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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56041)
ARMED FORCES DAY:
The United States flexes a few muscles, as it unveils its new Redstone guided missile at Selfridge Field, Mich. And shows how fast an enemy bomber could be destroyed off the coast of Florida. Also a carrier pilot skids off the flight deck of the U.S.S. Essex off San Diego.
ALGERIAN REVOLT GROWS:
As the tide of rebellion grows more bloody, the French build a military establishment to fight a full scale war in Algeria. Arms and re-enforcements arrive daily, as the rebels continue their scorched earth tactics.
“QUINTS” GO IN BUSINESS:
MONTREAL – The Salon Emilie, named in honor of the quintuplet who died, is a flower shop opened by Marie Dionne. The three other sisters help Marie get the business started.
HOSPITAL WALKIE-TALKIE:
SAN FRANCISCO – A pocket sized walkie-talkie now accompanies doctors and nurses around the hospital. Each has his own wave length and can be reached anytime, anywhere. A baby in the nursery wails for its mother in her room.
WORLD OF SPORTS:
THE PREAKNESS – At Pimlico, Md., it’s Fabins who beats Needles to walk off with fame and glory in the Preakness stakes. Fabius trailed Needles in the Derby but got his revenge here.
NEW MONEY WINNER – Nashua becomes the leading money winner of all time by winning the Camden Stakes. Victory boosts the bay colt’s well over the million mark, eclipsing Citation’s old mark.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56043)
WOMAN SETS WORLD CHUTE MARK:
BRAZIL – Daredevil Colette Duval of France makes the longest free fall on record, plummeting from a Brazilian Air Force plane almost six miles before opening her chute – a hair’s breadth 700 feet from the surface. She’s pulled out of Rio de Janeiro’s harbor smiling – a slight bleeding from one ear the only injury from her incredible feat.
NEWS IN BRIEF:
ROAD TESTS by the California Highway Patrol put new stock autos through a grueling routine of acceleration and quick braking from top speeds, with the aid of latest radar and other scientific gear.
HEART AWARD of Boston’s Variety Club is presented to Archbishop Cushing on the thirty-fifth anniversary of his ordination, at the show business group’s annual, celebrity-packed banquet.
ANNAPOLIS COLOR GIRL, 80th to receive the honor, presents the colors to the honor guard of the Naval Academy’s top Midshipman Company, commanded by her fiancé – traditional June Week rites.
DOG SHOES ease sore paws for Air Force K-9 sentries, at bases in Germany. The German Shepherd sentinels stand inspection with new leather boots that protect their paws from rough concrete runways.
SPORTS:
62 YEAR DIVER, former champion Ida Lang, shows she still commands amazing form and skill in a special Los Angeles benefit for the Olympic Fund. Age sixty-two, she looks, feels, and dives like 22!
SWAPS UPSET in the $109,000 Californian at Hollywood Park. 58,000 fans are flabbergasted as the mighty horse, with a lead of more than two lengths loafs in the stretch to let long-shot Porterhouse take a photo finish victory.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56044)
CYPRUS RIOTS:
Daily violence and death marks the Cyprus insurrection. Greek Cypriot teenagers clash with British M.P.’s in a rock-throwing battle, a demonstration broken up only after tear gas is used. Rebels bomb trucks and jeeps in the streets, as Cyprus’ campaign for independence mounts in bloody tempo.
NEWS IN BRIEF:
SUPER-SONIC JETS TO EUROPE – First F-100 Super-Saber jet fighter-bombers to go into operational service overseas join Air Force units stationed in Germany. A new sight and sound in Europe’s skies as they streak overhead.
40-FOOT SNOWDRIFT blocking Chinook Pass, Washington, are routed out to clear the road, by a rotary plow and three bulldozers. Spring is here, but even the summer sun isn’t hot enough to melt these winter accumulated drifts.
“FALCON” MISSILE guided by radar to its target in a test at supersonic speeds. The newest air-to-air missile is fired from an all-weather delta-wing F-102A interceptor in a dramatic demonstration of automatic electronic destruction.
