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News in Brief: New York, Beatrix Hailed By Gotham
Image problems throughout make much of the clip unwatchable. Audio is OK. News in Brief: New York, Beatrix Hailed By Gotham Princess Beatrix of Holland visits New York to help celebrate the 350th anniversary of Henry Hudson's explorations, and receives one of the city's most spectacular harbor welcomes and ticker tape (tickertape) parades. Large ship sailing into harbor. Fireboat (?) spraying water. Manhattan skyline from water. Crowds run to gather for parade. Beatrix is greeted, travels in open car. The young princess poses with others outside City Hall.
News in Brief: Holland, Quads' First Birthday.
Image problems throughout make much of the clip unwatchable. Audio is OK. News in Brief: Holland, Quads' First Birthday. A visit with the Netherlands' famous quadruplets, on their first birthday. After early months in an incubator, they're robust, handsome tots - one with a full head of hair and 8 teeth! 4 blond babies in highchairs. Flashback -- nurse looks down at tiny premature babies in incubator. Clothesline full of clothing. Babies sit on blanket in yard.
News in Brief: New Jersey, Miss America Chosen.
Image problems throughout make much of the clip unwatchable. Audio is OK. News in Brief: New Jersey, Miss America Chosen. Atlantic City plays host to the nation's greatest beauty pageant, the Miss America contest. This year's winner, Lynda Mead, is a Mississippi beauty like her predecessor. Contestants in evening gowns, swimsuits. Men in audience look through binoculars. Winner is crowned. Winner, with crown on her head, blows a kiss.
Sports: Forest Hills, NY, National Tennis Finals
Image problems throughout make much of the clip unwatchable. Audio is OK. Sports: Forest Hills, NY, National Tennis Finals Not an American on the courts in the national tennis finals at Forest Hills, but brilliant play throughout as Brazil's Maria Bueno wins the women's crown from England's Christine Truman, and Aussie Neale Fraser downs Peru's Alex Olmedo in the men's match. Crowd watches and applauds.
Mr. K's Big Day: Red Carpet Welcome Opens American Tour.
Image problems throughout make first few minutes of the clip unwatchable. Audio is OK. Mr. K's Big Day: Red Carpet Welcome Opens American Tour. "An exuberant Nikita Khrushchev arrives at the nation's capital to be received by President Dwight D. Eisenhower with full ceremonial honors as a chief of state, beginning a 13-day visit to this country that could momentously affect the course of the Cold War."
Highlights Of Mr. K's U.S. Tour
Highlights Of Mr. K's U.S. Tour Highlights of Nikita Khrushchev's historic, hectic tour of America. Motorcade. Mr. and Mrs. Khrushchev enter U.N. (police visibly present), and United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold welcomes them. Handshake. In New York, at the United Nations, Mr. K speaks at podium; he broaches a new disarmament plan, calling for total abandonment of the means to make war, under international control (a bit of nat sound in Russian from his speech). Then a whirlwind tour of the city, and Mr. K. talks and laughs with reporters at top of Empire State Building, before flying to Los Angeles, where he meets and clashes with Mayor Poulsen - and a star-studded Hollywood luncheon, where he clashes with Spyros Skouras. Strong presence of journalists & photographers at airport. Banquet, Mr. K speaking. More photographers and cameramen. Khrushchev shakes hands with costumed actors. Afterwards, he (Khrushchev) heads north by special train, still chafing at heavy security measures that hamper his wishes, on to new welcomes, new clashes and new headlines. Several POV shots from moving train, including crowds along tracks, also missile defense site, rural scenery. Journalists talk with Mr. K. on train - you'd think he was a movie star, the way they press in and show attention and smile.
Sports: Germany, Fabulous Flotilla.
Sports: Germany, Fabulous Flotilla. An international get-together of small boat builders, whose craft, only inches long, show incredible precision and craftsmanship. Ultra-realistic in appearance, they perform remarkable feats under remote control by their owners on the shore. Miniature model boats sail. Children (boys) sit along water's edge. Hands operate remote control. Little boats perform various tasks, from popping balloons on the water to driving at high speeds. Pretty neat.
