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Newsreels 1959 July 16
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keywords: us steel workers union strike, missile cruiser uss long beach, admiral hyman g. rickover, louisiana governor huey long, mid-west drought, president franklin d. roosevelt, fur coat fashion show
Synopsis: Steel Workers Across The U.S. Go On Strike, USS Long Beach America's First Nuclear Powered Surface Ship, France Celebrates Bastille Day, American Newsreel Team On Its Way To Russia, Year 1934: Governor Huey Long And Louisiana Crisis, Year 1934: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Tours Mid-West Drought Areas, Year 1934: Winter Wear And Fur Coat Fashions Are Aces...(read more)
- Date: 1959
- Duration: 00:06:13
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States, France
Steel Workers Across The U.S. Go On Strike
As talks between steel workers labor Union and Steel Industry leaders in New York come to a hopeless deadlock, steel mills bank their fires and half a million steel workers across the nation go out on strike. Low aerial scenes of steel plants in United States. Shows steel plant workers "banking fires" in steel mill. Image of David John McDonald, President of United Steelworkers of America. Image of Joseph F. Finnegan, Director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. Steel workers on picket line. Scenes of striking steel workers walking picket line carrying signs that read "This Plant On Strike"
USS Long Beach America's First Nuclear Powered Surface Warship
In Quincy, Massachusetts, the USS Long Beach (CGN-9), America's first nuclear surface war ship, is launched by the wife of California Congressman Craig Hosmer. The vessel, a guided missile cruiser, is toured by Admiral Rickover
France Celebrates Bastille Day
French celebrate Bastille Day. France recalls days of glory on the Anniversary of the French Revolution's storming of the Bastille with flashing, glittering observances rich in military splendor, one of the most gala observances in the history of the French Nation. Military parade in Paris France including a torchlight parade followed by fireworks. LS of Arc de Triomphe Paris France.
American Newsreel Team On Its Way To Russia
Thaw in the Cold War? Thanks to the U.S.-Soviet cultural exchange program, an American Newsreel crew boards a plane in New York City for Russia where they'll cover the opening of the American Exposition in Moscow and Vice-President Richard Nixon's tour of the Soviet Union for American movie screens.
Year 1934: Governor Huey Long And Louisiana Crisis
Image of Huey Pierce Long Jr, Governor of Louisiana in 1934. Governor Huey Long, known as The Kingfish, made headlines with his ‘war' against the City Administration of New Orleans. National Guardsmen mustered against the city's corps of special deputy police.
Year 1934: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Tours Mid-West Drought Areas
President Franklin D Roosevelt toured the mid-West as large parts of the agricultural heartland were ravaged by searing drought and record temperatures. Scenes of dead cattle. Shows water being shipped to the mid-west by railroad tank cars.
Year 1934: Winter Wear And Fur Coat Fashions Are Simply Aces
Women's winter dress and fur fashions in 1934 as a lavish women's fashions show is staged. Shows models in full length fur coats.
