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Queen Mother & Princess Meet Pope
Queen Mother & Princess Meet Pope "It was a very affable visit. The conversation was spoken in French. This was Princess Margaret's second audience with a pope. She was received in private audience in 1949 by Pope Pius XII. Following the audience with Pope John XXIII, the queen mother dedicated a statue to the nineteenth-century English poet, Lord Byron, who spent much time in Italy. The statue, a joint gift by British and American nationals in Rome, was unveiled in the Villa Borghese, magnificent public park in the center of the city. The princess visited five churches in two days in addition to visiting the catacombs. In the evening she attended a party in Club Caballa atop an ancient three-story inn over-looking the Tiber River - where Dante, Medieval Italian poet - once frequented." Princess Margaret and companions visit ruins. Queen Mum visits other locations. Various scenics, including water fountains.
Further Use Of The Typewriter
Further Use Of The Typewriter In a little Spanish town - just look at this. A civil servant proves his ingenuity as an artist of the keyboard--- the typewriter version. He turns out remarkably clear portraits and bucolic scenery - via typewriter keys. Something new has been added to the ever growing use of the t---------r! Man typing (hunt and peck method). He shows off some of his art. Images include realistic portraits, including Dwight D. Eisenhower and the recently deceased pope (?), and scenics.
Boston Marathon
Boston Marathon A Helsinki, Finland detective, Eino Oksanen, made a stirring move a mile from the end and outran America's Johnny Kelley by 300 yards to win the 63rd Boston A A Marathon. It was the 13th foreign triumph in the past 14 years. The third by a Finnish runner, in the grueling blacktop test dating back to Karvonen's victory in 1954. Pack of runners on wet road. Slightly slow-motion shots of runners. Winner sprints to finish line, is embraced and immediately crowned with what looks like a laurel wreath, and is carried away from the crowd.
Summer Styles - Mediterranean
Summer Styles - Mediterranean Swim, sun and fun fashions. Italy's latest offerings to glamorize gals everywhere. Women take off outer garments (that look like outfits themselves) to reveal bathing suits underneath. Swimsuit models.
St. Lawrence Seaway Opens
St. Lawrence Seaway Opens The St. Lawrence Seaway is opened to shipping. Ice breakers lead first flotilla. Construction of the seaway took five years, and it is the most extensive waterway cut since the Panama Canal: over 2,000 miles inland to salt water shipping. Quite a ditch to be proud of. Crowds line the edges of the canal. Aerials of canal with a few ships in it.
News In Brief. Tough-terrain Truck.
News In Brief. Tough-terrain Truck. The U.S. Army's newest vehicle. A 2 1/2 ton job which proves its rugged durability over some troublesome terrain. The new 8-wheel truck-carrier is made of aluminum. Weighs 5,000 pounds less than the trucks presently in use. The truck drives down highway, soldiers with helmets and guns sitting in back of truck. Truck goes off-road. Then even into the water (!). Talk about all terrain vehicles.
New Government Jets
New Government Jets Wraps are removed from a gleaming silver-and-orange, 600 M.P.H. jet airplane. The first of a trio of identical planes for the President and other top U.S. Government officials. They are called the VC 137's. Big. Powerful. Fast. Safe. Modern. Equipped with the very latest in electronics and communications. Built at a cost of $5,500.000 - Less plush than the Columbine III but that's the way the administration ordered it. The four-engine jet - which extends half the length of a football field - will be for the use of President Eisenhower on long flights and will be at the disposal of high government and military men. Jet (says "Air Force") on tarmac. Interiors: crew in cockpit; man tries out comfy chair; bathroom; sofas; man typing.
Style Showing In Scenic Curacao (?)
Style Showing In Scenic Curacao (?) A couple of American models delight the British West Indies vacation land with a display of fashion creations fresh from the U.S. style stables. Young women and their "native guide" do mildly touristy things that look staged because they are showing off fashions. Reversible skirt, reversible vest. Hats.
