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Newsreels: 1959 Events At Home And Abroad
Newsreels 1959 stock footage documents world events, politics and war as well as sports, fashion and entertainment for the year of 1959. 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 1959 is an incredibly rich resource of visual history that tells the story of the year 1959. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1959 (UE59001)
AVAILABLE IN HIGH DEFINITION (HD) - Ref#: BOF-301-0502-B-379
HAVANA CROWDS HAIL CASTRO SUCCESS:
Fidel Castro’s 2-year guerilla revolt against Cuban dictator Batista triumphs with Batista’s flight. As the first rebel units enter the Capital, crowds storm the streets – first in tumultuous rejoicing and then in angry demonstration against reminders of the ousted regime.
49th STAR FOR OLD GLORY:
At the White House, President Eisenhower signs proclamation which officially makes Alaska the 49th State in the Union – giving a new look to Old Glory. Flag makers rush production on the latest model of Stars and Stripes.
No. 2 RED VISITS U.S.A.:
Anastas Mikoyan, number 2 man in the Kremlin arrives in New York on an uninvited visit to America – from the airport he motored to Washington. He says it is just a ‘vacation’. But his schedule calls for informal talks with the nation’s leaders.
AMERICA WINS DAVIS CUP:
In one of the greatest upsets in tennis history, the United States regains the coveted Davis Cup from Australia thanks to the brilliant play of a Peruvian Inca Indian, Alex Olmedo.
COTTON BOWL:
The Air Force Falcons battle Texas Christian to a scoreless tie marked by rugged play and fumbles a-plenty.
ROSE BOWL:
Iowa’s Hawkeyes, Big 10 Champions, steamroller California, scoring once in each quarter in a gridiron thriller.
SUGAR BOWL:
Underdog Clemson gives Louisiana State University, top-rated nationally, the fight of it’s life. L.S.U. scarcely manages to eke out a 1-TD win.
ORANGE BOWL:
Syracuse faces wilting heat in Miami along with the sizzling speed and savage attack of Oklahoma. The Orangemen are still fighting at the finish – but on the losing end of an overwhelming score.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1959 (UE59002)
AVAILABLE IN HIGH DEFINITION (HD) - Ref#: BOF-401-0502-B-603
CASTRO’S TRIUMPHANT MARCH IN CUBA:
Havana cheers Provisional President Urrutia, while rebel leader Fidel Castro completed his triumphant march across the Island – jubilantly hailed in every town and hamlet. The bearded, cigar-smoking Castro has become a living legend in the role of hero. Enthusiastic throngs rush to see and viva the man who overthrew the Batista dictatorship.
CONGRESS CONVENES:
The 86th Congress opens in Washington – in an atmosphere of solemnity and good-will that prevails during opening prayers and swearing – in. The ouster by G.O.P. congressmen of Rep. Joseph Martin as minority leader, in favor of Rep. Charles Halleck of Indiana, is one of the session’s highlights.
NIAGARA FREEZES:
The freak, cold wave covering the entire nation, turns Niagara Falls into an etching in ice. The lower gorge is bridged by ice up to 30 feet thick!
NEW EMBASSY IN INDIA:
A cultural triumph for America is the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in New Delhi. An ultra-modern structure embodying traditional elements of Hindu architecture. It is regarded as a modern masterpiece. One of the most beautiful as well as one of the most functional new structures yet to be developed.
SKI BIRDS SHOW FINE FEATHERS:
Weather-bound ski-birds in Switzerland stage a fashion show of all-Swiss styles. The scenery indoors is as eye-appealing as the picture outdoors. Fashions range from frost-resisting “anoraks” to chic fur and knitwear ensembles for evening.
INTERNATIONAL SKIING:
Top-flight international skiers jumping at Garmisch. Two Russian contenders take second and third place to keep the U.S.S.R. in the fore as competitors. Germany takes top honors.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1959 (UE59003)
AVAILABLE IN HIGH DEFINITION (HD) - Ref#: BOF-501-0502-B-664
BABY ALIVE! – KIDNAP SEARCH ENDS:
The 9-day search for Lisa Rose Chionchio, kidnapped from a Brooklyn hospital just hours after her birth, ends with the arrest of Mrs. Jean Iavarone, and the recovery of the infant. Still alive and in good health.
