CAMERA EYES EXHIBITION AT MOSCOW
Idlewild Airport in New York is site for the departure of a U. S. camera crew on a rare assignment inside the Soviet Union. The News of the Day unit is enroute to cover for the motion picture theatre screen the opening activities and further aspects of the American National Exhibition in Moscow.
LITTLE AMBASSADORS RETURN FROM MOSCOW FAIR
Winging back to the U. S. from the American National Exhibition in Moscow are youngsters who helped bring U. S. high style to the fair. At New York's Idlewild Airport, an informal fashion show presents the garments displayed before several million Soviet citizens.
WORLD FOCUS ON THE MOSCOW FAIR
After a briefing by President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon is off for Moscow to open the American National Exhibition. His jet is followed by one flying newsmen, and it sets a nonstop record for New York to Moscow: 8 hours, 53 minutes. In the Russian capital, meanwhile, the last-minute scramble is under way to get the Fair ready for its inaugural.
WORLD'S LARGEST MAP
Idlewild Airport is the scene of the unveiling of "the biggest earth on earth" - a 52-foot diamater, air-supported globe. It will go to the Brussels Fair where it will present an astral show inside.
PLANES IN FREAK CRASH AT IDLEWILD
Runaway cargo plane careens across New York's Idlewild Airport to smash into Trans-Canada airliner just before loading time for 40 passengers. Two giant aircraft demolished in fire that threatens field's Domestic Airline Terminal. Miraculously, no one is killed. Eight persons suffer injuries.
CHURCHILL IN U.S. FOR "SOCIAL CALL"
Britain's wartime leader, now 84, greets Bernard Baruch while changing planes at New York's Idlewild airport. Presidential "Columbine" takes him to Washington for informal talks with Chief Executive.
CRIPPLED JET IN DRAMATIC SAFE LANDING
Giant airliner with two wheels missing comes down after circling New York's Idlewild airport 4 hours to use up fuel. Capt. Edward Sommers is hero of midnight operation that saves his 707 jet and all 113 on board.
26 DIE, 6 SAVED, AS ITALIAN PLANE CRASHES IN NEW YORK!
The grim story from New York's Idlewild Airport of the tragic, pre-holiday crash of a four-motored Italian airliner. Inbound from Rome, the huge ship slams into a pier just short of the runway. Graphic films of the fiercely burning plane, the desperate hunt for survivors, the raising of the ill fated craft and a dramatic account by a survivor of his harrowing escape from death!
SKY DISASTERS
Investigators probe deeply into the cause of the nation's worst air disaster- the disastrous collision of a four-engine DC-8 jet and a Super Constellation over Staten Island in New York. The chief of the Federal Aviation Agency says the jet was 11 miles off the course where it should have been. All 128 persons aboard the two planes died, and apparently six others were killed on the ground when the jet hurtled into Brooklyn streets.
IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR ...
In this new and changing world of rapid travel, you might expect Santa Claus to make an early arrival. He 'copters into New York's Idlewild Airport - and the "whirlybird" catches the youngsters hardly unprepared for a joyous welcome. A preview Christmas party delights one and all!
25 ESCAPE DEATH AS AIR LINER CRASHES
A quick-thinking purser and a brave stewardess are credited with saving the lives of nearly all the passengers aboard a big airliner when it crashes at night on a takeoff from New York's Idlewild Airport! 25 persons escape from the fiery wreck, while two die from burns.
MISS WOOL-1965
American Airline Jet comes for landing (good shot) then title cones on "Miss Wool of America 1965"...VS-Porter wheels luggage to car at airport...VS-Miss Wool poses w/Idlewild in bg...Miss Wool into car-leaves...Revolve Low S-NYC skyscrapers ...MS-Woldorf-Astoria entrance-Miss Wool and man out-poses in outfit on Park Ave... VS-Posing before windows w/malted in hand ...HS-NYC skyline around Central Park... HS-Same w/park more centered...VS-Posing in another outfit w/ cloister as bg...VS- Posing-another outfit w/Hudson River as bg...VS-Posing-another outfit w/Cloister bg...VS-Posing-another outfit w/river bg... VS-Posing-another another outfit w/G.W. Bridge in bg...VS-Posing w/ two men at pier...VS-Posing w/man at nite club table gets to dance...
PERSONALITY PAGE - CHURCHILL'S U.S. FAREWELL
Wartime Prime Minister is seen off at Idlewild airport by Bernard Baruch. In voice filled with emotion, he says good-by to America, possibly for the last time. He sees "high hopes" for future while Britain and U.S. remain allies.
