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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 (UE59061)
NIXON’S TRIUMPHAL TOUR:
Nearly 4,000 crowd the airport to greet Vice-President Nixon with a hero’s ovation on his return from touring the Soviet and Poland. After a speech in which he urges that America show courtesy to Khrushchev on his coming visit, he proceeds to the White House where he confers with Ike. Scenes show the enthusiastic reception given Mr. Nixon in Poland, where crowds lined the streets to cheer him.
ROOF-TOP FASHION PARADE:
In an amazing roof-top garden in London, a showing of the fall and winter collection of one of Britain’s top designers, with heavy emphasis on tweeds and woolens, but featuring as well evening gowns of outstanding grace and elegance.
WEIGHT-LIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS:
At America’s “muscle metropolis”, York, Pa., the AAU National Weight-lifting Championships, which gives the would-be Hercules some truly staggering labors. The winners come through with astounding feats.
BERLIN GRAND PRIX:
The Grand Prix of Germany, one of the select events leading to the world’s auto racing championship, on the hazardous Avus track. The pace is blistering – one car rolls over, throwing the driver who miraculously escapes the terrifying spill – but only 6 of 15 cars finish. The winners, 3 Ferraris, topped by Britain’s Tony Brooks with a record 139 m.p.h.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1959 (UE59062)
“EYE IN THE SKY”:
EXPLORER VI, a 142-pound “paddle-wheel” satellite is fired into orbit from Cape Canaveral, equipped to draw power from solar energy and carrying a crude vision device to radio back pictures of the earth and its cloud cover as seen from the vantage of outer space.
BLAST RIPS TOWN:
Roseburg, Oregon is ripped by the explosion of a truck carrying 6 ? tons of explosives, in the center of the business district. An eight block area is blasted to rubble, with buildings 28 blocks around badly damaged. The toll, $10 million in property, and at least 13 dead.
ROCKEFELLER ROMANCE:
In Norway, Steven Rockefeller, scion of New York’s millionaire Governor, and his fiancée, pretty Anne Marie Rasmussen, finally meet the press after weeks of headlines about them.
HAWAIIAN HURRICANE:
The shores of our 50th State are lashed by an angry sea of Hurricane Dot pushes inland with winds in excess of 100 miles an hour. Extensive damage is reported, from Waikiki to the northern-most island of Kauai.
ATOMIC FLAT-TOP:
At Newport News, construction proceeds on the mammoth U.S.S. Enterprise, the Navy’s first atomic-powered flat-top, which will be powered by 8 reactors. Bigger even than the Forrestal-class super-carriers.
“BETTER BEE” TAKES EQUIPOISE MILE:
At Arlington Park, near Chicago, “ROUND TABLE”, turfdom’s top money maker, falters. “Belleau Chief” and “Better Bee” duel for the big money in the stretch – a thriller with “Better Bee” nosing across the wire for a 9-1 triumph.
MAVEERICK WINS GOLD CUP:
A slide rule victory in the Gold Cup, Seattle’s hydroplane classic. The winner is Maverick, with the best total elapsed time in three heats, an average speed of over 104 miles an hour. It takes the judges 2 hours to make the key decision!
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1959 (UE59063)
IKE’S GETTYSBURG PRESS CONFERENCE:
President Eisenhower’s first press conference in Gettysburg is marked by the Chief Executive’s comments on Nikita Khrushchev’s coming visit. Ike tells newsmen what he would like the Soviet Premier to see of America.
FORMOSA FLOODS:
The worst floods in over a century bring disaster truly staggering in scope to Formosa. Some 650 are dead, hundreds more missing, and a quarter of a million homeless. Even as rescue and relief work begins, the threat of famine, epidemic and of new rains menace the Island’s recovery.
ROAD-E-O:
In Washington, D.C., the 8th Annual Junior Chamber of Commerce Safe Driving Road-E-O. Top teenage drivers put their cars through demanding tests of skill and judgment.
TOP GYMNASTS:
America’s top gymnasts go through their paces in a two-day series of events at West Point to select the United States team that will compete in the coming Pan-American games. Brilliant performances on parallel bars, trampoline, and horizontal bar.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO:
The beginning of the final chapter in the crime story of the decade – the solution of the LINDBERGH KIDNAPPING. A two-year manhunt ends when a police net closes on BRUNO RICHARD HAUPTMANN. Scenes show his arrest, the damning evidence found in the Bronx carpenter’s garage, MRS. HAUPTMANN, the men who led the manhunt – J. EDGAR HOOVER and COL. SCHWARTZKOPF – and the dramatic courtroom battles in which Hauptmann fought against extradition to New Jersey for trial on charges of kidnapping and murder. One of the most dramatic episodes in the story of the crime that perhaps more than any other shocked and aroused America, 25 years ago.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1959 (UE59064)
LANDSLIDE WRECKS HOLLYWOOD SUBURB:
A Sudden landslide plays havoc with the wealthy Hollywood suburb of Palisades Park, not far from Will Rogers State Beach where earth slippage early this year caused heavy damage. Palatial dwellings are devastated by the irresistible slides, and new damage threatened.
