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Ike In Alaska: En Route To Japan Despite Mob Threats
"President Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in Alaska, en route to carry out his scheduled tour of the Orient despite threats and demonstrations by Japanese left-wing fanatics. At Anchorage, some 30,000 turn out to cheer Ike on his first visit to Alaska." Throngs turn out to welcome President Eisenhower. MS - President Eisenhower standing up in a convertible waving to the people who turned out and are lining the streets. MS - President Eisenhower at the Anchorage Log Cabin Museum. MCUS - Mounted (stuffed) wild life of Alaska. CUS - Ike's daughter-in-law buying Eskimo handicraft gifts. CUS - President Eisenhower coming out of the Log Cabin Museum.
Attack Hagerty: Japan Riots Mount In Fury
"Japan Riots Mount in Fury. A grim foretaste of the reception planned by Japanese leftists for the President. Press Secretary Hagerty, arriving to arrange details of Ike's visit, is trapped in a car while driving from the airport, by 10,000 shouting rioters, for an 80 minute ordeal before he is rescued by helicopter." Uniformed men watch as crowds of demonstrators stand and dance about, carrying banners (on one, "U2" is visible), wearing headbands. MS - Japanese Army sitting on top of their trucks. Little Japanese girl waves American flag and Japanese flag. Banner: "Don't Come to Japan Eisenhower". MCUS - Hagerty and posted body guards disembarking the plane. Photographers snap away as men get into car. Protestors run along road, then angry mob surrounds car. View of Hagerty through window, looking serious. MS - A Marine helicopter coming in to rescue Mr. Hagerty. MS - Japan's Army escorts Mr. Hagerty to the helicopter. MS - Helicopter is air borne.
Trooping The Color
"The traditional ceremony of trooping the color marks the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II. Despite grey, drizzly weather, the color and pageantry of the martial ceremonial is bright and stirring." The Irish Grenadier palace guards marching band . MCUS - Queen Elizabeth II sitting on her horse. MCUS - Two Irish Grenadier Guards trooping the colors. CUS - Back of ladies head taking pictures on a 8 mm camera. MLSOH - The Grenadier Guards marching. MLSOH - Grenadier Gurads marching band. MS - Queen Elizabeth II riding her beautifu chestnut horse, Imperial. The Queen will be 34 years old in April of 1960. MCUS - Queen Elizabeth saluting the Grenadier Guards.
Truman Warns U. S. Of Reds.
Bluntly accusing russia of plotting the subjugation of all europe, pres. Truman tells congress that america must build up its armed strength to keep the peace and remain free. He asks for a temprary draft, universal military training, and quick passage of e.R.P. Aid to the sixteen nations.
The President Addresses The Friendly Sons Of...
The president addresses the friendly sons of st. Patrick dinner at the astor and firmly turns his back on henry wallace. He rejects any aid from the former vice president. Cardinal spellman also attacks the forces of appeasement and prays for italian rejection of stalinism.
British Trade Fair Opens in New York
"Prince Philip formally opens the gala British Trade Fair. It's his 39th birthday and the day before the Queen's official birthday. He's joined in cutting the mammoth cake by Vice-President Nixon and Governor Rockefeller who lay aside political skirmishing to smile their most amiable smiles." The British Trade Fair opens up and there is people walking in front of the building. MS - This is the Prince's 39th birthday as he walks towards the building housing the British Fair. MCUS - Vice President Nixon and Prince Philip walking through the exhibitions. MS - Vice President Nixon, Nelson Rockefeller and Prince Philip eating a piece of the tall birthday cake.
'Celtic Ash' Wins Belmont Stakes
'Celtic Ash' Wins Belmont Stakes Over view of the people at the race track. MOHS - Horses sitting on the horses in the stalls of the starting gate. MOHS - Horses are racing neck to neck. OHS - Throngs of racing fans. MLS - In the back stretch Venetian Way leads. Celtic Ash starts to move up. MCUS - Three women looking through binoculars. MLSM - Celtic Ash pulls into the lead and wins $150,000 stakes. MCUS - A five and a half upset lead victory. No #6 - Celtic Ash.
