Watch Universal Newsreel Vol. 37 Release 9-16
- NR
- 2010
- 50 min
Experience the American Journey through our country's visual heritage in this historical recording provided by the National Archives of the United States. Covering worldwide events in politics, entertainment, fashion, sports, and technology. Release Dates: Jan 30,1964 - Feb 24,1964 Jan 30, (Release 9)- SATURN ROCKET: for the first time the U.S. had surpassed Russia in the space race; FIRST WHEAT SHIPMENT TO RUSSIA: capitalist wheat for Communist dinner tables; UNITED STATES-BRED HORSE WINS 100,000 CLASSIC.
Feb 3, (Release 10)- RANGER HITS TARGET: designed to send back 3,000 pictures of the lunar surface just before it crash-lands; WINTER OLYMPICS RECORDS FALL AT INNSBRUCK: the eyes of 37 nations are on Innsbruck, Austria.
Feb 6, (Release 11)- NEW RECORDS SET AT OLYMPIC GAMES; ARMY TESTS NEW 'COPTER: a new jet-powered, lightweight helicopter; a new kind of surfboarding: you get up to speed behind a towboat and then ride the wave; a Mitchell bomber crashes into the side of the Empire State Building at the 79th Floor.
Feb 10, (Release 12)- CYPRUS CRISIS: ALLIES SEEK TO END TURKISH-GREEK FEUD: the Island verges on international conflict; the Beatles have arrived in the United States for their first appearance; MARDI GRAS USHERD IN; UPSETS MARK OLYMPIC GAMES.
Feb 13, (Release 13)- UNITED STATES-BRITAIN TALKS: high on the agenda are Southeast Asia, Arms Control, Berlin and Britain's trade with Cuba; DUTCH PRINCESS TO WED SPANISH PRINCE: the couple will marry soon; THE WESTMINSTER SHOW; WINTER OLYMPICS ENDS WITH SKI JUMP.
Feb 17, (Release 14)- U.S. SUPPLIES WATER TO "GITMO" after Castro cuts off its water supply; ITALY LOOKS FORWARD TO SPRING FASHIONS; FLYING HALF-PINT: the DO-32 tiny helicopter is readied for flight.
Feb 20, (Release 15)- HEROIC ATLANTIC RESUCE: rescuers save crewmen from the storm-wracked British freighter "Ambassador"; UNITED STATES ANSWERS CASTRO: an emphatic answer to Castro's charges that the U.S. is