1950s Newsreel Footage
The Korean War, Cold War, and events at home and abroad
About This Collection
Newsreels from 1950 through 1959 document the Korean War, Cold War diplomacy, nuclear testing, aviation and the early space race, alongside elections, royal visits, sports, fashion and daily life. Dated reels and year-in-review editions are grouped by year; retrospective compilations appear at the end. Each listing links to its complete newsreel page.
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1950
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NEWSREELS: 1950 YEAR IN REVIEW - HEADLINES
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The Korean War and Cold War tensions, including North Korea’s invasion of South Korea and debate over atomic weapons.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1950 YEAR IN REVIEW - SPORTS
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Ezzard Charles defeats Joe Louis; New York Yankees championship coverage, bullfighting and water skiing.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1950 - JANUARY 12
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Ben Hogan’s comeback; the Soviet walkout at the United Nations, White House renovation and water skiing.
Black and white · Runtime: 9 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1950 - JANUARY 20
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Mexican farm workers enter the United States; mourning for General Henry H. Arnold, Donald O’Connor’s visit to Germany and wrestling in France.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.) · partial
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NEWSREELS: 1950 - FEBRUARY 2
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Japanese prisoners return from Soviet captivity; the battleship Missouri is freed, children greet MacArthur and a March of Dimes fashion show.
Black and white · Runtime: 8 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1950 - APRIL 24
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Truman reviews U.S. military equipment; British war brides travel to England, Connie Mack is honored and the Red Wings win the Stanley Cup.
Black and white · Runtime: 14 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1950 - MAY 4
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French oil-field development with U.S. assistance; reports on communism, wrestling in Cleveland and roller skating in Paris.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1950 - MAY 15
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Canadian flood evacuations; Truman dedicates Grand Coulee Dam, junior ice hockey and Canadian VE-Day commemorations.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1950 - MAY 18
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Maureen O’Hara supports a children’s hospital; the Denver Post’s new building, a dog honored for a rescue and the Liberty Bell savings-bond campaign.
Black and white · Runtime: 11 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1950 - JUNE 12
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Ben Hogan’s return to victory; Truman discusses obstacles to peace, naval cadet exercises and a plane landing on a moving car.
Black and white · Runtime: 9 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1950 - JUNE 29
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MacArthur assumes command in Korea; Maria Goretti’s canonization, Don Lawrence’s trick shooting and a Texas watermelon festival.
Black and white · Runtime: 8 min (approx.) · partial
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NEWSREELS: 1950 - JULY 3
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Army tank testing in the desert; celebrations in Spain, flame-resistant paint tests and the Vis-O-Matic ordering system.
Black and white · Runtime: 10 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1950 - AUGUST 14
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Fighting in Korea; the Louisa film premiere and the annual Soap Box Derby.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1950 - SEPTEMBER 29
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U.N. forces advance toward the 38th parallel; USS Oriskany joins the fleet, Charles defeats Louis and a New York rodeo.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1950 - DECEMBER 5
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Clement Attlee visits Washington; carrier resupply during a Siberian gale and the Navy–Army football game.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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1951
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NEWSREELS: 1951 YEAR IN REVIEW - SPORTS
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Jersey Joe Walcott defeats Ezzard Charles; baseball, college basketball scandals and Bob Richards’s pole vaulting.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - JANUARY 8
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Truman’s State of the Union address; U.N. forces withdraw from Seoul and ski jumping at Bear Mountain.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - JANUARY 23
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B-36 nonstop flight from England to Texas; the Korean War, F-94 production and a heavyweight boxer’s wrestling appearance.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - FEBRUARY 12
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F-86 operations in Korea; Paris spring fashions, Golden Gloves boxing and Brotherhood Week.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - MARCH 23
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Senate crime investigations; Chicago–New York Golden Gloves boxing and twins serving at Fort Lewis.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - MARCH 27
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Marines return from Korea; J. Edgar Hoover’s Senate testimony, WAVES parachute training and toys for overseas orphans.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - APRIL 11
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Truman dismisses General MacArthur; whitewater rafting in Oregon and airboat racing in Florida.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - MAY 14
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David Ben-Gurion meets Albert Einstein; earthquake damage in El Salvador, a European royal wedding and women jockeys.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - MAY 21
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Armed Forces Day observances; a Philadelphia-area train wreck, the Olney tornado and citizenship ceremonies.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - MAY 29
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Communist troops retreat in Korea; the Morris and Essex dog show, a diaper-changing competition and frog jumping.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - JUNE 5
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The Senate inquiry into MacArthur’s dismissal; Naval Academy graduation, canned-milk research and a Roman chariot-race reenactment.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - JUNE 19
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Ben Hogan wins the U.S. Open; a fatal Montreal fire, U.S. wheat shipments to India and sheep gathering.