THE NIXON-KHRUSHCHEV "SUMMIT MEET"
The great debates between the U. S. Vice President and the Soviet Premier make history. Impromptu verbal rough-and-tumbles, they occur during a preopening inspection of the American National Exhibition in Moscow. News of the Day presents the "blow-by-blow" story -- a rare film document.
CROWDS FLOCK TO FAIR AT MOSCOW
Chief Justice and Mrs. Earl Warren swell throng of visitors from home and abroad to U. S. National Exhibition. Russians prove eager for glimpse of how Americans actually work, live and play as scalpers sell tickets at ten times admission price.
ROY TASH HONORED
On his fiftieth anniversary in newsreels, camerman Roy Tash shows his grandson and other potential cameramen some of the techniques he has picked up in fifty years in the business. Sign on building (Fifty years of Film a Salute to Camerman Roy Tash) pan to Roy with grandson working camera...CU-Pan kids to Roy Tash and Grandson...AA-Same...LS-Press building...CU-Poster (a Tribute to Roy Tash)...Interior people looking at pictures...CU-Picture Queen and Roy Tash...CU-Picture Yousuf Karsh and Tash...CU-Picture Lord Tweedsmuir and Tash...Nehru and Hon. Martin with Tash shooting...Pan to King Suramarit of Cambodia...MS-Tash photographing Bill Bishop...LS-People looking at photos...Surkino and Tash pan to Red Skelton and Tash...Lord Thomson photographing Roy Tash...Roy Tash and Anthony Eden...De Gaulle and Tash...Dionne Quintuplets and Tash...Pan shots people looking at photos...LS-Same.
NEW KING AND QUEEN OF MOVIES!
Tyrone Power and Jeanette MacDonald win acclaim of fans in nation-wide poll for 1939.
DE GAULLE SEES '61 AUTO SHOW
President of France officially opens international exhibition in Paris, then stays on for a good look at the new models - demonstrating that even world leaders are curious about automotive trends.
DEDICATION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE MART, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
Air scenes of Business District New Orleans & International Trade Mart..Also waterfront...Sev. scenes of Belgium exhibit in International Trade Mart.. LS of exterior of Mart... Dedication ceremony...Crowd shots, Mayor Kaufman of St. Louis breaks the bottle of water from seven rivers of the Mississippi system to open dedication...
ICE GRIPS BOSTON FISHING FLEET!
Tiny trawlers present entrancing picture as they put into harbor loaded with frozen spray after 750-mile voyage in wintry North Atlantic.
CUT-IN SHOTS OF CAMERMEN FOR SYMPOSIUM
Various 2" shots of camermen on ground & on top of trucks..SCU Camermen on top of car...Off angle shots of same..Long Silhouette shot of group..In this roll there are some lavender scenes of Newsreel Wong shooting pictures...Shots of cameramen at diff. angles for background purposes..Camermen at work on stories..
BUILDING COLLAPSE IN SAN FRANCISCO
Weakened by nearby excavations and the recent California rains, two houses on San Francisco's telegraph Hill collapse down a hillside before the camera's eyes. It is a scene reminiscent of the 1906 earthquake from which, as a matter of fact, these and other threatened houses date.
GYMNASTS SHOW FORM WITH EYES ON OLYMPICS
The A-A-U gymnastic championships in the Army gym at West Point is combined with the Olympic trials. The News of the Day camera photographs outstanding performances by hopefuls for the trip to Rome. The all-around champion is Fred Orlofsky of Carbondale, Illinois.
PAINTING IN MINIATURE.
In Italy, Piero Busonera creates oils which are smaller than a coin or a match. The News of the Day camera visits the studio of the artist who Italians say has "microscopes" in his eyes. His works are amazing to behold.
CAMERA ON THE WORLD OF AUTOS
All is glitter as the Fifth Annual International Auto Show opens at New York's Coliseum. Ten countries display 400 models ranging from compact compacts to sleek sport cars and self-contained campers. It makes you feel like filling her up and taking off.
SKI ACES HAVE EYES ON OLYMPICS
Devotees of the skis can look with awe upon the slopes of Val d'lsere, with the new snows and the experts who use the picturesque natural area in the French Alps to sharpen their form. French aces flash down the slalom and downhill courses in preparation for the upcoming Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria.
