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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1967 (UE67022)
VIET SNIPERS
In rice paddies near Bongson Airbase, American GI's chase and finally route a force of Vietcong troops. It's a rugged battle, fought tree to tree, with grenades and sniper fire pinning U.S. Forces down. Victory comes with 1 American Dead, 4 wounded...but much higher enemy casualties.
LASER TRANSMISSION
Georgetown University physicist, Dr. William Thaler, displays his new laser beam, allowing the light to carry information. Future use may include a half-million phone messages or 100 thousand TV Stations!
MEDAL OF HONOR
President Johnson presents the Medal of Honor to Army medic Lawrence Joel of Fayetteville, North Carolina, who ignored enemy fire to treat wounded buddies in Vietnam. The enemy was a mere thirty feet away while Joel ministered to his fallen comrades.
THE SNOWDENS
Britain's Princess Margaret and her husband, Lord Snowden, answer marriage break-up rumors with a New York reunion and a Nassau vacation. New York: a brief meeting, their first in several weeks. Nassau: They Pose for cameramen at "Lyford Cay."
HAT FASHIONS
In London, ladie's Spring and Summer hats are shown by designed Simone Mirman. Among the highlights: flower helmets, maximum-brims, flower hats-and-matching-collar ensembles, and gigantic flower-petal toppers. Say the critics, "sporty, feminine, gay!"
TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS
At the NCAA Track Championships in Detroit, Dave Patrick of Villanova sets a new world board-track half-mile record of one minute, forty-eight and nine-tenths seconds, beating Jim Ryun by twelve yards. Ryun wins in the mile in three minutes, fifty-eight and six-tenths seconds. His fourth under-four-minutes mile this year.
RUGGER FIGHT
Rival Medical Schools in London battle it out in their annual rugby football game and attendant riot. Each year, this event involves even the spectators, throwing sacks of flour and using high-power firehoses. Final score: 1 injured, 1 pub wrecked!
SKIING
French skiers dominate the North American Alpine Championships on Cannon Mountain, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire. Jean-Claude Killy takes both the downhill and the slalom, while Jimmy Huega finishes a close second in the slalom and American girls finish near the top. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1967 (UE67023)
NATO MOVES
At St.-Germaine-en-Lay, France, brief, formal ceremonies mark the closing of U.S. Military Command headquarters. In all, 26 thousand NATO troops leave France by order of President DeGaulle. New Headquarters: Stuttgart, Germany. The end of an Era.
KHRUSHCHEV
Former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev makes a rare public appearance as he casts his ballot for the man who helped to depose him, Premier Kosygin. Crowds showed respect and affection for him as he strolled to the polling place.
INVENTIONS
Newest things at the International Inventors' Exhibition in Brussels includes: a folding desk to foil a robber; a cord-less electronic telephone, antiseasickboat seats; a tiny, hand-sized sewing machine, and a table that's really several.
ELECTRIC CAR
In the Senate Garage on Capitol Hill, Congressmen check-out a group of electric automobiles. Battery-powered, silent, and free of gasoline exhaust fumes, the electric car is seen as the car of the future to help anti-pollution drives in the cities.
BEEF TRUST
Would-be chorus girls, all over 200 pounds each, audition for a upcoming show about famous "Beef Trust" gals of vaudeville days. They go through some surprisingly active dancing routines and they total about twenty tons of talent from top to toe!
FRENCH FASHIONS Top French couturiers show their new summer fashions including an Arab-type trousered evening dress by Lanvin, a Dior dress and coat of sacking trimmed in leather, and a long evening beach dress by Pierre Cardin. Eye-filling...and wallet-emptying!
COUNTESS PREMIERE
A glittering American premiere for Universal's "A Countess From Hong Kong," attracts the top figures from society, the diplomatic corps, and the film industry. The premiere is a benefit for "Research to Prevent Blindness," founded by MCA Board Chairman Jules Stein.
SNOWBALL FIGHT
What starts as "Spring Fever," develops into a massive, and dangerous, snowball fight on the campus of Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Dean Seymour draws the students' fire to get them back on campus. A thousand dollars damage is reported.
L.A. DODGERS
At their Vero Beach, Florida, spring training camp, defending National League Champs, the L.A. Dodgers take the measure of the visiting Tokyo Giants, six to two. Manager Walter Alston...all smiles...enjoys his Dodgers' performance.
