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News Magazine of the Screen newsreels. Vol. 3, 1955-1957 / produced by Warner-Pathe ; presented as a public service by Standard Oil Company ; distributed by the University of Wisconsin, Extension Division, Bureau of Visual Instruction ; [compiled by] J.C. Kalein, Jr.
LIBRA DVD 001 956
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
- Eisenhower, Dwight D.
- Presidents--United States--Election--1956.
- Presidents.
- Newsreels.
- Nineteen fifties.
- Popular culture--United States--20th century.
- Popular culture.
- History, Modern--20th century.
- History, Modern.
- Suez Canal (Egypt)--History.
- Suez Canal (Egypt).
- United States--History--1953-1961.
- United States.
- History.
- Genre:
- Newsreels.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 183 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Title on disc container: Warner Pathe "News Magazine of the Screen" newsreels. Vol. 3, 1955-1957
- Title on disc label: Warner Pathe newsreels. Vol. 3
- Place of Publication:
- [Bayonne, NJ?] : Earthstation1.com, 2006.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- In the age before television, people saw the news every week in their neighborhood movie theater, in the newsreels that were shown with every feature film. This disc covers American and world events from 1955-1957.
- Contents:
- 1955: Atomic operations special report - Operation Teapot atomic tests, 1st Atomic Submarine USS Nautilus launched, 2nd British atomic test held in Australian outback, US Atomic test film retrospective
- May 1955: Manhattan Landmarks - The end of the "El" line elevated train (Version 1), the Statue of Liberty
- August 1955: Geneva Summit, Coup attempt in Saigon, Morocco riots, Sovereignty for West Germany and Austria, Operation Alert nuclear drill in Washington DC, "Survival Town" atomic test, Newspapers in the classroom, The end of the "El" line elevated train (Version 2), Summer sports highlights, USS Constitution retrospective.
- September 1956: Suez Canal crisis, French use forest fires as weapon in Algeria, Biblical city of Hazor, South Korean Pres. Rhee re-elected for 3rd term, Trans-Canada road blasted through Rocky Mountains, Australia's peak-scaling commandos, Chinese pen & Ink writing artist Sum, Alps retrospective, "Rockoons" study sun storms, Dart anti-tank missile, Triple in-flight jet refueling, Lilliput Theater, Salt Lake City retrospective
- October 1956: Presidential Candidates Eisenhower/Nixon and Stevenson/Kefauver, Australia's Murry River floods, Japan & Okinawa hit by Typhoon Emma, 1906 plane flies again, Roman Colosseum repairs, Scientists probe thickness of earth's crust, Dalles Dam, Vulcan gun, Canadian farmer's home for homeless children, Oil well retrospective, Royal Gorge retrospective, Hamlet's castle
- November 1956: Typhoon hits Kyushu, Hurricane hits Louisiana, Mayflower replica built, Army medics in parachute drill, Poznan bread rioters on trial in Poland, Pope celebrates sainthood for Innocent XI, New military vehicles, Fort Ticonderoga retrospective, Mountain climbing retrospective, Sunken ocean liner Andrea Doria
- December 1956: Eisenhower re-elected, Israel invades Egypt, Russia invades Hungary, India's Guna River floods, US Army Engineers shore up Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Italian firefighters, Atoms For Peace, Cargo races to Baffin Bay before ice closes in, Passenger plane rescue in Pacific, Sea life retrospective.
- March 1957: Hungarian refugees, UN Forces take over Suez Canal, Gasoline shortage in Europe, More Pompeii ruins excavated, Painting on pin-heads, The holy crags of Montserrat, Animals at Bronx Zoo, Lehman caverns, New York Public Librarty retrospective
- November 1957: UN condemns Russia for Hungary invasion, Chancellor Adenauer re-elected, Carrier landings by mirror, Army expedition to Artic ice cap, Humming bird sanctuary, Crop dusters, Timepiece retrospective, Guided missile retrospective, Erie Canal retrospective.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of newsreels produced between 1955 and 1957.
- OCLC:
- 191553778
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