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Newsreels: 1956 Events At Home And Abroad
Newsreels 1956 stock footage documents world events, politics and war as well as sports, fashion and entertainment for the year of 1956. Our Public Domain Stock Footage newsreels cover every major world event, the not so major events, strides in technology, the lives of public figures, fads and trends. Newsreels 1956 is an incredibly rich resource of visual history that tells the story of the year 1956.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56001)

WEEKEND WARRIORS:
NEW YORK – Intensive training for Naval Air Reserve personnel keeps a squadron of “weekend warriors” flying. Equipped with first line jet fighters, this reserve squadron flies only weekends, but they’re ready for action on a full time basis, as needed.

MINE EXPLOSION:
ITALY – A unique village industry is based solely upon vast granite quarries. Periodically, a titanic explosive charge blasts off a whole mountainside to assure the town’s livelihood.

BIRD CIRCUS:
SPAIN – Post-graduate parakeets parade an amazing series of tricks, taught by Prof. Guillermo, their trainer. No flying, but they have everything from push-carts to a “canary carousel.”

MODEL METHODS:
HOLLAND – Behind the scenes at a Dutch school for models, where Katje and Katinka learn the secrets of grace and poise, to show their natural beauty to best advantage.

SPORTS

BASKETBALL: DONS vs LA SALLE
NEW YORK – The nation’s top-rated court quinlet, the San Francisco Dons, battle the La Salle Explorers finds them only 2 points behind, but in the second half, the Dons, sparked by the sensational Bill Russell, are just too hot, and romp to a 79-62 win.

AUTO SPEEDSTER:
ITALY – The inventor unveils the most unique racing car in years, with a twin torpedo body. On the first try for a speed record, it reaches a torrid 210 mph, until fouled plugs force it to a halt.


NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56002)

BOWL GAMES:
Highlights of Bowl Games around the nation, as America’ss top grid elevens meet in the New Year’s classics. Football thrills of the year:

ROSE BOWL – Michigan edges UCLA in final seconds, 17-14.

SUGAR BOWL – Georgia Tech wrecks Pitt, with disputed TD, 7-0.

ORANGE BOWL – Top-ranking Oklahoma smashes Maryland, 20-6.

COTTON BOWL – Mississippi upsets Texas Christian, 14-13.

12,000 MARCH IN MUMMER’S PAGEANT:
PHILADELPHIA – Music and mirth reign supreme during the annual Mummer’s Parade, more comical and colorful than ever.
NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56003)

IKE’S ’56 PLANS STILL SECRET:
KEY WEST – At an informal press conference, his first since his heart attack, President Eisenhower good-naturedly parries newsmen’s questions as to his plans for ’56.

NEWS IN BRIEF:
WINGLESS AIRCRAFT, the “Aerodyne” is demonstrated in model form at Cedar Rapids. Based on a new aerodynamic principle, it may revolutionize flight.

NAVY WIVES AT SEA, aboard the aircraft carrier Yorktown. 450 join their husbands for a day’s cruise aboard the mighty floating airport.

GRACE KELLY AND PRINCE RAINIER of Monaco appear at a gala benefit ball in New York. Their first appearance together since announcement of the engagement, it’s also their last evening before a month apart.

TOWER TOPPLES, in New Jersey. One of the country’s highest radio towers, which flashed the signal that caused the World War I sinking of the Lusitania, is cut down.

AUTOMATED AUTO is shown in Chicago. It’s the station wagon of the future, with everything, including folding seats, power-operated by remote control.

SPORTS:

GOLDEN GLOVES OPEN, with the ever popular, ever exciting ingredients of amateurs boasting not much skill but enthusiasm a plenty. Leather flies, and fistic fireworks thrill the crowd.

