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Newsreels: 1962 Events At Home And Abroad
Newsreels 1962 stock footage documents world events, politics and war as well as sports, fashion and entertainment for the year of 1962. 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 1962 is an incredibly rich resource of visual history that tells the story of the year 1962. |
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| Newsreel Titles Listed By Year Available For Order Over The Phone: 800 - 921 - 2804 |
NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1962 (UE62012)
U.S. TROOPS PARTICIPATE IN EXTENSIVE NATO MANEUVERS IN GERMANY
Members of three battle groups of the Fourth Infantry Division who were air-lifted from Ft. Lewis, Washington, take part in extensive NATO maneuvers in Germany. The operation proved that U.S. troops are ready for action in a matter of hours; anywhere.
CHECKER PLAYER IS UNBEATABLE
Think you can beat Baba Sy? In Holland, this Senegalese checker player takes on 150 opponents and he collects more Kings than Burke's Peerage.
DAUGHTER OF HOLLYWOOD ACTOR BING CROSBY WINS HER OWN AWARD
Mary Frances Crosby, 2-year-old daughter of Kathy and Bing Crosby, becomes the youngest person ever to pass the Red Cross beginners' swimming test. Bing likes it better than an Academy Award!
SLEDDING IS A SERIOUS EVENT IN EUROPE
Yes! Sledding is more than child 's play as Europe's best compete for the championship of the continent. Herr Sepp Lenz is the whizz-kid of them all as he rises to the top by going downhill.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO:
The most devastating floods ever recorded in the Ohio Valley ran rampant. Damage was nearly $500,000,000 and 137 persons lost their lives as the Ohio and its, tributaries hit a flood crest 28 feet above normal.
Leon Trotsky, a refugee from Communist terror, arrives in Mexican exile. Three years later he was beaten to death by an assassin.
Then - as now, the first harbinger of Spring were the new hat styles. Hats have changed, but the beautiful models were as pretty then as they are today.
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| keywords: nato war games, nato maneuvers, checkers, sledding, floods, flooding, leon trotsky, hat fashions |
NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1962 (UE62013)
PARIS MOURNS VICTIMS OF LATEST TERRORIST BOMBINGS
Ten thousand demonstrators clash with Paris police as they protest terrorist bombings. The eight who died are buried in a mass ceremony and hundreds of thousands turn out - the largest crowd to assemble in Paris since Liberation Day.
MELTING SNOWS FLOOD NORTHWEST
An unseasonable warm spell swells creeks and rivers, raising havoc in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. Idaho is especially hard hit with Pocatello, a city of 30,000 ninety percent under water. Six days of heavy rains in Los Angeles cause untold millions of dollars worth of damage there.
AIRCRAFT CARRIER 'CONSTELLATION' UPGRADES IT MILITARY PUNCH
The mighty carrier unveils greater fire power, 'Terrier' missiles which can ride their own radar beams and hit targets far beyond the range of conventional anti-aircraft shells.
WESTMINISTER KENNEL CLUB SHOW AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
It's the dogs' night to howl as 2,500 of them take over Madison Square Garden for the Westminster Kennel Club Show. It's a West Highland Terrier, 'Elfinbrook Simon' who captures the hearts of the crowd and the title of Best in Show.
'LOVER COMES BACK' HAS A FOUR THEATRE PREMIERE IN MIAMI, FLORIDA
There hasn't been such excitement in Miami Beach since Ponce de Leon passed through while searching for the Fountain of Youth. It's the four-theatre premiere of Universal International's new laugh feature with actor Tony Randall in attendance.
WOMEN SKI FOR WORLD SLALOM CROWN
The breath-taking beauty of Mont Blanc forms the backdrop for the women's world championship in the slalom. Barbara Ferries, 17, of the U.S.A., does pretty well but no one touches Austrian Marianne John, who wins her sixth straight slalom race. |
| keywords: paris terrorist bombings, floods, flooding, aircraft carrier 'constellation', westminister dog kennel club show |
NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1962 (UE62014)
GALE FORCE WINDS AND FLOODS DEVASTATE WEST COAST OF EUROPE
The worst storm in a decade lashes at the West Coast of Europe, leaving tens of thousands homeless as heavy seas are pushed inland by gale winds. From Scotland to the Scandinavian Peninsula devastation is great. Most of the dead and missing, more than 250 persons, are from the area around Hamburg.
SON OF U.S. AMBASSADOR TO U.N. ADLAI STEVENSON MARRIES
The son of Adlai Stevenson, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations is married at Big Sur, California to Natalie Owings. The Ambassador is Best Man for his youngest son.
EDWARD KENNEDY VISITS GREECE
While his brother Robert tours the Far East, Edward Kennedy stops in Greece for an unofficial visit. He tours the famed ruins and discusses conditions with Greece's Prime Minister.
THRILLS AT TRACK AND FIELD MEET
There's another new shot-put record established by Gary Gubner at the New York Athletic Club and Jim Beatty of Los Angeles turns in a mile run just two seconds slower than the record he set the week before.
AUSTRIANS CAPTURE SKI RUN
The Austrians take the first three places in the World Giant Slalom Championships at Chamonix, France. The Aga Khan is an entrant, but he finishes no better than 37th as Egon Zimmerman takes first place. |
| keywords: floods, flooding, senator edward kennedy, track and field, world giant slalom championships, skiing |
NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1962 (UE62015)
NASA ASTRONAUT JOHN GLENN THRILLS WORLD IN A U.S. SPACE TRIUMPH
A comprehensive picture report on the historic flight of Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., in his 'Friendship 7'. As the world watches dozens of cameras record each phase of the flight from the pre-dawn hours until his arrival aboard the aircraft carrier 'Randolph'.
