Universal-International (Firm)

This Universal newsreel focuses on the formation of the Peace Corps. President Kennedy outlines the Peace Corps program and its prospects as a global movement that will build upon the work of American exchange students already overseas helping with construction projects in the Third World.

This Universal newsreel focuses on the 1935 Toledo Strike. Toledo, Ohio: Huge crowds of picketers patrol the approaches to an automobile factory when negotiations between workers and owners fail. Francis J. Dillon explains the American Federation of Labor's position in the industry.

This Universal newsreel focuses on two topics, as follows. Reel 1, Japan: Dramatic pictures of atom bomb damage in Hiroshima and Nagasaki foreshadow the coming Bikini Atoll experiment. Intense heat and light of the Hiroshima blast left blackened outlines of people on destroyed bridges! Reel 2, Italy: Following mass demonstrations and a democratic referendum, Italian voters cast their lot with the democracies and oust their king.

This Universal newsreel focuses on scenes of military action. Footage includes troops patrolling and B-52 strikes.

This Universal newsreel focuses on the Russian space program. Animations illustrate how the U.S.S.R.'s first satellite was launched into Earth's orbit.

This Universal newsreel focuses on the Russian space program. The feat of Cosmonaut Gherman Titov--17 orbits of the Earth--is re-created through newspaper headlines, animation, archival film of a Soviet rocket lifting off, and an audio recording of Titov from space.

This Universal newsreel focuses on seven topics, as follows. Reel 1, The U.S.S. Boston, America's first guided missile cruiser. Reel 2, Scores die as tornadoes rip through the Midwest. Reel 3, A robot weather station nicknamed "Grasshopper" is tested at a naval research lab for use in the Antarctic. Reel 4, Ten horses of the U.S. Olympic equestrian team are flown to Stockholm for the upcoming Summer Olympics. Reel 5, Grace Kelly at a press conference...

This Universal newsreel focuses on "trumpet diplomacy" in the former Belgian Congo. Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong arrives in Congo on a U.S. State Department goodwill mission. Criticized by Moscow but warmly welcomed by the Congolese, he plays New Orleans jazz.

This Universal newsreel focuses on Hawaii statehood. Hawaii becomes America's 50th state and "gives the lie to Communist charges of American colonialism.

This Universal newsreel focuses on a classic piece of anti-Nazi propaganda from Britain. You will howl with glee when you see and hear what our London newsreel friends have cooked up for Hitler and his goose-stepping armies. The "Nasties" skip and sway in tune to the Lambeth Walk--the cleverest anti-Nazi propaganda yet!