Black and white · Runtime: 8 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - JULY 5
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Iran takes control of British-owned oil fields; Korean War refugees, Yankees rookie Ed Cereghino and naval midshipmen games.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - AUGUST 6
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The West Point examination scandal; an international dispute over a leopard-skin rug and a fatal Niagara Falls barrel attempt.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - AUGUST 20
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Adolf Hitler’s yacht is dismantled; Detroit air races, Portugal’s new president and Queen Mary’s arrival in New York.
Black and white · Runtime: 8 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - AUGUST 30
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Earl Warren visits troops in Japan; a VFW parade and a Philadelphia fire that injures firefighters.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - SEPTEMBER 15
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George C. Marshall resigns as defense secretary; nuclear shelters, West German defense discussions and Sugar Ray Robinson’s title victory.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - OCTOBER 1
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Fashion awards; reports on democracy in Asia, an Air Force recruit and Villanova–Army football.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - OCTOBER 8
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Iran’s oil dispute at the United Nations; a Hollywood goodwill tour, World Series baseball and Michigan State–Ohio State football.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - NOVEMBER 1
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Princess Elizabeth visits the United States; Korean truce negotiations, NATO air bases in Morocco and naval torpedo nets.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - NOVEMBER 8
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Truman proposes world disarmament; Marine Medal of Honor awards, the release of an eleven-year-old in Korea and a turkey fashion show.
Black and white · Runtime: 8 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - NOVEMBER 12
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The Suez Canal crisis; World War II aircraft in Korea, Hollywood historical costumes and college football.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - NOVEMBER 15
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Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner attend a premiere; reports of atrocities and a simulated atomic attack on New York.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - DECEMBER 3
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The Korean buffer zone; a Pearl Harbor anniversary report, the discharge of a 76-year-old Marine, Hollywood Christmas events and Navy–Army football.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - DECEMBER 6
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A B-29 crash near Denver; Cardinal Stepinac’s release, Paris catacombs and a dog fashion show.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - DECEMBER 10
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The Hibok-Hibok eruption in the Philippines; boxing in Canada, the Ski-Bob snow bicycle and children’s Christmas celebrations.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1951 - DECEMBER 18
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A fatal New York plane crash; the helicopter’s Collier Award and Bobo the baby gorilla.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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1952
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NEWSREELS: 1952 YEAR IN REVIEW - HEADLINES
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Eisenhower’s election victory; Suez unrest, prisoner-compound riots and Britain’s first atomic bomb test.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1952 YEAR IN REVIEW - SPORTS
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Rocky Marciano’s heavyweight title; Yankees–Dodgers baseball and the Winter and Summer Olympics.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1952 - JANUARY 4
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College football highlights from the Sugar, Orange, Cotton and Rose bowls.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1952 - JANUARY 10
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The Flying Enterprise sinking and captain’s rescue; Truman’s warning to Congress, an Atlantic City fire and an aircraft-carrier catapult.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1952 - APRIL 21
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Prison-riot hostages; a fatal California air crash, Chile’s Mother of the World honoree and motorcycle hill climbing in Seattle.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1952 - MAY 8
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Marines participate in an atomic test; USS Wasp’s return after a collision, Tito’s military review and swimsuit fashions.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1952 - SEPTEMBER 15
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Air attacks in Korea; Miss America’s homecoming and an Air Force–Marine football game.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.) · silent
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1953
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NEWSREELS: 1953 YEAR IN REVIEW - HEADLINES
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Eisenhower’s inauguration, Stalin’s death and the Korean truce; Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation and an atomic-cannon test.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1953 - JANUARY 19
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Former SS members face a massacre trial; a fire injures emergency personnel, the New York auto show and Australian surfing.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1953 - FEBRUARY 22
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U.N. aircraft attack Korean supply routes; radioactive-material handling, handbag fashions and Colorado ski jumping.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1953 - MARCH 2
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Vietnamese commando training; U.S. fighter-bombers bound for France, Eisenhower’s painting and table tennis.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1953 - MARCH 16
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East Germans cross the border; a Marine Medal of Honor award, motorcycle championships and nuclear-test preparations.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1953 - MARCH 19
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An explosion aboard USS Oriskany; troops observe an atomic blast, Arctic military clothing and the St. Louis Cardinals’ new owner.
