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Newsreels: 1959 Review HEADLINES
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keywords: vp richard m. nixon, russian premier nikita khrushchev, president dwight d. eisenhower, space race, st. lawrence seaway, hawaii statehood, shah of iran, former secretary of state john foster dulles, tibet, china militarization
Synopsis: Vice-President Richard M. Nixon Visits Russia, Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev Tours America, President Dwight D. Eisenhower Tours Free World Nations, Reds Satellite Sends Pictures Back Of The Moon, United States Continues Preparations For Manned Spaceflight, Cuba Marks First Year Under The Dictator Fidel Castro, The St. Lawrence Seaway Opens Between Canada And The United States, Hawaii Becomes The 50th State Of The Union, Prince Akihito Of Japan Marries, Rockefeller Son Marries, The Shah Of Iran Marries, Japan Ravaged By Typhoon, Former Secretary Of State John Foster Dulles Passes Away, Tibet Becomes A Bloody Repetition Of Hungary, Red-Backed Forces Menace Nation Of Laos, Grave Concern Over China's Military Expansion...(read more)
- Date: 1959
- Duration: 00:06:55
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: The World
Russia
Vice-President Richard M. Nixon Visits Russia
Vice-President Nixon’s visits Russia and debates with Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
United States
Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev Tours America
Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s launches a fabulous, flamboyant tour of America.
Worldwide
President Dwight D. Eisenhower Tours Free World Nations
President Eisenhower’s begins a historic and unprecedented tour of 11 Free World Nations.
Russia
Reds Satellite Sends Pictures Back Of The Moon
Reds satellite reaches the moon and giving mankind its first glimpse of the other side.
United States
United States Continues Preparations For Manned Spaceflight
America making major strides in preparing for man’s first actual voyage into space.
Cuba
Cuba Marks First Year Under The Dictator Fidel Castro
Cuba’s first year under the reign of Fidel Castro.
United States
The St. Lawrence Seaway Opens Between Canada And The United States
The opening of the Canadian-U.S. St. Lawrence Seaway is held in joint ceremonies by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth of England.
United States
Hawaii Becomes The 50th State Of The Union
Hawaii follows Alaska into the Union, with exultant celebrations throughout the Islands marking a dream fulfilled.
Japan
Prince Akihito Of Japan Marries
Prince Akihito of Japan marries Mishiko Shoda.
United States
Rockefeller Son Marries
Multi-millionaire’s son Stephen Rockefeller weds a former family maid, Anne Marie Rasmussen.
Iran
The Shah Of Iran Marries
The Shah of Iran marries a former bobby-soxer, Farah Diba.
Japan
Japan Ravaged By Typhoon
Japan is ravaged by the worst typhoon in its history, with a toll of 5,000 lives.
United States
Former Secretary Of State John Foster Dulles Passes Away
John Foster Dulles passed away after a long and valiant fight against cancer.
Tibet
Tibet Becomes A Bloody Repetition Of Hungary
Communist China manifested its growing aggressiveness, by turning Tibet into a bloody repetition of Hungary. The Dalai Lama and thousands of his subjects flee to India, which later in the year is embroiled in armed clashes with Red China over border disputes.
Laos
Red-Backed Forces Menace Nation Of Laos
Red puppet forces menace the tiny but strategic nation of Laos.
China
Grave Concern Over China's Military Expansion
Grave omens for the future from the rapidly mobilizing masses of mainland China.
