Watch Universal Newsreel Vol. 40 Release 9-16
- NR
- 2008
- 58 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: Jan 27, 1967 - Feb 21, 1967Jan 27, (Release 9)- Two days of street-fighting in Managua; Missouri tornado kills one; Rio De Janeiro: Rain, floods, and mudslides; Soviet Podgorny makes a visit to Rome; Premier visits Australia; Viet Cong prisoners are taken after heavy fighting; Russian sailors take shore in San Francisco.Jan 31, (Release 10)- Apollo astronauts Chaffee, White, and Grissom are killed in a flash-fire; Yugoslav embassies in the U.S. and Canada are damaged in bomb blasts; POPE PAUL ORDAINS new priests; the Cryonic Society of Phoenix believes life after death; new weapon: a marshland airboat; a floating nuclear power station; CHICAGO SNOWSTORM.Feb 3, (Release 11)- ASTRONAUT FUNERALS: Grissom and Chaffee are buried with honors; a meeting between Soviet Podgorny and Pope Paul; ISRAEL-SYRIAN BORDER TALKS; Marines sweep through a Vietcong area; an air pollution control device at Saint Vincent's Hospital; Hindu festival in Malaysia; TRACK RECORDS.Feb 7, (Release 12)- Five American prisoners are released; South Vietnamese troops kill 54 Viet Cong and the Pentagon announces 50,000 American casualties; Midwestern snowstorm; three former Nazis stand trial in Munich; a "Start Your Own Business" expo in New York; QUEBEC WINTER CARNIVAL.Feb 10, (Release 13)- Blizzard kills 75 along Atlantic Coast; Soviet Kosygin meets with British Prime Minister Wilson; 30 Vietcong prisoners are released by the Saigon government; Germany's "Rosenmontag" parade; the 24-hour "Daytona Continental" race; SKI JUMP in Washington; the First World Skibob Championships.Feb 14, (Release 14)- JAPAN: Premier Sato's pro-American government is re-elected; a two-ton mine is found buried in West Germany; CAIRO BELLY DANCERS have been told to cover up more; SATANIC WEDDING; utensi