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86th Congress Convenes
86th Congress Convenes Solemnity and good-will prevails during opening prayers and swearing-in. The ouster by G.O.P. Congressmen of Rep. Joseph Martin as minority leader, in favor of Rep. Charles Halleck of Indiana, is one of the session's highlights. News In Brief. Ext. U.S. Capitol building. Interiors, probably U.S. House of Representatives chamber, lots of people. Politicians shake hands, applaud, give ovations. Former President Harry S Truman in the balcony area watching. Members holding up right hand, probably taking oath of office, swearing in.
New Embassy In India
New Embassy In India A cultural triumph for America is the opening of the new U.S. embassy in New Delhi. An ultra-modern structure embodying traditional elements of Hindu architecture, it is regarded as a modern masterpiece. One of the most beautiful as well as one of the most functional new structures yet to be developed. U.S. ambassador (?) and wife (?) shake hands with guests including Prime Minister Nehru. Exteriors and interiors of the building.
Baby Alive! Kidnap Search Ends
Baby Alive! Kidnap Search Ends The 9-day search for Lisa Rose Chionchio, kidnapped from a Brooklyn hospital just hours after her birth, ends with the arrest of Mrs. Jean Iavarone, and the recovery of the infant. Still alive and in good health. Exterior building. City of New York Police Department. Interior, men (officers?) enter escorting woman who's hiding her face. One of the men speaks into microphones, flashbulbs go off (press photographers). Ext. St. Peters Hospital. Man and woman walk past journalists, photographers. Mother and father (?) with little sleeping baby cradled in mom's arms.
De Gaulle Invested As President
De Gaulle Invested As President Charles de Gaulle is formally invested as president of the new 5th Republic in ceremonies at Elysee Palace - staged with the solidity and grandeur De Gaulle endeavors to restore to France herself. Ceremony. Man places something around DeGaulle's neck, kisses him. Guests, formally dressed, watch the proceedings. De Gaulle speaks (some nat sound): Vive la Republique. Vive la France!
Football: UCLA 20 - Rice 0.
Football: UCLA 20 - Rice 0. Sub Teddy Narleski is secret weapon as the Bruins out-pass the Owls and take the game, 20-0. Passing touchdowns.
Football: Penn. 13 - Princeton 7.
Football: Penn. 13 - Princeton 7. The Quakers snap Princeton's 24 game winning streak, frustrating the Tigers' offensive for a 13-7 triumph. Rushing TD. Princeton pass is intercepted. Various passes for touchdowns by both teams.
UN Assembly: 7th Session Opens in New Headquarters
U.N. Assembly: 7th Session Opens in New Headquarters The United Nations General Assembly opens its seventh session in the new auditorium, built as its permanent home at $12 million cost. Delegates and statesmen arrive to begin a momentous series of debates. Establishing shots United Nations Building in New York: low angle shot, view with fountain in foreground, close shot of some flags including American flag. VS inside the U.N. - not the place where delegates meet, but other spaces, showing some of the architecture inside. Exteriors, various delegates arrive from nations such as India (Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, a woman); Britain (Sir Gladwyn Jebb); Canada (foreign minister Lester Pearson); United States (Dean Acheson, Secretary of State). VS meeting room for General Assembly, people arriving and milling about. Soviets Andrei Vyshinsky (Andrey Vishinsky) and Andrei Gromyko arrive. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt shakes hands with a man and photographers' flashbulbs pop. VS delegates casting ballots to vote for new president of the assembly. The newly elected Lester Pearson poses with Trygve Lie and Luis Pedilla Nervo; delegates applaud.
News in Brief: People Acclaim Egypt's Naguib.
News in Brief: People Acclaim Egypt's Naguib. Wild acclaim greets strong-man Mohammed Naguib, asking poplar support in key crisis with the Wafdists. General Naguib reviews troops. Civilian crowds that apparently are enthusiastic (but look almost like a mob) greet the general as he visits, touring in a car; looks like his bodyguards have their hands full.