BARREL JUMPING CHAMPIONSHIPS, at Grossinger’s New York. Mighty efforts for sweet charity, and many a bruise as ice-skating aces vie. The winner leaps 26 feet 2 inches.
NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56004)

TRANSPORTATION IN THE NEWS:
AERO-TRAIN – From New York City, a radical new passenger train makes a pioneering debut on rails. Cushioned on air bellows instead of springs, the new train, light-weight, fast-rolling, and ultra-economical, promises a new era in railroading.

LENINGRAD SUBWAY – Russia’s second largest city acquires a subway system. In typical but still impressive Russian style, the stations are huge and ornate, floored with marble, and elaborately adorned with bas relief and sculpture. Straphangers travel in style.

AIR HANGER MOVED:
CALIFORNIA – One of the greatest moving projects ever undertaken shifts a giant air force hangar two miles overland to a new airstrip, saving taxpayers an estimated $2 million.

HEAVY WEATHER LIFEBOAT:
AT SEA – The Navy displays a new inflatable lifeboat, designed for heavy weather and frigid climates. Covered with an insulating canopy that maintains warmth inside despite outside conditions, it’s capable of receiving 15 survivors.

STAR ARRIVES:
NEW YORK CITY – Cornell Borchers, British Academy Award winning actress, arrives from her native Germany to take part in publicizing “Never Say Goodbye,” the film in which she makes her Hollywood debut.

GOLDEN GLOVES:
NEW YORK CITY – Boxing in a class of its own as two sub-novice amateurs stage a bout that turns into an amazing endurance trial that has to be seen to be credited. All concerned, crowd, ref, and fighters, are breathless when it ends.

SPRING SHOE STYLES:
Winter is still with us, but the ladies, as usual, are looking ahead. To catch the eye of the style-minded, a preview of spring and summer shoe styles, in Town and Country Trotters, ranging from chic pumps in flax calf and black patent leather to exotic sandals in Oriental prints.
NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56005)

WINTER STRIKES:
Winter reverses itself on the East Coast bringing a sudden thaw. In Nova Scotia solidly frozen streams swollen by rains and melting ice go beserk and wreak damage running into the tens of millions. Yuba City is again threatened and evacuated for the third time as the Feather River threatens to burst its banks. In Holland a blizzard off the North Sea paralyzes traffic in Amsterdam.

ALL WEATHER FASHIONS:
NEWW YORK CITY – Going South? Going North? Here’s the latest in comfort for Dad, Mother and the girls and the duds are mighty handsome too.

SPORTS:
NEW YORK CITY – The motorboat show is enough to make the seagoing citizen drool. From sleek little runabouts to sleek sixty foot yachts with one hundred thousand dollar price tags. It’s all there.

LOS ANGELES – Long runs and bulls eye passes feature the East-West professional football All Star game. When the smoke clears away, the East wins a squeaker 31 to 30.

NEW BUSSES:
SEATTLE – Brand new busses have been added to the transit system with an extra plus. Pretty hostesses dispense apples and flowers. And if you want a morning paper, why it’s right there. Oh yes, customers got a free ride too.
NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56006)

PRESIDENTIAL HUDDLE:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Eisenhower and former president Hoover, with advisers meet to consider means of expediting recommendations for governmental reorganization proposed by Mr. Hoover’s committee.

ARGENTINES HAIL LIBERTY:
BUENOS AIRES – Hundreds of thousands gather in the Plaza Congresso to hear governmental leaders denounce former Dictator Peron and affirm their loyalty to the new regime.

FASHION PARADE:
NEW YORK CITY – A glimpse into the future brings dazzling creations from the world’s leading designers. The sheath is there in some novel treatments.

SPORTS:

AUSTRIA – Preview of the Olympics. On lightning fast frozen slopes, Olympic entrants hold and international downhill meet in which spills are many. The U.S. takes a second to Austria in a thriller.

CYPRESS GARDENS, FLA. – Something new for the briny. You might call it an aqua scooter, a cross between an aquaplane and an outboard motorboat but it certainly gets around, steered by the body.

