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Newsreels: 1967 Events At Home And Abroad
Newsreels 1967 stock footage documents world events, politics and war as well as sports, fashion and entertainment for the year of 1967. 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 1967 is an incredibly rich resource of visual history that tells the story of the year 1967. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1967 (UE67031)
SUMMIT CONFERENCE
President Johnson pledges increased support for the Latin-American common market at the opening of the 19-nation Western Hemisphere summit conference in Uruguay.
VIETNAM ROUNDUP
"Operation Pershing" knocks out a Vietcong village in a "search and destroy" maneuver. Three war correspondents are wounded by a Cong booby trap as they travel a path south of Saigon. A skirmish on the "peace bridge," linking North and South Vietnam makes the area a "no-man's land."
ISRAEL-SYRIA BORDER WAR
A land-and-air battle in Tiberius, between two warring border nations, Israel and Syria, It developed into a tank, mortar, and finally air "dog fight." Syria claims: 70 Israelis dead on the ground and five planes downed. Israel counters, saying they shot down six Syrian Russian-built MIGS and present gun-camera film to prove it.
NEW JETLINER
The latest thing in twin-jet airliners, the Boeing 737. It's designed for short "shuttle" hops up to 13 hundred miles, carries 101 passengers, and cruises at a speed of 580 miles an hour.
SPRING IN THE HIMALAYAS
With strange and exotic dancing and picknicking, Spring is celebrated in the Himalayan Mountain nation of "Bhutan," near the Tibeten border. Tibet refugees, people from neighboring Sikkim and Bhutanese make it a gala and festive welcome, 12 thousand feet above sea level!
PAPAL BAPTISM
A rare Papal ceremony is seen in Rome's Basilica of Saint John Lateran as Pope Paul, the Sixth, baptizes two children. It's a traditional pastoral duty and the Pontiff explained its renewal by urging a "new impulse" to religious life in the city.
LIFEBOAT RACE Off Kings Point, Long Island, Merchant Marine cadets row lifeboats against eight-man crews from Norwegian American Luxury liners. The cadets win by over a half-minute in the mile-long pull. It's training for an upcoming inter-Academy rowing meet in Maine, where entries from Maine, Buzzards Bay, and Texas, will compete.
CHESS WHIZ
6-year old Jutta Hempel of Flensburg, West Germany, takes on a dozen local chess masters in a mass-match, simultaneously. She's a phenomenon, winning nine, drawing one, dropping only two, She's been playing since she was five and now feels ready for the world's best! |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1967 (UE67033)
ADENAUER DIES
Former West. German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer dies and all the world mourns the passing of a great leader and statesman. President Johnson announces he'll attend the funeral in Cologne. Adenauer was West Germany's first postwar Chancellor. He rebuilt his nation and had an outstanding career embracing personal diplomacy with all world leaders.
ASTRONAUT HEARING
Astronaut Walter Schirra testifies to a Congressional subcommittee that the recent Apollo flash-fire disaster has, indeed, shaken the confidence of U,S. spacemen in the Apollo program. He added, the program needs more study and tests before continuing.
CAPE COD OIL
Mysterious oil "blobs" float onto shore at Cape Cod, fouling a 40-mile stretch of National Seashore. Some 300 waterfowl are killed by the black sludge, as heavy as soft asphalt; Experts theorize it may be from a World War Two sunken tanker "breaking up" underwater.
VERTICAL TRANSPORT PLANE
The world's first vertical takeoff-and-landing transport aircraft is tested near Munich, Germany. It can also make hovering turns in mid-air. It's seen as a boon to jet-jammed airports because it needs no runway space.
AUSTRIAN FASHIONS
The Vienuese show their fashion flair in New York, on their way to Expo '67 in Canada. Among the highlights: many functional yet flamboyant knit ensembles and some rare and unique wedding gowns!
BICYCLE RACE
Europe's top professional bicyclists rip over a 150-mile course in Frankfurt, The winner: a near-unknown from Belgium, who tops Germany's world champ Rudi Altig: finishing 16th, and former world champ Jean Stablinski of France.
BOSTON MARATHON
A record field of 601 run the classic marathon distance from Newton to Boston in the 71st running of the event. The winner: Dave McKenzie of New Zealand, shaving 46 seconds off the record. Second: Tom Laris, former Dartmouth champs: third, Yutaka Oaki, Japan.