UNSTOPPABLE AMPHIB is the Army’s newest land-or-sea vehicle, the Drake. Big brother to the old Duck, the new amphib has twin screws, eight-wheels, an enclosed aluminum hull, and tires whose pressure automatically varies to suit the terrain. An amazing exhibition shows that the Drake can go anywhere!
LARGEST EARTHEN DAM in South America is rushed to completion by a crew of 3,000. Venezuela’s huge Guarico Dam must be finished before the tropical rainy season – no mean task, since it will be 9 miles long, up to 100 feet high.
INDIANAPOLIS SPEED CLASSIC:
INDIANAPOLIS – Pat Flaherty of Chicago roars home the winner by 22 seconds in the 40th running of the famed 500-mile Speedway classic. Twelve accidents mar the race, although luckily, no one was killed. Hearts are in throat as the speeding racers spin out of control.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56045)
KOREA TRUCE TEAM OUSTER:
KOREA – Meeting with North Koreans at Panmunjom, the United Nations’ Armistic Commission charge a military build-up north of the 38th Parallel, and “flagrantly unneutral conduct” by Czechs and Poles on Truce Supervisory Teams, ordering the provisional ouster of the Neutral Truce Teams.
NEWS IN BRIEF:
SARATOGA SAILS – The super-carrier Saratoga, mightiest warship afloat, leaves New York Navy Yard for her first builder’s trials, 3 ? years after her keel was laid. The crew of 3,000 lines the rails of the 60,000 ton giant as she glides under the East River bridges, bound for the sea.
ITALIAN REPUBLIC celebrates its 10th anniversary, a gala national holiday that’s marked in Rome with an impressive parade down the former Imperial Way. President Gronchi and Premier Segni reiew the armed forces of the nation.
BABY CAMEL is left by the stork at the San Francisco Zoo, a rarity in captivity. Gawky as they come, Luke stands three feet tall, on the rare occasions when he succeeds in staggering to his feet.
HORSES FOR IKE – A rainy day is brightened for Ike at his Gettysburg farm, when he receives two steeds, complete with hand-tooled saddles, from Lester Goodson, president of the Texas Quarter Horse Association. One is for the President, the other, a new mount for grandson David.
DUTCH FROGMEN train in rugged, realistic maneuvers, that dramatically demonstrates the combat capabilities of the small but staunch Royal Dutch Navy. Dropped from helicopters, and high speed mosquito boats, frogmen blast underwater targets, and are picked up at racing speed!
TROOPING THE COLORS, traditional ceremony of color and pomp that marks the Queen’s birthday. In full dress uniform, Her Majesty Elizabeth reviews the Guards, while in the audience, armed police watch for a threatened assassination attempt.
WEIGHT LIFTING MARKS SET:
PHILADELPHIA – Nation’s strongmen gather at the University of Pennsylvania for the National Senior Weight-Lifting Championships. Two new world’s records are set by massive Paul Anderson of Georgia, who lifts an awesome total of 1175 pounds!
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56046)
RED CARPET FOR TITO IN MOSCOW:
Moscow rolls out the red carpet for Tito, extending a hero’s welcome to the man Stalin sought to destroy, in the culmination of the Red campaign to woo Yugoslavia back to the Communist fold. The streets are lined with cheering thousands as Bulganin, Krushchev, and other top Kremlin figures escort Tito through the city.
WEST POINT GRADUATION:
WEST POINT – 480 graduates of the Military Academy, class of ’56, receive diplomas and commissions, in traditional ceremonies at the Point. Cheers for every one, from top man Robert Allan Stewart of Washington, to anchor man John Francis Sloan of Marquette, Mich.
CARRIER CREW GIVES BLOOD:
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – An errand of mercy for the aircraft carrier Lake Champlain, as all hands assembled on deck for a mass donation of blood to the Red Cross. The two-day operation produces one thousand pints of blood and time off from regular ship-board duties for all concerned.
