Summary

1958 UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL 5

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Title: 1958 UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL 5
File Number: HD-121 Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 01/01/1958
Description: 00:52:16:00 B W 1958 Vol. 31 Rel. #33 Van Cliburn playing Steinway piano (see HD-120 this clip is from the end of Vol. 31 Rel. #32). Solar eclipse in Japan, Japanese w telescopes. Plane crash outside Las Vegas, stretcher, body bag. Queen Soraya, divorced by Shah of Iran for infertility, on ship in New York Harbor as reporters flash cameras at her. Line of Doolittle raiders in Las Vegas reunion, CU Doolittle. Acapulco models in summery outfits, cliff diver. 00:58:24:00 B W 1958 Vol. 31 Rel. #34 Brussels World's Fair (brief blacked out clip), sword swallower, roller coaster, beer, xylophone, dancing, fireworks. Israel's 10th birthday, David Ben-Gurion, parading troops, weapons. Princess Margaret on throne at inception of West Indies Federation in Trinidad. Eisenhower views paintings by Winston Churchill in Washington DC. USSR and West Germany sign trade pact in Bonn, handshakes, documents signed. Slow-motion of Penn relay races, high hurdles, mile relay, 100-yard dash. 01:04:45:00 B W 1958 Vol. 31 Rel. #35 VANGUARD rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, nighttime blast-off, dummy POLARIS missile fired. Inflatable airplane inflated in Ohio, then in flight. Snow-throwing truck clears pass in Washington state, cars drive through valley of snow, pass is cleared. Princess Margaret visits Children's Hospital, walks among West Indians. Seal hunting in Caspian Sea, hunters drag seals away. 12-mile walk in Baltimore, national championship. 01:11:01:00 B W 1958 Vol. 31 Rel. #36 East Berlin Germans levy tariff on river traffic. Crowds in Prague on May Day. Helicopter w St. Joseph statue on it in Vatican, Pope Pius. Eisenhower visits Strafford Hall w Mamie - Robert E. Lee's family grew up there. Nixon in Montevideo, Uruguay, waves leaving airplane w Pat, amid crowds. Runway, fashion models, bananas. Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, slow-motion finish, Silky Sullivan finishes 12th, Winner's Circle. Apple Blossom Queen crowned, gets kiss, MOS. 01:17:52:00 B W 1958 Vol. 37 Rel. #37 Rainy spring in California, damaged homes on cliffs. Flooding in Mississippi. One-armed Cardinal Strich smiles in Rome. St. Paul's Cathedral reopens in London, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, footage from London burning during WWII. Nightwear modeled in Rome. British soccer championships in Wembley, Boulton Wanderers vs. Manchester United Prince Philip awards trophy to Wanderers. Customized bicycles try to climb steep hill in Idaho, fail, flip, one bicycle falls on cameraman. 01:24:11:00 B W 1958 Vol. 31 Rel. #38 Nixon in Lima, Peru, lays wreath, crowd pushes forward Dick smiles among flag-waving schoolchildren w Pat. Physical culture display in fascist Madrid, synchronized gymnastics, human tower. Floats, nuns in Atlantic City religious pageant. Krauss Ballet school, tots in tutus. Hats in New York City. AAU gymnastics in California, trampoline, rings, horizontal bar. Bubi Schultz vs. Max Resch German boxing championships, Schultz knocks Resch down 3 times, towel is thrown in, woman shakes head. 01:30:45:00 B W 1958 Vol. 31 Rel. #39 Anti-Nixon, anti-US banners in Caracas, Venezuela mobs rush Nixon's car, taunt him, break windows, CU car after attack, windows broken, Dick leaves under heavy security. Eisenhower meets Nixon at airport, makes speech about "small minority" of Venezuelans opposing Nixon or America. Rioting in Algeria, gate crashing, rock throwing, ceremonies for soldiers slain in Algerian unrest, mob, rioting, French parliament.] 01:37:01:00 B W 1958 Vol. 31 Rel. #40 De Gaulle & crowds in Paris. Tanks roll over land mines in Virginia, explosion barely slows them down because of new anti-land mine device. Milton Eisenhower & wife at dedication of Eisenhower State Park, Dennison, Texas, where Eisenhower was born. Pianist Van Cliburn returns from Moscow triumph to New York City, parents greet him. Preakness Stakes, Pimlico, Silky Sullivan, Tiny Tam wins. Mile race in Los Angeles.
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