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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1958 (UE58001)
DEATH CLAIMS A DAREDEVIL:
Disaster strikes in the Orange Bowl Regatta at Miami Beach. Hydroplane driver Ezio Selva is traveling at 100 m.p.h. when his boat suddenly flips over, cart wheeling across Miami’s Biscayne Bay before 10,000 horrified spectators. Selva is killed instantly when the boat slams into the water.
BOWL GAMES – NEAR UPSET HIGHLIGHTS ROSE BOWL:
One and a half million line Pasadena’s streets for the fabulous “Tournament of Roses” Pageant, traditional prelude to the Rose Bowl classic where this year, mighty Ohio State is fought nearly to a standstill by underdog Oregon. The Buckeyes eke out a 10-7 win after Oregon narrowly misses a fourth-quarter field goal.
SOONERS ROUT DUKE IN ORANGE BOWL:
Oklahoma’s Sooners stage a record scoring spree in the closing minutes to rack up a 48-21 triumph over Duke. Interceptions and dazzling runbacks by the sharp Sooners make it a fast-paced thriller.
OLE MISS 39, TEXAS 7 IN SUGAR BOWL:
Mississippi’s Raymond Brown stages a brilliant one-man show as the Rebels blast a scrappy but outfought Texas team. Brown caps off his great day with a run from behind his own goal line, 103 yards for a touchdown.
MIDDIES TORPEDO RICE 20-7 IN COTTON BOWL:
In Dallas, Navy’s future admirals make their first Cotton Bowl appearance, and paced by Tom Forrestal, with an assist by 5 Rice fumbles, they thunder their way to a 20-7 victory with a rock-solid defense and near unstoppable attack.
LIONS CLAW BROWNS 59-14:
Battling for the pro football championship, the Detroit Lions are sparked by Tobin Rote in a sensational game long rampage against the Cleveland Browns. The Browns go down to their worst defeat ever before the Lions’ onslaught.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1958 (UE58002)
PHILIPPINE INAUGURATION:
An occasion of national pride for the Philippines – the inauguration of President Carlos Garcia re-affirms to the world the nation’s political maturity in weathering the crisis that followed the death in mid-term of President Magsaysay.
POLIO FIGHTERS:
At Warm Springs, Ga., as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis opens the 20th March of Dimes, a plaque honoring pioneers in the fight against Polio is dedicated.
TRAIN DISASTER:
In India, at least 34 die, 90 more are injured when a speeding holiday express rams a standing train, during the pre-dawn hours. A grim salvage task for rescue workers who sift the mangled steel.
HORSE LAUGH FOR HATS:
At Fairfield, Cal., a hat style show for horses marks the opening of U-I’s new comedy “Once Upon A Horse.” High style gets the horse-laugh.
MR. BERLIN:
German muscle-men competing for the best-in-biceps title prove that devotees of the body beautiful are much the same the world over.
10 NATION SKI MEET:
Russsia’s Nicolai Kamenski captures top honors in an international meet in Bavaria with two towering graceful leaps.
BARREL JUMPING:
In New York, the 8th annual barrel jumping championship tests the mettle of top skaters. That long leap is no trouble, but when they come down – ouch!
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1958 (UE58003)
IKE PRESENTS PROGRAM TO MEET REED ADVANCES:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his State of the Union message to Congress, President Eisenhower sums up the extent of recent Russian military and scientific advances, and sets forth a broad program to meet the threat of a major shift in the balance of power.
MOTHERS IN RED CHINA:
The first Americans to cross the Bamboo Curtain into Red China are three mothers whose sons are imprisoned on spy charges, Mrs. Philip Fecteau, Lynn, mass., Mrs. John Downey, New Britain, Conn., and Mrs. Ruth Redmond, Yonkers, N.Y. Their visit is the first ray of hope in years for their loved ones.
BOMARC IN PRODUCTION:
The supersonic, ramjet-and-rocket powered Bomarc interceptor missile begins coming off thee production line in Seattle. With a range of hundreds of miles and super-sonic speed, it’s one of the few U.S. missiles believed unmatched by Russia.
HAT FASHIONS:
In New York, a lavish preview of hats for Spring. New creations of top designers are featured, exemplifying the “Upswept Look” and the preferred spectrum of citrus colors.
NOVICE GOLDEN GLOVERS STIR FISTIC FLURRY:
In New York, the Golden Gloves tournament opens with sub-novices in the ring. Style and science is forgotten, but the fist-flinging verges on the fantastic. Game battlers mix it up in heated bouts to produce fine ring action.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1958 (UE58004)
ATLAS ICBM FIRED:
At Cape Canaveral, Florida, another successful test firing of the intercontinental “Atlas” missile. Fired for limited range, the missile’s automatic instruments radio back invaluable engineering data, making the spectacular launching of the 50-foot rocket a major stride towards perfection and service use.
