Watch Universal Newsreel Vol. 32 Release 41-48
- NR
- 2008
- 49 min
Experience the American Journey through our country's visual heritage in this historical recording provided by the National Archives of the United States. Release Dates: May 21, 1959 - June 18, 1959May 21 (Release 41)- The launching into orbit of 4 mice - and their recovery as the tiny life capsule re-enters the atmosphere; FORMOSA CELEBRATES the 1000th Anniversary of the Goddess Machu; Italy's calorie collectors gather to match waists; FASHION PARADE; SOCCER CROWN PRE-VIEW: two of the top teams of Germany clash in Frankfurt.May 25 (Release 42)- The passing of John Foster Dulles - for 6 years the maker and shaper of American foreign policy; POPE JOHN XXIII GREETS GREEK ROYALTY; ARGENTINE LABOR RIOTS by bank clerks and railroad workers; SHAH OF PERSIA VISITS HOLLAND; HORSE RACING: the coveted Californian.June 1 (Release 44)- Two monkeys, Able and Baker, become the first animal life to voyage into outer space and return safely to earth; Khrushchev arrives in the tiny Red satellite of Albania; RIVER RACERS on Oregon's Rogue River; FASTEST INDIANAPOLIS "500".June 4 (Release 45)- Traditional commencement ceremonies at the Service schools: West Point and Annapolis; CLEVELAND HIT BY FLASH FLOODS; RED CHINA ELECTS NEW CHIEF followed by a "people's celebration"; HORSE RACING: THE EPSOM DERBY.June 8 (Release 46)- MISSILE MAIL: mail from a Navy test rocket; West German Chancellor Adenauer declines to step up to the honorific post of President; a Royal wedding in Belgium; AUTUMN FASHIONS; GOLF: the 7th Annual Triangle women's round robin.June 11 (Release 47)- The X-15 rocket plane goes aloft; New York celebrates the 350th Anniversary of the river discovery by Henry Hudson; POLARIS-FIRING ATOMIMC SUB is launched; beasts at the San Diego Zoo.TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGOFascists parade before MUSSOLINI; worst DROUGHT in half a century scourges the nation; Maine's worst FOREST FIRES; the PANCHEN LAMA is greeted in Shanghai; the heavyw