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UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS
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Newsreel
1954 - 1956
04:01:19 1955, Chicago Prudential Building dedicated, view from top. Housing blast in Germany, explosion killed 25, rescue efforts. Pope Pius XII blesses folks in Rome, meets with Italy President Gronchi. International trade fair in Ethiopia, crowds get excited over free color pictures of Emperor Haile Selassie, and the police move in to keep order. Vice President Nixon presents the Harmon Trophy Award to the nation's outstanding aviator of the year, Marine Colonel James Coleman, who test-piloted the "pogo-stick" plane. Venezuela President Jimenez dedicates a modern school, and a housing project. Ribbon cutting ceremony in Caracas. Football: Ohio State's Howard Hopalong Cassady gets Heisman trophy, kisses wife, highlights of his '55 season. Ski fashions on Mt. Hood, Oregon. 04:08:48 1955, Christmas in Paris, store windows, Paris toys. Fishing protest in Japan. Japanese fishermen protest forceful exclusion by Korea, march on the Korean Diplomatic Mission. San Francisco steak eating contest, cows checked, people eating steak. German woman crochets rugs with world's largest crochet hook. Newborn polar bear cub in Milwaukee Washington Park Zoo cute shot of cub in incubator being fed milk from baby bottle. Basketball: St. John's vs. St. Louis. Football: Los Angeles Rams beat Packers, Ron Walter, Van Brocklin. 04:15:31 1956, Disaster floods ravage California. In France, Belleau Woods Memorial is dedicated to the US Marines. Statue is dedicated on the scene of the WWI battle in which they helped stop the German advance on Paris. Frogmen train in Coronado. Frogmen in action during hazardous training, dropping from high speed boats to swim stealthily ashore on a mission of destruction. Armless Italian boy, Bruno Carati, paints with his mouth. Football: Browns beat Rams for NFL championship, Otto Graham makes his farewell appearance, Norm Van Brocklin. Bobsled trials, Germany. 04:22:19 1956, Winter weather - floods in Canada from sudden winter thaw, Yuba City is threatened, blizzard in Holland. All-weather "fashions" for whole family. New York City boat show. Football, All Star game in Los Angeles New busses in Seattle, hostesses dispense apples, flowers, and the morning newspaper. 04:29:01 1956, British Prime Minister Anthony Eden arrives in New York City, hails Eisenhower rebuff of Soviet pact. Long Island flood starts freak fire in an auto plant and fuel depot. Fule storage tanks explode. A rare reptile (a tautera) arrives in San Francisco. The lizard has three eyes and its native habitat is New Zealand. In New York City, Catholic members of the Motion Picture Industry, after Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral meet at a Communion breakfast and hear the Reverend Father James Keller stress the importance motion pictures play in the social life of the nation. Dutch poultry exhibition at the Agricultural Society. Santa Anita Maturity Horse Race in Arcadia CA. USF wins 40th game in row (basketball). 04:35:46 1954, Indo-China bombed by French, bomber pilot POV over Indochina. Beirut student mob riots outside American University to protest the Turkey-Pakistan defense pact (Arab involvement in foreign affairs). Japanese-American Cherry Blossom Festival commemorates friendship between 2 peoples. Japanese Ambassador Sadao Iguchi presents a 300 year old temple lantern, in commemoration of the first Japanese-American treaty. Notre Dame football spring training, Terry Brennan. International dog show in Berlin, Fancy Dan Boxer, kibitzing, Chihuahua, St. Bernard. Grand National Steeplechase, horse race, Royal Tan wins, race kills 4 horses. SAFETY BELTS TO CUT CAR INJURIES, new seat belts. At Republican dinner, VP Nixon states how he sees the H-Bomb as a possible weapon for peace. 04:42:33 1954, President Eisenhower signs St. Lawrence Seaway bill. The Army's new T-43 tank, mounting the biggest gun ever carried by a US armored vehicle, displays its formidable striking power, speed and maneuverability. National women's magazine presents awards to John Wayne & June Allyson. Readers were polled for their preferences. Ex-Army commander, General Van Fleet and his wife, visits Seoul. Korea's President and Mrs. Syngman Rhee greet them. In Stockton, California -- General William F. Dean receives a scroll of honor from King Neptune, and the rank of Commodore in the port of Stockton's "Navy" tribute in a lighter vein to a great soldier. Fashion styles for surf & sand. Ezzard Charles & Rocky Marciano train for boxing bout. Ski rescue competition in France. The First International Contest of Ski Rescue. 