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Newsreels: 1961 Events At Home And Abroad
Newsreels 1961 stock footage documents world events, politics and war as well as sports, fashion and entertainment for the year of 1961. Our Public Domain Stock Footage newsreels cover every major world event, the not so major events, strides in technology, the lives of public figures, fads and trends. Newsreels 1961 is an incredibly rich resource of visual history that tells the story of the year 1961. |
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| Newsreel Titles Listed By Year Available For Order Over The Phone: 800 - 921 - 2804 |
NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1961 (UE61101)
PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY HAILED IN VISIT TO SOUTH AMERICA
President Kennedy begins his venture into personal diplomacy of South America in Puerto Rico where he is greeted by huge throngs before leaving for Caracas, Venezuela, his first stop of his South America tour.
The Presidents' trip was planned to further the Alliance for Progress, a plan for the economic betterment of Latin American nations. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy surprised the citizens of Caracas by speaking to them in Spanish.
The Presidential party then travels on to Bogota, Colombia, where President Kennedy ends his tour with an appeal to Latin America to remember that a democratic government can further economic progress without the repression of liberties.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: LIBERTY BOWL
Syracuse 15
Miami 14
The temperature is 25 degrees in Philadelphia as Miami of Florida meets Syracuse in the Liberty Bowl. But the boys from Florida don't miss the sunshine as they turn on the heat and lead 14 to 0 at the half. But Syracuse is used to coming from behind, and All-America Ernie Davis leads them in a come back victory as they wind up on top 15 - 14.
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| keywords: john f. kennedy, south american politics, college football, syracuse, florida |
NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1961 (UE61102)
CIRCUS DISASTER IN BRAZIL: HUNDREDS PERISH IN HORRIFIC FIRE
In one of the worst tragedies of modern times, 300 people perish and 600 suffer injuries when a Circus tent catches fire in a suburb of Rio de Janeiro. Most of the dead are children, and the wreckage gives mute testimony to the bereavement of hundreds of Brazilian families.
PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY'S FATHER STRICKEN
The President hurries to the bedside of his 73-year-old father, who fell to a stroke while playing golf in Palm Beach, Florida.
PAINTINGS IN WOOL
Elizabeth LeFort is an artist whose works hang in Buckingham Palace and in the White House. She works in wool, hooking Discstries that are unique in their field.
BILLIARDS TRICKS AND HIJINKS
Take a cue from us and watch closely! You're about to see some billiards hijinks that are liable to set the game back 500 years or more.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO:
Here's a documentary study of just how much - or how little fashion styles have changed along the beach in the last quarter-century.
It was 25 years ago that wrestlers were breaking in the acts that still go over big today. There's never been better acting since the last farewell tour of Sarah Bernhardt.
New Years Eve, 1937, was a whoop-te-doo affair as it was welcomed by tens of thousands in New York's Times Square.
In those days Havana was a City of Light - light that now has been hidden under the Communist bushel of' oppression.
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| keywords: circus fire, john f. kennedy, joseph p. kennedy, elizabeth lefort, Discstries, weaving, billiards, pool |
NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1961 (UE61103)
AVAILABLE IN HIGH DEFINITION (HD) - Ref#: BOF-054-0502-B-488
COLONY OF GOA FALLS AS INDIA TAKES OVER THE TINY TERRITORY
Prime Minister Nehru who, six years ago, ruled out "non-peaceful methods" in absorbing the Portuguese Colony of Goa into India, sends 30,000 troops into the tiny enclave to take it over by force. Goa and the adjacent enclaves of Damao and Diu thus fall to the leader of the 'Neutralist' world.
POPE JOHN XXIII CALLS FOR ECUMENICAL COUNCIL
In an announcement of marked significance, Pope John calls for a Church council in 1962, the first in 93 years. It will consider aspects of Church law and Protestant observers have been invited.
FORMER PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER HAS A DAY OUT WITH GRANDCHILDREN
Former President Eisenhower has the time of his life as he takes his four grandchildren to an amusement park to whoop it up…
THE FAMED BELLS OF ST. MARY LE BOW RING ONCE MORE
The famed bells of St. Mary Le Bow ring out once more after being silent for twenty years after Nazi air raids. You have to be born within sound of the bells to be a true Cockney!
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
The WPA was in the process of liquidation and protest marchers wanted the governmental relief agency to stay in business. Sit-down strikes spread from France to auto plants.
An air-flivver was demonstrated: $1,500 and 16 miles to the gallon.
Pilot Amelia Earhart joins in the search for the missing airliner.
A rail-road bus that could travel on the highway or on rails was demonstrated. |
| keywords: portuguese colony of goa, pope john xxiii, ecumenical council, bells of st. mary le bow, wpa, pilot emelia earhart |
| Newsreel Titles Listed By Year Available For Order Over The Phone: 800 - 921 - 2804 |
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