ARCTIC AIRLIFT:
Far North radar bases, along the DEW-Line, are supplied by air in a spectacular feat of logistics. Thousands of miles of frozen wilderness are spanned, by a giant Globemaster that carries a helicopter to an Alaskan base, where the ‘copter is assembled, to carry 3,000 ton loads to the far-flung radar installations.
SPORTS
ELK’S RODEO:
SANTA MARIA, CAL. – The Elks only stage the show – it’s broncos and Brahmas that provide the fireworks, and things are really popping at the 13th Annual Elk’s Rodeo in Santa Maria. The critters are as ornery as you can imagine, and the cowboys do as much fancy diving as they do riding.
LAVANDIN WINS DERBY:
EPSOM DOWNS – France wins England’s great racing classic for the second straight year. Thousands of spectators, from costermongers to the Royal Family see Lavandin top a field of twenty-seven with a sensational drive in the stretch, to win the 177th running of the Derby.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56047)
IKE ON THE MEND:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The nation spends an anxious 72 hours, as President Eisenhower, stricken with an acute intestinal ailment, is rushed to Walter Reed hospital for emergency surgery. Everyone breathes easier as the operation is successful and the chief executive convalesces rapidly.
NIAGARA ROCK SLIDE:
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. – Hundreds of tons of rock crash down from a 200-foot cliff and virtually annihilate a power station at the base. One is dead and the damage is estimated at one hundred millions.
A BABY RHINO:
INDIANAPOLIS – Not a real rhino, but a mechanical baby with pidgeion toed wheels that can go anywhere that wheels can turn. Mud, sand or obstacles mean nothing to this mighty mite.
EMERALD BONONZA:
COLOMBIA – High in the Andes an ancient emerald mine is resurrected by the slip of a mule’s foot. The mine, operated before Columbus discovered America is now producing fabulous gems for milady.
SPORTS:
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – Gene Littler of California runs up an impressive 24-point score over a tough field of competitors to take the Palm Beach championship at the Wykagyl country club to pick up a $15,000 prize.
RIVERSIDE, CAL. – Ladies of the air force learn the manly art of self-defense the judo way. They toss their Japanese instructor around with the greatest of ease.
ROSE FESTIVAL:
PORTLAND, ORE. – The forty-eighth Rose Festival, brings out a crowd of 75,000 to witness one of the most elaborate parades in the history of the event.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56048)
SECOND LARGEST DAM:
BRIDGEPORT, WASH. – The second largest dam in America, the $100,000,000 “Chief Joseph Dam”, is dedicated, with Harold Stassen on hand as Pres. Eisenhower’s representative. New Dam on Columbia River will provide power and help control floods.
ADENAUR VISITS “IKE”:
WASHINGTON – The visiting German Chancellor, accompanied by State Sec’y Dulles, visits Walter Reed Hospital to see the convalescing President. Ike’s first visitor (apart from family and staff) tells how he found Mr. Eisenhower.
TRIBUTE TO “CABBIES”:
WASHINGTON – Vice President Nixon greets 33 cab drivers from 30 cities, winners of outstanding driving record awards. Tribute to safe driving cabbies who rolled up an impressive safety record.
ARGENTINE REVOLT SMASHED:
BUENOS AIRES – Loyal troops, aided by planes, smash an abortive uprising by pro-Peronist insurgents. First films show ill-starred rebellion at its height, with rebels rounded up.
OLDEST GRADUATE AT 86:
WESTWOOD, CAL. – John B. Ely, 86, came back to win a college diploma after a lifetime of working and writing and raising seven children. He’s a “big man on campus” and the Missus is proud of her “schoolboy”.
THE WORLD OF SPORTS:
RODEO – At Livermore, the “world’s fastest rodeo” brings its share of excitement, drama, and danger, too, as 190 cowboys vie for prizes. One rider is kicked by a bull and is taken to the hospital.