04:49:29 1954, Four-year old, Kathi Langdon, kidnapped in Burlingame, California, abductor captured. Vietnamese religious sect arrives in France. Pham Long Tac, "Pope" is the leader of Indo-China's Cao Dai sect. Escalator-type of new transportation from New York City to New Jersey. Moving conveyor belt meant to help commuters on NJ Path Train. 17th Annual Fontanta Hen Derby in California. 'Block party' with wooden blocks. A new kind of game turns students at San Jose Teacher's College into blockheads. Each player gets a set of blocks of irregular shapes and sizes, the idea being to build as high as possible without taking a tumble. Fashion show at McSorley's Ale House, New York City. Frog jumping contest in Angels Camp, California. Jumping Frog Jubilee. In San Francisco, First black umpire in baseball: Emmett Ashford. 04:56:26 1954, Indo-China fighting & Premier Mendes-France meets with Secretary of State Dulles in attempt to find truce Danube flood aftermath in Germany & Austria USAF annual "kinder-life" flies West Berlin kids to West Germany for summer vacations, camp. Leap frogs over communist East Germany Commemorative postage stamp issued for George Eastman as the "father of photography". Baseball: American League wins against All-Stars. Casey Stengel, Al Rosen, Gus Bell Salisbury, Connecticut summer ski meet. 20 tons of crushed ice and bales of hay are the recipe of mid-summer ski-carnival. They hurtle head-first into bales of hay at the bottom of the run. 05:02:28 1954, Dionne Qiuntuplet dies in Canada, Emilie Dionne, 20 years old, dies of an epileptic attack in a religious rest home near St. Agathe, where she had gone to begin preparations for becoming a nun. Vertical take-off plane tested, Lockheed XFV-1 experimental fighter Refugees flee Indo-China fighting Shrine Circus goes to Northern Nevada, kids help paint train cars that they ride in to the big show Seattle, WA Gold Cup boat race Willie Mays honored Bannister wins over Landy in "Mile of Century" 05:09:05 1954, Herbert Hoover on his 80th birthday in West Branch, Iowa Pin-Point Parachute contest in France Ejection seat for bombers tested St. Lawrence power project groundbreaking in Messena, New York, Governor Dewey attends the ceremony. Rock Hudson, on location in Ireland filming "Captain Lightfoot", presents beauty contest prize to Irish winner Fur fashion show Football: Los Angeles Rams 30, New York Giants 7 in pre-season game, Norm VanBrocklin. 05:15:39 1954, silent - Last days of fighting in Indo-China, POWs are exchanged under terms of Geneva treaty President Eisenhower signs tax bill Stall-proof plane tested, the Helio Courier. 05:17:58 1954, Funerals for Brazil's President Vargas & Italy's President de Gasperi French Premier Mendes-France meets with Winston Churchill & Foreign Minister Anthony Eden following the deadlocked Brussels conference. Texan Tom Danagher lands at Shannon Airport after 13 1 2 hr solo flight across the Atlantic in a single-engine light plane from Newfoundland to Ireland Army Rhino all-terrain vehicle is demonstrated Hat fashions with Oriental touch Navy spring football training International bicycle championships in Germany, Louson Bobet of France wins The Waves celebrates their 12th anniversary with a gear and glamour fashion show modeling uniforms from WWI and WWII as well as the latest in service fashions. Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz is on hand to salute the gals. 05:24:32 1954, During American Legion speech, Eisenhower urges Army reserve buildup Rioting in Brazil following suicide of President Vargas. Joao Cafe Filho takes over and has troops & police curb disorders. Guards are posted outside the US Embassy. 10th anniversary of Paris liberation, Gardes Republicaines lead celebration parade Disaster relief: US Air Force aids Pakistan floods National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatim in Portugal. Mud fishing in lake being drained in Fayetteville, Georgia Football: Los Angeles Rams 38, Cleveland Browns 10 in pre-season game. Otto Graham.
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