Top News Stories of 1952.
Top News Stories of 1952.
Top News Stories of 1952.
Top News Stories of 1952.
Year of Decision: Americans - 62,000,000 of them - set an electoral record as they tromped to the polls in a presidential year. And when they had spoken General Dwight Eisenhower had won by a landslide, with a six million majority. Keeping a campaign pledge, Ike made a three-day tour of Korean front for information on which to base future decisions of his administration. VS Americans of various ages and ethnic backgrounds standing and sitting amid crowds during campaign process. Snippet of a speech by Eisenhower announcing he would go to Korea. Election night scenes, Ike and Mamie. VS Eisenhower in Korea. The Labor Front: The steel strike made history when President Truman's seizure of the steel mills was over-ruled by federal courts and the United States Supreme Court. Striking workers. Men walk up courthouse steps. Judge David Pine at desk. Britain Mourns: Britons mourned the passing of King George VI who died at 56. His daughter Elizabeth took over the royal reins - the second Elizabeth England has had as queen. Nice shots of those guys with big black hats (palace guard?) presenting arms. Strife-torn Middle East: In Egypt, soldiers and tanks on the move. Soldiers pat down Egyptians. Row of corpses lies on ground. VS the ousted King Farouk with his wife and baby son. Map shows Iran. VS oil refinery. Elderly-looking Premier Mossadegh climbs stairs (at the Hague?) while journalists and aides surround him.
Top News Stories of 1952.
Continuing the big stories of 1952. Disasters: A series of air crashes claimed scores of lives in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Eighty-six G.I.'s died in the wreck of an army transport and an exploding jet (at an air show) in England carved a path of death, with its falling debris killing 29 (scenes of the tragedy). Also in England a train wreck claimed the lives of 200. Sea Saga: The American freighter Flying Enterprise provided the sea highlight of the year when Captain Curt Carlsen fought for eight days to bring his foundering ship to port, only to lose in the last few hours. Captain Carlsen gets a warm greeting from a crowd. Riotous Year: Bloody uprisings were staged in prisoner compounds in the islands off Korea. UN guards had to adopt drastic measures to subdue the fanatic Reds. VS the "riots" at POW camp, and the guards' actions to end them. In the United States, prison riots caused broken windows and other property damage. Atomic Energy: Britain exploded its first atomic bomb. The U.S. set off its first hydrogen bomb.