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Sky High Jinks. British Plane Team In Daredevil Display.
British Plane Team In Daredevil Display. A new aerial stunt team makes its debut in Britain. This aerobatic team is the pride of the Royal Air Force and now they are flying supersonic planes in tight maneuvers high over the heads of thrilled crowds. They fly at twice the speed of sound but the pilots handle them like you would handle the family bus! England RAF planes sitting on the tarmac with pilots climbing up into their planes. MS - Planes taking off. MLS - Plane climbing almost straight up into the sky. GU - Planes flying in formation Air to Air - Shot taken in back of the planes flying leaving their smoke screen. Air to Air - View of the side of the planes flying in formation. Air to Air - Shot taken in the back of the planes as they do their unbelievable aerobatic displays. CUS - A good taken of the pilot face and head with his flying gear on. CUS - Pilots hand on the throttle of the plane. GLS - A look at the planes in a distance flying in formation leaving a smoke screen.
They're Chasing Ghosts In Hong Kong
They're Chasing Ghosts In Hong Kong. Workers in century-old Murray House complained to the government that ghosts were defacing blueprints and raising hob with electric office machines. So, the government called in Buddhist priests to exorcise the spirits. Photographers found they didn't have the ghost of a chance of getting a picture of the mischief-maker. Hong Kong Century old Murray House, panning shot. MS - Empty corridor. MCUS - Crowd outside the building looking up. CUS - Buddhist Priest blessing the inside of the building. CUS - Faces of the Buddhist Priest blessing the building with holy water. MS - Chinese press in the corridors. MS - Buddhist Priest walking on an upper floor porch of the building.
Crashing Pilot Avoids Disaster
Everything was routine on the Carrier 'Tasman Sea' during maneuvers off Australia until a landing plane lost a wheel. The pilot shot aloft again to await orders and then comes in for a perfect crash landing. Score: no injuries. One slightly damaged plane. Sydney, Australia Battleship in the open sea. CUS - Ships radar in operations. MCS - US Jet plane taking off from the bridge of an US aircraft carrier. MCUS - US Naval plane landing. CUS - Close call for a pilot and his plane, the catcher chain broke, he almost landed in the drink. CUS - Naval plane landing and the landing barerror is working. CUS - Plane with front landing gear trouble lands on the deck of the carrier.
New Mile Record: Four Runners Finish Under Four Minutes
Peerless Peter Snell of new Zealand sets a New United States mile mark (breaking his own) as he leads Jim Beatty and company home in a run at Modesto, California. Snell runs the mile in 3:54:0, close to his world mark of 3:54:4. Another world record is set as Brian Sternberg soars 16 feet 7 inches in the pole vault. Phil Shinnick sets a broad jump mark, 27 feet, 4 inches, only to find it will be disallowed. An incompetent official forgot to turn on the measuring machine to check wind velocity--only a four-mile wind is allowed in record jumps. Modesto, California Crowds filling up the seats in a sports stadium. MS - Runners at the start and the pistol is sounded and off they go. CUS - Some sports fans pointing at the runners. MS - Runners are running the track holding pace. MS - Snell pulls out from the pack and takes off leading.. MSOH - Snell running the race by himself and winning the 4 - Minute Mile. CUS - Snell wife comes down to the stadium bar and blows her husband an air kiss. MS - Brian Sternberg pole vault. CUS - Phil Shinnick broad jump. 27ft 4in but he looses a world record by incompetence of one of the judges.
Pope John XXIII - A Tribute
At no time in history did the lingering illness of a Pope cause such concern among peoples of all faiths as did that of Pope John XXIII. Protestant and Jew, Buddhist and Catholic - all prayed for the man who had become a symbol of interfaith cooperation and goodwill. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli became a Cardinal in 1953 and a brilliant career as a Papal diplomat led him to the throne of St. Peter in 1958. He plunged energetically into the duties of office and became known as the 'Pope of Peace' and noted for his calling an Ecumenical Council to work for Church reform and the Unity of all Faiths. Vatican, Rome, Italy St. Peter's Basilica where the Pope is ill, a woman prays as she leans on the building that the Pope is in. MS - People walking about in St. Peter's square. MS - The Pope sitting inside a boat as it makes it way down a canal, in Venice. CUS - Pope John kissing a crucifix. LS - St. Peters Basilica and throngs of Christians. CUS - Pope sitting in his chair of St. Peter making his way through a crowd. MS - Pope John XXIII blessing the people
Test New Submarine Chaser
Working on hydrofoils that lift the hull above water, the sub killer 'High Point' undergoes tests. It can make speeds up to 50 miles an hour, driven by dual 3,000 horsepower engines. Lake Tugaton, Washington State PT boat on Lake Tugaton located in Washington State. MS - Hydrofoil Craft making its way on Lake Tugaton. Aerial shot - The Hydrofoil is traveling at a speed of 50 MPH
Honor Blind Students At White House
President Kennedy presents awards to four blind students who are graduating with high marks from various universities. They didn't let blindness become a handicap and three will become teachers and the fourth a minister. Washington DC Exterior of the front of the White House with the fountain shooting up water. MS - Inside the White House your eyes get fixed on a German Shepherd on a lead. MS - President Kennedy standing with four blind students. CUS - German Shepherd dog.
