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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 HIGHLIGHTS OF 1962 (UE62031)
AVAILABLE IN HIGH DEFINITION (HD) - Ref#: BOF-384-0502-B-586
'TITAN' INTER-CONTENTAL MISSILES JOIN U.S. DEFENSE EFFORT
Another powerful deterrent weapon goes on duty for Uncle Sam; the first squadron of underground Titan inter-continental missiles to become combat-ready stand in firing positions at Lowry Air Force Base near Denver.
CHEMICAL PLANT IS LEVELED IN HUGE PRE-DAWN EXPLOSION
A pre-dawn blast at a huge chemical plant in Brandenburg, Kentucky, almost levels the complex installation. A tenthousand-gallon chemical tank explodes in a blast that shatters windows miles away.
HOLLYWOOD ACTOR KIRK DOUGLAS GIVEN AWARD FOR SAVINGS BOND DRIVE
The noted actor becomes co-chairman of the Freedom Bond Drive, latest Treasury campaign for the sale of Savings Bonds. House Speaker John McCormack presents the actor with an award for his patriotic work.
EVERY SPRING GERMAN PARROT DEMANDS A BATH
This German parrot - Wilhelm by name - feels that he has a rite to perform every Spring. He screams for a bath - cold, too -- and he gets it in the bathroom sink.
OUTLANDISH HAIR STYLES FROM BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN
Life behind the Iron Curtain is enough, at times, to make your hair stand on end. Here beauty operators compete to create the most outlandish hairdos this side of the decadent West.
'FINGER' WRESTLING HAS ALOT OF PULL IN GERMANY
We wouldn't want to point a finger at any sport, but this kind of German 'finger-wrestling' has us wondering. The aim is to pull your opponent across the table.
HIGH SCHOOL POINTS THE WAY TO PHYSICAL FITNESS
Students at La Sierra High School In Carmichael, California, have launched a program of physical education that is being studied by school authorities throughout the nation. |
| keywords: titan intercontinental ballistic missile, actor kirk douglas, hair syles, finger wrestling, high school physical fitness |
NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1962 (UE62033)
U.S. RESUMES NUCLEAR TESTING IN PACIFIC
The United States answers Russia's violation of the atom test moratorium last Fall by beginning a series of nuculear shots in the Pacific. The U.S. announces that the tests were resumed with great reluctance after the Reds refused an iron-clad treaty.
TWO PROJECTS BRING THE U.S. CLOSER TO THE MOON
The U.S. conducts its most ambitious space schedule to date as a Ranger capsule is landed on the moon and Saturn is successfully tested. The Ranger's telemetry system fails but scientists are elated with all other aspects of the flight. The mighty Saturn works efficiently as its 1,300,000 pound thrust engines are tested.
CAR TIRES THAT GLOW
In Germany they've come out with colored tires that are electrically lit from the inside. Pink walls, anyone?
IT'S A BABY DEBUT AT GERMAN ZOO
Spring is new arrival time at this German zoo as everyone from Baby Bison to Baby Tiger makes their debut. |
| keywords: nuclear weapons testing, atomic bomb testing, ranger satellite, saturn rocket, baby animals, baby wildlife |
NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1962 (UE62034)
AVAILABLE IN HIGH DEFINITION (HD) - Ref#: BOF-684-0502-B-600
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER HAROLD MACMILLAN VISITS U.S.
The British Prime Minister and the President confer in Washington on the many problems facing the two Western powers: Berlin, the possibility of a Summit Conference, the European Common Market and nuclear tests.
FRENCH UNVEIL NEW MISSILE SYSTEM
France is making rapid progress in missile research and they show, for the first time, some of their newest defensive weapons.
PENNIES BATTLE CANCER IN ENGLAND
The power of the penny! In Margate, England, they build a replica of their famous clock tower with coppers, all for the Cancer Drive.
PRAGUE GYMNASTICS MEET FOR IRON CURTAIN NATIONS
The Iron Curtain nations compete in Prague in a preliminary meet that will lead the World Championships in gymnastics next summer.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO:
A quarter of a century ago strikes were widespread as labor sought recognition. An auto plant, a shoe factory, a newspaper office and a cannery were all the objects of a Union Drive.