25 Years Ago - King George V reviewed Britain's mightiest parade of air power.
King George V reviewed Britain's mightiest parade of air power to date. Great Britain. The massed power of the Royal Air Force on parade. Aerial shot - Planes parked. MS - King George V and Prince of Wales. MS - Bi-planes taking off from the field.
Ike Hailed In Formosa, Korea
"President Dwight D. Eisenhower's tour of the Orient, marred by the cancellation of his visit to Japan, takes him to Formosa, where 300,000 jam the streets and squares of Taipei to cheer him, and to Korea, where the same student demonstrators who overthrew the Syngman Rhee regime now join in a vast tumultuous crowd that gives the president a fantastic ovation." A Marine 7th fleet helicopter lands and taxis in carrying President Eisenhower where they picked him up from the cruiser St. Paul. He is greeted by Chang kai Shek in a Field's Marshall uniform. MS - Throngs of Koreans gather to greet President Eisenhower holding up banners "Welcome To Ike". MS - President Eisenhower riding in an motorcade streets lined with many people holding up banners "Welcome Ike". Shot from building roof - Thousands of people. OHS - Thousands of people where their heads look like little dots. MLS - A very long banner reading "Welcome To Korea Mr. President" CUS - Welcome President Eisenhower, one side has the Korean Fag and the other side has the American Flag. MS - Plane landing on the tarmac with the President in South Korea. MS - President Eisenhower disembarking from the plane. MLS - Premier Ho Chung and President Eisenhower on the podium. MS - Estimated amount of people is a million and a half. MCUS - Security guards holding back the over enthusiastic crowd. MS - President Eisenhower wearing a straw hat smiling from ear to ear at his warm welcome from the South Korean People.
Princess Margaret And Mr. Jones
"At Portsmouth, Mr. and Mrs. Antony Armstrong-Jones return from their Caribbean honeymoon aboard the royal yacht Britannia. Although the return is quiet and unmarked by any ceremony, 10,000 are at dockside to cheer Princess Margaret." The yacht pulls up to dock, with the newlywed couple waving from it. They disembark and Margaret, beaming, waves a royal wave. Her Majesty Royal Yacht docks at Portsmouth. MLS - Princess Margaret and her husband, Antony Armstrong-Jones. MS - Deck hands tying the Royal Yacht to the pier. MLS - Princess Margaret and her husband walking the deck of the ship. You see the ships sailors standing at attention on the upper deck. CUS - The newly weds disembarking from the yacht, Britannia.
Frondizi Received By Pope John
"Argentine President Frondizi, on a state visit to Italy, is received by the Pope. He and Mrs. Frondizi receive gifts from the Pontiff, who gives his blessing to the Argentine people." Rome, Vatican, Italy Argentine President Arturo Frondizi walking with his wife Mrs. Frondizi escorted by a priest. Mrs. Frondizi has a black scarf draped over her head. CUS - Pope John and the Frondizi's exchanging gifts. MCUS - Pope John blessing his visitors and all the Argentine people. CUS - President Frondizi bidding farewell to Pope John.
Royal Hunt Cup At Ascot.
"A glorious day at the Ascot race meeting, with everyone who is anyone, or wants to be, present in his and her finest, headed by the Queen and Queen Mother at their most fashionable. A moment of excitement when one horse breaks away and throws his jockey, another thrill in the finish of the royal hunt cup." A day at the races. All the throngs milling about all decked out in top hats and dresses and fancy hats. MCUS - Queen Elizabeth II and Queen mum dressed in the most stylish and everyone at the track following suite. MS - All the jockeys and horses come up to the racing wire. Star Chambor breaks away and the jockey has to duct to avoid the wire. He looses his balance on top of the horse and slides off. The horse continues running down the track. The jockey was stepped on by Star Chambor but only slightly injured. MS - Their off after a 15 minute delay to win the Hunt Cup. And Small Slam is the winner. No #2.
