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Newsreels 1957 May 23
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Synopsis: 51 Killed In Wake Of Kansas Tornados, Queen Elizabeth And Prince Philip In A Royal Visit To Denmark, Luxury Motor Liner Gripsholm Gets A New York Welcome, Kansas City Host A.F.L.-C.I.O. Union Trade Show, Spectacular Ship Launching In Holland, Annual Caviar Harvest In Russia, Famed Marine Supply Horse Sgt. Reckless Births A New Recruit, Three Nation Bike Race In Czechoslovakia...(read more)
- Date: 1957
- Duration: 00:06:35
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States, Russia, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Holland
51 Killed In Wake Of Mid-West Tornados
As Kansas City suburbs dig out in the wake of disasters, new twisters (tornados) spawned at a record rate and torrential rains continue in the U.S. causing havoc that stretched from Indiana to Texas in recent weeks. 53 have died and property and crop damages mounted high into the tens of millions.
Rescue workers search in darkness for survivors. Shows wreckage of homes, buildings, and vehicles destroyed by a tornado.
Queen Elizabeth And Prince Philip In A Royal Visit To Denmark
Copenhagen greets Britain's Queen Elizabeth with befitting pomp and panoply, and with a mass enthusiasm that rivals the remarkable receptions shown her in recent visits to France and Portugal. Brief image of the yacht Britannia as Queen Elizabeth arrives in Copenhagen, Denmark. CU of Queen Elizabeth and Philip in an open carriage.
Luxury Motor Liner Gripsholm Gets A New York Welcome
New York Harbor extends its traditional maritime welcome to the new Swedish motor-liner Gripsholm, Scandinavia's newest and largest entry in the Atlantic luxury fleet of ocean liners.
Kansas City Host A.F.L.-C.I.O. Union Trade Show
Kansas City, Mo., is host to the A.F.L. - C.I.O. Trade Show, with former President Harry S. Truman among the opening session guests who witness displays of union members' skills.
Spectacular Ship Launching In Holland
A Dutch shipyard solves the problem of launching a new 600 foot hull into a 700 foot channel, without having it run up on the opposite shore, one of the most spectacular ship launchings in years.
Annual Caviar Harvest In Russia
Russian fishermen reap a fabulous aquatic harvest in the annual sturgeon netting, hauling in hundreds of the huge fish from the Don River, to yield the bulk of the world's finest caviar.
Famed Marine Supply Horse Sgt. Reckless Births A New Recruit
At Camp Pendleton, California a heroic Marine veteran of the Korean war, a supply horse named Sgt. Reckless, is honored for service under fire and gives a new recruit to the Marine Corps.
Three Nation Bike Race In Czechoslovakia
Footage of the Prague-Berlin-Warsaw cycle (bike) race across Europe. A marathon bike race that make the old 6-day grind look like child's play. The course runs from Prague in the Czech Republic north through German to Warsaw, Poland, an event for iron men that's a middle European bike (bicycle) sports classic. Shows bicycle riders peddling through a snow storm. Aerial view of the stadium in Warsaw packed with people to see the winner ride across the finish line.