Sports: Prison Rodeo
Sports: Prison Rodeo The annual McAlester, Oklahoma, prison rodeo, roughest and toughest of 'em all, with fiery broncs and snortin' Brahmas meting out cruel and unusual punishment to the stripe-wearing riders. A thrill-packed spectacle. Prisoners ride bucking broncos and bulls; most get thrown off in very short time. Rodeo clowns.
Khrushchev in the Corn Belt.
Khrushchev in the Corn Belt. A.k.a. Mr. K. Down On The Farm. In the heart of the world's best corn country, Nikita Khrushchev spends the most cheerful and folksy day of his American tour on the farm of Roswell Garst, in Coon Rapids, Iowa. Mr. K. inspects the modern, ultra-efficient farming methods that are one of his major objects of interest here. Vast numbers of newsmen clash with massive security forces and with Farmer Garst in a raucous side-show to the main event. Tracking shot rural farmland. Khrushchev and a large crowd -- including press, police officers, and others -- move through cornfield. Some funny scenes of conflict -- the farmer (?) throws some agricultural product at journalists; and in another scene, a bunch of stuff is dumped from farm equipment and blows onto the press. Farm machinery comes awfully close to Khrushchev & co - a near miss. (Is this deliberate? An assassination attempt on the farm?) Mr. K looks at cattle, corn. Then Khrushchev lunches with Adlai Stevenson, dropping hints at some 'give' in disarmament negotiations. Armed man stands guard on one end of swimming pool, crowd at other end. What a wacky, strangely tense visit.
Sports: White Sox Clinch Pennant
Sports: White Sox Clinch Pennant The Chicago White Sox clinch the American League pennant, their first in 40 years, as they protect an early lead against Cleveland's ninth inning bases-loaded threat. Afterwards, scenes of uproarious celebration in the Sox dressing room. Ext. Cleveland stadium with Indian mascot character on it & crowds entering. Baseball game highlights. # 11 Luis Aparicio doubles and #5, Bubba Phillips, slides into home plate just past the Cleveland catcher. #6 Billy Goodman also doubles and Aparicio comes home. Male spectators in crowd smoke cigars (?). Manager Al Lopez signals from the Sox dugout. Double play by White Sox. Spectators applaud. Post-game locker room party includes members of White Sox pouring beer (?) on one another's heads, dancing - pretty funny.
25 Years Ago
25 years ago... 1934 World Series: Detroit Tigers at St. Louis Cardinals. Such immortal diamond figures as Frankie Frisch, Mickey Cochrane, Dizzy Dean, and Ducky-Wucky Medwick. The two managers chat before game. Baseball game highlights. #12 Ripper Collins scores, sliding into home plate. #7 Joe "Ducky" Medwick gets a hit - looks like a home run. Notable spectators watching one of the most spectacular of all World Series include Henry and Edsel Ford, Will Rogers, and Judge Landis. Spectators throw litter on the field. An anti-gambling campaign is launched by New York's Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, who personally smashes the first of 1200 slot machines. The mayor takes a sledgehammer to one of the machines. Men toss slot machines from barge into water. Automotive progress notes: Inventions featured a steam-powered truck (man loads coal into it as fuel) and a collision-proof car that performs as predicted but proves a little too rugged for the people inside! "Collision-proof" automobile travels fast over very rough terrain.
1st Round Ends: Mr. K. Says Farewell, Awaits Ike in Spring.
1st Round Ends: Mr. K. Says Farewell, Awaits Ike in Spring. "Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev ends his hectic, historic visit to America, after talks with Ike at Camp David that the President says ended the threat to West Berlin. Taking his leave at Andrews Air Force Base, Mr. K. is in good humor, calling for more OK's in Russo-American relations." At Blair House, President Dwight D. Eisenhower escorts Khrushchev from car, shakes hands with several men including Mr. K.; Khrushchev and others wave goodbye as Ike departs. Nighttime at Andrews AFB: Khrushchev speaks at microphones (nat sound), smiling Vice-President Richard M. Nixon by his side; translator speaks in English: "From the bottom of my heart, I want to express my gratitude for your kind hospitality, for your bread and salt, as they say in our country. I hope that in the relationships between our two countries, we will be able to use more and more often the good, short American word, 'OK'. Until we meet again, friends." Nikita and Nixon shake hands.