There's always been a search for an amphibious automobile and 25 years ago a West Coast inventor had one that worked.
There were inventors and then there wer inventors. Here’s one who came up with an absolutely fool-proof anti-squirt grapefruit device. |
| keywords: prime minister harold macmillan, cancer, gymnastics |
NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1962 (UE62035)
QUEEN JULIANA AND PRINCE BERNHARD CELEBRATE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Hundreds of thousands turn out in Amsterdam to cheer Queen Juliana and her husband, Prince Bernhard as they celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. They make a colorful tour of the city and then preside at a reception attended by a large gathering of royalty.
RUSSIAN COSMONAUT VISITS U.S. AND HIS AMERICAN COUNTERPART
Gherman S. Titov, the Russian Cosmonaut tours Washington with Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., his American counterpart.
PRINCE CHARLES ATTENDS SCHOOL IN SCOTLAND
Prince Charles of England is attending a school in Scotland that is noted for its spartan life.
U.S. GIVES MOVIES AN AWARD
Eric Johnston accepts an 'E' from Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges for the Motion Picture Industry's work in increasing its foreign exchange.
NEW WAX MUSEUM OPEN FOR VISITS IN HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA
The new Wax Museum with stars galore opens in Hollywood. From Valentino to Bogart, they're all here.
FOSTER MOTHER PLACES 'CHILDEN' IN ZOO
Mrs. Bernard Gallagher, wife of the National Zoo's keeper of the great apes has raised a chimp and a gorilla from birth. Now it's time for them to return to their home at the Zoo. |
| keywords: queen juliana, prince bernhard, cosmonaut gherman s. titov, astronaut john glenn, prince charles, wax museum |
NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1962 (UE62036)
AIR FORCE DEMONSTRATES 'AIR POWER' FOR PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
President Kennedy is guest of honor at a display of military air might at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Napalm saturation bombings, air-to-air kills and mid-air refueling are highlights of the show.
JAPANESE RAIL DISASTER 150 PERISH
More than 150 people die in a three train crash near Tokyo. Most deaths are caused as a second train piles into two derailed trains.
GENERAL LUCIUS D. CLAY RETIRES
The President's representative in West Berlin is made an honorary citizen as he retires and is serenaded by the people.
THREE MASTED SAILING SHIP VISITS NEW YORK HARBOR
A three-masted training ship sails into New York harbor - the first German Naval vessel to visit the U.S. since 1936.
RUN FOR THE ROSES RACE HORSE 'DECIDEDLY' WINS KENTUCKY DERBY CLASSIC
An eight-to- one shot, coming from nowhere in the stretch, outruns four other horses to take the 88th running Kentucky Derby in record time. 'Decidedly' clips a full second from 'Whirlaway's' 1941 record. |
| keywords: air force demonstration, train disaster, general lucius d. clay, sailing ship, kentucky derby, horseracing |
NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1962 (UE62037)
FIRST LADY JACQUELINE KENNEDY CHRISTENS POLARIS NUCLEAR SUBMARINE
Mrs. Kennedy christens the newest of our Polaris-equipped submarines the 'Lafayette', named for the Frenchman who contributed so much to the American revolution.
PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY HE HAS A DUTY IN WAGE NEGOTIATIONS
Addressing the convention of the United Automobile Workers, the President says that his office has the duty to take part in wage and price rise negotiations.
NEW MISSILE EXPLODES ON MAIDEN FLIGHT
The mighty rocket 'Centaur', the first U.S. hydrogen-powered missile, explodes on its maiden flight, a new setback in the space race.
100,000 FANS TURN OUT FOR SOCCER FINAL IN ENGLAND
England's great sport, the Cup Finals, draws the usual capacity crowd to see their 'World Series'.
SPILLS MARK OUTBOARD RACE IN NEW ENGLAND
These New England motor-boat skippers let nothing dismay them as they bounce their water bugs around with aplomb. |
| keywords: first lady jacqueline kennedy, polaris missile submarine 'lafayette', president john f. kennedy, soccor cup finals |
NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1962 (UE62038)
U.S. SEVENTH FLEET MOVE TOWARD LAOS
Units of the Seventh Fleet have been sped to the waters off Southeast Asia as the situation in Laos becomes more critical. Red rebels, breaching the ceasefire, push 100 miles South, driving 2,000 Royal Troops across the border into Thailand.
