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Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1955 April 18
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Synopsis: Afro-Asian Conference Starts, Vaccination Program Against Polio Begins, An Immortal Of Science Albert Einstein Passes, Sovereignty Agreement Between Austria And Russia, House Speaker Sam Rayburn Of Texas Honored, Babe Zaharias Golf Tournament, UK Boxer Don Cockwell Arrives In U.S., Motorcyles Fly In Spherical Steel Cage... (read more)
Information: 1955 7 min BW (SILENT)
Show All Newsreels 1950s Titles Newsreels; 1955 - April 18
Indonesia
Afro-Asian Conference Starts
Representatives of thirty nations from Africa and Asia converge on Bandung for a conference that may determine the division of strength between the communist and free worlds. Prime Minister of India Pandit Nebro is among the early arrivals.

United States
Vaccination Program Against Polio Begins
Scenes of high youthful drama are enacted as young arms are bared for the Salk vaccine injections against polio. The mass immunization or vaccination program gets under way. Kids and children are vaccinated.

United States
An Immortal Of Science Albert Einstein Passes
One of the immortals of science, Dr. Albert Einstein, originator of the theory of relativity and the basic equation for nuclear fission, dies at the age of 76.

Austria
Sovereignty Agreement Between Austria And Russia
Chancellor Raab flies home from Moscow, where he signed agreement with Russians for Austrian sovereignty. Huge throngs acclaim the Chancellor who promised Austrian neutrality.

United States
House Speaker Sam Rayburn Of Texas Honored
Testimonial dinner for House Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas is attended by many party notables, including Ex-Pres. Truman, Adlai Stevenson. Governor Harriman of New york and others.

United States
Babe Zaharias Golf Tournament
At Beaumont, Texas, Babe Zaharias competes in her own golf match that was won by Betty Jamieson by eight strokes.

United States
UK Boxer Don Cockwell Arrives In U.S.
The British boxer Don Cockwell works out for coming bout with Rocky Marciano, but relaxes learning American baseball.

United States
Motorcyles Fly In Spherical Steel Cage
At Palisades Park, N.J. – new thrill sensation is The Globe of Death – motorcycle daredevils riding inside a steel cage.