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Le Mans Auto Classic
Le Mans Auto Classic The 1959 Le Mans auto classic, with 53 top contenders whittled down to 13 survivors by the blasting pace over a 24 hour stretch. Round the clock, the winners average a blazing 112 M.P.H., to cover all of 2,720 miles. Start of race. Various shots of cars and drivers, day and night. Race car driver's POV (subjective shot) rounding corner. Dunlop signs. Cars drive past man who waves checkered flag. Crowds, spectators. Driver (winner?) still in car drinking from bottle, man gives him pat on the back.
Girl Gymnasts
Girl Gymnasts Girl gymnasts in a display of grace, poise and precision, in an international championship meet held in Poland. A rare fusion of athletics and aesthetics in this favorite European sports event. Woman athlete performs graceful floor exercise. People in audience applaud. Young woman competes on uneven bars, dismounts.
President Eisenhower And Queen Elizabeth
President Eisenhower And Queen Elizabeth After a festive formal ball presenting Montreal, Canada, at its most scintillating, Queen Elizabeth II is joined on the royal yacht Britannia by President Dwight D. Eisenhower for a gala international ceremony formally opening the St. Lawrence Seaway, an historic occasion observed with ceremonial splendor and nautical enthusiasm. In a ballroom setting, the queen dances with a man (the mayor?). Queen is wearing a very fancy dress and crown/tiara. President and Mrs. Eisenhower deplane, greet Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Motorcade. Crowd seated in outdoor stands. Elizabeth at microphone, then Ike at microphone (no nat sound of them speaking). The Eisenhowers and the royal couple on board ship as it gets underway. Prince Philip hands Ike some binoculars.
68 Die In Italy Air Disaster
68 Die In Italy Air Disaster All aboard an American-bound airliner die within minutes of take-off from Milan when the giant craft, flying through a violent thunderstorm, breaks up and burns in mid-air. Firemen can do no more than douse the flames and remove the bodies. Aftermath: Firefighters spray hoses at smoking wreckage of airplane crash. Cardinal (clergyman) stands by.
New Landing Lights
New Landing Lights At Dow Air Force Base, Maine, the U.S. Air Force tests a new all-weather landing system, using high-intensity 'narrow gauge' lights to identify the runway for a test jet coming down in dense fog! The result a perfect, on-the-beam approach. Nifty (staged?) scene of man in uniform (officer?) showing airmen (?) in jumpsuits a model of the new lighted landing strip; the officer (?) gestures with a wooden pointer. Air-to-air and subjective (POV) shots of plane landing in fog with bright lights along runway.
Pope John XXIII And French President
Pope John XXIII And French President A warm and gratifying finale to French President Charles De Gaulle's successful state visit to Italy comes at the Vatican where, after a welcome of traditional pomp and ceremony, he enjoys a cordial audience with the pontiff. Men wear Medieval-type armor. De Gaulle in fancy uniform. Pope welcomes De Gaulle, gives him two large books (Bibles?).
Red Fair Opens In New York
Red Fair Opens In New York The Soviet exhibition of science, technology and culture opens in the coliseum, an impressive panorama of Soviet advances in many fields topped off by scale models of the Red space satellites. Frol R. Kozlov, number 3 main in the Kremlin, flies in, setting a non-stop record from Moscow, aboard a new Soviet turbo-prop, the world's largest commercial airliner. Climaxing the eventful day is an impromptu visit by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to greet Kozlov and see the show. Men deplane at airport, one man waves his hat to crowd. Press photographers take aim. Building with U.S. flag and U.S.S.R. flag hanging. Crowd behind "police line do not cross" barrier. Eisenhower enters building, shakes hands with man (Kozlov?). Large crowds walk among the exhibits. Richard Nixon is seen in at least one shot.
President Eisenhower's Calendar
President Eisenhower's Calendar President Dwight D. Eisenhower continues the busy pace that earlier took him on a flying visit to the Red fair in New York. At the White House, he confers the distinguished service medal on retiring Army Chief of Staff General Maxwell D. Taylor, then greets the Soviet Union's first deputy premier Kozlov for informal cold war conversations. Ext. White House. Interior, Ike shakes hands with man in uniform, others. Seal of the President of the United States in on the wall behind them. Mrs. Eisenhower (?) kisses the man in uniform. (On the cheek.) Medals on uniform. Smiling Kozlov exits car, talks and shakes hands with Ike.