THE 1955 SPORTS REVIEW
Film highlights of the action-packed events that made 1955 a banner year in sports. The camera tells the title winning stories in ski-jumping, figure skating, boxing and golf. Dramatic special events, the Nashua-Swaps match race and the record setting speedboat run of the fabulous Bluebird again command the screen. The Indianapolis Speedway classic and the Le Mans race are reviewed with breath-taking scenes of the accidents that marked those motor car spectaculars. There are highlights, too, of the Davis cup matches and the exciting World Series. It's a motion picture thriller of the outstanding sports events of 1955.
NATION SALUTES ASTRONAUT GLENN!
The camera record of Astronaut Glenn's triumphant days following his historic triple orbit around the earth. At Florida's Patrick Air Force Base, he has a heart-warming reunion with his family upon his return from Grand Turk Island near the Bahamas. He receives the first of many great receptions as he drives to Cape Canaveral, where President Kennedy honors him on behalf of a grateful nation. In Washington, D.C., multitudes turn out in the rain to cheer Colonel Glenn on his way to the Capitol after a greeting at the White House. The astronaut appears before an extraordinary joint session of Congress and receives a standing ovation. Speaking from a rostrum seldom occupied except by heads of government and the nation's greatest military leaders, the 40-year-old space hero tells with humility and awe of his own step across the threshold of a mysterious new age. He delivers his talk calmly and with touches of humor and easily carries his distinguished audience with him through successive waves of applause and roars of laughter.
NEW DRONE PLANE FILMS "ENEMY" LINES
The Army unveils a remarkable robot plane that can act as the eyes of the infantry. In addition to filming enemy territory it's equipped with a parachute that drops it wherever needed.
MEETING OF MAGICIANS!
Everything from snake-charmers to fire-eaters attend the convention of sleight-of-hand artists in Chicago, where amateur conjurers prove that the hand is quicker than the eye...or the camera.
THIS IS ADLAI STEVENSON
A close-up of the Democratic nominee as he campaigns for the second time in search of the world's most important job. The newsreel camera follows him as he conducts a whirlwind drive that carries him to every corner of the nation. A former governor of Illinois, Stevenson is a widely-traveled candidate who is deeply informed on both domestic and international problems. As election day approaches, he carries his case to the people and excerpts from some of his speeches outline his political faith. An intimate portrait of Stevenson, the man, is given by his three sons. Presented as a public service by the Motion Picture Industry.
BRITAIN MAKES NEW ATOMIC TESTS
British explode four A-Bombs in new test series in South Australian desert. Scientists set up ghost encampment in blast area -- then, after explosion, researchers move in to study after-effects of nuclear weapon on a variety of objects. Camera eye, stronger than human counterpart, records explosion of both air drop and ground blast.
MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT 1884 - 1962
News of the Day joins the world in tribute to its most widely known and widely loved woman with historic films of the life of this remarkable First Lady. From President Roosevelt's first inauguration in 1933 the camera follows Eleanor Roosevelt's career through her efforts for the underpriviliged in the early 30's, her trips to fighting fronts during World War 11; her visits with royalty and her world travels in behalf of the United Nations.
NEW YORK GREETS THE MICHELANGELO
The newest addition to Italy's Renaissance Fleet, the "Michelangelo' arrives in New York after a five-day maiden voyage from Genoa. The shining new liner gets a rousing harbor reception.
U. S. TRACK STARS SET WORLD RECORD
A pair of speedy GI's from the U. S. in a breath-taking performance in Berlin's Olympic Stadium. In preliminaries--Ira Murchison and Willie Williams both crack the 100-meter record of 10.2 set by Jesse Owens in the same stadium in 1936. In the finals--Williams noses out Murchison to repeat the new time of 10.1 seconds.
DRAMATIC REPORT FROM FREE CHINA
The 630,000 man defense force of Nationalist China gives an impressive demonstration of its readiness to meet any emergency. Latest films from Formosa show jet and tank elements in realistic drills. Almost as powerful as military muscle is the strong arm of anti-communist propaganda. A balloon barrage and other methods bring the message of freedom to the Red-held mainland.
CORONATION DERBY!
World's greatest sporting crowd, over a half million British turf fans at Epsom Downs for the 174th edition of England's famous classic. Queen Elizabeth and the Royal family are eager spectators as the Queen's own horse, Aureole, comes in to take second place after a brilliant victory by newly knighted jockey Sir Gordon Richards on Pinza. The first time the world's champion jockey has won the famous Derby in 28 tries.
THRILLING UPSET MARKS 1955 KENTUCKY DERBY!
