting fans.
ROBOT PIN SETTER – In Roselle, J.J., there’s sad news for pin boys, for this mechanical genius does everything, sets pins in any number and returns the ball to the bowler.
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