De GAULLE INVESTED AS PRESIDENT:
Charles De Gaulle is formally invested as President of the new 5th Republic in ceremonies at the Elysee Palace – staged with the solidity and grandeur De Gaulle endeavors to restore to France herself.
BARREL JUMPING CHAMPIONSHIP:
The world’s barrel-jumping championship at Grossinger, New York. In the 9th Annual competition, perennial champ Leo LeBel comes through with his 5th straight victory.
25 YEARS AGO TODAY:
What weather – winter’s wickedest – is presaged in the super-cold spell of 1934 which proved near calamitous in America and Europe. The Delaware River was blocked with ice for 9 miles. The “beautiful Blue Danube” presented a picture in frozen stillness. Soup kitchens sprung up in the Streets of Vienna. Feeding starving thousands. In the game forests, hungry deer got a respite from fear of the hunter as they flock around food-bearing wardens. Torrential rains flooded the Los Angeles area. Scores died in floods and earthslides as damage went way beyond the $5,000,000 mark.
A noble experiment followed THE Noble Experiment! Pennsylvania places whiskey on sale at $1 per bottle to counter post-Prohibition bootleggers. The stores were stampeded!
Fashions were on parade. Fashions that ought to silence the talk about “the good old days”. Daze is the word! 1934 bathing beauties model tent-like beach wear. Evening gowns. And undies, that shocked many – then! Another shocker follows with a gang of juveniles embarrassing adults with a grown-up fashion show to the rhythm of the rhumba!
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1959 (UE59004)
MIKLOYAN IN NEW YORK:
The cross-country tour of Russia’s No. 2 man brings him to New York, where he is screened from hostile demonstrators, by an exceptionally heavy police guard. He visits Macy’s. Looks over everything. Buys nothing. In Wall Street he lunches with 30 bankers and financiers. Then the red carpet rolls to the United Nations.
NEW EPISCOPAL BISHOP:
In solemn and colorful ceremonies in historic Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, Washington, D.C., the Right Rev, Arthur C. Lichtenberger is invested as Presiding Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
SHINING STARS:
Hollywood luminaries plus a new face make news. Sir Lawrence Olivier returns to the film capital for his first U.S. motion picture in ten years – “SPARTACUS”. He’s greeted at a party in honor of the occasion by Kirk Douglas, his co-star in the five million dollar epic. A new and lovely face appears on the Hollywood horizon. Sabina Bethmann, native of Great Britain and know throughout the Continent.
STYLISH SHIPMATES:
Dodging winter’s surging cold fronts, the fashion camera catches scenes of stylish shipmates aboard a Caribbean cruise ship – in a fashion show of sports styles.
SKI SPILLS:
Spectacular ski scenes of an international meet at Garmisch, Germany. Flawless jumps and spine-tingling chills – spills that prove that even the best cannot always meet the test.
GOLDEN GLOVES:
Flailing fists and spirited contenders! With lots of heart. Not much polish and finesse about the Golden Gloves’ sub-novice bouts – But plenty of action and gameness, which draw huzza’s for both winner and loser.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1959 (UE59005)
UNVEIL NEW ATOM GENERATOR:
At the White House, President Eisenhower and Atomic Energy Commissioners present a revolutionary new device which generates electrical current from radio-activity. A mighty midget which supplies 5 watts, for a year or more of service. It does the work formerly required of ? of a ton of the best electric batteries.
16 PUPS PANIC PALERMO, ITALY:
Rubi, a local lady dog surprises her owners – it’s a surprise that brings a bonanza to Palermo’s milkman. The 16 little guys really lap it up by the gallon right out of wash-buckets.
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER AND VARIETY CLUB:
Members of the Variety Club International, which includes Kim Novak and Perry Como, pay a call to the White House. The President is given a life-time honorary membership in the show-business organization.
AUTOMOBILE AND BOAT SHOWS:
It’s an eye-filling, drooling experience getting a look at the latest in autos – and Boats! The 1959 showings in Chicago and New York uncover some glittering gadgets and some smooth-as-velvet engineering developments.