Yesterday's Big Story - Allied Commandoes raid Dieppe
August 19, 1942 - Allied Commandoes raid Dieppe on the French Coast and write a brilliant chapter in military daring and courage. Most of the 7,000-man force is made up of Canadians who make a hit-and-run raid to prove to the Germans that their defenses along the coast are far from invulnerable. Valuable lessons were learned in the strike that was used 22 months later when D Day arrived. Soldiers loading planes with bombs. MS - Pilots getting in their planes. MCUS - Planes taking off from the runways of an air field. MCUS - Canadian soldiers in a transport boat. MS - Battle ships and planes flying in he air. MS - A battleship leaving a huge smoke screen. Looking up - Plans dropping bombs, hopefully on submarines. POV - Off a deck of a ship bomb is dropped into the ocean making a big splash. MS - On deck of a battleship bombs being loaded into big guns. MS - Capture of German military prisoners. CUS - British and Canadian soldiers some of them wounded. Captured German film. = Close up of the word Dieppe, German sign - Belemse de passer / Betrchem Perbelen. MS - Men walking around with arms up in the air. CUS - A wooden box with the word Calgary on it. CUS - Another wooden box with the word Beefy on it. MS - A empty transport boat just rocking back and fourth in the ocean. MCUS - Two military helmets, one German and one British. washed up on the shore line.
John XXIII Death Comes To The Pope
The ordeal of Pope John XXIII is ended, the Pontiff is dead. His lingering illness brought thousands to pray outside his window. Day and night they filled St. Peter's Square and their prayers were echoed around the world. This was a Pope who had won the respect and homage of all. A humanitarian and Man of God who spent a long and fruitful life on behalf of his fellow man. The heart is stilled but the fruit of that great mind will influence man into the dim reaches of infinity. Vatican, Rome, Italy Thousands gather outside his apartment window to pray. MCUS - A nun and others praying, kneeling. CUS - Woman holding a rosary, praying. CUS - Peoples faces as they pray. MS - Top of St. Peters cathedral at sun set. Throngs praying and standing about in St. Peter's square. CUHS - Two nuns. MS - Pope John when alive with the college of Cardinals
Tibetans Find Refuge In Germany
Tibetans Find Refuge In Germany. Tibetan refugees fleeing Chinese communist forces, living in Germany. Tibetan refugee children being led in prayer by a male lama (Buddhist monk); scroll, yin yang; hands folded. Tibetan children in classroom receiving German lesson from Caucasian female teacher; Tibetan children speaking German; child writing on chalkboard. Tibetan boys watching Caucasian male carpenter in woodshop class; shaving wood with cutting plane; Caucasian boy in BG. Tibetan girls watching Caucasian girl operate a textile loom. Small hand bell being rung for recess; Tibetan infant held by a Tibetan woman; Tibetan children performing group dance outdoors wearing traditional clothing (Kho, Bakhu, Gho); overseen by Tibetan adults; Tibetan boy bowing towards camera.
Greeks Honor Truman With Statue
To commemorate his aid to Greece after the war, Athenians dedicate a statue to President Harry S. Truman. Some Greeks don't like the idea but it looks as though Harry is in Athens to stay! Athens, Greece MS - Greece and US officials gather to dedicate a statue to President Harry S. Truman. The statue of Harry S. Truman unveiled. CUS - The top part chest and head portion of the statue. CUS - Greek priest saying some prayers along with government officials. OHS - Throngs come out to take part in the ceremony and the unveiling.