NEW YORK CITY – The Golden Glovers are at it again with the usual action packed, slam bang bouts. Kayoes are rife as these youthful battlers disdain caution and have at it.

PALOS VERDES, CALIF. – Did you ever see dolphins playing basketball? Well they do, and very well. Streaking up and down the pool with the ball in their mouths, they toss baskets with accuracy and nonchalance of the professionals. Seals provide the cheering section.
NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56008)

PILOT’S FRIEND:
DAYTON – The newest thing in pilot ejector seats is demonstrated. Designed for fast action at low levels, the pilot’s chute is open and he is airborne in two seconds, the seat automatically separating itself for the trip to earth.

NEW GERMAN ARMY:
GERMANY – Chancellor Adenauer inspects the first fifteen hundred men comprising Germany’s beginning toward armed forces. Units of Army, Navy and Airforce are represented.

REDS SHOW SPEED:
LENINGRAD, RUSSIA – Borrowing a leaf from the book of pre-fabrication, Russians erect a large apartment dwelling made entirely of pre-fabricated concrete sections. The one hundred family house is built in one hundred and two days by fifteen men.

FASHIONS:
NEW YORK – Holiday bound on the Ocean Monarch, four friends show their Young Viewpoint Fashions that provide youthful styling with lines proportioned to flatter the woman with a more mature figure.

LANDING CRAFT RETRIEVER:
FT. STORY, VIRGINIA – The Army unveils a new mechanical monster, weighing a hundred tons. The behemoth is capable of plucking disabled landing craft from ten feet of water and carrying them to shore for repairs.

WORLD OF SPORTS:
MONTE CARLO – Starting from seven different points in Western Europe, 318 drivers in the Monte Carlo Rally battle fog, snow and rain before completing the 2500 mile grind in the sunshine of Monte Carlo.

NEW YORK – Three middleweight bouts and a clash between a couple of “bantams” enliven the Golden Glove card at Sunnyside Gardens. Flying fists and falling gladiators keep the crowd in a frenzy of fistic excitement.
NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56009)

EDEN ARRIVES:
Sir Anthony Eden arrives in New York enroute to Washington. A large section of the press is on hand and in reply to questions, the Prime Minister hails President Eisenhower’s rejection of Russia’s proposed friendship treaty. His talks in Washington will continue four days.

FREAK FIRE WRECKS PLANT:
LONG BEACH, CALIF. – A freak blaze caused by a flood in an auto plant spreads to a fuel depot and endangers an entire waterfront. Firemen, in constant danger, tackle a job that lasts almost a whole day as one after another of the fuel storage tanks explode. This spectacular blaze cost over one million in damage.

AN ANCIENT LIZARD:
SAN FRANCISCO – A tautera, whose ancestors roamed the earth one hundred million years ago, finds his way to San Francisco. He is a lizard with three eyes whose native habitat is New Zealand where his species has defied evolution.

COMMUNION BREAKFAST:
NEW YORK CITY – Catholic members of the Motion Picture Industry, after Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral meet at a Communion breakfast and hear the Reverend Father James Keller stress the importance motion pictures play in the social life of the nation.

SPORTS:

HOLLAND – A queer array of poultry and rabbits makes its bow at the Avicultural Society. The feathers and pelts, odd as they are, belong to them.

BERKELEY, CALIF. – The San Francisco Dons make basketball history as they rack up their 40th consecutive victory at the expense of the California Bears. In a low scoring, weird and tight game, during which the Bears freeze the ball for eight minutes, the Dons win, 33 to 24.

ST. PAUL – Wallace Boss is crowned King Boreas Twentieth to open the city’s fiesta, which brings out its customary array of gorgeous floats and hi-jinks.

ARCADIA, CALIF. – A longshot, Trackmaster, noses out the favored Traffic Judge in the rich Santa Anita Maturity to pick up the fat slice of the $165,000 purse for his owner.
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