Vanderbilt Cup Auto Race.
"The oldest automobile event in America, the Vanderbilt Cup, is revived after 23 years. Formula junior class racers blaze over a tortuous course at Westbury, Long Island, and some of America's greatest racing stars fail to finish. The sizzling event is won by a Connecticut mechanic and salesman with 75 M.P.H. average speed." The starting flag is given and the race is on. CUS - Racing fans, their heads turn sharply as the race pass by. MS - Race cars going by and in the back ground packed stands with fans. CUS - Of different race cars and their drivers. MLS - One race car becomes air born as he rounds the track. CUS - Race track paparazzi. CUS - Harry Cotter is presented the Vanderbilt Cup for winning the race. First cup awarded since 1937.
First In Space: Twin Satellites In Single Launching
"At Cape Canaveral, another historic space test. Two satellites mounted piggyback fashion are carried aloft by a single Thor-Able-Star rocket. Only the second shot of this model, it places both new moons into precise orbits." Twin satellites are ready for a historic double launching. The lower satellite is Transit 2-A an experimental navigation device and the other will measure solar radiation. MS-Night time - Thor-Able Star rocket. MS - At 1:54 AM the rocket is blasting off. It is a perfect flight for the rocket and its two moons. You can't see the rocket but you do see the fire coming out of its lower engines.
Gotham Hails Thai King.
New York's traditional civic welcome for visiting notables is extended Thailand's King Phumibol Adulate (King Phumibol Adulyadej) and Queen Sir kit (Queen Sirikit), with a parade on Broadway for the king through a blizzard of confetti, and official ceremonies at City Hall. Typical ticker tape (tickertape) parade scenes. A ticker tape motorcade parade for the King Phumibol and his lovely Queen Sirikit. He is standing in a convertible waving at every body. MCUS - The King and Queen is welcomed to New York by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia and his wife.
Transcontinental Trek - Dr. Barbara Moore
Britain's Dr. Barbara Moore completes her epic cross-country hike from San Francisco to New York, with a triumphant reception in Times Square from admirers and fellow-vegetarians. Barbara Moore of Britain, wearing sunglasses. She has walked 3,387 miles from San Francisco to New York. She is walking on US Highway No 1. CUS - Sign Newark - New York CUS - Times SQ. - Roadway W.43 ST. - Times SQ - W. 43 ST. - Broadway. CUS - A little girl holding a bouquet of flowers with a printed sign "Welcome Dr. Moore". Vegetarian Society. CUS - Dr. Moore with a crowd of people behind her.
Aloha Ike
"Ike arrives in Hawaii, and receives a warm aloha! After triumphal airport greetings, and a procession through Honolulu, he stops over for a few days of rest and golfing recreation after the rigors of his Far Eastern tour." Islanders waiting for President Eisenhower to get off the plane to welcome him. CUS - Banner " Aloha! United Japanese Society. MCUS - President Eisenhower disembarking from the plane. MCUS - President Eisenhower formally getting welcomed by the island of Hawaii. MS - President's motorcade street's lined with people in Honolulu. MCUS - President Eisenhower standing up in the convertible waving.
Japan Honors MacArthur.
"In New York, Japan's Consul General presents General Douglas MacArthur with the highest award the country can give a foreigner who is not a chief of state, the Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun." General Douglas MacArthur and a Japanese Consul General on behalf of Emperor Hirohito receives a medal. CUS - Paparazzi. CUS - Profile of General Douglas MacArthur. . CUS - Consul General placing a sash on the General. CUS - The two men shake hands.
