June 6, 1967.

Format:

Video

Series:

Academic Video Online

Universal Newsreels ; Release 46

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

The Sixties (1960-1974).

Property destruction.

Race relations.

Riots.

Boston, MA.

Local Subjects:

The Sixties (1960-1974).

Property destruction.

Race relations.

Riots.

Boston, MA.

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:

MIDDLE-EAST Full-scale fighting erupts along the Israel-Egyptian border. UAR President Nasser and Jordanian King Hussein sign a 5-year mutual defense pact. U. S. State Department says we are neutral in "word, thought, and deed." The United Nations urges a "cease-fire." AIR STORIES At the Paris Air Show, two "firsts:" Two U.S. Air Force helicopters make the first non-stop transatlantic flight for a "chopper." The gigantic Douglas DC-8-61, world's largest jetliner, makes its first European appearance. It can carry 251 passengers! BOSTON RIOT Negroes riot in Boston's Roxbury ghetto-section. Three nights of violence includes smashing, burning, and looting of stores. Mobs throw rocks and bottles at police; a rooftop sniper wounds a fireman. An emergency meeting is called with Negro leaders. DMZ REFUGEES An entire village of 3,000 people in the de-militarized zone is evacuated to a rear area by U.S. Marines as fighting comes dangerously close to the buffer-zone hamlet. QUEMOY On the tiny island of Quemoy, "cork in the Red bottle," Free Chinese troops live and work underground, manning radio stations. Giant balloons carry leaflets, medicine, food, and necessities to the Communist mainland, less than two miles away. GLAMOUR GRANNIES A bathing beauty contest for grandmothers is won by 48-year old Mrs. Rosemary Saks, twice a grannie, twice married, about to walk the aisle a third time in one month. She admits to 48. SOCCER Bayern Munich, West Germany, and Glasgow Rangers, Scotland, play to a scoreless tie at the regulation end of the European Cup game. A "sudden death" overtime goal by Roth wins it for the West Germans.

Notes:

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

OCLC:

859525051