Lions Parade
Lions Parade Members of Lions International (Lions Club) holding their annual convention in New York mark the occasion with a spectacular parade, in which all parts of the U.S. and 99 foreign nations take part. Marching band. Cars and floats pass by casually dressed spectators. Beauty queens wave from floats. Baton twirlers or majorettes. Has more of a medium-sized feel than a big-city feel.
Visit To Will Rogers Memorial Hospital
Visit To Will Rogers Memorial Hospital The annual visit of officers and directors of the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital affords a glimpse of the activities of the famed Saranac Lake, New York, institution, the entertainment industry's own. Many of the leading figures of the entertainment industry are on hand for a report of continuing achievement. Men and women gather indoors. People watch patients create art (?); nurse watches man who is painting. Art therapy? Statue of Will Rogers.
Avant Garde Automation
Avant Garde Automation A new revolution rocks the world of avant-garde art. Paris's left bank is a-buzz over an incredible looking new mechanical artist that turns out incomprehensible modern art at a brisk slip, to the amazement of onlookers. Man holds two ropes attached to bird (poultry) that is used, in its flapping, to put paint onto a surface. Coin-operated machines draw or paint "modern art." The machines themselves look like modern art sculptures or mobiles. Satire. Humor, comedy.
Fashion- Straws In The Wind
Fashion- Straws In The Wind Fashion conscious femmes are flipping their wigs over rakish new raffia wigs - jauntily simulating in straw every coiffure from the pigtail to the 'wind-blown' look. Woman's hands fix up a wig made of straw. Women model these bizarre creations, and they actually keep something of a straight face.
Command Performance Of Queen's Plate Stakes
Command Performance Of Queen's Plate Stakes Canada's turf classic, the Queen's Plate Stakes, marks its 100th year with an appearance by the Queen herself. All the colorful pomp of an ascot opening is mustered as Queen Elizabeth II arrives, and the race itself is royal sport, a fast-paced thriller with the winner, New Providence, turning in one of the best performances in the history of the race. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip ride on racetrack in horse-drawn coach or carriage. Crowds. Horse race begins. Woman spectator looks through binoculars. Winner crosses finish. Queen awards shiny plates to two men (one looks like a jockey).
Chicago "Loopy" Over Elizabeth
Chicago "Loopy" Over Elizabeth. Chicago's Ovation For Queen Elizabeth II. Chicago stages the greatest, most enthusiastic reception in the annals of the windy city to greet Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, with a tumultuous harbor welcome and cheering throngs estimated at over a million on the shore. Some planes fly overhead. Fireboats (?) spray water in the air on Lake Michigan. City skyline in several shots. Queen and Prince are welcomed ashore. Funny -- a few photographers/press stand on Chicago Fire Department ladder for a good view. Queen is led past huge crowds to a car. Group of newsreel cameramen.
Story-book Wedding
Story-book Wedding Belgium's Prince Albert and a lovely Princess Paola Ruffo di Calabria are wed in Brussels in civil and religious ceremonies with a storybook charm appropriate to the royal romance of the handsome young couple. Bride in white dress, groom in uniform during ceremony. Ext. cathedral. Interior, bride, groom, and attendants walk down the aisle. Clergyman (cardinal) performs ceremony. Bride wipes her nose. Groom prepares to put ring on her finger. Procession at end of wedding.
Latin American Field Day At Wimbledon
Latin American Field Day At Wimbledon In the Wimbledon finals, Alex Olmedo of Peru and the United States wins the world's most famous tennis trophy with 72 minutes of flawless play against Aussie Rod Laver. The men walk onto court. Match highlights. Handshakes after match point. Crowd (including some royals? -- looks like the queen or maybe Princess Margaret) stands up. Woman hands Olmedo his trophy. Next day, Brazil's Maria Bueno emerges as a superb contender winning the women's singles in straight sets from California's Darlene Hard. Women's highlights. Bueno (?) receives a big fancy plate. Two great matches in classic court competition.
Twenty-five Years Ago Today.