Three Wheel Car Ride
Three Wheel Car Ride "Automotive engineers drive a stock U.S. car from Chicago to Detroit with one wheel missing, a dramatic test of the new unit body construction that has cops in three states gasping." An engineer getting inside a car with three wheels. MS - The test car's front right wheel is missing. CUS - A traffic cop blowing a whistle see's the car drops the whistle out of his mouth smiling MS - Looks like a 1960 Cadillac. The last of the back fin. MS - The car driving down the highway and making the curve on the highway with no problem at all.
Monkey Business With Mama Tiger
"In Italy, zoo capers! Mrs. Tiger in a snarling rage while her cub cavorts with some human playmates, and an irreverent monkey who mocks the distraught mother and plays a tricky game of tag with an unwary watchdog." Close up of the face of a Bengal Tiger in a cage and very upset. CUS - Tigers baby outside the cage walking around on the grass., CUS - Two little girls in dresses and holding purses one is a blond and one is a brunet. CUS - Pretty gal holding the baby bangle tiger. CUS - Meanwhile the mama tiger is going nuts behind the bars in her cage. MS - Monkey in a tree and a dog barking at it. MS - When the dog starts walking away, the monkey comes down a pats it on the butt.
Fashion Parade.
In Rotterdam's unique 300-foot high Euro mast restaurant, a parade of international high fashion by lovely models now touring the continent with a collection by 11 top designers. Stunning setting, chic lines, and glamorous girls. Hats. Cats eye glasses. Approximately a dozen models walking towards the camera. MS - Inside a restaurant, the models give a fashion show. MCUS - First model is wearing a very tailored suit that you can wear in the year 2000. POV - Looking down at the traffic below. MS - Model passes the lens of the camera wearing a very strange looking hat. Her dress is a full cut skirt with a huge plead going down the center back. CUS -0 Two women wearing pussy-cat glasses and hats, MS - Three models come out wearing beach clothing, CUS - Woman wearing a dark hat and pussy-cat sun glasses. MS - Models come out wearing tailored suits, one maybe a dark gray or blue and the other one is light. MS - Two men having lunch taking in the fashion show. MS - An strapless evening gown with a shorter front than in the back. MSOH - Models standing on the balcony with a scenic view below of well groomed lawns and trees. The camera pans up and you see the port with ships and boats.
Kayak Slalom White Water
White water daredevils in a kayak slalom, with a rugged, sadistic course marked out by poles in a surging, tricky stream to make even more hair-raising the ordeal of powerful currents and savage rapids. Men (and one woman?) kayak through rapids, around poles. Strenuous. People standing on a bridge watching the Kayakers paddling down the turbulent water. OHS - Kayakers paddling into some pretty rough water, the water rushes over one kayak and over-turns it. CUS - One of the participants struggling in the white water with his kayak. He makes it and goes around the bend. MS - Sports enthusiast applauding. MS - A Kayaker paddling around the poles. He makes it barely to the bottom of the run. Old man river is proclaimed the winner by the VO.
Ike Home, Hailed By Capital, Reports To Nation
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, arriving at Washington's airport from Hawaii, where he rested following his tour of the Orient, receives warm greetings. Later, reporting to the nation, Ike sums up the achievements of his journey, warns against Red tactics intended to bluff or frighten the free world, and defends his policy of personal diplomacy. (This part is not shown, just his arrival.) MS - Ike and others disembark (deplane) from U.S. Air Force plane, then shake hands with people including Richard Nixon. MS - A small crowd of citizens leans against chain link fence, looking on. MCUS - Ike with one of his sons and the son's wife.
Prince Crown Prince Naruhito Poses
In Tokyo's Imperial Palace, infant Prince Hirohito poses for official portraits with his parents Princess Michiko and Crown Prince Akihito. VS baby and proud parents in living room setting. Cute. Princess and Crown Prince Akihito walking down the stairs with their baby Crown Prince Naruhito. MS - With baby toys strategy placed the proud parents of the new prince bring him into the living room, CUS - The baby. Nice little baby.