ARMED FORCES PLAY HOST DURING ARMED FORCES WEEK
It's 'Open House' around the nation as the Armed Forces play host during Armed Forces Week. At Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland the kids take over and it's a ball for all concerned.
ICEBREAKER HOME AFTER DUTY AT THE SOUTH POLE
The icebreaker 'Eastwind' returns to Boston, after duty at the South Pole. There's a lot of joyful reunions for husbands and fathers.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO:
It was an era of social change and Mrs. F.D. Roosevelt inaugurates a new Boys Club.
Relations with Moscow were brighter then as Ambassador Joseph E. Davies returned from Russia.
There was a Royal wedding that caught public fancy, Princess Juliana of the Netherlands wed Prince Bernhard.
King George VI was preparing for his Coronation and in his family portrait was a future Queen; Elizabeth.
College boys were college boys then, too. They held an inter-collegiate shaving contest; it got no one in a lather. |
| keywords: navy, seventh fleet, 7th fleet, armed forces week, icebreaker, south pole |
NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1962 (UE62039)
U.S. MARINES LAND IN THAILAND
By air and sea, United States Marines land in Thailand, the first contingent of 4,000 U.S. troops to be deployed along the border of Laos where the Reds broke the cease-fire.
HONG KONG FORCED TO TURN BACK CHINESE REFUGEES
With the Crown Colony bursting at the seams authorities are forced to turn back 2,000 Chinese a day who attempt to flee Red China.
PRINCESS SOPHIE OF GREECE WEDS PRINCE JUAN CARLOS OF SPAIN
Princess Sophie of Greece is cheered by tens of thousands as she rides through the streets of Athens on her way to wed Prince Juan Carlos, an heir to the Spanish throne.
CANADA USES GUN FIRE TO CONTROL AVALANCHES
Canada is enlisting modern science in combating an ancient enemy. Gunfire blasts avalanches before they can roll down on the Trans-Canada Highway.
GOLFER ARNOLD PALMER TAKES TEXAS GOLF
Arnold Palmer is on his way to becoming one of the biggest money winners in Golf history as he captures one tournament after another. At Fort Worth, Texas, however, it takes a playoff round before he wins. |
| keywords: united states marines, hong kong, princess sophie of greece, prince juan carlos of spain, golfer arnold palmer |
NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1962 (UE62040)
PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY VISITS NEW YORK CITY
Even while running for the Presidency, Mr. Kennedy hardly put in a busier weekend than this one in New York City. First, he dedicates a new apartment cooperative, erected by the garment workers union; then he is honored at a $1,000 per person rally that wipes out the Democratic Party deficit. Finally, he goes to the people for his medical care bill as he addresses an overflow rally in Madison Square Garden.
U.S. MARINES DEPLOYED IN CONTINUING LAOS CRISIS
Contingents of U.S. Marines land in Bangkok to bolster U.S. forces in Thailand, bringing to 5,000 the number of men the U.S. has deployed to Thailand in the Laos crisis. The country is quiet as optimism is expressed that a new coalition government can be formed.
THE RICHEST HARNESS RACE OF ALL
Ten horses compete in the Messenger Stakes with $170,000 in prize money. 'Andora's Dream' hitherto undefeated, is outpaced by “Lehigh Hanover" who pays his backers 71 to 1.
RECORDS FALL IN WEST COAST TRACK AND FIELD MEET
40,000 people jam the Coliseum in Los Angeles for the 22nd annual relays and see records topple in the discus, shot-put and the mile run. Peter Snell, the New Zealand sensation, sets a new American mile mark of 3:56:1.
RACEHORSE 'GREEK MONEY' WINS PREAKNESS THRILLER
In a story-book finish, "Greek Money" battles "Ridan" down to the wire in the 86th Preakness and just noses out the favorites to win $135,000 top money. |
| keywords: president john f. kennedy, united states marines, harness racing, track and field meet, preakness |
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