Nature On Rampage: Hurricane in East, Snow in Rockies.
Nature On Rampage: Hurricane in East, Snow in Rockies. The Atlantic to the Rockies, nature is on a rampage. Hurricane Gracie slashes in from the sea to batter Charleston, South Carolina, and carve a 100-mile swathe of destruction across the state. Waves crash onto shore; flooding, wind and rain, downed trees. POV from inside car, driving through flooded street, windshield wiper flapping. Aftermath damage. To the west, Denver is hit by a freakishly early and heavy snowstorm, with as much as two feet falling in some areas, to blanket the town, snarl transportation, and keep the kids home from school. Snow on trees with full foliage. Children have snowball fight, build something out of snow in front yard of house -- quaint 1950s suburban life.
Shaggy Dog Hoop-de-do
Shaggy Dog Hoop-de-do. In Holland, where hula hoops are still a big thing, a shaggy dog story (but a true one) about a shepherd dog named Max who takes up the hula hoop on his own with incredible, and hilarious, results. German Shepherd dog (?) watches young woman use hula hoop. Dog runs off, manages to pick up a hoop around his neck, and twirls it around and around. He looks a little insane. Cut-aways of cat, horse, bunny rabbit.
Fashion Parade: New Menswear Has Continental Flair.
Fashion Parade: New Menswear Has Continental Flair. Menswear with a continental flair previewed on the Italian Riviera. New coats and suits ranging from the strikingly stylish to suits of classic simplicity and impressive elegance. First glimpses of new trends that will hit the American scene in seasons to come. Men (and one woman) model in outdoor location. Young couple walk along. Shots show details of the man's suit jacket - the "new lines", the belt in back. The woman smiles; tilt down to her "mannish tailored jacket." Another man models a... well, it's an overcoat, I guess, with a funky darker fabric flap along the shoulders; shots show details of the buttonholes. Men standing on steps model suits, both single-breasted and double-breasted, including one light-colored striped suit; no cuffs on the pants legs.
World Series: Sox Take Opener.
World Series: Sox Take Opener. After their red-hot league finish, the Los Angeles Dodgers are cooled by the Chicago White Sox in the World Series opener. The so-called 'no-hit' Chicago club blasts L.A. with a barrage of runs, blanking the National Leaguers, 11-0! Exterior Comiskey Park, Home of the White Sox; crowds enter. Photographers take aim. Managers Walt Austin and Al Lopez shake hands (posing). Baseball game highlights. Low angle, Los Angeles pitcher Roger Craig pitches. Ted Kluszewski gets a hit and #2, Nellie Fox, runs home. Spectators in crowd (mostly men) applaud. Kluszewski bats again (includes low angle MS) and hits a home run. Close shot of Early Winn winding up for pitch. Ted gets another homer!
West Coast Hails First World Series
West Coast Hails First World Series Diamond history is made as the west coast sees its first World Series, with the greatest crowd in Series history, over 92 thousand, filling the huge Los Angeles Coliseum for the third, tie-breaking game. The Dodgers down the White Sox, and move on to a commanding lead in the next game. Baseball game highlights. Pan interior of crowded Los Angeles Coliseum stadium (picture drops out briefly). Pan field with bases loaded (Chicago White Sox); Dodgers #53 Don Drysdale pitches to White Sox #6 Billy Goodman, who grounds out to end the inning. Spectators clap, yell, cheer. #14 Gil Hodges walks to load the bases; Dodgers #6, Carl Furillo, drives in two runs. Norm Sherry pitches to Al Smith when the Sox have bases loaded again; Dodgers double play. Congratulations among Dodgers players after game.
Free China: 10 Years On Formosa
Free China: 10 Years On Formosa Nationalist China looks back over 10 years on Formosa since Communism overran the mainland, and counts a decade of solid achievement in building the nation's economy. Scenics: rural farmland/countryside; bridge over water; urban street and buildings. Men and women at farm work in fields. Pineapples. Loading cargo onto ship. Factories, industry. Man with cane and woman (Chiang Kai-shek and his wife?) walk across long, non-sturdy-looking bridge. Modern dam.