Over 100,000 fans at Churchill Downs in Louisville, see Swaps defeat Nashua, the favorite in the celebrated Run for the Roses. In a thrilling duel down the homestretch, Swaps with Jockey Willie Shoemaker riding, wins by a length and a half to cop the $108,000 first place jackpot!
SPORTS SPEED SPECTACLES
From motorcycle hill climb, to bicycle race and auto stunt driving - that's the dizzy patterns for the Spring outdoor season. News of the Day cameras cover unusual demonstrations of thrill-packed riding.
MOVING MOUNTAIN IN THE AUSTRIAN TIROL
500,000 cubic yards of the earth's surface on the move! Austrian villagers near the Bavarian frontier are forced to flee their homes, which they see destroyed by an inching slip and flow of a mass of earth and stones and uprooted trees. They call it a "running mountain," brought on by the autumn rains in the Austrian Tyrol.
THE KENTUCKY DERBY
It's a drab, rain-spattered Derby Day at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky as 14 three-year-olds race at the classic mile and a quarter distance. But the excitement is great as Proud Clarion, a 30-1 longshot, makes a great stretch drive to win by a length over Barbs Delight. The favored Damascus is third. It's the first Derby win for jocky Bobby Ussery who gives Proud Clarion a rousing ride.
HUNDREDS ARRESTED IN DRIVE ON DOPE
Government moves to crush traffic in illegal drugs—Nation-wide raids made. SUB 1—Federal agents seize opium, heroin and other forbidden drugs worth millions at New York, Baltimore, San Francisco and other cities.
NAZI GANG FOUND GUILTY!
Latest films from Nuremberg, as trial of 22 war criminals draws to close with all but three of the defendants convicted of the blackest crimes in history. Dramatic closeups of Goering, Ribbentrop and their fellow-conspirators against the peace of the world, awaiting, in the shadow of death, their day of reckoning, their hour of doom.
F.B.I. ROUNDS UP GOONS IN BLINDING OF ANTI-RACKET WRITER
To the Federal Bureau of Investigation goes credit for cracking the case of Victor Riesel, permanently blinded last April by an acid-throwing thug. According to the F.B.I., the attacker of the famed labor columnist was murdered by order of the hoodlums who hired him to do the job. Seven of these "hoods," including the notorious Johnny Dio, are rounded up and held in $675,000 bail. From Walter Reuther, vice-president of the A. F. of L.-C.I.O., comes a fighting pledge to eliminate racketeers from the ranks of labor.
REMARKABLE FILMS OF MISSILE FIRINGS
At Cape Canaveral, Florida, Uncle Sam removes security from missile tests. News of the Day is permitted to photograph a spectacular and successful test of the Jupiter rocket. Also, released by the Department of Defense are films of the Navy's Vanguard, testing its first stage, 27,000 pound thrust engine. A rare close-up, slow-motion study of the rocket which will help launch an earth satellite for the U. S.
DRAMATIC REPORT FROM BERLIN
The Desperate Will To Be Free A film record which speaks eloquently for the cause of liberty in Berlin. In spite of barriers and tear gas barrage, East Germans manage to escape to the West. Men and Women leap from windows of apartments along the border dividing Berlin into nets held by police and firemen of West Berlin. The Communist authorities turn the open ground on their side into a no-man's land, but people still find their way to safety, slipping through holes cut in the barbed wire.
THE AMAZING SPACE VOYAGE OF ASTRONAUT GLENN
News of the Day presents dramatic highlights of the historic 3 orbits of the earth by John H. Glenn, Jr. The 40-year-old Marine Corps lieutenant colonel is followed from the early hours, when he enters his capsule to the completion of the 81,000-mile, four hour and 56 minute flight. There are remarkable scenes of Colonel Glenn inside the capsule during the epochal space voyage. The cameras show the astronaut and his space craft plucked from the seas by the destroyer Noa. Then, the transfer by helicopter to the aircraft carrier Randolph. There is world-wide praise for the magnificent display of icy courage by Colonel Glenn, who gives the U. S. its most significant triumph in space. Scientists call it "the end of the beginning" of space exploration.
ATOM BOMB SPECIAL!
News of the Day presents a complete reel of spectacular scenes in the Pacific, as the history-making fourth atomic bomb, the world's most terrible missile, is dropped on fleet of 73 warships in Bikini lagoon. The Secretary of the Navy, James V. Forrestal joins famous notables among newsmen and foreign observers to witness the heart-stopping, actual, blinding, nuclear explosion. The towering, mushrooming cosmic cloud climbing into the heavens, and the terrific devastation of the mangled and blazing fleet shown in one of the most dramatic newsreels ever issued ... a film to take its place in the archives of the history of Civilization.