Queen Celebrates: Marks 10 Years As Monarch
Queen Elizabeth passes her first decade as ruler of Britain by going about her Queenly duties. She dedicates New Zealand House, the nation's newest building as we look back on her Coronation. All of the color and pageantry are revived in this film record of a young princess who becomes a Queen at 27. England Queen Elizabeth dedicating a new building, 'New Zealand House" POV - Looking down at London. (Going back into time) A young Queen Elizabeth riding in a gold gilded coach accompanied by Prince Philip. MS - Sir Winston Churchill watching from the Cathedral pew. MS - Archbishop of Canterbury places a crown on the young Princesses head as family members look on. MS - Queen Elizabeth II riding down the street's of London as throngs of royal subjects look on and cheer. MS - Queen Elizabeth II with her family waving to the throngs gathered in front of the royal palace.
Final Honors For Pope John XXIII
With all of the solemn homage that can be paid by mortal man a great figure is carried to rest. Tens of thousands jam St. Peter's square as the body of Pope John XXIII is borne from the Papal apartments to the great basilica to lay in state. His face appears serene and peaceful, showing little of the ordeal that marked his last four days of life. Rarely in history has a man been so mourned by all races, by all sects. The tears and the murmured prayers are like the sound of a vast sea of emotion as the body is carried into the Basilica to rest on the main altar. A million people pass by the catafalque within two days. Here, in truth, passes greatness. Vatican, Rome, Italy Exterior shot of St. Peter's Church in Rome with throngs of people surrounding the and standing in St. Peter's square. MS - The church elders carrying the Pope above their heads. POV - Maybe taken off a roof of a building. the people in St. Peter's square looking like little ants. MCUS - A sea of mourners surround the dearly departed Pope John XXIII as he is being carried through the crowd. MS - St. Peter's Guards Men. MS - Boys choir CUS - Nun's head and face and her hands are folded in prayer. MCUS
The Big Day: 1,868 Officers Are Graduated
The Air Force, Naval and Military Academies graduate their new officers. Colorado Springs, Colorado At the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, President Kennedy calls for the partnership of government and business in developing a supersonic passenger plane to hold the US lead in commercial aviation. Four hundred and ninety three Air Force Cadets at the United States Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs sitting on folding chairs. MS - President Kennedy standing at the podium. MCUS - President Kennedy shaking hands and handing out diplomas and a small chit chat here and there with the graduating cadets. MS - Three hundred and ninety three white caps are thrown up into the air. Annapolis, Maryland Across the country at Annapolis the Navy Academy graduates receive their diplomas from Vice-President Lyndon Johnson who asks them to remember that America did not "strive for peace because we are weak, but rather because we are strong." Sign hanging off a post, United States Naval Academy in Maryland, there's a graduating class of 871 young men. MS - Vice President presiding at the ceremony. MS - Vice President Lyndon Banes Johnson shaking hands with the Naval Officers and handing out their diplomas. MCUS - The last Naval man to graduate is called an anchor man and is handed an anchor. MS - All the Naval men throw up their hats after graduating. West Point, New York Graduation day at West Point recalls the first dark weeks of World War II. Commissioned is Colin Kelly, III, son of Uncle Sam's first national hero who was killed in the sinking of a Japanese battleship. President Roosevelt requested whoever would be President when he grew up to appoint him to the Military Academy. In 1963 comes the sequel to a story begun in 1941. Graduation day at West Point. CUS - Colin Kelly III the son of the first national hero who was killed in the sinking of a Japanese battleship. CUS - Colin Kelly III as a toddler days after his father was killed. CUS - Mrs. Collins and a 5 x 10 snap shot of her husband and father of Colin Kelly. Because of his father's heroism, Collin was appointed to West Point as a toddler. MS - Collins firs day of arrival at West Point. MS - Colin Kelly marching. MS - Colin Kelly receiving his diploma along with 503 cadets. MS - The graduates throw their hats up in the air.
End A-Tests: United States Ban Until "Big Three" Talks
President Kennedy announces that the US and Britain will send high-level negotiators to Moscow in July for conferences on a nuclear test ban. Meanwhile, the President says that the US will discontinue nuclear tests unless some other country resumes them. Washington DC President Kennedy walking up to the podium at Washington's American University graduation. President Kennedy, "First - Chairman Khrushchev, Prime Minister Macmillan and I have agreed that high level discussions will shortly began in Moscow, looking towards early agreement on a comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Our hopes must be tempered with a caution of history, but with our hopes, go the hopes of all man kind. Second - To make clear our good faith and solemn convictions on this matter I now declared that the United States does not propose to conduct nuclear tests in the atmosphere so long as other states do not do so. This generation of Americans has already had enough, more than enough of war and hate and oppression. We shall be prepared if other's wish it, we shall be alert to try, to stop it, but we will also do our part to build a world of peace where the weak are safe and the strong are just. We are not helpless before that task of hopeless of its success, confident and unafraid. We must labor on, not towards a strategy of annihilation but towards a strategy of peace" (Applause)
Wild And Wonderful. VIPs Attend Party On Parisian Set
They crown 'Miss France of America' on the set of "WILD and Wonderful" and it's like a berth of Paris. The background is a huge street scene of the Montmarte - a set that helped keep the entire movie company right in Universal City rather than cross the seas for authentic atmosphere. When in California, do as the Parisians do. Hollywood, California A crowed street scene on the Universal set of Wild and Wonderful, and is the back ground for a coronation. CUS - Newsreel photographers. CUS - Tony Curtis and his wife Christine Kaufman. Tony Curtis puts a crown on Miss Paris head. CUS - French Poodle with a French name. Ricardo Barkalot. OHS - Of stars and company high brows milling around on a impressive looking set.