SKI FLYING At Vikersund, Norway, Austria's Rheinhold Bachler sets a new world ski-flying record on his first try. He soars 154 Meters, or 505 feet, more than 12 feet further than the old record. Stiff winds bothered him not at all! |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1967 (UE67024)
FIRST CAVALRY
U.S. First Cavalry troops clash with North Vietnamese regulars on the central coastal plain of South Vietnam, near Bong Son. Heavy automatic weapons and sniper fire pin down our men. Two are killed, thirteen wounded. Four of the enemy are also killed.
AUSTRALIAN FLOODS
Queensland, in northern Australia, experiences widespread damaging floods after three days of torrential rains. More than four thousand people are evacuated. Farms are ruined, many head of cattle are drowned. Up to fifty inches of rain pelted the area.
RUSSIAN HELICOPTERS
The world's largest helicopter, a Russian "Mil-Ten," shows its potential in London by lifting a bus, complete with 28 passengers. Nicknamed "The Flying Crane," the giant 'copter can handle up to twenty tons with ease.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE
Braving snow and low temperatures, some 120 thousand march up Fifth Avenue in the annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade. 122,000 marchers trudge the frigid three-mile route while more thousands along the route cheered the hardy procession.
CELEBRITY SCULPTURES
Italian journalist Bruno Marini's hobby is carving clay statuettes of famous contemporary figures. President DeGaulle joins Stalin, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Khrushchev . . . and Sinatra!
RHODESIAN FASHIONS
In Salisbury, Rhodesia, they observe their first "National Fashion Week," showing clothes designed and made there. Included in the collection: swim suits, play-suits, and slacksuits. Also evening dresses, cocktail trouser suits, and matching evening ensembles.
NCAA BASKETBALL
The Eastern Regional finals have Boston College matched against the University of North Carolina, The Tar Heels win, 96 to 80 and advance to meet Dayton. UCLA, with Lew Alcindor, is the tournament favorite, aiming for their third title in a row.
SKI RACE
World Cup Skiing Competition in Vail, Colorado, as France, led by incredible Jean-Claude Killy squeezes by a scrappy Austrian team. Austria's Erika Schinegger places first in the women's down-hill. Killy has already won the Men's Cup. The U.S. finished third.
WELL RESCUE
2-year old Theresa Fragia is rescued from a 28-foot well in her Texas backyard, after spending nine hours trapped there. Rescue workers had to dig a parallel shaft, then tunnel through to the girl. She was miraculously unhurt except for a few scratches. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1967 (UE67025)
SPRING
Spring arrives in New York but brings with it an un-seasonal snowfall of up to ten inches; traffic is clogged, buses, trains, and airlines delayed. It's one of the heaviest late-season snowfalls for the Big City but the kids enjoy the sudden school holiday with abandon.
TEXAS DROUGHT
The disastrous six-month drought in the Southwest kills off cattle and ruins crops. Water must be bought at coin-operated towers and trucked to dying herds. Farmers face further economic setbacks next month when they are faced to sell their calves at a loss.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON ON GUAM
President Johnson arrives at Guam for two-day top level strategy conferences with South Vietnam leaders. Later, Hanoi reveals its rejection of an earlier offer for direct negotiations with the U.S. The talks end and American officials predict no change in the war.
BICYCLE TRANSPORT
Films from Hanoi's news agency show a primitive bicycle transportation system, used to keep supply lines open. U.S. bombing raids in the north have forced the Cong to resort to this crude method of transport.
NOISE MACHINE
Zurich installs a clock to end all clocks. It's a functioning timepiece, surrealistically designed, and located in a central location. But for fifteen nerve shattering minutes, each morning and afternoon, it sounds of weird noises. The locals are up in arms!
MEDICAL SIMULATOR
Something new in medical training, a computerized dummy which simulates almost any possible function and reaction of a normal human patient. It speeds the training of medical students who are shown any likely medical emergency they may encounter.
COLLEGE VACATIONS
The annual exodus to Fort Lauderdale brings vacationing college students from all over the country. Local law officials are on guard against the riots of past years, and have provided organized reaction such as street dances and supervised activities.
TWIGGY
Britain's top "mini-model" arrives in New York for a visit. She is "Twiggy", a 17 year old skinny Cockney girl who weighs 92 pounds and measures 31-22-32! Her boyfriend-manager answers most of the questions from the press and "Twiggy" most wants to go to Disneyland.
