Public Domain Films And Royalty Free Stock Footage Public Domain Archive Film Stock Footage Library NTSC Quicktime format: (24 hr. turn-around) NTSC $349.00 PAL Quicktime format: (24 hr. turn-around) PAL $349.00 DVD-R Time-Code Preview Disc (NTSC): (24 hr. turn-around) DVD-R Preview Disc (NTSC) $35.00 AVAILABLE IN HIGH DEFINITION HD - CALL FOR DETAILS! keywords: fidel castro, john f. kennedy, jfk, nikita krushchev, yuri gagarin, alan shepard, virgil 'guss' grissom, liberty 7 Synopsis: Brief snapshots of the year 1961, a year of international tensions, compounded by crisis after crisis as well as a new hope as the U.S. swears in a new President... (read more) Information: 1961 7 min BW Show All Newsreels 1960s Titles Newsreels: 1961 Year In Review - Headlines Egypt Demonstrators Take To The Streets Riots protesting Congo's Prime Minister Lumumba’s assassination. Massive demonstrations with burning vehicles. Cuba Castro Declares He Has Always Been A Communist A communist regime strengthens its hold on Cuba, only 90 miles from the U.S. coastline. Castro on podium using aggressive body language as he speaks of always being a communist. Congo Victory Procession Underway Warfare still split this newly created nation. Presidential procession celebration election victory. Laos And South Vietnam Fighting Continues To Escalate Here again, War continued to plague both countries. Combat footage, soldiers firing at enemy in jungle and high grass. Algeria Civil War For Independence Erupts Brother is pitted against Brother in this French possession. Soldiers guarding street corner, grenade is launched down street and explodes. United States A New U.S. President And A New Hope John Fitzgerald Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th President Of The United States. Excellent shots of swearing in ceremony, Kennedy travels to Vienna and meets Nikita Krushchev, then travels to Britain. United States The Space Race Heats Up Russians successfully orbit Yuri Gagarin who becomes the first man to orbit the earth in the propaganda coup of the year and heating up the Space Race between the Superpowers. U.S. successfully launches Commander Alan B. Shepard in a sub-orbital flight and Captain Grissom in another sub-orbital flight in which his space capsule, Liberty 7, is lost at sea. Germany East Germany Begins Building The Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall becomes the line of demarcation between East Berlin and West Berlin as the Communists throw up their Wall of Hate. Hastily barricades of brick and barbed wire are thrown up by East Germany as German civilians continue to run across 'No Man's Land' to West Germany. --Contemporary Royalty Free Stock Footage Library: --Business ---- Celebrations ---- Concepts ---- Education ---- Generations ---- Health and Medical ---- Lifestyles --Modern Military ---- Nature Scenic ---- Nature Wildlife ---- Environmental Education ---- On Location ---- Sports Today --U.S. Presidents ---- Weather Watch ---- Contemporary Tragedies And Disasters ---- Motion Graphics - Special Effects --Historical Public Domain Stock Footage Library: --Historic Military And Nuclear Films ---- Newsreels: Events At Home And Around The World ---- Flashback In Time --NASA Space Exploration ---- Classic Cartoons ---- Christmas Programming ---- Religious Programming --Hollywood Films, Television And Trailers ---- Classic Cuts: Single Clip Downloads --Buyout Footage Company Links: --Buyout Footage Homepage ---- About Buyout Footage ---- Stock Footage License Info ---- Submitting Footage To Us --Buyout Footage Site Search ---- Buyout Footage Sitemap ---- Buyout Footage Return Policy --Email Us - Stock Footage Request