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Spring Snows For Skibirds
Spring Snows For Ski birds In South America, it's spring and the season is almost over, but unseasonable snows at Argentina's famed resort, Bariloche, are a bonus to ski birds who flock to the slopes for one last 'schuss'. Mountain range. Skiers. Skiers ski over camera positioned in snow. Others ski down slope, as last girl wipes out.
Bellino Wins Heisman Trophy
Bellino Wins Heisman Trophy In New York, navy's Joe Bellino wins the Heisman Memorial Trophy as outstanding college football player brilliant play in this year's army-navy game. CU Heisman trophy. CU Joe Bellino. Various plays from his career.
Lions Defeat Colts 20-15
Lions Defeat Colts 20-15 In one of the most sensational pro games of the year, the Detroit lions beat the Baltimore colts 20-15, rallying after the colts take the lead with only 14 seconds left. In the final second, the lions start a pass play that pays off with victory! Shot of band on field, spelling out CHAMPS. Crowd shot of stadium. Baltimore with 80 yard touchdown play. Howard Cassidy nearly knocks down the goal posts when he runs into it and catches the ball. Back view of fans. Fans swarm the field.
ALGERIA AFLAME De Gaule's Visit Sets Off Renewed Turmoil
ALGERIA AFLAME President Degaulle's visit to Algeria, to rally support for a referendum, is the spark for explosive rioting by die-hard French settlers, who clash with troops in fierce duels in which molotov cocktails and tear gas bombs are exchanged. The army stays loyal to the government, and puts down the riots, in which a shocking death toll leaves Algeria briefly quiet again. Military brutality. Man is pushed down by soldiers, and beaten with rifle butt. Tanks in streets.
Blizzard Of 1960
BLIZZARD OF 1960 Gales & Record Snows Blast eastern U.S. - Lulled by predictions of a mild winter, the eastern United States is ill-prepared to have the roof fall in with a 20-hour snowstorm that pours down nearly two-feet in New York, a record fall that completely snarls the metropolitan area, shutting down all schools, and cutting off thousands of commuters from the city. Shoveling. Snow piled high, cars stuck.
Glimpse Of Kennedy Baby
Glimpse Of Kennedy Baby Outside the Kennedy's Georgetown house, a hopeful crowd waits through sub-freezing weather for a glimpse of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, jr. The baby is whisked by, heavily swaddled against the cold. As the President-elect and his wife follow to the car and leave for Palm Beach.
London Ovation - Spartacus Premiere
London Ovation - Spartacus Premiere London Princess Meg Attends 'Spartacus' Premiere - Poster. Sign. Crowds and police locked arm in arm holding fans back. The overseas premiere of u-i's film epic 'Spartacus' is the highlight of London's show business calendar for 1960, a glittering event at which the register of notables in heralded by Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong-Jones, and includes Mrs. Pandit, Indian high commissioner, and many other famous figures of society, politics, and the entertainment world. Kirk Douglas, producer and star arrives with his wife. Director Stanley Kubrick and U-I President Milton Rackmil are also there. Sir Winston Churchill s daughter presents Kirk Douglas to the Princess.
LION OF JUDAH - Palace Coup Ousts Haile Selass
LION OF JUDAH - EMPEROR HEILE SELASSIE OF ETHIOPIA IS OUSTED FROM Over throne by a social reform regime backed by his eldest son. The coup came as the monarch was visiting brazil. Scenes show Haile Selassie arriving in Ghana at the start of his tour, his son on a visit to Tokyo just a year ago, and scenes of the Silver Jubilee of his reign in 1955. Selassie waving from balcony.
Kennedy Names Cabinet Members
Kennedy Names Cabinet Members In New York, President-elect Kennedy's appointees to the key posts of secretary of state and ambassador to the U.N., Dean Rusk and Adlai Stevenson, hold a press conference, as in the capital, the appointment of Robert McNamara, president of the Ford Motor company, as secretary of defense, is announced.
Nobel Prize Awards
NOBEL PRIZE AWARDS At Stockholm Concert Hall, two Americans receive Nobel Prizes for physics and chemistry. King Gustav VI Adolf confers the prestigious award on Dr. Donald Glasser and Prof. Willard Libby.
Durante Weds
Durante Weds In New York, comedian Jimmy Durante weds Margie Little, after a 16-year courtship, in ceremonies at St. Malachy's church. A momentous occasion for 'the schnozz'.
Painted Hairdos: In Paris
Painted Hairdos: In Paris In Paris, the latest fashion fad is painted hairdos. Scenes show the artiste touching up Madame s coiffure with brush and palette to match her ensemble.
Rocket Society Award
Rocket Society Award In Washington, D. C., The nation's top prize in the field of space research, the $1,000 rocket society award, goes to Cornell student Julian I. Palmore of Baltimore, Maryland. Looks at Chimpanzee behind glass, who will soon be sent up in a rocket, where they will record his heart rate.
