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1955 UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL 1

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Title: 1955 UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL 1
File Number: HD-86 Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 1955
Description: 00:00:21:00 B W 1955 Vol. 28 Rel.# 697 US China negotiations in Geneva over Taiwan. Marine exercises in Japan, artillery fire, grunts talk into headphones & microphones. Soviets tour South Dakota, survey wheat harvesting & famous Mitchell Corn Palace. International children's art exhibit, New York City. Flying car converts into airplane. 1,500 meters record set in Helsinki. Hambletonian harness race, Scott Frost wins, binoculars, man w cigar 00:07:29:00 B W 1955 Vol. 28 Rel. #698 US fliers freed after 30 months in Chinese captivity, they bathe, wash up and swill sodas. Colombia & Ecuador Presidents meet, military parade, horses, crowds. Airplane stands after crashing through Chicago fence. NATO officials to Italy for ceremony, meet US ambassadress Clare Boothe Luce. Merchant marines academy graduation ceremony, hats thrown. 4-H club from Texas visits Korea, sees Korean cow. Speed-boat races, winner tossed in water, kisses woman. Rodeo riders, men fall from bulls & horses. 00:14:30:00 B W 1955 Vol. 28 Rel. #699 Herbert Hoover returns to boyhood Oregon home for 81st birthday. Eisenhower vacations in Gettysburg, takes in scenic cows. Chinese junk boat sails under Golden Gate Bridge after trans-Pacific trip. New airplane attempts to break altitude barrier, tests new ejector seats kiddy fashions, New York City. Football, Rams beat Steelers, Norm Van Brocklin. 00:21:04:00 B W 1955 Vol. 27 Rel. #700 Storm havoc on East coast. German airplane collision, burned airplanes & trees. Anti-war demonstrations in Korea, water hoses & tear gas. 11 US fliers held captive in China return to US. Ohio soapbox derby day, Dinah Shore. Football: College All-Stars beat Browns. 00:28:03:00 B W 1955 Vol. 27 Rel. #701 Radar equipment, missiles, new radar tower in water. Korea demonstrators teargassed & hosed down. Indians march on Portuguese colony of Goa, shooting occurs. Helicopter flies in French Alps, lands atop mountain. Heroic dog gets medal w 3-year old master. 2-man canoe races & 2 swimming girls in The Netherlands. 00:34:54:00 B W 1955 Vol. 28 Rel. #702 Killer floods in East coast. Morocco & Algeria revolt vs. France. Eisenhower in Colorado playing golf & fishing w little David Eisenhower. New aerospace invention - flying mattress. Man swims handcuffed & feet cuffed from Alcatraz Island to San Francisco. Horse race, Swaps wins. 00:41:47:00 B W 1955 Vol. 28 Rel. #703 Man gets typhoid needle injection in arm amid flood wreckage. North Africa unrest. European elections. Trains wrecked on tracks, over water. New tank tested in Quantico, Virginia. Football: 49ers vs. Giants.
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