Watch Universal Newsreel Vol. 40 Release 73-80

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: Sept 8, 1967 - Oct 3, 1967Sept 8, (Release 73)- The South Vietnamese election turns out almost five million voters; Sweden switches sides of the road; East Germans spray white paint on the Berlin Wall to discourage escape; a Japanese training squadron visits Newport Naval Base; FASHIONS; NEW INSTRUMENT: ELECTRIC SITAR.Sept 12, (Release 74)- U.S. jets blast the third largest port city in North Vietnam; the largest ship ever built in Europe is launched; a tiny Arizona church houses original Indian religious art; four days of rain bring serious floods to rural Japan; HIPPIE FASHIONS in London; New York's inventor's show; the first gorilla twins ever born in captivity; MISS AMERICA.Sept 15, (Release 75)- Guests of President and Mrs. Johnson at an old-fashioned "country fair"; the "Poseidon," the Navy's newest underwater ballistic missile; Biosatellite 2 returns to earth; BURST DAM: 60 are dead in the Himalayan foothill villages in India; Residents of Gibraltar vote to continue under British rule; BOATING: AMERICA'S CUP.Sept 19, (Release 76)- Hurricanes "Doria," "Beulah," and "Chloe," bring death, danger, and destruction; President Johnson visits home of former President Harry Truman; CUBAN EXILES picket at the University of Florida; BODY PAINTING: Provincetown "hippie" artists have an art show; FASHIONS; the World Bicycle Championship; the giant aircraft carrier Forrestal returns from Vietnam.Sept 22, (Release 77)- The 22nd U.N. General Assembly; NEW CARGO SHIP: vehicles can drive right on board; Senior citizens from Arkansas thank Senators; the "Queen Elizabeth II" is launched in Scotland; the weighing and measuring of snakes at the Bronx Zoo; the Metropolitan Opera opens; London's six-day bike race