March 27, 1958.

Format:

Video

Series:

Academic Video Online

Universal Newsreels ; Release 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Post-war Era (1945-1960).

Elections.

Local Subjects:

Post-war Era (1945-1960).

Elections.

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:

BULGANIN OUSTED AFTER ELECTIONS IN USSR Following elections for the Soviet Parliament in which members of the Communist hierarchy receive uncontested majorities of 99%, Premier Bulganin "resigns", to be succeeded by party boss Nikita Khrushchev. QUEENS' MEETING: Queen Elizabeth becomes the first British reigning monarch to visit the Netherlands. Her historic meeting with Queen Juliana is hailed by Dutch crowds. WOOL FROM SLAG: Holland turns a hitherto useless industrial waste into the basis for a new industry. Blast-furnace slag is reprocessed into a mineral wool-like, insulating material. ELVIS DRAFTED: Elvis Presley, King of Rock 'n' Roll, begins his 2 year Army hitch at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. No bands. No screaming fans as he gets his G.I. issue. MOVIELAND'S BIG NIGHT! In Hollywood, the annual Academy Award presentation ceremonies are staged on a scale unprecedented for its splendor. A record number of top stars see the 1958 Oscar presentations for the finest in movie-making during the past year GOLDEN GLOVES CHAMPIONSHIPS In New York, the Inter-City Golden Gloves, Eastern versus Western champions, in some of the most thrilling bouts yet...

Notes:

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

OCLC:

859525051