Six Men Run Four-minute Mile
The first six finishers in the mile run at Compton, California, break the fabled four-minute mark as New Zealand's Peter Snell runs the fourth fastest mile in history-only a second and one-tenth away from his own world mark of 3:54:4. Compton, California Crowded sports stadium at Compton, California. CUS - New Zealand's, Peter Snell - runner. CUS - Little Jim Beatty. MS - All the runners are lined up and the official is getting ready with his starting pistol. MS - Official shoots the gun and the race is on. CU - Sports fans in the stands. CUS - Peter Snell wins the race. MCUS - Sports fans applauding and smiling. MCUS - Brian Steinbred runs and breaks his own record on the pole volt, 15 feet 8 inches. He breaks his old mark by one inch.
Alabama Story: Negroes Enrolled As Governor Yields
Some damage to the tape. The University of Alabama campus is under tight security guard as Governor George Wallace confronts a deputy US Attorney. The Federal officers are armed with a proclamation urging the Governor to end his efforts to prevent two Negro students from registering. He stands firm and President Kennedy federalizes the National Guard. When they move in, the Governor bows to Presidential authority and James Hood and Vivian Malone (Vivian Malone Jones) become the first two Negroes to be registered at the University. That night the President appealed to the Nation, saying the United States is facing a 'moral crisis' and that it is the duty of all to uphold the law. Tuscaloosa, Alabama Outside shot of the University of Alabama. MS - Governor George Wallace standing out side the doors of the building. CUS - Police holding billy clubs. MS - Brigadier General Henry Graham goes up to Governor Wallace and asks him to step aside from orders of President Kennedy. MS - James Hood walks into the college escorted by a few government men become the first negro student entering the University of Alabama, MS - Following James Hood into University of Alabama is Vivian Malone second negro student to enter the college and register. Washington DC - Excerpts from Report to the American People on Civil Rights. June 11th, 1963. CUS - President Kennedy making an appeal to the nation. "Fires of frustration and discord are burning in every city, North and South. Where legal remedies are not at hand, regress is sought in the streets, in demonstrations, parades and protest which create tensions and threaten violence and threaten lives. We face therefore a moral crisis as a country and a people. We have the right to expect that the Negro community will be responsible to uphold the law. But they have the right to expect that the law will be fair. That the Constitution will be color blind as Justice Harlan said at the turn of the century. This is what we are talking about and this is a matter which concerns this country and what it stands for, and in meeting it I ask the support of all our citizens. Thank you very much."
French Air Show: De Gaulle Sees Radical Craft
France opens her 25th annual air show by unveiling some radical craft. President Charles de Gaulle sees a plane that flies with super-sonic speed and then stands still in midair [Vertical Take-Off and Landing/VTOL plane]. There's also a demonstration of the US. one-man rocket belt that lifts a soldier over the terrain. France Air field with helicopters and planes and a lot of people waking around. MS - Charles De Gaulle walking around with his entourage. MS - The back of a little girl sitting on his father's shoulders watching a helicopter in flight. MS - A super sonic fighter coming to a dead stop in the air. CUS - Man demonstrating a "Rocket Boy" jet pack as he zooms up 60 feet in the air and he zooms off to his left and then lands a perfect landing.