HALSEY MOURNED:
America mourns Admiral William Halsey, dead at the age of 76. Scenes recall his leadership in the Pacific when his 3rd Fleet ranged the Pacific in one of the classic naval campaigns of all time, from the dark days after Pearl Harbor to the triumphal climax when he strafed Japan itself.
“BLACK GOLD”:
A new road-surfacing compound, that can be brewed in any asphalt plant, offers glad tidings to taxpayers and motorists alike with its ease of installation, truly incredible stability and economic durability.
AUSTRIAN FLOODS:
Austria’s worst floods in living memory rampage the tiny nation for a week. Countless thousands, Austrians and tourists are trapped by the raging waters. Many homes are destroyed, and communications disrupted as the damage reaches $75 million.
ITALIAN FASHIONS:
Style notes for the coming season from Italy’s top designers, who defy Parisian dictates with a new emphasis on the simple rather than the sophisticated, and win the nod of foreign buyers for daytime and evening wear alike.
ROUND-MANHATTAN SWIM:
A shapely mother of 3 swims completely around Manhattan Island to celebrate the 300th Anniversary of Henry Hudson’s voyage of discovery. Diane Struble does the 28.8 miles in only 11 hours.
ALL-STAR FOOTBALL:
At Chicago’s Soldiers Field, the pro grid champion Baltimore Colts run wild against the College All-Stars. Their devastating attack spearheaded by Johnny Unitas’ brilliant passing, the Colts win 29-0.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1959 (UE59065)
YELLOWSTONE QUAKE:
A ripple in the earth’s crust brings devastation and terror to one of America’s favorite vacationlands. One of the worst earthquakes of this century in America centers on southwest Montana, near Yellowstone Park. The top of 8,000 foot mountain, 50 million tons of earth and rock thunders down in a titanic landslide – directly across a forest campground, taking a heavy toll and trapping hundreds between the heaped rock and a weakened dam upstream. Air force helicopters evacuate survivors and carry on a grim hunt for victims.
KANSAS CITY GASOLINE BLAST:
In Kansas City, Kansas, firemen in a desperate 6-hour battle with a raging gasoline fire that starts at a bulk service station, and touches off huge storage tanks, sending flames hundreds of feet in the air and rocking the city! Blazing gasoline deluges firefighters!
ATLANTIC FLEET MANEUVERS:
The Atlantic Fleet’s crack sub-killers go through their paces in three days of spectacular maneuvers, unleashing the latest and most deadly missile weapons in their arsenal during a 3-day visit by the Secretary of the Navy. Afterwards he takes the helm of the A-Sub SKIPJACK.
KIRK DOUGLAS IN NEW YORK:
Kirk Douglas, star of “Spartacus”, 9-million dollar spectacle of ancient Rome, its gladiators and warriors, arrives in New York to discuss the film’s release with U-I officials.
RENAISSANCE RODEO:
The annual Sienna, “Palio”, a rough and tumble horse race round the village square, which carries forward the splendor of the Renaissance with its lavish pageantry and fierce rivalry between local factions.
ALL-STAR BASKETBALL:
At Monticello, New York, All-Star Basketball for the benefit of the stricken player Maurice Stokes. Bob Cousy heads a roster of established NBA stars, but the most brilliant performance of the day is staged by the fabulous “Wilt the Stilt” Chamberlain, who’s voted most valuable in the game!
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1959 (UE59066)
THE FIFTIETH STATE:
In a multiple pen signing at the White House, President Eisenhower proclaims and acclaims HAWAII, the 50th State, and unfurls the new Old Glory that will fly on July Fourth, next.
THE ROCKEFELLER WEDDING:
Steven Rockefeller takes his bride in Soegne, Norway, in the happy climax of a modern fairy tale.
RLINGTON HANDICAP:
Round Table sets a new world record for the mile and three sixteenths in a photo finish at Chicago’s Arlington Park.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO:
The burning of the luxury liner Morro Castle provided a grim end to summer 1934.
Summer had its happier moments, too; James Farley opened a new Post Office in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Lawson Little began his big career on the links.
Vanderbilt Yacht, Rainbow, came back after two losses to sweep four in a row and retain the America’s Cup over the British entry Endeavour.
