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Newsreels: 1954 - July 8
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keywords: cold war, guatemala, colonel carlos castillo armas, anti-communist rebellion, coup d'etat, austria, health and medicine, underground mine health spa, amsterdam zoo, baby hippo, underwater feeding, helicopter industry, rh-1 pinwheel ultra-light helicopter, quadripod helicopter, nuclear warfare, us navy, ship radioactive decontamination, us army, mini-jeep transport, military logistical supply, sports, 22nd swiss-american gymnastic festival, synchronized gymnastics, pommel horse, parallel bars, italy, po river, power boat racing, speed boat competition, amateur sports, jeep mud racing, the ridgerunners
Synopsis: Pro-US Coup D'etat In Communist Guatemala!, Underground Mine Becomes Health Spa In Austria, Crowds Enthralled With New Baby Hippo At Amsterdam Zoo, Rocket Powered Helicopter Is Demonstrated, US Navy Demonstrates Measure To Protect Against Radioactive Fallout, US Army Demonstrates Its Mini Jeep Supply Transport, Precision Calisthenics At Gymnastic Festival High Speed Boat Racing In Italy, Jeep Mud Racing Becoming Popular...(read more)
- Date: 1954
- Duration: 00:06:23
- Sound: No
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States, Austria, Holland, Italy, Guatemala
Pro-US Coup D'etat In Communist Guatemala!
Colonel Castillo Armas arrives back in Guatemala after ousting the Red regime in a 2-week revolt in which he was joined by a military junta. Elected President, he launches a purge of Communists who carried out a campaign of murder and torture that claimed the lives of hundreds. Anti-Communist survivors show the scars of brutal beatings that took place in the panic-filled last days of the Red regime.
Underground Mine Becomes Health Spa In Austria
Hailed as a miracle for arthritis and rheumatism sufferers is a new spa located in a mine. Patients are taken deep below ground where a temperature of 115 degrees bakes out the crippling ailments.
Crowds Enthralled With New Baby Hippo At Amsterdam Zoo
Mother and baby Hippo are doing nicely at the Amsterdam Zoo. Enthralled throngs watch the baby hippo follow mama into their pool at feeding time when baby Kitty gets her milk underwater.
Rocket Powered Helicopter Is Demonstrated
First films of the Pinwheel – the first rocket-powered helicopter. A tiny, ultra-lightweight craft on a stilt-like landing gear, it’s the successful result of four years development.
US Navy Demonstrates Measure To Protect Against Radioactive Fallout
The Navy reveals a unique protective measure against radioactive fallout. Huge sprinklers bathe the entire weather surface of a cruiser and carrier in a moving mist of seawater, washing “hot” particles overboard before they can contaminate paint and metal.
US Army Demonstrates Its New Mini Jeep Supply Transport
Under the mournful eyes of a mule 'Rocky Mountain Canary', the Army’s new mechanical mule goes through its paces – a low slung rugged cross-country cargo carrier designed for operation in any climate, over any terrain.
Precision Calisthenics At Gymnastic Festival
Precision calisthenics in the 22nd Swiss-American Gymnastic Festival, held in the West for the first time. Skill and timing are at a premium – and these Swiss-Americans keep time with the best.
High Speed Boat Racing In Italy
Continental outboard jockeys scorch down the Po River, vying for the European title. One collision, spills and splashes a-plenty make the finals a thriller, with Switzerland’s Schiller scooting in the winner.
Jeep Mud Racing Becoming Popular
Jeepsters jolt and jounce through a maelstrom of mud competing for the world’s championship of jeeping, sponsored by the Ridgerunners, a hard-driving outfit that built the new sport into a popular peacetime pastime.