Yesterday's Big Story - D Day
June 6, 1944 and the greatest armada in military history is assembled in England for an assault on Hitler's Fortress Europe. For this long awaited D-Day the Allies have assembled 12,000 planes to protect a surface force of 4,000 ships. Supreme Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower has nearly 3,000,000 men trained for the assault. Combat cameramen made a great pictorial record of this day - a day that changed the course of history. A myriad of soldiers that are on their way to a transport ship. MS - A line of military ambulances. MS - A row of army tanks. MS - An air field full of different types of fighting planes and bombers. MCUS - General Eisenhower and General Montgomery looking over battle plans. Armada of military battleships and transport ships. Aerial shot - British and American bombers bombing Germany. Aerial shot. Bombs exploding leaving a trail of smoke and fire. Looking up - A formation of military planes in the sky. MCUS - Paratroopers jumping out of a plane, US 101st and the British 6th, dropping out of the sky's over Normandy. Looking up - Sky filled with paratroopers and planes. MS - Battleship firing its cannon. MCUS - Military troops climbing rope ladders into a duck or transport boat that will take them to the shores of Normandy. MS - Battleship firing its canon at the German troops in Normandy. CUS - Troops huddled in one of the army ducts on their way to Normandy beach. MS - Troops landing on Normandy beach. CUS - Medics carrying a wounded soldier. CUS - A bare chested soldier standing at the bottom of a cliff on the beach. Aerial shot - The military ships and the ducts on Normandy beach. MCUS - General Eisenhower shaking hands with an German officer under surrender. MS - German soldiers with their hands up in the air surrendering. MS - Wounded soldiers transported by army jeep. MCUS - German troops under surrender.
Cardinals Meet: Prepare To Elect 26nd Pontiff
Vatican City continued to be the focus of world attention as the College Of Cardinals meets to elect a new Pope. They will live behind locked doors until a decision is reached on a successor to Pope John XXXIII. The conclave takes place in the Sistine Chapel ablaze with frescoes created by Michelangelo. [Only shows frescoes on walls, no other works.] Ballots will be burned in the traditional stove and the smoke will signal the Pope's election. Vatican, Rome, Italy Aerial shot of Vatican City. MS - Trucks bringing in furniture for the Cardinals. MS - Sistine Chapel camera focuses on frescoes created b y Michelangelo. MS - Workmen laying down red carpet. CUS - The stove that will send out a signal if a Pope has been elected or not. CUS - Cardinals walking up the steps of St. Peter's Basilica.. MCUS - An African Cardinal walking up the steps of St. Peter's . CUS - Cardinal Spellman of New York. CUS - Cardinal Cushing of Boston. MCUS - A small group of Cardinals walking on the out-side of the Basilica.
British Pomp Marks Visit Of India's Chief
British Pomp Marks Visit Of India's Chief Dr. Radhakrishnan, on a state visit to England, is received by the Queen and the Duke Of Edinburgh as he arrives for a 12-day stay. He is welcomed with all of the pomp and ceremony at the command of the Royal Court. London, England London's Victoria Station and a Pullman coach is pulling up on the track. MSOH - Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Phillip. CUS - Dr. Radhkishnan, President of India disembarking from the Pullman coach. MRS - President Radhakrishnan walking slowly with Queen Elizabeth II shaking hands with the heads of state. Rear shot - Members of the Irish Army with their furry high hats. MS - Queen Elizabeth, President Radhakrishnan and Prince Phillip sitting in a horse drawn carriage to Buckingham Palace. MS - The Irish Army standing at attention. MS - Prince Phillip, President Radhakrishnan and Queen Elizabeth standing inside Buckingham Palace.
Hole In Wall: Reds Open New Berlin Crossing
The Wall Of Shame in Berlin has been breached again - but by the East German Red regime for their own ends. The new opening in the Wall is designed to provide a shorter route to the East Berlin airport. The Reds hope to get tourists to use their airlines. West Berlin, Germany Wooden post sunken into the ground strung with barbed wire, elevated guard's tower. MS - About 6 rows of sunken post spaced about 5ft apart, strung with barbed wire, east and west guards looking at each other. MS - Guard standing with a German Shepard dog. MSOH - A workman working on a cement wall. MS - Sign 'Walersdorfer Chaussee. CUS - Military checking out pass ports and legal papers of the travelers driving their cars into East Germany. MS - Border patrol open the gate to let a car through.
Two-Part Story: Plane Separates To Receive Cargo
It's no accident that this plane is in two pieces - that's the way it's built. The plane, a modification of the conventional Strato-Cruiser separates in the middle and can be loaded with complete missile components for transport to Cape Canaveral. Saturn 5 United States A huge plane sitting on a tarmac in two pieces. MS - Two military men walking inside the plane. MCUS - Military personal on the ground pulling the two parts of the plane together. MS - The S-4 stage of the Saturn Space Vehicle is loaded.41 feet-long, 18 feet in diameter and it weighs 20-thousand pounds. MS - The cargo is loaded and now their pulling the plane together. MS - The biggest cargo plane in the skies. on the side of the cargo plane it reads; Aero Spacelines.