Motor-soccer
Motor-soccer German sports fans thrill to the national motor-soccer championship, combining the fast action of soccer with the roaring excitement of a cross-country motorcycle melee. The new sport is action-packed and features a thrilling show of skill at scorching speeds..........
Worst Air Crash In History!
Worst Air Crash In History! Two huge airliners collide in the skies over new York city, in the worst disaster in aviation history. One, a jet with 84 aboard, crashes in a crowded Brooklyn neighborhood, killing all aboard, and it's believed, at least 7 on the ground. Houses and shops are shattered by the impact. The other plane, which hits in Staten island carries to death all 44 aboard.
Air Force Plane Crashes In Munich
Air Force Plane Crashes In Munich Within 24 hours, an American military transport crashes in a Munich, Germany, street, hitting a crowded streetcar in the heart of the city's shopping district. All 20 aboard the plane, mostly students going home for the holidays, and 29 on the ground are killed. Burned cars and bus in middle of street.
New Carrier Burns
New Carrier Burns In Brooklyn navy yard, an accident during construction work on the 'Constellation' turns the navy's biggest, newest, aircraft carrier into a grisly holocaust. Of 4,200 aboard, most are saved in a massive, heroic rescue operation, but at least 50 are believed dead, and an unknown number trapped in the inferno below the ship's red-hot deck plates. Firemen with hoses, rescue in progress. Stretcher being carried by both workers and firemen.
Twenty-five Years Ago
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO In Georgia, F.D.R. driving his own car, shot of cattle in pasture. F.D.R. launches the first rural resettlement project, offering new homes and new lives to hundreds of poverty-blighted farm families. Crowds of dirt farmers greet Roosevelt as he drives by in car. Roosevelt waves from car. CU man in hat chewing tobacco. Crowds stand outside listening to President Roosevelt as he states: "Your Government and I say to you - You cannot borrow your way out of debt, but you can invest your way into a sounder future." The first slum-clearance municipal housing is dedicated in New York city by Mrs. Roosevelt as Gov. Lehmen and Mayor LaGuardia look on. Tenements. Mrs. Roosevelt cuts tape. At a special convocation of Notre Dame University, Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago states the position of the Catholic Church on politics. In Miami, a daredevil birdman defies gravity to plummet 8,000 feet in a daring acrobatic display... Clem Sohn shows off birdman suit.
House Hears Petrillo Testimony
Dull and dark in contrast and imagery Appearing before House Labor Committee, James Petrillo defends his control of union musicians. When asked if he doubted president's opinions on the HCL, Petrillo says Mr. Truman is potential member of the union. 'He plays the piano.'
Rocket Sled Hurtles 1000 MPH
Dull and dark in contrast and imagery A rocket-powered sled, running along the ground on rails, cracks the speeding-of-sound barrier during spectacular tests by Northrop engineers. The unmanned vehicle hits 1,019 M.P.H.
SPACE PROGRESS: Recover 'man-in-space' Capsule Successful
SPACE PROGRESS: Recover 'man-in-space' Capsule Successful The firing into space and recovery of a one-ton space capsule of the design which will carry America s first project mercury astronaut marks a major stride in the nation's man-in-space program. The capsule is fired 130 miles up from cape Canaveral, atop a giant red stone rocket, and is successfully recovered 220 miles down the Atlantic firing range. MR-1A rocket.
Probe Carrier Fire
Probe Carrier Fire In the aftermath of the catastrophic blaze aboard the carrier 'Constellation', in the Brooklyn navy yard, in which 47 construction workers died, a navy court of inquiry begins an investigation as clean-up operations begin. Scenes show the fire-gutted interior of the $275 million craft, and in interview with secretary of the navy William B. Franke, who disagrees with Fire Commissioner Cavanaugh's opinion. Criticism of the use of wooden scaffolding as a factor in the tragedy News cameramen.
STRATEGY TALKS - Kennedy Confers With His Congress Leaders
STRATEGY TALKS - Kennedy Confers With His Congress Leaders In Palm Beach, Fla., President-elect Kennedy confers with his running mate Senator Lyndon Johnson, speaker of the house Sam Rayburn, and the new Senate majority leader Mike Mansfield on strategy for putting Senator Kennedy's legislative program through congress. Newsmen. Reporters. Johnson and Rayburn and Mansfield stand together at conference. Reporters seated. Kennedy stands left of Johnson. Cameras.
Fashion Parade
Fashion Parade High styles for grand opera in Milan, Italy, where the important season of the year is the season of the la scala opera. Milan's most beautiful models show the most sumptuous creations of the fashion capital's leading designers. gloves. Beautiful gowns.