REDS FREE U.S. AIRMAN:
In France, Major Howard Curran is joyously reunited with his 3 motherless children, after weeks in which he was listed as missing, while actually held by Albanian Reds. He says he was well treated, but charges, not notifying the U.S. was a “cruel trick” on his children.
INDONESIA EVACUEES GREETED:
Queen Juliana personally greets Dutch nationals deported from Indonesia in that nation’s anti-Dutch drive. Many are Eurasians who have never seen the “homeland” that greets them so warmly.
INDI HAIS MACMILLAN:
In New Delhi, Britain’s Prime Minister Harold Maemillan is received by Premier Nehru, and hailed by cheering thousands. It’s the first stop on his 30,000 mile Commonwealth tour, and the first visit by a British Prime Minister to India.
FASHION PARADE:
In New York, Suzy Perrette parades her new resort and evening lines for Spring. Light, crisp and airy, influenced by the chemise, they’re up-to-date as tomorrow, seasonal as Spring itself.
WEST BEATS EAST 26-7, IN PRO BOWL:
In Los Angeles, four pass interceptions set up three touchdowns for the Westerners in the star-packed Pro Bowl. A record crowd of nearly 67,000 sees the West run rampant, to a 26-7 triumph.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1958 (UE58005)
IKE’S PRESS CONFERENCE:
President Eisenhower holds his first White House press conference since his mild stroke eleven weeks before. Among the headline making highlights, Ike says he’s feeling “very well indeed,” states that if necessary to choose, he would prefer a budget deficit to a tax rise, and goes on to praise Secretary of State Dulles in the highest terms.
SAHARA OIL:
The first shipment of oil from newly discovered fields reaches harbor for shipment to France, despite the threat of Algerian rebel saboteurs, who blast one train of tank cars on its way inland.
JAPANESE NAVY:
A Japanese Naval squadron set sail for Hawaii – the first such voyage since 1941. But this voyage is entirely different from the Pearl Harbor raid. It’s a training cruise and good-will visit by staunch allies.
SKI JUMP CHAMPS:
At Ishpeming, Mich., 26 of the country’s top ski-birds compete for places on the U.S. team that will take part in the World’s Championship Meet in Europe. The top men, Art Tokle and Ansten Samuelsten.
SLED-DOG RACE:
Shades of Jack London. They’re racing sled dogs in New Hampshire. A 2-day Malemute Marathon, and grand sport it is, as the teams of huskies tackle the frozen thirteen miles that makes up the scenic course.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1958 (UE58006)
POLES’ ARCTIC EXPEDITION:
A Polish expedition sets up camp in Spitzbergen, scant hundreds of miles from the North Pole, in a new scientific venture that highlights the breadth of the post-Sputnik scientific drive behind the Iron Curtain.
PRINCESS’ PORTRAIT:
In London, art makes news, and controversy, as crowds debate the merits of artist Annigoni’s new portrait of Princess Margaret Rose.
LOVE CONQUERS ALL:
Even the Italian Army gives way to love. Strict rules are waived to permit conscript Giulio Camparini to fly to England and his fiancée Shirley Holmes, whose defective heart wouldn’t permit her to join Giulio.
HUSTLER AND POD:
First films of the B-58 Hustler and its unique “pod,” which permits it to carry a heavy load at trans-sonic speed, cameras or H-bombs, and release them accurately at hitherto impossible velocities.
BOAT SHOW:
New York’s National Boat Show opens to record crowds. And it fully lives up to the biggest boom boating has ever experienced with a dazzling, mouth watering flotilla of gleaming new craft.
GOLDEN GLOVES:
Up-and-coming Vince Shoma highlights an action0packed series of golden gloves bouts with terrific K.O. victory. Twice before a Gloves champ, Shoma shows that he’s really on his way in the ring.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1958 (UE58007)
THOR SOARS:
At Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thor, the Air Force’s IRBM is successfully test-fired. Leader in the inter-service race for the first 1500-mile missile, Thor is almost operational. Spectacular close-ups show the huge rocket blazing aloft.
RICE-FEAST AND FAMINE:
In India’s Great Bombay, millions line up patiently for handfuls of rice and American grain, rationed against the threat of famine that confronts the nation. Meanwhile, Formosa luxuriates in the biggest rice crop in the history of the island, 2 million tons.
K.C. BLIZZARD:
Kansas City is paralyzed by 15 inches of snow, the worst storm in 28 years. Roads are impassable, transportation almost entirely cut off. At least 5 deaths are attributed to the storm.