Stories from 25 years ago. A legendary bad-man's reign of terror ends as John Dillinger is cut down in a gun battle with g-men outside a Chicago movie house. Scenes show the nation-wide man-hunt following his escape from the lady sheriff of Crown Point, and the grim ending to his incredible one-man crime wave. Male hands pull photo of Dillinger from filing cabinet (cool). Men with rifles walk around building. Dillinger (?), smiling, and others inside jail (?). Lots of police officers with weapons -- this is probably for the camera but they actually look kind of incompetent with their guns. Wanted posters being printed. Night, Biograph sign lit up. Crowds wave outside of Biograph Theater. Photo of woman (woman in red?). Body in morgue, toe tag for John Dillinger. Bank failures no longer menaced the little depositor as federal deposit insurance assured their money's safety. People push their way into Fond du Lac Bank. Teller counts out money, gives it to woman customer. Sign says something about "F.D.I.C. Orde..." (FDIC) In aviation the introduction of the reversible pitch propeller, with a demonstration of fantastic feats made possible, was to revolutionize flying. Small airplane lands, then taxis backwards (in reverse) into hangar. And one gadgeteer proudly showed off a model ornithopter, a crazy craft with wings that flapped like a birds. Man holds small flapping model, then releases it. It flies well -- does look like a bird -- and he chases it. Wacky inventions.
Preview Of Space For U.s. Astronauts
Preview Of Space For U.s. Astronauts At Langley Research Center, Virginia, the 7 astronauts chosen for America's man-in-space program inspect developments in the passenger satellite program, and get a taste of zero-gravity in a special flight. Interior, several men lift another man who's lying on a reclined chair (they're all smiling -- not sure what's going on). Men in shiny space suits float in zero gravity test.
Collin Kelly 3rd
Collin Kelly 3rd Son of America s first combat hero of World War II enters West Point Military Academy, a distinguished name in the class of '63, but Collin Kelly III is there strictly on merit, after passing a competitive exam. Exterior buildings on campus. Young man (Kelly?) - plebe ? - is ordered around by a cadet in uniform (upperclassman?), apparently being instructed on standing at attention. Young man gets haircut. Tailor checks young man's uniform pants. Cadets march.
President De Gaulle In Africa
President De Gaulle In Africa President de Gaulle tours former French colonies in Africa, now heading towards independence. His 'fence-mending' trip to meet the colonial problem comes while another crisis looms at home with the withdrawal of U.S. warplanes from French bases. Charles De Gaulle, in that hat of his, deplanes, greets people of various ethnicities (working the crowd). Military review or parade, tanks. De Gaulle speaks at microphones and podium overlooking large crowd. People clap.
Saar Reunited With Germany
Saar Reunited With Germany The rich industrial region of the Saarland, under French economic control since World War II ended, is reunited with West Germany in a major shift of frontiers in free Europe. Scenic of bridge, water, town. Men walking with factory in background. Military truck, military personnel. Men unload smallish sacks from truck. People enter bank. Woman customer hands money to teller, teller counts out money to customer (exchange of currency ?).
Europe's Largest Bridge
Europe's Largest Bridge Europe's largest bridge, and France's first toll bridge, is readied for its gala dedication with a final load test. Long lines of heavily laden trucks and tankers crawl across it in an impressive demonstration. Trucks move slowly across suspension bridge.
Nationals Win All-star Game, 5-4
Nationals Win All-star Game, 5-4 The 26th all-star classic, at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, turns into a see-saw slug-fest, as the Nationals break a 3-all tie in the bottom of the seventh, the A's pull ahead in the next frame, and Nats surge back in a thrilling rally capped by Willie Mays' booming triple. Baseball highlights. Mr. Cub Ernie Banks (?). Del Crandall (?) (SP?). Bill Mazurowski (?). Nelly (?) Fox. Ken Boyer (?). Hank Aaron (?). Primarily Caucasian spectators watch, applaud, rise to their feet.
Khrushchev Greets Governors
Khrushchev Greets Governors Nikita Khrushchev plays host to 7 United States governors during their tour of Russia, and tells the state executives of Florida, Colorado, North Carolina, Utah, Idaho, North Dakota and New Jersey that he would like to exchange visits with President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Interior meeting room. Photographers. Khrushchev shakes hands with the men queuing up to greet him.