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Mourn Jordan Premier
Mourn Jordan Premier In Jordan, King Hussein, leads the funeral services for premier hazza majali and 11 others who died in the blast of as assassin s time bomb. Blaming Syrian agents, King Hussein may break relations with the United Arab Republic.
Nixon Hospitalized
Nixon Hospitalized An infected left knee keeps Vice President Nixon from the campaign trail. Laid up in Washington s Walter Reed Hospital for about 2 weeks, works on campaign speeches and receives a visit from President Eisenhower.
India Hit By Heavy Floods
India Hit By Heavy Floods One of the worst floods to hit india in many years affects four million people and causes looses to precious live-stock. The future holds long-range flood control projects, but the present is a time of bitterness and sorrow. Disaster.
Berlin Police Show
Berlin Police Show West Berlin s police stage their annual show in Olympic stadium before 100,000. Highlights include precision motor-cycle drills and performances by the city's incredible police dogs.
Finger Wrestling In Alps
Finger Wrestling In Alps Mountaineers heave and haul in the knuckle-busting sport of finger wrestling. Each wrestler hooks a finger through a leather loop, as they sit facing across a table, and then it's muscle all the way.
'blaze Hanover' Captures Hambletonian
'blaze Hanover' Captures Hambletonian At duquoin, Illinois, the classic Hambletonian goes into four heats before there's a winner, for the first time in 26 years. In the slowest pace of the day, 'blaze hanover' holds the lead all the way to win more than $85,000 and the greatest race in harness.
Rhino Round-up
Rhino Round-up In Rhodesia, game wardens carry on a remarkable game round-up to rescue animals trapped on soon-to-be-submerged islands behind the kariba dam. One party goes after a massive rhino, with a monumentally bad temper and it's a riotous rampage as they snare him, truss him, and ferry him to shore. Then the beast turns on his rescuers, goring the boat, and tearing up the landscape before departing.
Upside Down House
Upside Down House In ft. Lauderdale, Florida, builders finish off a development with a completely upside down house, inside and out. Crazy like a fox. The weird sight draws throngs of prospects to enjoy the topsy-turvy sensation of a fully-furnished house that defies the law of gravity.
Leather Fashions
Leather Fashions In forest hills, New York, high style leather fashions, with a new range of colors and new tannages that drape like cloth. Styles range from luxurious evening wear to sturdy styles for the outdoor girl.
25 Years Ago - Dedication of Hoover Dam
25 Years Ago - Dedication of Hoover Dam Franklin D Roosevelt dedicates mighty Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) then the 8th wonder of the world.
Ike Warns Reds On Congo
Ike Warns Reds On Congo At his White House press conference, President Eisenhower warns that Soviet supplies of air craft and military equipment to the Lumumba governmnet increase tensions in the Congo and endanger hopes of a peaceful solution through United Nations efforts to ease the explosive crisis.
Hurricane Donna
HURRICANE DONNA After battering Puerto Rico with savage flash floods that cause wide damage and take some 116 lives, hurricane Donna moves north towards the keys and Cuba, watched with fearful apprehension by warning stations and householders along the entire eastern seaboard.
London In Donnybrook
LONDON IN DONNYBROOK Heavyweight Brian London's challenge match with European champ Rick Richardson, in Wales, erupts in a donnybrook after the ref declares Richardson the winner. London keeps on fighting, with his father and brother joining him in the ring. For one of the wildest melees since the marquis of Queensbury brought order to the squared circle. Police enter ring.
Donna Scourges Seaboard
Donna Scourges Seaboard Hurricane Donna, after its deadly course through the Caribbean and the heart of Florida, slashes up the Atlantic Coast. The killer storm brushes New Jersey and the New York metropolitan area with gale force winds and torrential rains, then hits eastern Long Island with full force, and batters on into New England following closely the track of the disastrous 1938 hurricane. The most property damage from a storm to ever hit Florida. POV from car, with windshield wipers on.
Ike At Country Fair
Ike At Country Fair Week-ending at his Gettysburg farm, Ike visits the Arendtsville, PA., County fair-viewing the arts and crafts exhibits, trying his throwing arm at a midway booth, and laughingly passing up a palmistry booth.
Miss America - 1961
Miss America - 1961 Miss America 1961 is chosen in the latest edition of the glittering Atlantic City, N.J., Beauty pageant. She's lovely Nancy Anne Fleming of Montague, Michigan, not only a beauty but a straight a student with career plans in food and fashion....
Royal Family Home Movies
ROYAL FAMILY HOME MOVIES At Balmoral Castle, in Scotland, rare intimate and casual scenes of the Royal Family, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Princess Ann, Prince Charles, and baby Prince Andrew just enjoying a quiet family afternoon together.
79 Escape Death In Plane Crash
79 Escape Death In Plane Crash A hairs-breadth escape from fiery tragedy for 70 passengers and 6 crew members when their plane crashes and flips over while landing at New York's LaGuardia airport, with the plane already burning, stewardesses help free the passengers, hanging upside down by their safety belts, and lead them to safety. No Loss of life.
Hurricane Aftermath
Hurricane Aftermath All along the Atlantic seaboard, a mammoth job of cleaning up in the wake of Hurricane Donna, one of the most destructive storms on record. At least 138 lives are lost, and property damages are approximately one billion dollars.
Canary Acrobat
Canary Acrobat Argentina, a canary acrobat who goes through a dazzling repertory of stunts that culminates with exhaustion and a hilarious 'playing dead' trick.
Grid Titans Trounce Bills
Grid Titans Trounce Bills In New York, the American football league opens its season with a match between the titans and the Buffalo Bills. A fast moving, action-packed contest in which the titans run up an overwhelming 27-3 final score.........
Mr. K And Castro Arrive In New York
Mr. K And Castro Arrive In New York An impressive parade of world leaders arrives in New York for the opening of the 15th general assembly of the U.N. First is Cuba s Fidel Castro, who is received with mixed cheers and jeers. Russia's Nikita Khrushchev soviet ally and satellite-to be greeted by furious protests of demonstrators, many of whom are east European refugees. In all, 20 heads of state will be represented in one of the most dramatic sessions.
Mexico Hails Independence Day
Mexico Hails Independence Day Mexico hails the 150th anniversary of national independence with a sensational country wide observance that has 35 million Mexicans joining in spectacular celebrations and historic observances. Landmarks. Night of jubilation and fiesta.
T.O.A. Names Star Of Year
T.O.A. Names Star Of Year As the Los Angeles convention of the theatre owners of America draws to a close with the traditional President's banquet, attended by over 1,000 exhibitors and their wives, T.O.A. President Albert M. Pickus presents the organization's star of the year award to Doris Day, featured in universal-International's forthcoming 'Midnight Lace'.