FASHION FARE:
Holland’s top designers stage a joint Fashion show in London, England. They’re style conscious down by the Zuider Zee as the smart creations go to show.
NORGE SKI MEET:
America’s top ski star, Ansten Samuelsten, Colorado Springs, again zooms and looms to top the top at the Norge Ski Meet at Fox Grove, Illinois. It’s a difficult, hazardous course, with many spectacular spills in the Slalom.
BOSTON K OF C MEET:
A sit-up-and-take-notice performance was given by 17-year old John Thomas at the Massachusetts Knights of Columbus Meet at Boston. The lad emerges from obscurity to set a new world’s indoor high jump record. 6’11 ?”. In the 600 yard event, a duel between Ed Collymore and Rudy Smith finishes with a startling nose dive.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1959 (UE59006)
AVAILABLE IN HIGH DEFINITION (HD) - Ref#: BOF-801-0502-B-603
VAST THRONG HAILS FIDEL CASTRO:
Scores of thousands massed outside Havana’s Presidential Palace, roaring their approval – as the Cuban rebel leader asks if they favor executions of Batista supporters, accused of war atrocities.
HONG KONG REFUGEES:
Camera report on the British colony of Hong Kong. Its population swollen by a million refugees who fled from Communist China during the last decade.
CECIL B. DeMILLE SUCCUMBS AT 77:
Pioneer movie-maker, famed for his Biblical epics, died in his home in California. Heart attack. Scenes show him on location directing one of the super-colossal pageants that made him one of the movie greats.
WELCOME NEIGHBOR:
Argentina’s President Arturo Frondizi is greeted by President Eisenhower at the National Airport in Washington, D.C. upon his arrival for a state visit.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY:
F.D.R. goes before the 73rd Congress with his State of the Union message. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau announces the devaluation of the dollar. Thereby causing a boom in commodities. Mounting highway deaths produce a startling, hair-raising demonstration of how-not-to drive. It results in a shambles of a crash. In Paris, the spotlight was on beautiful ears. The gadget of the year – driving goggles – replete with a “windshield wiper” for each lens.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1959 (UE59007)
AVAILABLE IN HIGH DEFINITION (HD) - Ref#: BOF-901-0502-B-603
THOUSANDS HOMELESS – 115 DIE – IN WEATHER RAMPAGE:
From the Rockies to the Appalachians, mid-winter thaws and heavy rains combine to scourge the Northeast with rampaging floods. Hardest hit are Pennsylvania and Ohio. Declared disaster areas by the President.
SHOWCASE JUSTICE IN CUBA:
Scenes of the controversial showcase justice trials in Havana’s Sports Arena show a Batista aide standing trail for his life before a military tribunal. A noisy, emotional crowd of 18,000 watch the proceedings.
FASHIONS:
German designers look forward to Mardi Gras and the cameraman captures the festive spirit – adding a “foto-fantasy” touch for a dazzling effect that runs from gala hats to snow and sun resort fashions.
WEST TOPS EAST IN ALL-STAR BASKETBALL:
In N.B.A. East-West All-Star Basketball at Detroit, Mich., the West is winner, sparked by Pettit and Elgin Baylor. Score: 124-108. Despite some brilliant play by Bob Cousy.
ROUNDTABLE SETS RECORD AT SANTA ANITA:
Roundtable sets a new Turf record in the mile and a quarter on grass at Santa Anita. Centering home by 6 lengths while carrying an amazing 132 pounds! The top money winning horse increases its earnings as well.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1959 (UE59008)
SUCCESSFUL LAUNCHING OF ATLAS CONFIRMS U.S.A. MISSILE BUILD-UP:
At Cape Canaveral, Fla., an Atlas ICBM makes a perfect take-off from its launching pad. Lending credence to President Eisenhower’s statement that the U.S.A. is not laggin in missile development. Scenes show assembly lines of successful Thor and Jupiter missiles exhibiting precision workmanship and skill. Seen are a large number of intermediate range rocket weapons now in production.