BILL STERN REPORTS THE KENTUCKY DERBY!
America's great racing classic, at Churchill Downs, where a record 100,000 fans wager a record $1,200,000 on the outcome of "The Run for the Roses." The Secretary of the Treasury, the French Ambassador, and the President's daughter among the celebrated guests as 17 three-year-olds break from the starting gate. The thrilling race with Spy Song setting the pace right down to the stretch, when Assault, with plenty left, drives past the leaders to win the $100,000 classic by 8 lengths!
QUEEN ELIZABETH WINS NEW YORK
The historic first visit of the Queen to Manhattan. News of the Day cameras cover every memorable detail, as Elizabeth and Prince Philip arrive at the tip of New York City following a ferry trip across the bay from Staten Island. The Big Town gives them one of its famous ticker-tape receptions up Lower Broadway to City Hall. At the Mayor's luncheon at the Waldorf, some twenty-five hundred distinguished guests honor the Queen. The United Nations headquarters is toured by the royal couple, and the Queen addresses the General Assembly. A visit to the observatories atop the Empire State Building affords a fine view of the skyline. At night, the Queen is attired in regal gown for a lavish farewell dinner.
TOTAL ECLIPSE FILMED BY U.S. EXPEDITION!
In the Brazilian wilds near Bocayuva, Army Air Force units, and leading scientists sent by the National Geographic Society, conduct a joint study of the phenomenon that has intrigued men since the dawn of time. With a battery of telescope cameras, photometers, spectrographs and other technical equipment, they await the arrival of zero hour after a year of preparation. Then, the awe-inspiring documentary pictures, to be analyzed by science in the weeks to come, showing the phases of the eclipse, from the beginning to totality when the moon blots out all the sun but the gaseous corona of the rim.
NEWS OF THE DAY presents THE HISTORIC HOUR IN WASHINGTON PRESIDENT KENNEDY FACES THE CHALLENGE OF THE 'SIXTIES
The youngest man ever elected U. S. Chief Executive, John Fitzgerald Kennedy begins his term of office at a time of change in global history. News of the Day cameras record the drama and tradition of the inauguration. Forty- three-year old Kennedy, his lovely young wife at his side, marks the highlight of a remarkable career. The stirring scene as the new President takes the oath of office; his inaugural address, keynoting the changing times. "Let the world go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike," says President Kennedy, "that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans ..." The post-inaugural luncheon in the Capitol, the Inaugural Parade, the Inaugural Ball at the District of Columbia Armory -- recorded by the cameras for this stirring newsreel document portraying the change of administration in Washington.
THE SUMMIT MEETING REPORT FROM GENEVA
Geneva, Switzerland, is the center of international attraction as the leaders of the great powers gather for their first meeting since the Potsdam conference in 1945. Russia's leaders include Premier Bulganin, Defense Minister Zhukov, Party Boss Kruschchev and Foreign Minister Molotov. President Eisenhower is accompanied by the First Lady as he recalls another European trip to Swiss President Petitpierre. All the interesting film highlights in the opening chapter of the outstanding news story of the day.
MARS IN FOCUS
Mariner Four's pictures of Mars, the first to be taken of any planet other than earth, are received at the Jet Pro- pulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Launched eight months ago, the spacecraft begins its series of 22 pictures promptly, accurately and clearly.
VENGEANCE FOR LIDICE AND DACHAU!
Retribution for the perpetrator of the worst atrocity of the war, as Karl Hermann Frank publicly goes to the gallows at Prague for the mass murder of 30,000 Czechs. At Landsberg, Bavaria, as "the devils of Dachau" walk to the scaffold, Dr. Schilling, who blinded children in eye-grafting operations for "betterment of the Nazi Race," pays with his life for the agony, terror and tragedy he brought to the world.
SPECTACULAR FILMS OF ATLAS EXPLOSION
America's Mercury-Atlas program for manned orbital flight is tested with a dummy astronaut. Barely thirty seconds after launching, the missile has to be destroyed because it is not following its flight path. But the capsule, which might have had a man inside, is blown free and parachuted undamaged into the Atlantic where it is retrieved by a helicopter. Experts are confident a man in the capsule could have survived, and announce that the blowup will in no way change the plan to stay with the Atlas as a booster for manned orbit launchings.
