May 1, 1958.

Format:

Video

Series:

Academic Video Online

Universal Newsreels ; Release 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Post-war Era (1945-1960).

Sciences.

Local Subjects:

Post-war Era (1945-1960).

Sciences.

Genre:

Newsreel

Physical Description:

1 online resource (7 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Neighborhood:Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Universal Pictures Company, 1958.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

VANGUARD FIRED MOON FAILS TO ORBIT At Cape Canaveral, Florida, a Vanguard carrying a 20-inch satellite makes a near-perfect take-off - but the "moon" fails to orbit, due to a misfire of the rocket's third stage. POLARIS TESTED: In California, development of the Navy's Polaris proceeds with tests of the system that will permit launching from submerged U-boats, firing a steel and concrete dummy. INFLATO-PLANE: In Akron, Ohio, the. Navy shows its new rubberized fabric airplane. One man starts with a folded mass, adds air, and presto! - an air-filled, amphibious and very airworthy little craft. SNOW PASS: Chinook Pass, Washington, actually, is cleared of its winter-long accumulation of 20 feet of snow. A massive road clearing job amid some of America's noblest vistas. PRINCESS' TOUR: Princess Margaret's 18-day tour of the new West Indian Federation continues. On Tobago, she is hailed by crowds and visits a children's hospital. SEAL HUNTING: On the Caspian Sea, hunters jumping from ice-floe to ice-floe pursue elusive quarry, but the nimble seals fall prey to their own curiosity. WALKING CHAMPIONSHIPS! Heel-and-toe and away they go! - in the National 20 kilometer walking championship, held this year in Baltimore, Maryland. Rain doesn't deter the stubborn striders - who are topped by New York's Ron Laird with a determined 7 miles per hour average speed.......

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed December 12, 2018).

OCLC:

859525051