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keywords: Tragedies, Manhattan Loft District, Building Fire, NYFD, Japan, Politics, Hayatto Ikeda, Pro-US Policies, Congo, Col. Mobutu, Military Parade, Hollywood Actor Clark Gable, Funeral, College Football, USC Trojans, UCLA Bruins, Kansas Jayhawks, Missouri Tigers

Synopsis: Hell's 50 Acres 9-alarm Fire Rages In NYC Loft Area, Pro US Party Wins Japan Election, Africa-Congo Military Parade, Hollywood Actor Clark Gable Funeral, USC Upsets UCLA, Missouri Tigers vs Kansas Jayhawks...(read more)

  • Date: 1960
  • Duration: 00:06:22
  • Sound: Yes
  • Color: Monochrome
  • Type: Public Domain
  • Language: English
  • Location: United States, Japan, Congo

Newsreels: 1960 - November 21

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Hell's 50 Acres 9-alarm Fire Rages In NYC Loft Area

Three firemen die as a roaring inferno rages through one building in Manhattan's lower Broadway loft area and spreads to two adjoining structures. Long a breeding place for costly blazes the nine-alarm blaze is battled at night and on into the next day. Night scenes of firemen fighting a five-story building fire.

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Pro US Party Wins Japan Election

Premier Hayatto Ikeda and his pro-United States party wins a solid majority in Japanese elections which are conducted with relative calmness despite riots earlier this year and the recent assassination of Inejiro Asanuma, leader of the Japan Socialist Party. Scene of Premier Hayatto Ikeda dropping his vote in ballot box.

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Africa-Congo Military Parade

Congolese strongman Mobutu stages a parade of 3,000 troops that wins praise from U.N. officials and foreign diplomats, going far to offset recent criticism to the United Nations (UN) that forces under his control lack discipline.

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Hollywood Actor Clark Gable Funeral

Hollywood honors "the King" in ceremonies at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California. Many film-land luminaries including Jimmy Stewart, Spencer Tracy and director Frank Capra attend military rites for Clark Gable.

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College Football: USC vs. UCLA

In the Los Angeles Colosseum, the Trojans of the University of Southern California football team upset their regional rivals of UCLA, striking hard and fast for a 17-6 victory. Scenes of cheering football fans in the Los Angeles California Colosseum.

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College Football: Missouri vs. Kansas

In Columbia, Mo, the Kansas Jayhawks football team topple unbeaten Missouri 23-7, crushing the stonewall defense of the Tigers and storming to a decisive victory to win the Big 8 conference football title in 1960.

Historical Note:

However, after it was later found Kansas had used an ineligible player Kansas was forced to forfeit their victories over Missouri and Colorado so Missouri was then awarded the 1960 Big Eight football title.

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