Fashion Parade
Fashion Parade In one of Gotham's most glamorous settings, preview of fall fashions accented by dazzling jewelry. Day-time dress-ups and after-six elegance - including some of the stunning gowns chosen by the first lady for capitol galas. Women - some who have small pet dogs with them - model outfits for the camera in indoor setting. Tailored, fitted suits with skirts just below the knee; short-length dark gloves; necklaces; hats. Then a group of sultry women show off their elegant, strapless evening gowns and bold jewelry; one of them has... something like wings protruding upward at the bustline -- looks like it might be a very immodest (revealing) dress, easy for eyes to gaze down at cleavage and then some! The models walk off with men in tuxedos.
Sports: SMU Tramples Navy.
Sports: SMU Tramples Navy. In the Cotton Bowl at Dallas, Navy weather - rain to drench 46,000 fans - but onfield, S.M.U.'s Mustangs run rampant, overcoming an early 7-7 tie, and then in the closing minutes scoring a clincher with a sensational 95 yard interception! Football players run onto the field past members of marching band. Crowd with umbrellas. Don Meredith is the quarterback for Southern Methodist. Player runs into end zone for TD, into big puddle. Interceptions. Male and female cheerleaders on sidelines (girl wearing long skirt), jumping all around, big SMU megaphones at their feet. Cheering fans. Fellow player hugs guy who ran long distance for touchdown.
Dodgers Win World Series!
Occasional problems with image quality. Dodgers Win World Series! "The sixth and final game of one of the most exciting World Series ever. At Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Los Angeles Dodgers erupt with home run blasts by Duke Snider, Wally Moon and Larry Essegian to crush the White Sox' first chance for a diamond championship in 40 years. In a wild fourth inning the Dodgers score 6 of their 9 runs - and the White Sox collect 3 - a diamond spectacular." Crowded ballpark. Two 1950s boys with 1950s eyeglasses are among the spectators. #9, Wally Moon, walks to first. Early Wynn on the mound for the White Sox. Duke Snider hits home run, jogs back to the dugout. Maury Wills gets a base hit, driving home Don Demeter (he heads for home with all the speed his long legs can muster!). Dick Donovan pitches to Charlie Neal, who doubles, enabling two more Dodgers teammates to score. Wally Moon gets a homer off of Donovan. Ted Kluszewski scores a three-run homer for the Sox. Larry Sherry comes up to pitch; Sox player (Luis Aparicio) makes pop fly which is caught for the final out.
News in Brief: Snow Blankets Colorado.
News in Brief: Snow Blankets Colorado. One of the heaviest snow storms in the history of the state blankets wide areas in Colorado. Helicopters and army rescue teams bring in hundreds of head of cattle and many deer driven from mountain retreats. Buildings under snow. Cattle trudge along. Deer leap high to make their way through the snow.
News in Brief: China, Khrushchev Sees Early Summit
News in Brief: China, Khrushchev Sees Early Summit "At Red China's gargantuan, garish 10th anniversary festival in Peiping, Nikita Khrushchev heads the roster of top Communist leaders. Later, Mr. K foresaw summit meetings soon. The Reds stage a monumental celebration with a huge and a colorful parade viewed by hundreds of thousands of massed spectators." Huge crowd. Mao Tse-Tung (Mao Zedong) and Nikita Khrushchev (in nice light-colored suit) standing together and waving. Parade on an impressive scale, including marchers, military men and equipment/machines, "dragon", young women or girls walking, much much more. Chinese spectators applaud. Large number of people release a large number of balloons into the air.
Football: Boiler-makers Hammer Notre Dame
Football: Boiler-makers Hammer Notre Dame Purdue's Boilermakers hammer Notre Dame with a hard-driving, powerhouse game that even the Irish's gallant second half rally can't match. The final score in the gridiron thriller - 28-7. College football highlights. Spectators in stands hold colored cards that, en masse, spell out the letter P for Purdue. Lots of running plays by Purdue, and touchdowns. The Purdue quarterback does a lot of running himself; he seems fearless. WSs excited cheering crowd. A couple of impressive plays where the offense keeps its cool under serious defensive pressure (like defenders leaping up in front of Notre Dame QB) and passes are completed anyway.