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June 8, 1953.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Universal Newsreels ; Release 472
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Post-war Era (1945-1960).
- Accidental deaths.
- Wildfires.
- Ships.
- Traffic accidents.
- Delaware River.
- Local Subjects:
- Post-war Era (1945-1960).
- Accidental deaths.
- Wildfires.
- Ships.
- Traffic accidents.
- Delaware River.
- Genre:
- Newsreel
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (7 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Neighborhood:Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Universal Pictures Company, 1953.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- ITALIAN ELECTIONS ITALY - Political parties go all out to bring a record vote to the polls. A crisis for Premier DeGasperi's pro-Western moderate regime as neo-Fascist groups tally an ominous rise in strength. OIL TANKERS COLLIDE DELAWARE RIVER - A grim ordeal by fire and water for eighty-six crewmen as two giant oil tankers collide, and burn. One dies, and three are missing with many severely burned in the $12 million river disaster. PENNY PRINCESS WISCONSIN - Students collect one million pennies, for a unique public show. It started with a geometry class' curiosity, but charity gains. The sum will go to a new city hospital. SIAMESE TWIN FACES CAMERA ILLINOIS - The first pictures permitted of Rodney Dee Brodie, whose separation from his Siamese twin brother last December made national headlines and medical history. TENNIS QUEENS IN PARIS FRANCE - America's Women's Singles Champion, 'Little Mo' Conolly, plays Julia Sampson in international matches here, and wins the crown in straight sets. Another triumph for the eighteen year old net star. IKE MEETS SPORTS STARS WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - President Eisenhower plays host to 43 top sports figures at the White House, among them, Joe DiMaggio, Rocky Marciano, Gene Sarazen, and Helen Jacobs. QUEEN PRESENTS MEDALS ENGLAND - Britain's newly crowned Queen presents Coronation Medals to contingents from Commonwealth countries, outside Buckingham Palace. A stirring march-past concludes the colorful ceremony. FIRST JOCKEY KNIGHT WINS CORONATION DERBY ENGLAND - At Epsom Downs, it's the Coronation Derby, and half a million race-goers, headed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, see Sir Gordon Richards, Britain's first Knight of the Saddle, nose out the Queen's own entry in a thrill packed race.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed December 12, 2018).
- OCLC:
- 859525051
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