CAMERA INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE BERNARD SHAW!
The wit and writer on 88th birthday describes Nazi robot bomb raid he survived.
CAMERA MAGIC REVEALS SECRETS OF FLIGHT!
Latest developments in ultra-high-speed motion picture photography and lighting permits Science to study the flight of the common housefly, never before possible. With mechanical lighting that develops 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 lumens in a second of sustained illumination, and a camera that operates at 185 times normal speed, a new approach to problems of air stability and mechanical balance is possible, through amazing films of the flight of the fly and the humming bird.
CAMERA ON WATER SKI CHAMPION.
The water skiers are getting in trim for the Winter Season down Florida, way. Willa McGuire shows some new twists at Cypress Gardens.
CAMERA REPORT INSIDE RED CHINA
News of the Day presents Communist newsfilm which shows a massive demonstration in Peiping's Tien-An-Men Square. Here in a setting once part of the Imperial Palace Grounds, the Chinese Reds hold a jam-packed meeting. This square is later to attract 600,000 people to celebrate the 9th anniversary of the Communist regime on the Mainland. Condemned is what Peiping calls American aggression on Formosa.
CAMERA ON THE EISENHOWERS
In Washington, the President and Mamie Eisenhower sit down to breakfast with hundreds of G.O.P. party workers. The happy event marks the 68th birthday of the Chief Executive. The informal hour is welcomed by both the Eisenhowers. The First Lady follows a busy schedule of events. Later, News of the Day cameras "cover" her as she christens the jet clipper "America," the nation's first commercial jet transport. She uses water from the seven seas for the historic ceremony.
CAMERA ON YOUTHFUL ROCKETEERS
High school boys get a chance to test their theories on firing range at Camp A. P., Hill, Va. Launchings are part of Army program to encourage development of America's future conquerors of space.
CAMERA ON QUEEN ELIZABETH
Queen and Prince Philip visit places far off the beaten path on their 45-day tour across the continent's north. After visiting Newfoundland, they board yacht Britannia for journey along St. Lawrence.
CAMERA ON KHRUSHCHEV IN POLAND
Visiting Soviet leader gets ceremonial hat from coal miners and recalls his own mining days. Khrushchev's geniality as he meets crowds contrasts with his angry, sudden decision to call off trip to Scandinavian countries.
CAMERA ON EISENHOWER
Winding up his visit to London, the President has a happy reunion in a reminiscing atmosphere with British comrades of World War Two. The stag dinner at Winfield House, the residence of the U. S. Ambassador, by coincidence is held on the 20th anniversary of the German invasion of Poland.
CAMERA ON KHRUSHCHEV IN INDIA
Four years after touring there with ex-friend, ex-Premier Bulganin, Soviet Premier arrives in New Delhi. Crowds are friendly, but smaller than those greeting Eisenhower. Khrushchev praises India's neutrality and Soviet progress.
CAMERA FANS AT BIG SHOW
Shutterbugs crowd New York display to see latest picture-taking equipment, including cameras that automatically figure correct exposure. Simple enough for beginners? Why, even the monkeys are taking pictures. "Salute to Hawaii" adds colorful subject matter.
CAMERA ON THE OLYMPICS
Australia's Dawn Fraser defends her '56 Olympic title with record-matching win in women's 100-meter freestyle. Chris von Saltza, 16-year-old U.S. hope, is second - later wins 400 m. event. Italian crowd cheers local victor in bicycle sprint.
CAMERA ON KENNEDY IN TEXAS
President-elect flies to visit Lyndon Johnson at his ranch, where they go over cabinet appointments and legislative plans. En route Kennedy changes planes at Bergstrom AFB, where he is greeted by political leaders and base personnel.
CAMERA ON THE PRESIDENT
Addresses NATO Chiefs: The military committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization meets in Washington. It hears President Kennedy pledge the U.S. will strengthen conventional forces in NATO and also maintain a nuclear deterrent, controlled to guard against misuse.
CAMERA ON WORLD'S TROUBLE SPOTS
ALGERIA: The most widespread violence of the seven year Algerian rebellion erupts in a nationwide general strike that proves to be ninety percent effective - and leaves scores dead and hundreds wounded when French police and troops are forced to use gunfire against the Moslem demonstrators.