Black and white · Runtime: 8 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1953 - MAY 25
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B-47 distance-record coverage; Korean air aces return home, tornado damage and the Miss Union Label contest.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1953 - AUGUST 23
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American Korean War prisoners return by ship; a Washington prison riot, guide dogs and a Los Angeles rodeo.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1953 - AUGUST 24
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The Shah returns to Iran after a coup attempt; French military operations, an airborne fighter launch and sailor blood donations.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1953 - SEPTEMBER 10
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The release of William F. Dean and Hiroshi H. Miyamura; Adenauer’s reelection and a New York veterans’ carnival.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1953 - SEPTEMBER 21
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Georgy Malenkov denounces the Soviet secret police; Eisenhower returns from Colorado, balloon-launched Arctic rockets and a pedal-powered submarine.
Black and white · Runtime: 5 min (approx.) · sound-silent
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NEWSREELS: 1953 - OCTOBER 8
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A child kidnapping and murder; Eisenhower discusses the hydrogen bomb, fighter-bombers sent to Formosa and Yugoslav military exercises.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1953 - NOVEMBER 12
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Truman criticizes the communist investigations; Nixon visits Indochina, a Philadelphia train derailment and a grandmothers’ rowing club.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1953 - NOVEMBER 26
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Senator McCarthy discusses communism; butter aid for East Berlin, X-ray motion pictures and sleepwear fashions.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1953 - DECEMBER 3
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Fire damage in Pusan; Queen Elizabeth II tours the Panama Canal, shirt fashions and a growing baby gorilla.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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1954
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NEWSREELS: 1954 - JANUARY 7
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Eisenhower’s State of the Union address; a returning prisoner renounces communism, an employee arrest and Golden Gloves boxing.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1954 - FEBRUARY 4
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Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio’s honeymoon; German reunification talks, an ironworker’s high-rise wedding and March of Dimes fashions.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1954 - MARCH 25
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A hydrogen-bomb test and its consequences; refugees cross the border, an Iwo Jima reenactment and aircraft ejection-seat testing.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1954 - JUNE 24
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Rebellion in Guatemala; airborne-radar training and the Miss Europe pageant.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1954 - JUNE 27
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An oil fire in Los Angeles; Britain’s Asian defense-pact plans, a marble championship and the Mr. America contest.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1954 - JULY 5
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Farm workers detained in an immigration roundup; a Chinatown baby contest, infant swimming lessons and women’s self-defense training.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1954 - JULY 8
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The overthrow of Guatemala’s government; an Amsterdam baby hippo, a rocket-powered helicopter and jeep mud racing.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1954 - AUGUST 19
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Army television command-and-control demonstrations; former communist soldiers in San Francisco, a dog honored in Chicago and Marciano–Charles boxing coverage.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1954 - AUGUST 23
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Eisenhower addresses the World Council of Churches; a mine detonator, pilgrimage to Mecca and released hostages.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1954 - SEPTEMBER 9
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Operation Glory returns Korean War dead; Medal of Honor awards, the Miss America pageant and a twins convention.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1954 - OCTOBER 21
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Eisenhower’s East Coast tour; ships for Japan’s Self-Defense Force, the Miss World pageant and Air Force demonstrations.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1954 - DECEMBER 16
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Tunisian militants surrender weapons; a papal appointment, White House duties and swamp-buggy racing.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.) · silent
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1955
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NEWSREELS: 1955 YEAR IN REVIEW - HEADLINES
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The Salk polio vaccine; Princess Margaret, the AFL–CIO merger, Perón’s fall and the Austrian peace treaty.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1955 - JANUARY 10
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Two Americans released from communist captivity; a sea rescue, Asian refugees arriving in the United States and spring hats.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1955 - FEBRUARY 7
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The China–Formosa crisis; Hudson River icebreakers, winter clothing and national ski jumping.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1955 - FEBRUARY 14
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The Seventh Fleet supports evacuation to Taiwan; Chicago’s Barton Hotel fire, Boy Scouts aboard a carrier and Golden Gloves boxing.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1955 - MARCH 10
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The Futura concept car; an Army folding bridge, teenage clothing fashions and Olympic trials.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1955 - APRIL 18