German Gal Gymnasts
German Gal Gymnasts German gymnasts, champion calibre, cut curvaceous hi-jinks on the horizontal bars. Real champions who look forward to the 1960 Olympics. Young women perform on uneven bars, floor exercises. Crowd applauds; some folks clap very enthusiastically.
Las Vegas Tournament Of Champions
Las Vegas Tournament Of Champions Mike Souchak withstood a deadly challenge by Art Wall, Jr., to win the $46,620 Tournament of Champions in dramatic style at the Desert Inn Country Club, Las Vegas. Souchak, husky native of Durham, N.C. and Grossinger, N.Y., finished the tournament like a groggy fighter...But his five over par 77 and 72-hole total of 281 was enough to beat Wall by two strokes. It was the Pocono Manor, Pa., Art Wall, Jr., who won the Masters tournament at Augusta, Ga., three weeks ago. As second place winner of the Tournament of Champions he received $5,000. Several male golfers tee off. The crowd turns heads to watch the golf ball fly (several times). Good putts. Souchak (?) is congratulated. Press cameramen and photographers. Winner with oodles of coins running through his hands (VO implies they are silver dollars).
Koje: Red PW's Subdued After Bitter Battle.
Koje: Red PW's Subdued After Bitter Battle. British and American troops move in on rebellious Red (Communist) prisoners of war for a final round-up after riots. Tear gas and concussion grenades finally subdue the die-hards and their escape tunnels are discovered. British soldiers wear gas masks. Prisoner shows off torture wounds on leg (VO says the man was tortured by Communists).
News in Brief: Pearl Farm
News in Brief: Pearl Farm U.S. Ambassador Robert Murphy visits the fabulous pearl farm of pearl king Mikimoto to inspect the methods by which cultured pearls are made. Woman prepares oyster for creating pearl. Women work, diving for oysters and then opening them to look for pearls.
News in Brief: Venezuela's Radio City
News in Brief: Venezuela's Radio City At Caracas a new $300,000,000 city rises, containing twenty-four buildings. Through it goes an eight-lane highway. Modern new buildings. Man inspects architectural model.
News in Brief: Italy, Tourist University
News in Brief: Italy, Tourist University In Rome students from twenty-seven universities go to art classes by scooter. They really get around the glory that was Rome - touring Coliseum, Forum, etc. Art student (young woman with short shorts) drawing illustration of columns. Motor scooters.
Dalai Lama: Greeted by Nehru, Blasts Reds
Dalai Lama: Greeted by Nehru, Blasts Reds "Prime Minister Nehru meets with Dalai Lama at the exiled god-king's sanctuary in the Indian hill town of Mussoorie. Nehru, a man slow to anger, is severe in his criticism and denunciation of the Red Chinese Communist aggression in Tibet. Recalling when Chou En-Lai, then visiting New Delhi, had assured Nehru that Peiping would honor Tibet's sovereignty and would not force Communism on that little and deeply religious country. Events have proved the worthlessness of the Communist promise, for in bloody fashion Chou En-Lai has broken not only the laws of humanity but his personal word to Nehru." Nehru stands in open convertible, drives past crowds lining streets, then rides horseback along with other men. Press photographers and newsreel cameramen crowd behind ropes. Dalai Lama (Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho, 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso) exits building, greets Nehru (with a ceremony or ritual involving a white cloth - part of greeting?). The two pose for the journalists.
West's Unity Complete On Policies
West's Unity Complete On Policies At Paris, western foreign ministers end their pre-summit consultations with complete agreement. The secret western package proposal contains some western concessions and counter-concessions that the West expects of the Soviet Union. The Geneva meeting opens May 11. Western accord was reached without any wrangling. Nothing left up in the air. Everything's now on paper. New Secretary of State Herter (?) walks up stairs to building. Men seated along long tables chat during the meeting. Press photographers and cameramen swarm about behind them.
Project Mercury Nose Cone
Project Mercury Nose Cone At a Virginia testing ground - a full-scale model of the capsule that will carry America's first spaceman into orbit is rocketed aloft to test the parachute mechanism that is to return it safely back to earth. Launch. Parachute deploys from capsule, which floats down and splashes into water.
