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Red Crowds Celebrate May Day
Red Crowds Celebrate May Day The may day celebration in Moscow gives the Russians a chance to crow long and loud over the west - for the theme running through the parade is their triumph in space. The guest of honor, of course, is Yuri Gagarin, first man to orbit the earth. Nikita Khrushchev stands next to Gagarin as he waves. Rocket balloon released in his honor. Floats including a picture of Lenin. Nikita waving hat, and Yuri waving. The face of a peoples whose leaders would wipe out democracy. Closer to the United States - 90 miles away to be exact - Fidel Castro takes the occasion of May Celebrations to dictate that Cuba is a Socialist party. Parade and Castro floats. Crowds.
Queen Elizabeth II In Italy
Queen Elizabeth II In Italy For the first time in decades a reigning British monarch visits Italy on a state visit. Queen Elizabeth receives a warm welcome in Rome preliminary to her visit to the Pope. Queen Elizabeth stands and waves from car. Crowds. Queen and Prince Philip wave from balcony.
Bourguiba Welcomed By Kennedy
Bourguiba Welcomed By Kennedy Arriving in Washington, President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia is welcomed by President Kennedy and the first lady. Mr. Bourguiba was the leader in his country's fight for independence from France. Sailors stand at attention with rifles.
Rodeo Thrills
Rodeo Thrills Lots of cowboy hats in audience. Gate opened and women sitting on steer, with no saddle are let out to ride. Crowd seated outdoors, clapping, some wear sunglasses. Several men attempt to ride bulls. Gate is opened and bull loses balance and falls out of pen. Man falls off as well, and bull runs off. Winds up chasing a man out of the arena.
As World Watched
As World Watched Spaceman Hailed After U.S. Triumph - The United States puts her first man into space as the world looks on- and succeeds. In the full white light of global publicity - in sharp contrast to Russian secrecy - commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Is sent aloft in a Mercury capsule atop a Red stone missile. The 37-year-old navy test pilot is the calmest man at cape Canaveral as the count-down begins with hundreds of newsmen looking on. (Story starts here - ) Shepard is honored at the White House. President Kennedy gives him the service medal of the National Space Agency. Press. Shepard makes speech, stating , " I got far less sleep last night, than I did the night before the flight." Vice President Johnson makes his way to congratulate Shepard. And Mrs. Kennedy is seen in the back smiling ever so much and motioning to the President. She reminds him that he never pinned the medal on. The President follows through with the formality, and pins the medal on Mr. Alan B. Shepard. Parade route with the Shepard and his wife seated on back of convertible waving to the street lined crowds. All of the city roars a welcome in a parade down Pennsylvania Avenue. An historic milestone in man's conquest of space.
President Hosts Foreign Students at White House
President Hosts Foreign Students at White House There's a foreign invasion at the White House - but they're all our good friends. Foreign students, 1,000 of them, are guests of President Kennedy. From the balcony, Caroline has a 3-year-old's view of the affair and supervises things handily. The President call on the students to make a close study of our free society. President & Mrs. Kennedy stand together on lawn. CU Jackie Kennedy. Guests dressed in African attire. President at Microphone.
New York Hails Bourguiba
New York Hails Bourguiba Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba gets a roaring, ticker-tape welcome in New York. Thousands turn out to cheer him up Broadway to city hall where he's received by Mayor Robert Wagner. Ticker tapes falling. Nice shot of American Flag with Buildings in background. Pan down flag to see Military soldiers holding flags, with crowds below. Patriotism.
Pope John Receives Queen Elizabeth
Pope John Receives Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth of Britain visits with Pope John xxiii, the first reigning British monarch to call in 40 years. She's titular head of the church of England and confers at length with the Pope. Guards. Queen getting out of car wearing black veil and tiara greeting the Pope. Prince Philip. All three stand together.
Hussein And Bride-to-be
Hussein And Bride-to-be King Hussein of Jordan is to take a commoner as his bride. She's 20-year-old Toni Gardiner, daughter of a British army officer who has already become a Moslem.
New Premier Of Iran
New Premier Of Iran Premier Ali Amini is named by the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to rule by decree. Parliament is dissolved in this pro-western nation after four teachers were shot while demonstrating for higher pay. Exterior of building.
Hurricane In France
Hurricane In France The worst Hurricane in France's history follows our own spring pattern of tornadoes. The Normandy area is devastated as scores are injured, thousands made homeless and farmlands ruined. Damage. Little boy picks up and carries large ride-able toy car out of ruins.
Hail King Cotton
Hail King Cotton Carnival Pays Gala Tribute - Fireworks. Sign lit up by fireworks reads: "H You All". Lit up barge, looks like castle for queen and her court. King and Queen Cotton.
Neutral Laos Aim Of U.S. In Geneva Talks
Neutral Laos Aim Of U.S. In Geneva Talks The 14-nation conference on peace in Laos gets off to a shaky start in Geneva as the reds and the west wrangle over the seating of the rebel delegations. A compromise is reached allowing them to sit in as observers and the last obstacle is out of the way. Delegates arriving at airport get into cars. India s defense Minister. (Dean Rusk?) shakes hand with soviet diplomat.