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The polio vaccination campaign begins; Albert Einstein’s death, Sam Rayburn honored and motorcycle performances in a steel cage.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1955 - JUNE 2
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U.S. fliers released from China; J. Edgar Hoover honored, a British rail strike and a fatal Indianapolis 500 incident.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1955 - AUGUST 8
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U.S. airmen return after captivity in China; an airliner incident, Texas 4-H visitors in Korea and Chief Joseph Day rodeo events.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1955 - AUGUST 22
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Flood devastation in the Northeast; uprisings in French Morocco, David Eisenhower and an aircraft with inflatable wings.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.) · silent
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1956
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NEWSREELS: 1956 - YEAR IN REVIEW - HEADLINES
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The Hungarian revolt and Andrea Doria sinking; reports on USS Nautilus and Grace Kelly’s royal wedding.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1956 YEAR IN REVIEW - SPORTS
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Winter Olympics highlights; water sports, tributes to Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Connie Mack, and World Series baseball.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1956 - JANUARY 23
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A fatal California train derailment; Eisenhower addresses Republicans and Don Loper’s fashion designs.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1956 - FEBRUARY 2
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Winter Olympics in Italy; Queen Elizabeth’s Nigerian visit, the Viareggio carnival and warnings about communist aid.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1956 - FEBRUARY 23
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British guided-missile demonstrations; a Republic Aviation strike, women voting in Greece and swimsuit fashions in Italy.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1956 - MAY 24
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A hydrogen-bomb test over the Pacific; pilot safety equipment, a Chicago children’s zoo and youth rodeo events.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1956 - AUGUST 16
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Adlai Stevenson’s nomination; support for Nasser’s seizure of the Suez Canal, adoption of Korean orphans and postal-worker dog training.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1956 - AUGUST 20
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The Republican National Convention; Suez negotiations, USS Lexington celebrations in Japan and water skiing.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1956 - OCTOBER 25
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Uprisings in Poland and Hungary; hockey coverage and an election-day appeal from a taxi driver.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1956 - OCTOBER 28
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The Hungarian revolt; Israel invades Egypt and a house of the future is unveiled.
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NEWSREELS: 1956 - NOVEMBER 1
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The Suez conflict involving Israel, Britain and France; renewed threats in Hungary, Texas Rangers’ vehicles and Tony Curtis’s savings-bond appeal.
Black and white · Runtime: 8 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1956 - NOVEMBER 5
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Eisenhower reelection coverage; the Suez crisis, Soviet tanks in Hungary and the Statue of Liberty anniversary.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1956 - NOVEMBER 8
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Continued fighting in Hungary; Eisenhower’s reelection, Hiroshima survivors returning home and Rams–Bears football.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1956 - NOVEMBER 12
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Protests over Soviet actions in Hungary; the Egyptian ceasefire, USS Yorktown’s departure and Veterans Day at Arlington.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1956 - DECEMBER 17
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Nehru visits the United States; Austria’s new army, a small flamethrower and Wilt Chamberlain’s college basketball.
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1957
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NEWSREELS: 1957 YEAR IN REVIEW - SPORTS
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Braves–Yankees World Series baseball; the Kentucky Derby, bantamweight boxing in Paris and water skiing.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1957 - JANUARY 31
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King Saud visits the United States; floods across four states, a fatal California tanker explosion and March of Dimes fashions.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1957 - MARCH 7
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Ghana’s independence; Princess Caroline’s baptism, New Orleans Mardi Gras and Cleveland Indians spring training.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1957 - MARCH 11
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Israeli withdrawal from Gaza; an anti-malaria campaign and a litter of seventeen Dalmatian puppies.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1957 - MARCH 14
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The Gaza crisis; Pope Pius XII’s birthday, winter fashions and a chimpanzee’s paintings.
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NEWSREELS: 1957 - MARCH 21
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A British dock strike; Prince Philip visits the hi-fi industry, dinner-party fashions and monkeys with a cat.
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NEWSREELS: 1957 - MAY 16
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Billy Graham in New York; the French president’s papal visit, stone lifting in Spain and outdoor-dining fashions.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1957 - MAY 23
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Midwestern tornado damage; caviar harvesting, a three-nation bicycle race and a Marine horse’s foal.