A new plane came off the drawing board for a successful flight and back to obscurity; another inventor tried his wings and went down. The “Good Old Times” had their tragic, happy and zany moments.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1959 (UE59067)
BONN HAILS EISENHOWER:
President Eisenhower is acclaimed by three hundred and fifteen thousand West Germans on the first leg of European tour before meeting with Khrushchev. Eisenhower declares that the United States will stand by West Berlin.
GERTRUDE EDERLE REMEMBERS:
Gertrude Ederle relives her historic New York City reception of 1926 after becoming the first woman to swim the English Channel.
BOMB PROOF HOUSE:
A housing development near Denver shows a new extra in a model house; a fall-out shelter. With 8-inch re-enforced concrete walls, it may be the best in preparation for the worst.
FUN AND SKILL ON TRAMPOLINE:
An exhibition of fancy flying from the trampoline and the high diving platform in Bad Kissingen, Germany.
ICE SHOW PREVIEW:
The twentieth edition of the extravaganza on ice is a good, fast moving sign of cooler weather ahead, as the Ic Capades opens in Atlantic City.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1959 (UE59068)
IKE’S TOUR MAKES HISTORY:
Scenes of Ike’s tour of the Western allies’ capitals in a supreme effort to win relaxation of cold war tensions, a momentous feat of statesmanship, and an urgent prelude to Khrushchev’s Washington visit. In England, Ike is hailed by enthusiastic throngs, and spends a day with the entire Royal family at Balmoral Castle, in an aside from his main business – lengthy talks of unprecedented informality with Prime Minister Macmillan.
DE GAULLE IN ALGIERS:
President Charles De Gaulle of France visits Algiers, on the eve of his talks with Ike. Here the 5-year old war with Nationalist rebels continues its grim and costly course, and DeGaulle still seeks some settlement satisfactory to settlers, the Army, and the rebels.
LAOS BATTLES RED ATTACK:
The tiny southeast Asia Kingdom of Laos, strategic key to the rich rice-bowl area of the Orient, receives shipments of emergency military aid from the U.S., as Communist forces launch a major offensive.
KAYAK THRILLER:
In Spain, one of the Continent’s top aqua sports events, the descent of the Sella River. The shores of the fast, shallow, stream are lined with spectators as white-water daredevils from all over Europe race to a thrilling finish.
CHANNEL SWIM:
The annual maritime marathon across the English Channel with contestants battling a fierce sea, swells as high as 9 feet. 16 can’t find their boats and turn back – only 9 finish under their own power.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1959 (UE59069)
IKE GREETS WAR COMRADES – GETS OVATION IN PARIS:
On the eve of his departure from London, Ike is host to 28 colleagues and war-time comrades, including Sir Winton Churchill, and certain critics of his war strategy! Later, in Paris, Ike receives one of the greatest welcomes anywhere on his consultative tour of our NATO allies. One million hail him and President De Gaulle.
SEA HARVEST FOR FREE CHINA:
Formosa, much of this year’s crops destroyed by recent storms, earthquake and typhoon, gets a bountiful harvest from the sea as the fishing fleet goes out escorted by Navy and Air Force units as protection against harassment by mainland Reds.
STYLE SHOW ON THE SEINE:
A preview of Manguin’s fall and winter lines – some of the most attractive and elegant from the City of Light – shown against the incomparable scenic background of a trip down the Seine.
MARTIAL PAGEANTRY:
In Delft, Holland, the grand climax of an 8-day Tattoo, a spectacular review in which every military band in the country took part. Thrilling music and magnificently stirring martial pageantry.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1959 (UE59070)
FIGHTING IN LAOS INCREASES:
The Communist offensive in Laos changes from guerilla skirmishing to classic field warfare as battalions of Red troops cross the frontier from North Vietnam, with the heaviest weapons so far used in the 6 weeks old war to launch a massive attack that drives back defending government forces.
SQUAB MOB:
Report on a city that’s gone to the birds. Venice, the city of lagoons and canals, completely taken over by the squad mob, which from its base in the great square of St. Marks, dominates the famous scene, to the delight of hordes of tourists.
CANAL HOPPING:
A new sport in Holland, canal hopping. The answer to a pole vaulter’s problem in a land laced with a network of canals. Losing carries an automatic booby-prize, a dunking!
WATER SKIING:
Austrian water-skiers, one of them number 2 in world rankings, show their prowess in a thrilling tourney. One ski slaloms, and hurdles, with spectacular good form, and some spectacular spills as well.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO:
One of the most sensational, and chilling, newsreel stories of all time – the assassination of King Alexander in Marseilles, and the vengeful crowd’s assault on the killer!
Nome, Alaska, is razed to ground by fire.
One of the worst typhoons ever lashes Japan, taking a fearful toll.
The Miss America Beauty contest fills Madison Square Garden with platoons of beauties.
And – the zaniest in hairdos – a liquid cellophane wave-set!
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