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This Universal newsreel focuses on two topics, as follows. Reel 1, Fort Meade, Md.: Mechanical monsters of the 66th U.S. Infantry (Light Tanks) sweep everything before them as they advance through smoke and shell fire to the attack. A thrilling sight, from daylight to dark, as the "battle wagons" roll along. Reel 2, Pimlico, Md.: In the horseracing classic of the century, War Admiral, the favorite, is beaten by three lengths by C. S. Howard's West...
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This Universal newsreel focuses on five topics, as follows. Reel 1, With the downfall of Germany, U-boats rise to the surface and proceed to surrender to Allied naval authorities. Reel 2, In Berlin, Air Marshal Tedder, General Spaatz, Marshal Zhukoff and others receive the surrender of General Keitel, Admiral Friedberg, and General Stumpf, which commits Nazi Germany to Allied control and ceases hostilities. Reel 3, Yanks entering the salt mines at...
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This Universal newsreel focuses on Cold War tensions between Cuba and America. Charging the U.S. with planning an invasion of Cuba, Fidel Castro calls out 200,000 militiamen to guard Havana. Castro's invasion scare also enlivens debate in the UN, where Cuba has charged the U.S. with aggression. In Moscow, Nikita Khrushchev receives a gift of the Cuban flag and endorses Castro's anti-Americanism.
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This Universal newsreel focuses on a Congressional racket probe involving "Spike" O'Donnell. Chicago, Ill.: "Spike" O'Donnell, a former South Side beer baron who bears the title of "the most shot-at gangster in the country," tells members of a Federal committee investigating crime of his reaction to the latest Federal drive on kidnappers and other lawbreakers.
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This Universal newsreel focuses on the Hindenburg disaster. Lakehurst, N.J.: Thirty-five persons die and scores of others are injured as the mighty dirigible Hindenburg explodes 300 feet over the landing field at the end of her first voyage of the season from Europe. A terrific burst of flame engulfs the stern of the ship and spreads with the rapidity of lightning to the bow. The inferno of blazing hydrogen gas cremates all living beings in its path,...
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This Universal newsreel focuses on five topics, as follows. Reel 1, Two record DC-4 airplane crashes leave a total of 94 people dead. Reel 2, Anzio heroes are honored at a Memorial Day ceremony. Reel 3, Displaced Polish women arrive in Montreal to work, while a group of Yugoslav refugees are repatriated to their homeland. Reel 4, Phalanx wins the 79th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race! Reel 5, Mauri Rose wins the 1947 Indy 500 auto race!
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This Universal newsreel focuses on John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth. Key moments in Glenn's historic flight are highlighted: Glenn suiting up and boarding the Friendship 7, blastoff, Glenn in the capsule, animation of Glenn's orbit, recovery of the capsule, and Glenn's airlift to the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Randolph.
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This Universal newsreel focuses on the inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Washington, D.C.: Striking close-up views of President-elect Roosevelt's arrival at the White House to take President Hoover to the Capitol for the Inaugural ceremony, and the historic ride of the celebrated pair down Pennsylvania Avenue, with a Congressional escort, as cheering thousands, massed on the sidewalks, hail the event. Also, interesting scenes are shown of the...
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This Universal newsreel focuses on two topics, as follows. Reel 1, The final act in the Cuban missile drama plays out at the UN, where Nikita Khrushchev's special envoy Vasily Kuznetsov confers with U Thant. Reel 2, President Charles de Gaulle wins the referendum that France's president will henceforth be elected by popular vote; he'd threatened to resign if voters did not back his referendum.
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This Universal newsreel focuses on eight topics, as follows. Reel 1, Reims, France: Nazi General Jodl and U.S. General W. B. Smith sign the surrender document ending World War II in Europe. Reel 2, N.Y.C.: 3,000 Nazi prisoners arrive in America--the last who will be sent to this country. Reel 3, Milan, Italy: An indignant mob kicks at the bodies of Mussolini and his mistress. Later, their corpses dangle head downward, high above the crowds. (Graphic!)...
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This Universal newsreel focuses on the American space program. To test the re-entry capability of a Jupiter rocket nosecone, two monkeys--Able, a rhesus monkey, and Baker, a squirrel monkey--are launched into space. Post-splashdown, the monkeys are removed, unharmed, and later appear at a press conference.