Johnson In Far East
Johnson In Far East Vice-president Lyndon B. Johnson swings through the far east on a mission designed to reaffirm the U.S. Pledge that southeast Asian will never be abandoned to the reds. He visits South Vietnam, Formosa and Manila at the start of his tour. Johnson shakes hands with civilians along parade route.
Hollywood Brush Fire
Hollywood Brush Fire A mile from the heart of Hollywood one of the most devastating fires in recent years lays waster to scores of luxury homes. Damages are estimated to be well over $1,500,000. Fires raging at night. Damaged homes. Man spraying water hose on smoldering structure.
Final Curtain - Gary Cooper Is Mourned
Final Curtain - Gary Cooper Is Mourned One of the screen's most beloved figures - Gary Cooper, is dead. The quiet gentleman who was the American cowboy, knew for a year that he had not long to live. He had accepted that fact with his usual courage and dignity. Cooper in hat, looks to be a movie set. Gary Cooper accepting award from a military man, for his role of Sergeant York. Cooper entertaining troops with others on stage. GI's in audience. Soldiers clapping at show. Cooper wears military hat, signs autographs for the soldiers. Gary Cooper meeting Queen Elizabeth. Cooper on movie set in scuba gear in water with ( Charlton Heston ?) Cooper and woman arriving at event.
Navy's 'Chuting Stars'
Navy's 'Chuting Stars' Parachutist jumping from plane. Streaking across sky, with flares. Parachute is opened, and land.
Canadians Hail Kennedy On State Visit
Canadians Hail Kennedy On State Visit On his first visit to a foreign nation since he assumed the Presidency, Mr. Kennedy arrives in Ottawa on a visit of state. Kennedy and Jackie exit aircraft. Greeted by Governor-General George P. Vanier and the Prime Minister John Diefenbaker. CU of boys waving hats (look like boy scouts) Kennedy later attends a state dinner and the next day addresses Parliament. Jackie is seated in civilian balcony. He appeals to Canada to join the organization of American States, of which is not a member. Without mentioning Cuba, he states that nothing is more important than Canadian / U.S. unity.
Queen Attends Flower Show
Queen Attends Flower Show Queen Elizabeth opens the Chelsea flower show - a highlight of the spring season. The Queen Mother, Princess Margaret and her husband Anthony Armstrong-Jones are among the royal party in this preview of Britain s cherished institution.
Funeral Rites For Gary Cooper
Funeral Rites For Gary Cooper As he would have wished it, the last rites for Gary cooper are quietly dignified. Never has such an array of stars paid such a heart-felt tribute to the man who was one of the most respected actors in motion pictures. Edward G. Robinson, Jimmy Durante, John Wayne, Marlena Dietrich, Frank Sinatra and Mrs. Peter Lauford? Walter Pigeon. Pallbearers carry casket. Wife and daughter follow. (Celebrities, famous)
Twenty-five Years Ago
Twenty-five years ago they were peeling supposedly worthless bonds from the walls of Chicago's Union League Club as the depression began to fade. Workers with steam instrument remove bonds from wall. Old businessmen going through find. Cutting apart with scissors. Howard Hughes lunched in Chicago and ate dinner in Los Angeles after making an eight-hour flight phenomenal for those days. Shot of Hughes in restaurant, front view of propeller on plane starting up, CU of Hughes with goggles on forehead, plane flying, Hughes climbing out of plane, LS of crowd around plane. Amy Mollison flew from London to Cape Town, South Africa in four days. One of the countries most famous general, John J. Pershing cut a cake for the red cross fund drive. Max Schmeling knocked out Joe Louis and crowed - (but in a return bout the brown bomber flattened him in a round.) Just shows CU footage of Schmeling being interviewed ? Bold venture won the preakness at Baltimore in a photo finish - a race thriller that proved the horse classic of the year. Crowds on race day. Great shot of crowd of men wearing fedoras. Woman with binoculars. Slow motion race. Horses neck-and-neck.
Castro Ransom - Tractors For Prisoners
Castro Ransom - Tractors For Prisoners The announcement of Castro's ransom demands- 500 tractors for the return of 1200 prisoners captured in the ill-starred invasion is made at the Havana agricultural fair where samples of Russian bloc tractors that were never delivered are displayed. Castro at podium. (no audio of speech) Meanwhile, 10 of the prisoners arrive in the United States to represent fellow prisoners in a negotiations with a private committee that will attempt to raise funds to purchase the tractors. Men in uniform, military.
New Korean Cabinet
New Korean Cabinet General Chang Do Young, the youthful Korean military leader who ousted Premier John Chang holds his first press conference and installs his new cabinet- 14 military men. Reporters seated taking notes. Cameramen in back of the room, one straightens headphones. Cabinet on stage, sworn in.
Students Riot In Tokyo
Students Riot In Tokyo "The Korean revolt had hardly been completed when students in Tokyo riot against the new regime. They also demand the withdrawal of U.S. Forces from Korea and want it to unite with the red north." Newsreel of Japanese students protesting the new Korean government, wanting UN troop withdrawal and South Korea to reunite with North Korea. MS's students violently clashing with police. CU's bloodied group leaders being led away by police.