"MILLIE" PREMIERE
The New York World Premiere of Universal's lavish color-musical, "Thoroughly Modern Millie", attracts stars and celebrities. Beatrice Lillie, May Tyler Moore, Carol Channing, and James Fox all attend. The critics hail all, including Julie Andrews, as delightful while acclaiming the film as one of the season's big hits.
CYCLE RACE
Daredevil motorcycle riders compete in the nation's richest, longest, and fastest 'cycle race, the "Daytona 200". Spills are frequent and the pace is dangerously fast. Gary Nixon of Baltimore wins, setting a lap average record of over 98 miles an hour, and gets $5,000. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1967 (UE67026)
VIETNAM SERVICES
Although the ground war has recently accelerated, American fighting men take time for an important spiritual duty, the observance of the Easter-Passover season, Field services for all branches and all faiths are conducted and the GI's show a deep reverence.
PIER FIRE
Three-quarters of 1,000-foot Staten Island Pier is destroyed in a huge flash-fire fed by bales of natural rubber, A Norwegian freighter was damaged and towed away to anchorage. Exact cause undetermined by luckily, no injuries reported
ADEN RIOTS
Street riots in the British colony of Auen in South Arabia as students protest the forthcoming arrival of U.N. mission which would help in the transition toward national independence. Fifty-five are arrested but strikes and more violence is expected.
FORT LAUDERDALE
Collegians wind up their annual beach frolic at Fort Lauderdale, and the final scorecard is an improvement, two brief beer-can throwing battles with police are the only major disturbances of the week-long celebration. Some 300 arrests, most non-students, are on minor charges.
KITE FLYING
The first annual "Kite Carnival" is held on the grounds of the Washington Monument, sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution. Some 200 entries, all shapes and sizes, make the day lively. Even a "kite hospital" stands by to repair any kites snared by angry trees.
BASKETBALL
UCLA routs Dayton in the final game of the NCAA tourney, 79 to 64, Towering Lew Alcindor, the Bruins' 7-foot, 1-inch superstar, scores twenty points in another brilliant effort. UCLA wraps up the tournament championship with a season record of 30 wins and no losses.
GIRL POOL PLAYER
At the World Pocket Billiards Championships, little 7-year old Jean Balukas wields a mean cue stick. Although too young for competition, her exhibition marks her as a star of the future. She cleans the table like a pint-sized "Minnesota Fats."
MOTOR CROSS The top motorcycle riders in Europe are in the saddle for an international motor-cross even. The bikes go flying uphill and down at near record speeds, while the riders risk serious injury from sudden spills. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1967 (UE67027)
TANKER BOMBED
While the wreckage of the Tanker Torrey Canyon, still spilling its cargo of 120,000-tons of oil, off the coast of England, the Government authorized the Royal Navy and Air Force to destroy it with rockets and napalm bombs to keep the oil afire. A necessary step to protect its beaches and wild life from oil pollution.
SUMMIT CONFERENCE
The picturesque Uruguayan resort town of Puenta Del Este will be the meeting place for the North and South American nations summit conference. The entire town prepares for the visiting dignitaries. A rambling white brick cutrock house will be Lyndon B. Johnson's "white house".
LYNDON B. JOHNSON GREETS PREMIER
The White House rolls out the red carpet to welcome Prime Minister Mohammed Hashim Maiwandwal of Afghanistan. Mrs. Johnson and Secretary of State Dean Rusk join in the welcome.
PREMIER VISITS ORPHANAGE
Premier Ky and Madam Ky visit an orphanage in a Saigon suburb, The children, orphaned by the Vietnam war, to find lives for themselves get a new lease on life when Ky and his wife present to the kids along with a grant to keep the orphanage running.
U.S. FASHIONS
American clothing manufacturers making a broad effort to capture the European market send a fashion troup to tour European capitals, With bare back culotte, sparkling black lace mini-skirt evening dresses; silver spangled bathing suits and evening slack outfits they may lead the fashion parade.
CAR RACE
The 108-mile Guards International Formula Two Race at Shetterton, England abounds with thrills and spills. The race ended in disaster for England's Chris Irwin and Andrew Flatcher who collided. Another crash scatters some panicked spectators while the race continues.
YACHT RACE
Dame Pattie, a new contender for the right to represent Australia in September's America's Cup, outsailed Gretel in the first of a new series of selection trial races off Sydney Head, Australia.