JAPANESE STARS:
Japan’s top film star, and several just-as-attractive starlets arrive in New York for “Japanese Film Week.” They’re greeted by MPAA Chief Eric Johnston.
GLOBAL FASHION PARADE:
In Malaya, a unique fashion parade is staged, starting with European styles and moving eastward to present India, Pakistan, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong, Burma… a panorama of glamour and style as varied and alluring as woman herself.
SAILER BEATN IN SKI THRILLER:
Sensational skiing at Kitzbuhl in Austria. Olympic champion Toni Sailer is defeated on his own ground, in an incredible upset, but the Austrians sweep top honors in a dazzling display on the downhill course.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1958 (UE58008)
END OF A TYRANT:
With the streets of Caracas still aflame and littered with the debris of a day of rioting, Venezuelans hail the ouster of dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez, and look forward to the return of democracy.
AGA KHAN:
The new Aga Khan, grandson of the late leader of the 20 million Ismaili Moslems is invested in Pakistan, as Imam of the sect, in ceremonies of solemn splendor.
LONDON FIRE:
In a blaze reminiscent of the worst days of World War II, London’s vast Smithfield meat market burns to destruction in a 2-day conflagration that defies fire-fighters.
ROUND HOUSE:
Germany ships the first of 3 round houses to the Belgian Congo. Less than 20 feet across, the metal sphere contains all the comforts of home, proving good things come in small packages.
WINTER SPORTS:
Sports are fast and low-down in Austria, at Garmisch, the Italians streak away with the 2-man bobsled crown. Elsewhere the one-man sleds make sports news, plummeting down icy courses at hair-raising speeds.
FILM-MAKERS’ COMMUNION BREAKFAST:
In New York City, following Mass at St. Patrick’s, 1100 members of the motion picture industry – executives, performers, and employees, gather for the annual Communion Breakfast that has become a New York tradition.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1958 (UE58009)
BAGHDAD PACT MEETING:
A bomb explosion outside the American Embassy in Ankara is a grim curtain-raiser for the meeting of the Baghdad Pact Council in the Turkish capital. But differences within the Mid-East Alliances are smoothed over, and a stronger military structure seems likely. Secretary of State Dulles pledges $10 million for new communication networks.
MISSILE CAMERA:
Films made by a still experimental camera show incredible close-ups of a “Thor” missile being fired 15 miles away, and tracked in close-up to the peak of its trajectory!
QUEEN MOTHER:
Queen Mother Elizabeth is hailed on her arrival in Canada, despite a driving snowstorm. It’s the first stop on her flying tour round the world, the first such trip by any of Britain’s Royal Family.
HIPPO DENTIST:
In the San Francisco Zoo, the dentist visits Puddles, the hippo, and brings the heavy weapons into play.
ADOPTED CHIMP:
Introducing Vickie Jean Gallegher, a chimp baby adopted into a Washington, D.C. zoo-keeper’s family. Vickie Jean is brought up like any human baby, and thinks she’s human, too!
MARCH OF DIMES FASHION SHOW:
A half-million dollar array of the latest creations by America’s finest stylists, to aid the fight against polio. This year’s March of Dimes Fashion Show in New York is one of the most lavish ever.
BASKETBALL WHIZ KIDS:
Turning the sports spotlight on two young wizards of the basketball court, Oscar Robertson of Temple, in Philadelphia, and Guy Rodgers of Cincinnati – two court magicians destined for great things.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1958 (UE58010)
U.S. SATELLITE LAUNCHED:
At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the Army’s Jupiter-C missile is fired, launching America’s first artificial satellite into space. The bullet-shaped “Explorer” circles the Earth every 118 minutes, it’s 30 pound bulk crammed with automated scientific observation gear.
EGYPT, SYRIA, MERGE IN NEW STATE:
The United Arab Republic comes into being with the formal merger of Egypt and Syria, hailed by crowds in Damascus and Cairo, as the rest of Middle East and the outside world ponders the significance of the epochal event.
RAIL DISASTER IN FOG:
10 die, 87 are seriously injured in the second major disaster on British railways in as many months. On a foggy night, the “Automatic Train Control” system breaks down, and two passenger-laden trains ram, with grim result.
BRITISH FASHION PARADE:
A style showing in London proves that British or American, they’re all sisters under the skin. Everything for Milady is shown, from panti-briefs to some of the giddiest, frothiest, chapeaux ever.
BOSTON INDOOR TRACK MEET:
A near capacity crowd in the Boston Garden sees some fine performance as the 1958 track season moves along. Two thrilling finales – in the 1,000 yard run, and the Hunter Mile. Dave Scurlock and Ron Delaney show blazing power to streak from behind and win.
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