News in Brief: California, Mercy Ship Comes Home.
News in Brief: California, Mercy Ship Comes Home. Korean wounded return home aboard the Navy hospital ship 'Haven,' a cheering moment for all aboard. On board, a group of companions (some clearly wounded) playfully adjust the mustache and hair of a smiling veteran. (Funny, silly, cute.) Families, loved ones, small children on shore wave to greet the approaching ship at its homecoming. Sailors take some wounded men off the ship on stretchers. A woman (wife?) blows a kiss to a bus departing with wounded soldiers on it.
News in Brief: Italy, Pope Greets Actionists
News in Brief: Italy, Pope Greets Actionists The supreme pontiff addresses a vast throng of international delegates, warns of grave perils that beset the world today. Various shots of people in the crowd in St. Peter's Square, including delegations from Communist nations such as China and Russia (holding signs that say where they are from). The Pope is carried through the huge crowd and people wave enthusiatically at him. Close shot of Pope Pius XII being carried and waving back to the crowd.
News Highlights Of 1958
News Highlights Of 1958. Top news events of the year!
Havana Crowds Hail Castro Success
Havana Crowds Hail Castro Success "Fidel Castro's 2-year guerrilla revolt against Cuban dictator Batista triumphs with Batista's flight. As the first rebel units enter the capital, Havana, crowds storm the streets - first in tumultuous rejoicing and then in angry demonstration against reminders of the ousted regime." Castro with other men (presumably fellow guerrillas) outdoors, talking. Men with guns; Castro holding gun. Somewhat motley crew of guerrillas in streets, some with weapons, including men on tank. Celebrations in streets, mostly young people, cheering, some with flags or banners. Men destroy what looks like furniture in the street. "Head" of parking meter (?) lying on the ground. Men stop another man with a big stick from pounding anything; one gently takes it from him. Man holds up newspaper; part of headline says, Fue Batista. Crowds.
49th Star For Old Glory
49th Star For Old Glory At the White House, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs proclamation which officially makes Alaska the 49th state in the Union - giving a new look to Old Glory. Exterior White House, bare trees in foreground. Ike, surrounded by men including Richard Nixon, sits down and writes (probably signing). Crowd of still photographers and newsreel cameramen. Flag makers rush production on the latest model of Stars and Stripes. Scenes of the new 49-star U.S. flag being manufactured. Woman sewing American flag.
No.2 Red Visits U.S.A.
No.2 Red Visits U.S.A. Anastas Mikoyan, number 2 man in the Kremlin, arrives in New York on an uninvited visit to America-from the airport he motored to Washington. He says it is just a 'vacation'. But his schedule calls for informal talks with the nation's leaders. Night, men deplaning. Soviet (?) man walks with crowd including cops. Press conference. Man at microphones speaks in Russian (?); translator expresses wishes for peace.
America Wins Davis Cup.
America Wins Davis Cup. In one of the greatest upsets in tennis history, the United States regains the coveted Davis Cup from Australia thanks to the brilliant play of a Peruvian Inca Indian, Alex Olmedo. Huge crowd; funny - one spectator has piece of paper tucked under his sunglasses to shield his nose from the sun (sunscreen of sorts). Men's doubles match. Caucasian spectators, many in hats, including young boys who cheer excitedly. Then a men's singles match. Big trophy cup is presented to a team, men wearing blazers and shorts.
Niagara Freezes
Niagara Freezes The freak cold weather hitting the entire nation turns Niagara Falls into an etching in ice. The lower gorge is bridged by ice up to 30 feet thick! Tourists.
Ski Birds Snow Fine Feathers
Ski Birds Snow Fine Feathers Weather-bound ski-birds in Switzerland stage a fashion show of all-Swiss styles. The scenery indoors is as eye-appealing as the picture outdoors. Fashions range from frost-resisting 'anoraks' to chic fur and knitwear ensembles for evening. Snowy mountains, scenery, scenics. Models show off clothing for ski season.
