August 1, 1967.

Format:

Video

Series:

Academic Video Online

Universal Newsreels ; Release 62

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

The Sixties (1960-1974).

Wildfires.

Navy ships.

Vietnam.

Local Subjects:

The Sixties (1960-1974).

Wildfires.

Navy ships.

Vietnam.

Genre:

Newsreel

Physical Description:

1 online resource (7 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Neighborhood:Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Universal Pictures Company, 1967.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

FORRESTAL FIRE The super-carrier Forrestal is almost lost when accidental fire races the length of its flight deck. Set off by exploding jet fuel, the flames kill an estimated 125 crewmen. It's the worst naval disaster since World War II. CARACAS QUAKE At least 47 dead, over 1500 injured when three earthquakes rip across Caracas. Buildings are toppled, cars smashed, many victims buried. The city mourns its dead and digs out. DESALTING PLANT Vice-President Humphrey attends opening of new desalinization plant in Key West which supplies the Keyes its own fresh water for the first time. Daily capacity: over 2%2' million gallons! ROAD OPENING For the first time in 19 years, Latrun Highway, running from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, is reopened by the Israelis. Jordanian occupation had closed the road since 1948. AIR STRIKES U.S. Air Force jets blast both riverbank jungle positions of the Vietcong as well as destroying Rial and industrial areas close to Hanoi. These daily air strikes rock the enemy. FLOODS Heavy rains bring severe floods to Karachi, Pakistan, killing at least 18 people with many more missing. Evacuated residents live in office buildings and stores and the city is paralyzed. SELASSIE Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie observes his 75th birthday at the Royal Palace in Addis Ababa. Gifts and messages flood in from all over the world, for the ageless "Lion of Judah". PAN AM GAMES Mark Cohn of Philadelphia wins a gold medal for the U.S. in pommel horse gymnastics. American women almost swept their gymnastic events. Canada's Elaine Tanner sets a new world mark in the 100-meter backstroke. SAND SCULPTURE Japanese teenagers compete in sand-modeling which may win them a place in the Internationals, upcoming in France. They show great skill, forming temples, figures, and animals.

Notes:

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

OCLC:

859525051