CAMERA ON THE OLYMPICS IN TOKYO
A fifteen-year-old swimming star from Glendora, California, turns in dazzling winning performances in the Olympic pool. She's Sharon Stouder and our camera follows her victory in the 100-meter butterfly final in world record time. She takes three gold medals and one silver before the swimming competition is over. A 17-year-old Princeton High School senior, Lesley Bush wins the platform diving gold medal. In track, Bob Hayes takes the hundred meters for Uncle Sam and the women's one hundred is still another American triumph, with Wyomia Tyus and Edith McGuire finishing one-two.
CAMERA ON ALPINE SKIERS
The downhill competitors leave a trail of upset hickory boards in a spectacular meet at picturesque Megeve, France. Winner of the combined title, downhill and slalom, is Jean-Claude Killy ofFrance, the most consistent of Europe's Alpine skiers.
CAMERA ON THE WHITE HOUSE
Premier Aldo Moro of Italy encounters warm hospitality at the White House as he begins a three-day visit to the United States. President and Mrs. Johnson stroll around the block with him to the house where he is to attend a luncheon; later he sits in on a Cabinet meeting.
CAMERA ON THE WHITE HOUSE
A busy summer's day at the White House shows President Johnson meeting with Secretary of State Rusk, back from Saigon, and Roving Ambassador Averell Harriman in from Moscow. He also meets with retiring Ambassador Maxwell Taylor and with 10,000 college students who have been working in Washington during vacation months.
CAMERA ON VIETNAM
South Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky demonstrates his skill as a flier in maneuvering one of the B-57 jet bombers given to the people of South Vietnam by the United States. In a village of the same country, grain, toys and books, donated by Catholic organizations in America are given out to the beleaguered people.
CAMERA ON TOURING ASTRONAUTS
Astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad take Athens by storm during their 12-day tour of six countries. Their visit co-incides with the 16th International Aeronautical Congress, which is attended by Russian cosmonauts. The four space men together meet young King Constantin.
CAMERA ON THE PRESIDENT
President Johnson's scheduled last days at Bethesda have pleasant interludes ...an affectionate visit by Courtney Lunda Valenti, daughter of a White House aide, and the planting of a memorial willow oak on the Medical Center grounds.
CAMERA IN SPACE
A Saturn's eye view of the Apollo's trial shot from Cape Kennedy as seen in actual film made from cameras installed in the first stage of the rocket. Other films show the recovery of the Apollo capsule just 35 miles off-target in the Atlantic.
CAMERA IN SPACE
From the cameras aboard Gemini 11 come amazing pictures of Astronaut Dick Gordon riding cowboy on the snout of Agena 11 as he tethers it to the space capsule for the first tandem ride in space... of portions of the earth looking as familiar as atlas maps, and of the earth from 850 miles up. To complement the photographic achievement are scenes of Gordon and Command Pilot Conrad in their meticulous splashdown in the Atlantic and their heros' welcome aboard the pick-up carrier Guam.
CAMERA FOLLOWS THE PRESIDENT CONFERENCE TABLE TO WAR ZONE
News of the Day presents the dramatic events of President Johnson's days in Manila, and the unexpected visit to Vietnam. At the Manila Summit Conference, two days of deliberations are climaxed with the signing of an historic communique, in which the U.S. and its allies in South Vietnam pledge to leave within six months after North Vietnam has disengaged itself from the war. Then, the President carries out the rest of his busy schedule in the Philippines, speeding up his visits so as to make his sudden trip to Cam Ranh Bay, about 180 miles northeast of Saigon. Here, he visits with the G.I.'s and decorates heroes of the Vietnam conflict.
CAMERA ON ROYALTY
Crown Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, and four months old son Willem Alexander, Holland's first male heir presumptive in over a century, pose for the lad's first pictures, taken by his father Prince Claus, while newsreel cameramen give him his movie debut.
WASHINGTON SPOTLIGHT!
Archbishop Athenagoras, on behalf of the government of Greece, presents President Truman his nation's coveted Holy Cross of the Knights of the All Holy Sepulchre.
QUENTIN REYNOLDS INTERVIEWS YANKS BACK FROM ROME RAID!
Famous war correspondent at American base in North Africa learns the story from men who did the job that turned the Eternal City into an open city.
BUILDING COLLAPSE
Scenes of men working thru debris..Crane pulls away wreckage..Scenes of workmen using torch on debris..Scenes of Civil Defense workers on same..Interview with workers.. Rationing coffee to workers..L..Wreckage.. Crane clears wreckage from debris..Coffee being served..Defense leaders confer..