A camera in the mercury capsule catches some remarkable pictures showing the grinning reactions of Colonel Glenn as he girdles the globe three times. Nearly everything about the flight is perfect; small mechanical malfunctions are quickly corrected by the astronaut and he comes back to earth within a few miles of a pre-determined area. |
| keywords: nasa, spacerace, space race, astronaut john glenn, friendship seven, friendship 7, friendship vii |
NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1962 (UE62016)
THE RETURN OF THE CONQUERING SPACE HERO
The family of the man of the hour, Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., greet him at Patrick Air Force Base near Cape Canaveral for the first time since his great saga in space. There’s a poignant scene of Mrs. Glenn snatching a few secret moments with her husband before cheering throngs claim their new hero.
President John F. Kennedy awards Astronaut Glenn the Space Administration’s distinguished service medal, praising his 'unflinching courage in performing difficult tasks under conditions of great physical stress and personal danger.'
Then the Nation’s Capitol turns out 250,000 strong to cheer the astronaut as he is driven from the White House to the Capitol Building to address a joint session of Congress.
With quiet pride Colonel Glenn calls for the recognition of the team that helped him in space and looked to a great future of exploration in other worlds, saying: 'as our knowledge of the universe in which we live increases, may God grant us the wisdom and guidance to use it wisely.' |
| keywords: nasa, spacerace, space race, astronaut john glenn |
NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1962 (UE62017)
95 PERISH IN NEW YORK PLANE TRAGEDY
Triumph and Tragedy in New York. Just an hour before the arrival of Astronaut John Glenn's plane in New York, a jet liner crashes as it takes off from a nearby airport. Killing all 95 aboard.
NEW YORK ROARS WELCOME TO ASTRONAUTS
There’s been nothing like it before in Gotham! From the days of Lindbergh the City has had some mammoth receptions, but nothing like the roaring tribute that New Yorkers pay to Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. and his fellow spacemen.
The first American to orbit the earth expresses himself as 'overwhelmed' by it all and he almost was as police lines were broken time after time as people fought to get closer to The Man of The Hour! Colonel Glenn was given everything by the people; everything but space! |
| keywords: plane crash, astronaut john glenn |
NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1962 (UE62018)
TERROR TACTICS MOUNT IN FRENCH ALGERIA
With a cease-fire and truce agreement between the French and the Muslims nearing approval, the Secret Army Organization is stepping up its campaign of terror in an effort to keep the country French.
MARDI GRAS IN NEW ORLEANS A FESTIVAL SUCCESS
New Orleans winds up its week-long pre-Lenten celebration with a Shrove Tuesday such as makes their Mardi Gras world famous.
SPACE HERO ASTRONAUT JOHN GLEN VISITS HOMETOWN
Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr., returns to his home town of New Concord, Ohio, and has the town and 50,000 visitors at his feet.
MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY HOLDS COMMUNION BREAKFAST
Following Mass at St.. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, members of the Motion Picture Industry hear notables at breakfast.
SON OF ITALIAN DICTATOR BENITO MUSSOLINI MARRIES SISTER OF SOPHIA LOREN
The son of Benito Mussolini, slain dictator, is married to Sophia Loren's sister - both bride and groom faint!
BASEBALL SPRING TRAINING AND TWO NEW NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAMS
Spring is here. The Yankees, Giants, Mets and Colts - the latter two new National League teams limber up at their training camps for the coming season. It looks like a good baseball year, but isn't it always? |
| keywords: war in algeria, new orleans mardi gras, astronaut john glenn, baseball, spring training |
NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1962 (UE62020)
ARMS TALKS START IN GENEVA BETWEEN EAST AND WEST
Geneva is the scene of new attempts to bring about the reduction in arms. Here the League of Nations was born and died; here previous conferences have ended in failure; but once more 17 Foreign Ministers are trying to bring about agreement between East and West.
FIRST LADY JACQUELINE KENNEDY VISITS POPE JOHN XXIII
Pope John XXIII receives the First Lady in private audience and they converse without interpreters in French.
ASTRONAUT JOHN GLEN RECEIVES NEW WINGS FROM NAVY
Astronaut John H. Glenn gets Space Wings from the Navy and a new Orbital Pin from the Marine Corps.
RED DEFECTOR IS HAILED IN FORMOSA
The citizens on Formosa cheer a Red Chinese pilot who stole his Russian-built MIG and fled to freedom.
HOLLYWOOD ACTOR ROCK HUDSON GETS AN AWARD FOR HIS 'STAR POWER'
The United Theatre Owners of America, meeting in Kansas City, give Rack Hudson a Trophy for his box-office power and also pay tribute to Delbert Mann, director of that goldmine: 'Lover Come Back'.
ANNUAL FLOWER SHOW OPENS IN NEW YORK
The 45th Annual Flower Show opens in New York - and it's a breath of Spring as March continues to grow like a lion in the streets.
SOMETHING NEW FOR WINTER SPORTS - SCOOT BOATS
Something new bas been added to winter sports: Scoot Boats, airplane motor-driven, plywood affairs that travel 100 miles an hour. |
| keywords: geneva arms talks, first lady jacqueline kennedy, astronaut john glenn, actor rock hudson, annual flower show |
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