Universal News Volume 32, Release 61, Stories #1-4A, July 30, 1959
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Creator(s): MCA/Universal Pictures. (Most Recent) Series : Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library, compiled 1929 - 1967 Collection UN: MCA/Universal Pictures Collection, 1929 - 1967 Production Date: 07/30/1959 Access Restriction(s): Unrestricted Use Restriction(s): Restricted - Possibly Specific Use Restriction: Copyright Note: Some or all of this material may be restricted by copyright or other intellectual property right restrictions. Scope & Content: The original release sheet reads: NIXON IN U.S.S.R. Highlights of Vice-President Nixon's tour of the Soviet: His party views the Reds' nuclear-powered ice-breaker "Lenin," after a clash over whether the visitors are being permitted the same close inspection granted Kozlov of America's nuclear ship, earlier. On many of his points of call, Nixon is greeted by hecklers, primed with anti-American questions. HAWAIIAN ELECTIONS: The Fiftieth State goes to the polls in its first election since admission to the Union, with top posts at stake including 2 Senate seats and one in the House. Two of the three sent to Capitol Hill are of Asian descent, reflecting the colorful melting pot that is Hawaii. HOVERCRAFT SKIMS CHANNEL: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the first flight across the English Channel, Britain's saucer-shaped "Hovercraft" skims from Calais to Dover, only inches above the surface. FASHIONS The bright and light look for Fall - in London, new ladies' suits and luxury gowns, and in Milan the new continental look for the men, with buttons that glow. SPORTS On Chincoteague Island, Virginia, the Annual Wild Horse Round-Up. The quarry are the great herds of feral ponies are descended from Spanish mustangs cast ashore in the 16th century, and the round-up is an exciting carnival of action and excitement. Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RD-DC-M), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001 Phone: 301-837-3540, Fax: 301-837-3620, Email: [email protected] National Archives Identifier: 2050164 Local Identifier: 200-UN-32-61 http://research.archives.gov/description/2050164
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