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Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1959 Year In Review Sports
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Synopsis: Highlights of the year in the world of professional sports with all the ups and downs as well as a segment we call 'Twenty Five Years Ago'... (read more)
Information: 1959 6 min BW
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Germany
Disaster Strikes Some At The Arlberg-Kandahar Ski Meet

The famous Arlberg-Kandahar Ski Meet at Garmisch is a disaster for some of the world’s top downhill racers who come to grief on the treacherous slope.

United States
College Basketball Finals At Louisville

In the N.C.A.A. Basketball finals at Louisville, California edges the West Virginia Mountaineers by one point.

United States
A New High Jump Record Set By Teen John Curtis Thomas

A new record High Jump by seventeen year old John Cutis Thomas, who leaps 7’-1.25” in New York.

United States
Golfer Billy Casper Deals Out Some Dead-Eye Putting To Win

Dead-eye putting by Billy Casper brings him honors on the links as he wins the Open Golf crown at the new York Winged Foot Club.

United States
Aussie Tennis Ace Neale Frasier Has A Big Win

Aussie tennis ace Neale Fraser twice defeats Alex Olmedo to help send the Davis Cup down under and to win the U.S. Singles championship.

United States
Baseball World Series Crowns New Champions The Los Angeles Dodgers

In the Baseball World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers out-hit, out-ran, and out played the White Sox to leap from last season’s cellar position to the pinnacle of diamond success.

United States
Platform Diving At San Francisco

A superb series of performances in the most eye-appealing of all sports in the A.A.U. Platform Diving championships in San Francisco.


Twenty Five Years Ago:

Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini Reviews Troops

Mussolini reviews Italian troops joining the League of Nations police force to keep order in the heated electoral battle for Europe’s rich coal-mining region. Nazi funds bring German-Americans back to vote. One of the turning points in European history between the wars.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt FDR Delivers State Of The Union Speech
FDR's State Of The Union speech forsees the return of prosperity to depression-ridden America.

Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini And Prime Minister Of Vichy France Pierre Laval Sign Pact
Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini and Pierre Laval of France sign a pact paving the way for Fascist aggression.

General John J. Pershing Is Honored
General John J. Pershing is honored by a U.S. Veterans group.

Jimmy Doolittle Sets New Coast To Coast Flight Record
Jimmy Doolittle streaks from coast to coast to set a new flight record – 11 hours, 39 minutes!