AT THE QUIRINAL PALACE THE PRES
Gronchi begins the consultations for the solution of the governmental crisis after the demission of the Cabinet Segni. For the first consultation is the Pres. of the Senate Marzagora after the President of the Camera dei Deputati, Leone immediately after the Vice Pres. of Segni Cabinet and leader of the Socialist democrat Party Giuseppe Sargat who with his demission had pravocated the crisis after the Hon. Terracini of the Communist party but on his quality of the former Pres. of the Consulat assembly. The consultation will be reprised tomorrow. Shots of the Quirinal Palace, atmosphere in the Quirinal Palace anti room of Gronchi office in which he resides.
THE NEW WAELITZ FURNACE.
The new Waelitz Furnace is now extracting zinc from scoria, which at one time was thrown away because of its uselessness
NATION'S BEST ATHLETES QUALIFY FOR THE OLYMPICS
Remarkable performances by U. S. track and field stars at the Olympic trials in Los Angeles. Charlie Dumas becomes the first ever to high jump over 7 feet; and Lou Jones sets a new world record in the 400 meter run during the thrilling tests.
GERMAN COPS HAVE SCHOOL FOR HORSES
Munich "finest" teach their mounts to keep perfectly cool under any kind of an emergency.
WINDY CITY BREEZES TO VICTORY IN AMERICAN DERBY
60,000 see twenty-first revival of famous turf classic for $50,000 purse at Washington Park, Illinois/
PROJECT PLOUGHSHARE PLOWED UNDER.
Scenes of a small group of Pacifists getting their rubber rafts blown up... Pacifists group activities watched by children as well as the sheriff... CU's-of Philip E. Malec...crews put their rafts in the water...Kids wave good bye as the peace pickets paddled up stream... Scenes of the Contra Costa Sheriffs in their boat...Scenes of press boat...They paddled up the river-as they passed into the restricted water the chase was on ...Cutter after the rubber boat...Coast Guard boat quickly turns around and goes after rubber tub...Coast Guard took them on board...Cutter then dashed after the two- there was a struggle...scenes of the cutter with their prisoners-then the two of them jumped in the water...they cooled off and accepted life preservers
PUTTIN' ON THE DOG AT MIAMI BEACH
Canine competition develops real speed on Florida's popular gaming track.
PARADE-RED SQUARE
HS-Parade-Red Square students & athletes...MLS-Russian dignitaries on balcony-Kosygin & others...HS-Parade...MS-Peasants dance in parade...Crowds...VS-Parade...LS-Dignitaries on balcony...VS-Parade-marchers waving...
SOVIET-CHINESE JOINT DECLARATION.
Bulganin signs for the Russians Chou En-lai signs for the Chinese Various scenes of signing and aftermath shaking hands.
KHRUSHCHEV RESIGNS
Historic films show highlights of Nikita Khrushchev's sixteen years as Soviet dictator before he was forced to resign all positions and powers. He is seen with heads of state; orating and pounding the desk at the United Nations; re- ceiving acclaim by crowds in Red Square and being feted on his seventieth birthday last April. His successor Leonid Brezhnev is introduced to newsreel audiences.
HEART AWARD DINNER IN NEW YORK
Variety Club of New York honors William J. German at the first annual Heart Award Dinner at Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Group shot - cut in with Hutt's talk of Barney Balaban of Paramount presenting the book to Mr. German and among the group are Spyros Skouras, Harry Brandt, Nina Foch, Frederick March, movie stars, etc. Scene on end of roll of Adolph Zukor and Mr Balaban.
FAIR FLIERS HOP IN AIR DERBY
Race to Cleveland begins at Santa Monica, Cal., with two mothers among 16 starters.
MEMORIAL DAY - MARGRATEN CEMETERY, HOLLAND
On Memorial Day at Margraten, Mr. H.D. Baruch, American Amb. to the Netherlands & Col. C.W. Raguse, Chief-Cmdr. of American Headquarters in Paris attend ceremony... Garlands are given by Mr. Baruch & Mr. Rost van Tonningen on behalf of Queen Wilhelmina... Talks by Mr. Baruch & Netherlands foreign Min. van Boekelaer van Ooster- hont...
PRO GRID - BIG GAME AT SAN FRANCISCO.
Detroit lions take the Western Pro football title with a sensational comeback in the second half. The Lions down the San Francisco Forty Niners 31-27 after trailing the California team by a score of 27-7.
TULIP TIME IN HOLLAND-U.S.A.!
Everybody goes Dutch in Holland, Michigan, as the famous tulip capital of America holds its annual festival for the first flower of Spring.