HAND-WALKER
In Germany, Lucky Hofmaier starts a long walk, from Regensburg to Rome, a distance of 683 miles. It's an especially long walk if you do it on your hands as Lucky does! It's the result of a bet and distance-walker Hofmaier thinks he'll average 18 miles a day and make it to Rome in about 38 days. Hands down! |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1967 (UE67034)
TORNADO
At least 52 people killed, thousands injured as 18 tornadoes rip through Illinois with no advance warning. A Chicago suburb, Oak Lawn, and Belvidere, a farming town nearby, are the hardest hit, Homes, busses; buildings all crumble before the 500-foot high, half-mile wide funnel. Many people are still missing, believed buried under debris.
SURVEYOR Surveyor III makes the first soft-landing on the moon and proves the lunar surface is firm enough to support great weights. A space shovel digs into moon soil, and finds it much like coarse damp beach sand. Next stop: America's first Man-On-The-Moon!
CYPRUS PLANE CRASH
A Swiss charter airliner is hit by lightning over Cyprus' mountains and crashes into a hillside, killing all aboard except four of the crew. It's the worst air disaster in Cyprus history; and one of the worst serious in civil aviation. Most of the victims were Swiss and German tourists returning from a cut-rate tour of the Far East.
SVETLANA
Josef Stalin's daughter, Svetlana, arrives in the U,S, seeking asylum. She'll publish her memoirs soon. She said religion had changed her and that Communism had lost its significance for her. She'll seek seclusion in New England to translate her autobiography.
NEW NIZAM
The Kingdom of Hyderabad, India, gets a new Nizam, He's "Nawab Mir Barka Ali Khan Behaudur," successor to his late grandfather. His yearly "take-home" pay: 275 thousand dollars! His wife, Princess Esra Birgen, was a Turkish student in London when they were married, 8 years age.
AIRMAN SURVIVAL TEST
NATO military pilots go through a rugged "winter survival course" in snow-covered mountains of Norway. Their only equipment: snow shoes, knife, parachute, and rubber dinghy. They practice for the time they may crash-land in remote areas. Some meals: entirely snow!
FLYING SAUCER
A Canadian professor of Aeronautics at the University of California demonstrates his "flying saucer". It hovers three-feet off the ground, in a five-minute test flight. Powered by two motorcycle engines, it's the predecessor of a two-seat saucer which might replace the car and/or helicopter.
RYUN MILE
World record-holder Jim Ryun wins the Glen Cunningham mile at the Kansas Relays, setting a national intercollegiate record of "three, fifty-four, seven," His world record is "three, fifty-one, three," He aims for a flat "three-fifty" mile by the end of the season. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1967 (UE67035)
ADENAUER FUNERAL
The funeral rites for Komrad Adenauer, at Cologne's historic cathedral are marked by medieval grandeur and attended by international figures from all over the world. President Johnson and French President DeGaulle are among the many mourners at the final rites, a pontifical requiem mass celebrated by Josef Cardinal Frings.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON'S COURTESY CALLS
President Johnson makes brief courtesy calls on West German officials... discretely mixing international affairs with his mourning of former Chancellor. Adenauer. A prelude to later "full consultations" on mutual problems.
PLANE CRASH
At Austin, Texas, two crewmen of a sixteen hundred mile-an-hour jet reconnaissance plane were killed in a crash landing at Bergstrom Air Force Base. The plane struck a power line and set fire to a home after it careened from its course. Miraculously no one was injured on the ground.
JAKARTA RIOTS
Indonesian youths, resentful and hostile toward local Chinese, riot in Jakarta, smashing shops, beating Chinese, overturning cars and trucks. The rampage is an answer to a previous peaceful protest by Chinese over increasing hostility toward them, traced to an abortive coup two years ago, allegedly led by Chinese Reds.
VIET REFUGEES A mass evacuation moves some 6,000 Vietnamese families from a village in the hotspot of Zone "C.," constantly under fire. They arrive at a refugee camp near Saigon, where each family is provided a house and daily meals. The Saigon regime, with U.S. aid, built the camp.
CARGO DROP
The Air Force breaks a world-record by air-dropping the single heaviest unit ever! It's a twenty-five ton package, kept level during the low-altitude drop by four parachutes. It's the Air Force's latest technique for air dropping heavy equipment, even into a battle zone.
CIRCUS
Ringling Brothers Circus pays its annual visit to New York City's Bellevue Hospital to the delight of patients of all ages. An injection of clowning fun that's just what the doctor ordered.
