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Newsreels 1955 June 2
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keywords: korean war, captured us pilots, p.o.w.s, prisoner of war, soviet premier nikita krushchev, marshal tito of yugoslavia, diplomatic relations, england, union railway strike, state of emergency, germany, berlin, wwii military reunion, political demonstration, communist agitation, riots, president dwight d. eisenhower, fbi chief j. edgar hoover, national security medal, ceremony, sports, track and field, running, breaking four minute mile, racing, indianapolis 500, indy champ bill vukovich, race car crash
Synopsis: Four Captured Korean War Pilots Freed By Communist China, Soviet Premier Nikita Krushchev Makes Overtures Yugoslavia Marshal Tito, British Rail Strike Forces State Of Emergency, Red Communist Youths Riot In Berlin Germany, J. Edgar Hoover Honored For His Leadership Of The F.B.I., The Four-Minute Mile Broken By Three Runners In Same Race, Tragedy Strikes The Indianapolis 500...(read more)
- Date: 1955
- Duration: 00:06:29
- Sound: No
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States, England, Germany, Yugoslavia
Four Captured Korean War Pilots Freed By Communist China
4 U.S. Korean War Jet pilots arrives in Honolulu after being freed by the Communist Chinese government. The pilots are Lt. Col. Edwin Heller of Wynnewood Pa., Capt. Harold E. Fischer of Swea City, Iowa, 1st Lt. Lyle W. Cameron of Lincoln Neb., and 1st Lt. Roland W. Parks of Omaha Neb. They tell of the trial in which they were found guilty of attacking Chinese territory north of the Yalu, and of long terms of solitary confinement, with brainwashing attempts made.
Shows the U.S. Air Force Officers deplaning Honolulu and waving to their families. CU various images of the freed American fliers.
Soviet Premier Nikita Krushchev Makes Overtures Yugoslavia Marshal Tito
Seeking to end the 7 year old split between Yugoslavia and Russia’s Communist bloc of nations, Kremlin Boss Krushchev makes an abject apology to Marshal Tito, a startling diplomatic move. The Yugoslavian leader remains impassive and unmoved. Excellent footage of Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia and Nikita Khrushchev of Russia (Soviet Union).
British Rail Strike Forces State Of Emergency
70,000 British trainmen walk off the job creating the United Kingdom's worst rail strike since 1926. Highways are jammed, busses and other transport facilities overcrowded as a state of emergency is declared in England. Shows rail yards jammed with train engines and railroad cars. Shows traffic jams and long line of people trying to board buses.
Red Communist Youths Riot In Berlin Germany
Communist youth groups from East Germany storm into Berlin in an attempt to break up the first German military reunion permitted since war’s end. A savage hour-long melee, Berlin’s worst in months.
J. Edgar Hoover Honored For His Leadership Of The F.B.I.
J. Edgar Hoover honored for his leadership of the F.B.I. by President Eisenhower. J. Edgar Hoover is awarded the National Security Medal honoring his 31 years of brilliant leadership of the Federal Bureau of investigation. CU image J. Edgar Hoover. Shows President Eisenhower shaking hands with J. Edgar Hoover as Richard Nixon looks on.
The Four-Minute Mile Broken By Three Runners In Same Race
London England. 3 runners in one race better the long unattainable 4-minute mile. Hungary’s Laszlo Tabori finishes first at 3:59, one second slower than Roger Bannister’s record, closely followed by Brian Hewson and Chris Chataway of Great Briton. A triple miracle mile.
Tragedy Strikes The Indianapolis 500
Death rides the Indianapolis Speedway, the most tragic 500 in a quarter of a century. Two time winner Bill Vukovich is seeking his third straight victory when disaster strikes. The camera shows his car skidding off the track, bouncing and twisting erratically through the air in the shocking accident that takes his life. CU image of race car driver Bob Sweikert winner of the Indianapolis 500 race that fateful day Bill Vukovich was killed in 1955.