Eyes To The Sky Again
Eyes To The Sky Again. Anniversary of clipper's (Pan Am clipper?) first trans-pacific flight. Back in 1935. 50,000 flights later - the hop is now routine.
Fashion Fun
Fashion Fun In the Netherlands [Dutch] Antilles...Models display some versatile budget buys - that can amplify a gal's wardrobe. Made possible by a many-splendored new synthetic material. Producing housecoats and even bare bikinis.....As well as dresses, etc. Two young women de-plane down steps that say "KLM" on the side. In a few shots they might pass for tourists. They look over a balcony at the scenery; picnic on the beach in bikinis; pose for a photographer (male).
Children's Hour At Canadian Zoo
Children's Hour At Canadian Zoo With Mr. Penguin acting as host. He is in 'formal attire' and lends dignity to the occasion. His guests include cubs, kittens, baby monkeys - all having a wonderful time in a mirthful melange of merriment. Sign: Children's Zoo. Mom and child smile. Boy eats ice cream cone. Zoo employee hugs lioness. Male lion behind cage bars. Polar bear. Little kids at petting zoo area, some feeding the animals from baby bottles. Cute. Fun.
Foreign Invaders Of Panama Surrender
Foreign Invaders Of Panama Surrender "The Organization of American States - a five-nation investigating commission - supervised the surrender at the rebel-held 'beachhead' village of Nombre de Dios. Surrender came just one week after rebels who had organized and sailed from Cuba landed on the Caribbean coast of the tiny Panamanian republic. Panamanian authorities knew the inter-American alliance would restore peace - so they did not engage the invaders in battle but surrounded the rebel-held bridgehead with national guards and kept the invaders at bay. Thanks to the O.A.S. there was no bloodshed." Aerials of town (?) and water. Group of men talk, standing next to U.S. Air Force helicopter. The men are of many races, some in uniform. Also, a group of men that look like archetypal Latin American rebels or guerrillas (but no guns).
Defense Treaty: Ridgway Heads NATO As Pacts Are Signed.
Defense Treaty: Ridgway Heads NATO As Pacts Are Signed. "As the former UN commander in Korea arrives to replace Gen. Eisenhower as commander of Western Europe's NATO forces, the German peace treaty is signed in Germany by the four powers. Paris Reds greet Ridgway's arrival with violence, and the treaty signed is answered by other Communist threats. But the West moves forward toward greater security." Welcome back to the Cold War. Various men arrive for meeting in Bonn; among them is British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden. Men sign a document. (The picture has problems toward the end of this section.) In Paris, General Matthew Ridgway (Ridgeway), his wife and their son (who's carried by another military man) disembark from a plane; the General shakes hands with the French minister of war, then General Dwight Eisenhower and Britain's Bernard "Monty" Montgomery. Ridgway lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and signs guest book.
Korea Truce: Gen. Harrison Takes Over As UN Negotiator.
Korea Truce: Gen. Harrison Takes Over As UN Negotiator. The long-stalled truce negotiations get a new American boss, as General Harrison replaces Admiral Joy as chief negotiator for the UN forces. With the departure of Joy, Harrison takes up the reins of frustrating bargaining with Reds. Admiral Turner Joy pauses to speak with reporters (no natural audio). Joy climbs onto a helicopter and leaves General William Harrison to give it a go. Nice ground-to-air view of a military helicopter.
Sports: Olympic Trials
Sports: Olympic Trials At Olympic team trials, records fall, as top track and field men battle for places on this year's Olympic team. Winners include Mal Whitfield, Harrison Dillard, and other amateur stars. Heartbreak for favored Craig Dixon in the hundred-ten meter hurdles. He stumbles, falls, at the next to the last hurdles. One of the strongest U.S. teams ever. Timing devices. 100 meter dash - Art Bragg of Morgan State is winner. High jump - Walter Davis of Texas A&M. Darryl Hooper (?) also of Texas A&M does shotput (shot put). 110 meter hurdles; winner Dillard smiling. 400 meter run - Whitfield wins.