MOTO-CROSS – That’s what the French call it, and it takes place in France, on a muddy, skiddy track with turns and dips galore. Motorcycle aces from many European countries have muddy time of it.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56049)
FROGMEN’S HOLIDAY:
VIRGIN ISLANDS – With Navy frogmen on a holiday – where else but underwater. Military gear is forgotten for spears – and the underwater camera follows an exciting expedition in Neptune’s realm, as the aqua-lunged hunters stalk their quarry on their own terms.
NEWS IN BRIEF:
FRENCH TRAIN WRECK – 10 cars of the Paris Luxembourg express jump the track while speeding along at 70 mph. 11 are killed, 146 injured in the spectacular rail wreck, which uprooted tracks for hundreds of feet.
FATHEER’S DAY FOR IKE – The President’s 4 grandchildren, accompanied by their parents, Maj. And Mrs. John Eisenhower, arrive for a happy family visit with the convalescing Chief Executive – just Grandfather for the day.
DULLES’ SON ORDAINED – Avery R. Dulles, son of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, is ordained a Jesuit priest at Fordham University Chapel, by Cardinal Spellman, as Mr. and Mrs. Dulles look on.
MIDDLECOFF WINS OPEN GOLF:
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A record gallery of 14,000 fans follows play in the tense final rounds of the U.S. Open as Ben Hogan narrowly misses his goal of a fifth straight Open crown, tying for 2nd, as one time dentist Cary Middlecoff, 1949 Open winner, holes out with a winning 281 score.
EQUESTRIAN OLYMPICS:
STOCKHOLM – The finest horses and riders of 19 nations vie for Olympic Gold Medal honors in the grueling cross country endurance test, a 21 mile course that puts six riders in hospital, causes the killing of one horse, and the disqualification of 11 nations, before the event ends.
NEEDLES WINS BELMONT STAKES:
BELMONT PARK, N.Y. – Kentucky Derby winner Needles wins the rich Belmont Stakes, with a baffling display of temperament that makes it a day of heart stopping excitement for turf fans, as the favorite comes from dead last at the half mile mark to seize the lead – and then pull up, 100 yards short of the line. He’s whipped across to win by a neck – a fantastic finish.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956 (UE56050)
WORST AIR CRASH:
74 die in the flaming plunge of a Venezuelan airliner into the Atlantic south of New York – America’s worst commercial airline disaster. Only an oilslick and pathetic flotsam – the personal belongings of the 57 adults and 17 vacation-bound children – marks the site of tragedy.
SPORTS:
OXFORD HONORS TRUMAN – Harry S. Truman receives the highest honor Oxford University can confer on a non-graduate. In a tradition filled convocation he’s made a Doctor of Civil Law and a Fellow of the ancient school.
BEACH FASHIONS – At Lido Beach, Long Island, six chic sun loving maidens show the latest in high styles for the sunny strands – swim suits, shorts, and slacks – both tailored and sheath style.
FABULOUS GEM COLLECTION – One of the West’s most fabulous collections of jewelry and art objects emerges from a bank vault after half a century, for auction sale. Collected by Walter Scott Hobart, one of the partners in the legendary Comstock Lode, its estimated worth is in millions.
CRASHES MAR CYCLE RACE – The 100 mile race in the National Motorcycle Championships at Laconia, N.H. has unexpected thrills and chills, as several riders take nasty spills. A woman spectator is bit by errant cycle and is taken to hospital.
LIKE SHOOTIN’ FISH – At Pointe Mouillee, Mich., archers unlimber their bows and outboards and take to the marshes after the carp that are playing havoc with duck food. It’s spectacular sport and outboard motors are the prizes.
HIGH DIVING AND LOW COMEDY – At Palm Springs, some of America’s top amateur divers warm up for Olympic tryouts. A brilliant display of near perfection in the graceful sport – marred by a slip that gashes champion Garry Tobias’ leg – and may keep him out of Olympic competition. Low comedy from the high platform is provided by the fabulous Aqua-Zanies, serving up the ’56 edition of their act in New York.
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