CROWN DOAXING CARNIVAL:
At Viareggio, Italy, the annual carnival is larger than ever this year. Gay. Gala. Gaudy! Scenes of boisterous merrymakers with exuberance plus are dominated by mammoth floats and figures from fable and fantasy that have become Viareggio’s trademark.
NEW YORK WELCOMES PRESIDENT OF ARGENTINA:
An estimated crowd of 300,000 line lower Broadway as New York City warmly welcomes President Arturo Frondizi with the traditional ticker tape parade down Broadway – to City Hall.
GENERAL DOUGLAS MacARTHUR CELEBRATES 79TH BIRTHDAY:
The General, in mufti, observes his 79th Birthday at his home in the Waldorf Towers, New York. He slices a five-star Birthday cake to the strains of a military band from Washington. He is surrounded by friends and former members of his staff. Congratulations pour in. One from his friend and former assistant, President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
MARCH OF DIMES FASHION SHOW:
Celebrities from Jimmy Durante to Helen Hayes aid the National Foundation’s fight on crippling diseases by parading half million dollars worth of the latest Spring creations. It’s America’s No. 1 Fashion Show. The Annual March of Dimes is its beneficiary.
SPORTS:
The most scenic and the most hazardous automobile event on the calendar is the 2,000 mile Monte Carlo rally which tests the skill and cunning of 330 drivers. In this competition, which is climaxed by a drive over the Alps no less, the race is to determine the winner of pre-calculated speed. And the drivers are forbidden to exceed speed limits. Its an incredible adventure of endurance – testing man and machine to the maximum.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1959 (UE59009)
FIRST SEA TRIALS FOR SUPER-CARRIER “INDEPENDENCE”:
The Navy’s newest aircraft carrier “INDEPENDENCE” starts her first sea trials down New York’s East River. Tugboat workers, still on strike, helped the “INDEPENDENCE” out of the Brooklyn Navy Yard and down the River. The carrier clears the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges by tilting its hinged mast.
BRITISH BATTLE WEATHER:
As Britain gropes its way through a classic “pea-soup” fog, the worst in years, researchers speed up work on a new electronic weather forecasting-reporting system.
SOVIET COMMUNIST CONGRESS:
In a seven hour address, Red Premier Nikita Khrushchev boasts to the thousands of delegates in attendance that Russia has the ICBM on mass production basis.
BAHNHOF BLASTED:
Since 1871, a West Berlin landmark, the Bahnhof is dynamited to rubble. The classic façade of the war-scarred railroad station crumbles. It’s the end of a great structure which had been inactive since 1950.
INDIA’S REPUBLIC DAY:
With pride and pageantry, India celebrates Republic Day. In New Delhi, a B.I.P. guest-spectator, the Duke of Edinburgh, watches the colorful parade. Later he visits India’s great Bhakra Dam. A massive engineering achievement.
52ND ANNUAL MILLROSE GAMES – JOHN THOMAS – DON BRAGG – TOPPLE RECORDS:
At New York’s Madison Square Garden, the Millrose meet brings multiple upsets. In the exciting Track and Field competition Paul Winder tops Olympic dash champion Bobby Morrow in the 60-yard event. Don (Tarzan) Bragg pole-vaults to a new indoor mark, 15-6 1/2, for a Garden record. And in another first, Boston U’s, 17-year old freshmen, sensational John Thomas clears high jump bar at seven feet setting world record for indoor mark.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1959 (UE59010)
LOCKHEED ELECTRA TURBO-JET CRASHES INTO EAST RIVER:
The nation’s newest, turbo-prop airliner, in service just less than a month, falls into River with 72 aboard. The plane, inbound from Chicago missed its approach in foul weather taking a life toll of 65. Lucky survivors tell of the harrowing experience. Among them a brave boy of 8.
FASHION FANCIES:
Returning curves to their proper place is the latest edict from the fashion salons. Top Italian couturier’s show their Spring-Summer collection in the Pitti Palace of Florence. They echo the French preference for the return of normal lines. With emphasis on feminity.
SPEED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Lake Como, at St. Paul, is the setting for the National Speed Skating Championships. For both genders. Thrills, close to clover, are provided in every category. With topnotchers Joanne Omelenchuk and Kenny Batholomew defending their titles against formidable contenders.
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