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February 14, 1966.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Universal Newsreels ; Release 14
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- The Sixties (1960-1974).
- Diplomatic missions.
- International relations.
- Southeast Asia.
- Local Subjects:
- The Sixties (1960-1974).
- Diplomatic missions.
- International relations.
- Southeast Asia.
- Genre:
- Newsreel
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (7 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Neighborhood:Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Universal Pictures Company, 1966.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- HUMPHREY MISSION: Vice-President Hubert Humphrey begins a tour of Southeast Asia to implement the "Declaration of Honolulu" --- the meeting between United States and South Vietnamese leaders that foresees new military and economic facets in Asia's future. The Vice-President's job will be to encourage self-help among Southeast Asian nations to bring faster and more fruitful economic conditions for all. ROYAL TOUR: Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip begin a tour of the West Indies with a visit to British Guiana - due to become independent next May. There is tension behind the cheering reception - for the country has been the scene of race riots between East Indians and Negroes. However, nothing mars the start of the Queen's five-week tour. SLIDES DEMOLISH Homes: Loosened by heavy rains, a landslide in the exclusive Bel Air section of Los Angeles sends three homes tumbling into the street below. Eleven (11) other houses are sealed off when the access road was blocked and a half-dozen others are threatened by new slides. The homes are on a hillside that was the scene of a 1959 avalanche....the terrain was rebuilt only to have the same thing happen again. SPORTS PENNEL SETS ANOTHER RECORD: The world's premier Pole-Vaulter, John Pennel, breaks the record he set just two weeks ago as he soars 16 feet, ten inches. In the two-mile race it is a battle between two friends, Bill Baillie of New Zealand and Don Clarke of Australia. Both the Down-Under boys outrace the field, with Baillie beating Clarke by ten yards...
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed December 12, 2018).
- OCLC:
- 859525051
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