Summary

1958 UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL 2

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Title: 1958 UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL 2
File Number: HD-118 Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 01/01/1958
Description: 02:00:08:13 B W 1958 Vol. 31 Rel. #9 NATO commanders meet in Turkey. Desolate streets, document signed. Cape Canaveral, rocket-tracking abilities announced. Queen Elizabeth in Montreal snow. Hippopotamus gets check-up in San Francisco. Family adopts monkey in Washington DC. Fashion show benefits polio research. Temple U. basketball, Guy Rogers shoots hoop (excellent shots of Rogers sinking basketball into hoop - POV of hoop) then, U. of Cincinnati basketball w Oscar Robertson. 02:06:38:10 B W 1958 Vol. 31 Rel. #10 First US satellite, EXPLORER launched. Egypt, Syria merge to form United Arab Republic, Cairo street scenes, mosque, document signing. Commuter trains collide in Britain. Smart British hats. 50-yard dash, 1,000-yard run, 100 mile race, Ira Murchison, Tom Carroll, Bob Delaney. 02:13:33:05 B W 1958 Vol. 31 Rel. #11 Vanguard fails in 2nd launching at Cape Canaveral. Eisenhower's press conference. South Korea shows off weapons. Mohandas Gandhi remembered on 10th assassination anniversary. Downhill skiing in Austria. 02:20:03:13 B W 1958 Vol. 31 Rel. #12 British soccer champions die in Munich airplane disaster. Contractor destorys house w tank in New Jersey. Princess Beatrix tours The Netherlands to cheering crowds. Deborah Kerr, Rock Hudson, Hedda Hopper at PHOTOPLAY awards. Argentine children in self-defense program. Police circus in Germany. Skiing. 02:26:46:28 B W 1958 Vol. 31 Rel. #13 Eisenhower press conference. 100th anniversary of "the virgin of Lourdes", mass, priests. Balloons at Italian carnival. Nixon urges nation to observe Brotherhood Week. Downhill skiing in Austria. New York City dog show. 02:33:32:23 B W 1958 Vol. 31 Rel. #14 5-alarm fire in New York City. Tunisia riots, roadblocks. German ski lodge fashions. Blizzards bury New York City & Boston, cars buried, snowplows, street scenes, shoveling, cars stuck. 02:38:04:27 B W 1958 Vol. 31 Rel. #15 French bomb Tunisia, Tunisian soldiers, ships in port. Ship returns from South Pole w scientists aboard. Convicted spy swallows hardware before trial, commits suicide. New Orleans Mardi Gras, floats, costumes, crowds. San Francisco Chinatown beauty pageant. Bathing suits modelled on ocean liner. World figure skating, Carol Heiss wins 3rd title in row. 02:44:41:23 B W 1958 Vol. 31 Rel. #16 Korean soldiers, Communists hijack airplane, airplane on runway, protest in Seoul. Nasser officiates as Egypt & Syria unite. Herbert Hoover, Cecil B. DeMille, General Curtis LeMay lay cornerstone for Freedom Foundation library, Valley Forge PA. Air force plane crash in Mount Vesuvius, twisted wreckage, wounded on stretchers. Lights, cameras, fashion models in Paris. Ron Delaney wins 24th straight indoor mile at Madison Square Garden.
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