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NEWSREELS: 1957 - JULY 22
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The first air-to-air atomic test; Billy Graham’s audience, Aga Khan’s burial in Aswan and beauty pageants.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1957 - JULY 25
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The end of Tunisia’s monarchy; a fatal French train derailment, Vienna’s Ferris wheel and a bicycle-riding bear.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1957 - AUGUST 12
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The capture of a Soviet spy official; a sideways ship launch, hairstyles and Dick Mayer’s golf victory.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1957 - AUGUST 18
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West Germany commissions a submarine; a Boston rooftop zoo, Soap Box Derby racing and women’s diving.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.) · silent
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NEWSREELS: 1957 - SEPTEMBER 9
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Miss America 1958; a rooftop heliport, an atomic-age bulldozer and boat racing around Manhattan.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1957 - OCTOBER 7
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Sputnik’s launch; an Army mine-laying machine, World Series baseball and swimsuit fashions.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1957 - NOVEMBER 28
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Eisenhower suffers a stroke; plastics manufacturing, nonstop Air Force jet flights and a rescue fitness contest.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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1958
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NEWSREELS: 1958 YEAR IN REVIEW - HEADLINES
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USS Nautilus travels beneath the North Pole; Alaska statehood coverage, Charles de Gaulle, Iraq’s uprising and the papal election.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1958 YEAR IN REVIEW - SPORTS
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An Indianapolis 500 pileup; a mile-race record, the return of America’s Cup racing and a seven-game World Series.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1958 - MARCH 27
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Elvis Presley enters the Army; Khrushchev succeeds Bulganin, the Academy Awards and Golden Gloves boxing.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1958 - APRIL 14
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The Dalai Lama in Tibet; a missile destroyer, New York fashions and an elephant water-skiing on the Hudson.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1958 - APRIL 17
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The Brussels World’s Fair amid Cold War tensions; the Museum of Modern Art fire, automated musicians and the Giants’ move to San Francisco.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1958 - JUNE 9
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USS Independence is christened; de Gaulle’s reform plans, a Sputnik III model and Sam Snead’s Dallas Open victory.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1958 - JUNE 19
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The Narrows Bridge collapse; an India–Pakistan water dispute, the Order of the Garter and judo in Vietnam.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1958 - JULY 7
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A helicopter seized after crossing a border; Nasser in Yugoslavia, Chi Chi the panda and a water-themed New York circus.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1958 - SEPTEMBER 8
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A German U-boat salvaged off Sweden; Miss America, de Gaulle’s public appearance and Frankfurt Zoo’s anniversary.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1958 - OCTOBER 13
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Mourning for the pope; the Pioneer space probe’s attempted lunar flight.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1958 - OCTOBER 27
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An explosion in Ottawa; the papal election, Pablo Casals at the United Nations and Army–Pittsburgh football.
Black and white · Runtime: 8 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1958 - OCTOBER 30
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Cardinal Roncalli becomes pope; shelling of Quemoy, hula hoops in Europe and Browns–Cardinals football.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1958 - DECEMBER 23
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Pope John visits a Rome prison; Ghana’s prime minister in India, Dublin Zoo tiger cubs and football championship coverage.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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1959
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NEWSREELS: 1959 YEAR IN REVIEW - HEADLINES
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Khrushchev’s U.S. visit and Castro’s Cuba; the St. Lawrence Seaway, Hawaii statehood and Tibet.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1959 YEAR IN REVIEW - SPORTS
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Billy Casper’s golf victory; Arlberg-Kandahar skiing, John Thomas’s high jump and the Dodgers’ World Series victory.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1959 - APRIL 6
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USS Skate visits the North Pole; Japanese royal-wedding preparations, the New York auto show and Art Wall Jr.’s Masters victory.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1959 - APRIL 16
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John Foster Dulles resigns; military aerobatics, AT&T’s annual meeting and an Atlas missile failure.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1959 - JUNE 15
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An English hovercraft demonstration; Trooping the Colour, Black Forest falconry and beachwear fashions.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1959 - JULY 16
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The steel strike and the first U.S. nuclear surface ship; Louisiana’s political crisis and fur fashions.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1959 - JULY 27
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Nixon visits the Soviet Union; a Castro rally in Cuba and Akiko Kojima’s Miss Universe victory.
Black and white · Runtime: 6 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1959 - NOVEMBER 16
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Russian volcano climbers; an Italian immigrant’s recollections and retrospective reports on Amelia Earhart and the Hotel Kerns fire.
Black and white · Runtime: 8 min (approx.)
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NEWSREELS: 1959 - DECEMBER 21
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Eisenhower visits Tunisia and France; new cardinals, New York quadruplets’ baptism and Penn State–Alabama football.
Black and white · Runtime: 7 min (approx.)
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Retrospective Compilations
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AMERICA'S NEWSREEL 1959
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Benny Hooper’s rescue from a well; retrospective stories on Hollywood’s wartime support, Floyd Collins and Dempsey–Tunney boxing.
Black and white · Runtime: 15 min (approx.)
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AMERICA'S NEWSREEL: 1950's ICONIC STORIES 1
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Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig; a compilation also covering twentieth-century maritime disasters and Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan.
Black and white · Runtime: 8 min (approx.)
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