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Heisman Trophy: LSU's Billy Cannon Gets Top Grid Honor.
Heisman Trophy: LSU's Billy Cannon Gets Top Grid Honor. At ceremonies in New York City, Vice-President Richard M. Nixon presents the Heisman Trophy to America's top collegiate football player of the year, Louisiana State University's Billy Cannon. Nat sound of Nixon speaking, presenting the award: "Thank heaven he's a weight lifter, 'cause I can't lift the trophy myself." Funny. Laughter, applause, Cannon (?) does lift trophy. Scenes recall one of the season's most spectacular plays, an 87-yard runback by Cannon against Ole Miss. Wow. Good college football highlight -- he escapes several defenders.
Peace Mission: India Gives Ike Greatest Acclaim
Peace Mission: India Gives Ike Greatest Acclaim The president's mission of peace and understanding brings him to India, most populous of the world's democracies, where he spends 4 momentous days and receives tribute and acclamation that outdoes even his sensational earlier receptions Turkey and Pakistan. On arrival, opening the agricultural fair and at every public background, against a dazzlingly colorful setting of the ancient land of the moguls, Ike scores a briliant triumph. Crowds. President Dwight D. Eisenhower deplanes (Presidential seal on airplane); shakes hands with men including Nehru; inspects troops. Group of press cameramen, journalists. Motorcade, Ike in open car. Indian people look on. Banner: "Welcome the Prince of Peace." Ceremony, man places wreath-like thing (only it looks heavy) around Ike's neck. Elephant uses trunk to place wreath- or lei-type things around necks of Ike's son John and daughter-in-law Barbara, who then ride atop elephant. Indian children wave. Ike and his relatives mingle at outdoor party.
Yule Wishes: Embassy Tots Send Seasons Greetings.
Yule Wishes: Embassy Tots Send Seasons Greetings. The children of the various embassies, colorfully garbed in their national costumes, join to sing season's greetings to all America! International group of children in traditional clothing sing "Silent Night" on stage -- except one little one, who apparently doesn't want to sing. Audience applauds. The kids, in unison, say, "Merry Christmas."
Round-up Time: Canadian Cowboys Stage Huge Drive.
Round-up Time: Canadian Cowboys Stage Huge Drive. North of the border, it's round-up time on Canada's largest ranch, where the spirit of the old west lives on. On the 510,000 acre spread, hard-riding cowpokes drive vast herds to winter ranges throughout the great panorama of the last western frontier. Cattle walk through landscape. Cowboys on horses -- one has a cigarette in his mouth, like a famous ad campaign -- round up herds and eat by a fire.
25 Years Ago: Japan Renounces Treaty.
25 Years Ago: Japan Renounces Treaty. Twenty-five years ago, Japan denounces naval treaty, withdrawing from the 1922 Washington Pact that limited the size of Nippon's war fleet. Japanese men (ambassador included) exit car, walk up stairs, then return.
Peace Mission: Ike Returns to Mediterranean.
Peace Mission: Ike Returns to Mediterranean. "Ike's mission passes the halfway mark and in one eventful day brings him from India to the shores of the Mediterranean. In Athens, Greece, he receives a fervently enthusiastic reception on a par with those at every earlier stop on his route. Earlier, in Iran, his motorcade through Teheran was cheered by vast throngs as it rolled over Persian carpets strewn in the streets." Motorcade and crowds lining the streets. Sign shows handshake and the words "Welcome Ike." President Dwight D. Eisenhower poses with the Shah of Iran (Mohammad Reza Pahlavi). Portrait painting (not sure who it is). At the airport in Athens, Eisenhower walks with King Paul (?) of Greece. Several U.S. flags. Ike and another man ride in open car past applauding crowds. Night, more motorcade and people waving flags and watching from balconies.
News in Brief: Venerated Relic Shown.
News in Brief: Venerated Relic Shown. In the ancient German city of Trier, American Air Force personnel are among those privileged to view a sacred relic - a vestment purported to have been worn by Christ, which has been publicly shown only three times in over a century. Establishing shots of European town. Masses of people file into church. Garment (robe) on display in a case. Really cheesy pious family portrait of dad holding little girl, mom at his side, the three of them gazing up with rapturous awe. People hand small items to a clergyman and he touches each item to the robe then hands it back to them.
News in Brief: Odd-ball Flying Machines.
News in Brief: Odd-ball Flying Machines. A series of strange flying scooters and aeromobiles go through their paces, weird craft that bob along only a few inches off the ground, poised on drafts of air from giant fans. Aviation inventions, hovercraft. Men test new aircraft that hover. Man starts propellers. One machine looks like Luke S's landspeeder.
News in Brief: Ice Shuts Down Harbor.
News in Brief: Ice Shuts Down Harbor. Poland's busy harbor of Gdynia is paralyzed by plummetting mercury and icy winds. Every ship in the key Baltic port is sheethed with inches of tough ice. Heavy chipping ahead for the crew! Boats with ice covering ropes, masts, etc. Men use axes and other tools to chip it off.
News in Brief: Reds Repatriate Koreans.
News in Brief: Reds Repatriate Koreans. Tumultuous scenes of departure in Japan, as 5,000 Korean refugees elect to be repatriated to Communist-ruled North Korea, and police hold back South Korean sympathizers in the crowd who try to prevent the return. Nighttime scenes. People carry belongings and walk through crowd. Folks in the crowd wave flags. Some people in station wave as train pulls away.