International Skiing.
International Skiing. TOP-FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL SKIERS JUMPING AT GARMISCO. Russian contenders take second and third place to keep the U.S.S.R. in the fore as competitors. Germany takes top honors. Ski jumpers soar through the air - the angle and some of the editing make it look like they're almost flying. One wipeout.
Barrel Jumping Championship
Barrel Jumping Championship THE WORLD'S BARREL-JUMPING CHAMPIONSHIP AT GROSSINGER'S New York The 9th annual competition, perennial champ Leo Lebel comes through with his 5th straight victory. Funny. Men on ice skates jump rows of barrels, none land on their feet. They slide on the ice into a padded wall while bundled spectators watch. CU of winner. Wipeouts. Bloopers.
25 Years Ago Today
25 Years Ago Today What weather- winter's wickedest is presaged in the super-cold spell of 1934 which proved near calamitous in America and Europe. The Delaware River was blocked with ice for 9 miles. The 'beautiful blue Danube' presented a picture in frozen stillness. Ice chunks where there ought to be rivers. Soup kitchens sprung up in the streets of Vienna; people wait in a queue, are served from steaming pots. Feeding starving thousands. In the game forests, hungry deer got a respite from fear of the hunter as they flock around food-bearing wardens. Torrential rains flooded the Los Angeles area. Scores died in floods and earthslides (landslides, mudslides) as damage went way beyond the $5,000,000 mark. People dig mud that has half-buried automobiles. House on a severe tilt. Disaster, damage. A noble experiment followed the noble experiment! Pennsylvania places whiskey on sale at $1 per bottle to counter post-prohibition bootleggers. The stores were stampeded! Men queued waiting in line. Hands exchange money (dollars) for bottles. Alcoholic beverages. Fashions were on parade. Fashions that ought to silence the talk about 'the good old days' daze is the word! 1934 bathing beauties model tent-like beach wear. Evening gowns. And undies, lingerie, that shocked many- then! Another shocker follows with a gang of juveniles embarrassing adults with a grown-up fashion show to the rhythm of the rhumba! Very young children, even toddlers, model clothing. Cute.
Mikoyan In New York.
Mikoyan In New York. The cross-country tour of Russia's No. 2 man brings him to New York, where he is screened from hostile demonstrators, by an exceptionally heavy police guard. He visits Macy's. Looks over everything. Buys nothing. In Wall Street he lunches with 30 bankers and financiers. Then the red carpet rolls to the United Nations. Tracking shot, street sign, "Broadway" with "Wall Street" beneath it. Dag Hammerskjold (?) is among the men walking with the Soviet man, who gets a tour of U.N. interior. Nice shot of the circular United Nations symbol on the wall.
New Episcopal Bishop
New Episcopal Bishop In solemn and colorful ceremonies in historic Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, Washington, D.C., the right Reverend Arthur C. Lichtenberger is invested as presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Exterior cathedral. Religious procession. Clergy from other types of churches among those in pews. Dressed-up worshippers in pews. Minister at ornate pulpit.
Shining Stars
Shining Stars HOLLYWOOD LUMINARIES PLUS A NEW FACE MAKE NEWS. Sir Lawrence Olivier returns to the film capital for his first U.S. motion picture in ten years - 'Spartacus'. He's greeted at a party in honor of the occasion by Kirk Douglas, his co-star in the five million dollar epic. A new and lovely face appears on the Hollywood horizon. Sabina Beth Mann, native of Great Britain and known throughout the continent. Two still photographers aim cameras with big flashes.
Stylish Shipmates
Stylish Shipmates Fashion parade. Scenes of stylish shipmates aboard a Caribbean cruise ship - in a fashion show of sports styles. Row of lifeboats on ship. These models are acting like regular cruise guests, only dressed a little more "fashionably" than some, perhaps. Caucasian couple walks on deck. People play shuffleboard. Romantic - man and woman kiss, in silhouette, sun low in sky behind them. Water (sea, ocean) and horizon.