| 01:25:34 0.2 |
MONTAGE HIGHLIGHTS 1961:
INTERNATIONAL TENSIONS; RIOTS IN CAIRO; CONVERTIBLE ON FIRE ENGULFED IN FLAMES; CASTRO GIVING SPEECH; FOOTAGE OF CONGO; LAOS, SOUTH VIETNAM. |
| 01:26:14 40.2 |
JFK'S SWEARING IN AS PRESIDENT. MEETING WITH DE
GAULLE, KHRUSHCHEV. |
| 01:27:11 97.2 |
UNITED NATIONS BUILDING.
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| 01:27:12 98.2 |
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD GETTING OFF PLANE IN CONGO.
REVIEWING SOLDIERS |
| 01:27:26 112.2 |
FLAGS BEING TAKEN DOWN AT U.N. PANS SESSION ROOM
FILLED WITH DELEGATES |
| 01:27:35 121.2 |
SWEARING IN OF HIS SUCCESSOR FROM BURMA, U THANT
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| 01:27:43 129.2 |
CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINE ANNOUNCING COSMONAUT'S ORBIT
AROUND EARTH. MAJOR YURI GAGARIN. |
| 01:27:59 145.2 |
U.S. SENDS ALAN B. SHEPARD INTO SPACE. TAKE OFF. IN
CAPSULE, PICKED UP IN OCEAN BY MARINES |
| 01:28:40 186.2 |
CAP'TAIN VIRGIL GRISSOM SENT INTO SPACE. BEING
RESCUED AFTER EXPLOSIVE BOLTS BLEW SIDE HATCH OFF MERCURY CAPSULE. LIFTED INTO HELICOPTER |
| 01:29:01 207.2 |
MONTAGE BERLIN & CITIZENS. BERLIN WALL GOING UP.
PEOPLE ON EAST SIDE WAVING AT FRIENDS & RELATIONS ON WEST SIDE. MOTHER CRYING. |
| 01:29:46 252.2 |
OLD WOMAN ESCAPING FROM SECOND STORY WINDOW IS PULLED
UP BY POLICE FROM THE EAST WHILE MAN FROM THE WEST TRIES TO PULL HER FEET TO SAFETY. CITIZENS CHEER AS SHE IS FREED |
| 01:30:04 270.2 |
EAST GERMANS ESCAPE THROUGH CUT FENCE TO WEST BERLIN.
WEST BERLINERS HELPING EAST BERLINERS ESCAPE. WOMAN'S SWEATER GETS SNAGGED ON BARBED WIRE |
| 01:30:31 297.2 |
UNITED NATIONS HEARS JFK'S "MANIFESTO FOR PEACE"
KENNEDY ADDRESSES UNITED NATIONS DELEGATES |
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Year: 1961
Color: Black & White
Genre: 1960s NEWSREELS
Specialty CollectionGenre: 1960s NEWSREELS
Description: 1961 YEAR-ENDER
Keywords: NEWS EVENTS