PRO BASKETBALL FINALE
A great fourth period rally, led by Bill Cunningham, and sharp-shooting by Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain, brings the NBA title to the Philadelphia 76'ers for the first time in eleven years. Wilt has a game total of 24 points, plus 23 rebounds. Philly tops opponent San Francisco, 125 to 122. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1967 (UE67038)
KENTUCKY DERBY
"Proud Clarion," at 30-to-1 wins $162,000 and the "Roses" in the 93rd running of the Kentucky Derby, National Guardsmen patrolled, in case of racial demonstrations. Churchill Downs is treated to a great, driving stretch run by the big bay colt from the Darby Dan Farm. He posts the third fastest time in Derby history!
THE TRIB'S DEATH
The merged New York World-Journal Tribune dies after only eight months. Mounting losses and union harassment is blamed by management. Union leaders blame "faulty management" and bickering among co-owners, A Congressional investigation has been requested.
KOREA ELECTION
President Park Chung-Hoe of South Korea wins reelection by a million-vote landslide. He supports the fight in South Vietnam with 45,000 Korean troops. Ten million voters cast ballots.
VIET TERROR
A Vietcong grenade brings death to one, injury to twenty-two South Vietnamese civilians, in a tiny village near a U.S. Marine Base. These daily raids go virtually unnoticed, U.S. officials said, while American bombing in the North makes headlines critical of U.S. policy.
CARLIST RALLY
A mountain-top Mass in Spain is a memorial to all deceased Carlists of the past century, supporters of Don Carlos, pretender to the throne. Thousands of Royalists attend, including Don Carlos sister.
FLEA MARKET
Manhattan's Flea Market operates with gusto on a typical sunny Sunday afternoon. Everything from war helmets to a $2,500 nickelodeon is displayed. It started as a joke and now is a Spring and Fall "must."
A CAT'S TALE
A leopard family at the Rio Zoo live much like many humans; Mom keeps the cubs, and Dad has only visitation rights. The birth of two kittens brought domestic difficulties, so zoo officials separated Mom and Dad. End of cute cat's tale.
TIGER-TORRES TRAIN
Both Jose Torres, former champ now challenger, and Dick Tiger, former challenger now champ, train hard for their upcoming re-match. The light-heavyweight crown changed hands last December in an "upset."
MOTORBIKE RACING
The best dirt-track motorbike racers assemble for the 1st European qualifying championship. Its a thousand meter distance and skill, speed, and danger are par for the course. Winner: Alfred Aberl of Germany. Speed: almost 70 m.p.h.! |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1967 (UE67039)
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HILL 881
U.S. Marines take Hill 881 in the single most important action of the war in Vietnam. The two-week campaign kills over a thousand enemy soldiers. Aierial bombardments rock Haiphong and even come within 20 miles of Hanoi. Propaganda leaflets also win over many Vietcong.
VERTICAL PLANE
The new X-22A vertical plane goes through its first public test-flight at Niagara Falls. It can go straight up, down, move backward and forward. Still experimental, but perhaps the future big-city parking-lot plane. "AMERICA"
LAUNCHED
A replica of the famous racing-yacht "America" is launched in East Boothbay, Maine. It's just 3 feet longer than the original. The recreation will be a spectator at the America's Cup Race in September.
PRO-U.S. DEMO
A scuffle between pro and anti-American Swedish youths in Stockholm is won by the faction supporting U.S. foreign policy. A dozen demonstrators were arrested in front of the U.S. Trade Mission.
MUZZLE-LOADING ROCKET
The newest look in America's defense and space program accessories; a muzzle-loading rocket which borrows from the idea of muzzle-loaded Revolutionary War muskets. It reaches 1,300 miles an hour in three seconds, has a re-usable motor, and assembles in the field in an hour.
BOXING
Europe's heavyweight champion Karl Mildenberger overwhelms American "heavy" Amost "Big Train" Lincoln, gaining a sixth-round TKO in Frankfurt. Three "eight-counts" and the ref steps in. Mildenberger's victory establishes a firm claim for him as No.1 World Title contender.
GRAND PRIX
New Zealander Denis Hulme wins the Monaco Grand Prix with British driver Graham Hill, second; Chris Amon, New Zealand, third. But Lorenzo Bandini, leading Italian driver, is critically injured in a fiery crash near the end of the race. He dies in the hospital a few days later. |
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