SKI PARTY
Disciples of the ski cult find an excuse to celebrate the rites of Spring. In wacky costumes to fit the mood and 65 degree weather they trip the snow fantastic with somersaulting and general clowning. Dancing skiers frug on skis to the beat of a rock 'n roll band. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1967 (UE67029)
ADEN RIOTS: ...AND FLOODS!
Rival Arab nationalists battle both British Troops and each other in the South Arabian English protectorate of Aden, about to determine its national independence. Four Arabs killed, 24 wounded; 10 soldiers wounded. Also, floods drown two; maroon scores as Aden is rocked by Mother Nature!
LUKEMIA "CURE?"
A 9-year old Dallas boy goes back to school, after treatment with a new enzyme drug which removes all trace of leukemia from his blood. Doctors in Dallas maintain a strict "wait-and-see" attitude until clinical testing and further observation of Frankie Hayes gives them further proof that this may be a cancer breakthrough!
TRAIN WRECK
A train derails near Osaka, Japan, killing five people, injuring 205. A stalled gravel truck on a crossing caused the accident. Two coaches fall into a river bed which was nearly dry...but in the past has been 500 feet wide!
DEMOLITION
Blasting experts come up with a new technique of leveling a building in Prague. Two blasts, only a split-second apart, demolishes the place in the neatest explosion of the year. The force of the second blast causes the walls to fall inward on itself.
TURBO-BOAT
A new French turbo-boat knocks 'em dead off the coast of France. It uses the turbo-reaction principle of water-propulsion. A turbine engine sucks in, and a propulsion chamber blows out...and the boat really "flys." It's low in price, too!
DOLPHINS
Dolphins from Miami Beach arrive in Montreal to perform at their World's Fair. "Expo '67." The transport of these warm-water mammals is tricky, but they're right at home in a heated pool, warm as the Gulfstream!
LISTON FIGHT
Former heavyweight champ Sonny Liston, fighting in Sweden, puts away Philadelphia's Dave Bailey in two minutes and twenty-two seconds of the first round in a scheduled ten-rounder. Swedish fans boo...but Sonny smiles; he's thinking of a comeback title-shot.
AIR MUSEUM
Days of World War I "Flying Aces" are commemorated at British "open-air" museum as Bristol Fighters are rolled out...and up into the skies. Two of these aircraft are the sole survivors of a time when Britain...and America... used planes for the first time in war. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1967 (UE67030)
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KOREA PLANE CRASH
55 dead and seven missing in Korea's worst air disaster in history. A Korean Air Force transport plane crashed into the heart of a slum area, plowing into a church, then setting homes on fire. Engine failure is suspected. All 11 aboard the plane were killed.
KIDNAPPED BOY
11-year old Kenneth Young of Beverly Hills_;" after four days as a kidnapper's prisoner, is returned home safe, His financier father paid a quarter-million ransom. The boy was left bound and blindfolded, in a parked car, from which he escaped and phoned his dad.
ANTI-POLLUTION MUFFLER
Ten of Manhattan's busses get special anti-pollution mufflers in a 6-month experiment to check their performance. They claim to cut Diesel exhaust fumes and odors by fifty per cent. They're already used in Detroit and they're good in trucks, too!
FUEL CELL TRUCK
Four fuel cells power an experimental U.S. Army truck, and also operate its weaponry and communications equipment. The cells produce electricity by chemical oxidation, driving the truck up to 40 MPH.
AFRICAN CHIEF
Solemn, colorful, primitive ceremonies mark the swearing-in of a new chief of the Guto Tribe, largest in all Rhodesia. The new 70-year old Chief, is the center of all pomp and military honors. Premier Smith's all-white regime has given new powers to the Chiefs.
AUTOMATED R.R. TICKET MACHINE
Japan's railroads, among the world's fastest and best, become more automated each year. Newest wrinkle: automatic ticket-selling and change-making machines. No waiting, no lines, great service for commuters!
FASHIONS
Newest fashions, all machine-washable, for the housewife go on display in Manhattan, Among the show-stoppers, mini skirts and dresses, culottes, short-pants suits, even baby dresses, All of them are of cotton or washable synthetics, including the silver, mini-disco-dress.
THE MASTERS
Former Augusta National parking lot attendant, Gay Brewer, wins the Masters, with a "masterful" 280 total, beating Bobby Nichols by one. Day before final round, Yancey, Boros, and Nichols tie for first place; Hogan and Brewer tie for second, A final round 67 gives Brewer the Masters title, symbolic jacket . . . and 20 thousand dollars!
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