Sports: Soviet and German Gymnasts Vie.
Sports: Soviet and German Gymnasts Vie. A near upset as German gymnasts hold heavily favored Soviet contestants to a surprisingly narrow 6-point margin. In each event, champions show their finest in a series of awesome performances. Performances, and cut-aways to members of audience watching, applauding. Head-on shot as male gymnast vaults, lands well. Graceful performance on parallel bars. Rings routine - very muscular arms. Man on a single horizontal bar.
Ike in France: Big 4 Meet Is Climax of Tour. (Part 1)
Ike in France: Big 4 Meet Is Climax of Tour. (Part 1) Ike's historic peace mission carries him to Tunisia, most pro-western of the Arab nations and smallest stop on his entire tour. President Habib Bourguiba presents an Arab steed and a cheering populace hails President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Various photo opportunities for the two leaders, chatting and smiling. Turbaned swordsmen stand guard. Motorcade with LOTS of motorcycles surrounding open car as it travels past crowds lining street. Tunisian leader (?) waves goodbye to helicopter as it takes off.
News in Brief: Rome, New Cardinals Elevated.
News in Brief: Rome, New Cardinals Elevated. "Pope John XXIII elevates 8 new cardinals, two of them Americans, to the Sacred College in solemn consistory rites. Later, in unprecedented ceremonies at which are present the 3 American cardinals, Cardinal Spellman of New York, Cardinal Meyer of Chicago and Cardinal Muench of North Dakota, a decree is read before the Pope declaring venerable Mother Seton who may become the first U.S.-born saint." Procession, the Pope is carried into church on his throne. Clergymen (new cardinals?) bow down before him. Religious ceremony, onlookers in the pews. Panning shot, nuns wearing varied habits. Cardinals and Pope sit, man at microphone reads document. Shot of a document with words in Latin, refers to "beatificationis et canonizationis" along with Mother Seton's name, "Elisabeth Annae Bay..." [last word is cut off].
News in Brief: New York City, Quads Baptized.
News in Brief: New York City, Quads Baptized. Ancient and colorful rites of the Greek Orthodox Church accompany the christening of the 6-month-old Kajouras quadruplets. Family holds babies and candles. Good shots of baptism -- the Greek Orthodox clergyman dips a baby into water, then pours water on its head (while baby starts to scream). People watch from the pews. The parents pose with the religious leader and their 4 children.
Football: Penn State Wins Liberty Bowl
Football: Penn State Wins Liberty Bowl Penn State against Alabama in the first edition of a new post-season classic, the Liberty Bowl. (This is the first Liberty Bowl.) It's a scoreless tussle all the way until a bit of skull-duggery in the form of fake field goal try brings the Nittany Lions the lone tally and Penn State wins 7-0. College football highlights. Exceedingly bad, short punt. Crowd with Penn State banner. Gale Hall (?). Fake field goal turns into a touchdown. WS crowd jumping up and down in excitement.
Gandhi Assassinated
Shaky, dull and dark in contrast and imagery. Sound qulaity is poor on the master. Assassinated by a Hindu fanatic, India s famed spiritual leader is dead. Shocked followers mob Gandhi's slayer and witness the terrible climax to a life of peace and brotherly love. Some footage from parts of his life, including walking among crowds. In New York, the united nations pauses in tribute to the great mahatma, and India s delegate expresses his country's, and the world's feeling of loss and bereavement.
Canada Greets Homeless Europeans
Shaky, dull and dark in contrast and imagery Displaced persons from Europe s camps find new homes and new jobs in the dominion. Four-hundred refugees, most of them garment workers, are welcomed at a huge dispersal center.
Photo Finish In 'Maturity'
Shaky, dull and dark in contrast and imagery Horse racing enlivens the sports round-up. At Santa Anita, where Filmland notables including Lou Costello are out, 'Flashco,' wins the maturity in a photo finish, beating the favored 'on trust.'
Parson Sets Mile Record
Shaky, dull and dark in contrast and imagery Gilbert Dodd s, the flying parson from Boston, sets a new indoor mark of 4:05.3 For the mile during the Melrose Games at Madison Square Garden. Other thrilling track events are shown.
King Boreas Rules Again
Shaky, dull and dark in contrast and imagery King Boreas XI rules supreme over a gala city as the annual winter carnival brings out thousands for colorful parades, the coronation ceremony, and other mid-winter thrills.
Exercise Snowdrop
Shaky, dull and dark in contrast and imagery Dropping out of a sub-zero sky from flying box-cars, 500 seasoned troops of the 82nd paratrooper division 'chute down to a snow-covered terrain. Guns and supplies are dropped, and its a grueling test of human endurance and modern equipment.
Labrador Mercy Mission
Shaky, dull and dark in contrast and imagery Into the frozen wilds of Labrador, 150 miles north of Goose Bay a ski-plane files and lands with food and medical supplies for villagers isolated when fire swept the tiny settlement at Nakkovik.
Four Are Now Nine
Shaky, dull and dark in contrast and imagery Birthdays at the Badgett home are four times as exciting as ususal, and especially whene the Badgett 'Quads'-Joan, Jeraldine, Joyce and Jeanette-celebrate their ninth birthday.
France's Open Big Dam
Shaky, dull and dark in contrast and imagery A huge new dam across the Rhone river promises power and production for the entire rive valley. Industry production Minister Lacoste presses a button which lowers the spill-gates and the river is tamed.