Armed Forces display U.S. Might On Observance Day (1956)
1956 · Newsreel · 6 min
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1) Armed Forces Day at AFB in Michigan features new Redstone missile; Scorpion attack plane fires rockets at old B-17 in Florida; crash landing of jet on USS Essex, pilot rescued by helicopter (2) "France Digs In for Total Algerian War" - 400,000 French troops pinned down by guerilla attacks - armed depots dot Algeria landscape (3) 4 survivng Dionne quints open flower shop in Ottawa (4) hospital workers carry small pagers (5) Preakness horse race won by Fabius, not Needles who had won Kentucky…
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★★★★★ · Here is the text or at least what I made of it. · typewriter · 2006-08-24
Armed Forces Day at Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan draws a large crowd of visitors who find the army Globemaster a point of attraction. But the real guest of honour is the Chrysler built Redstone guided missile, one of the newest in the arsenal of the atomic age. In honour of the day some of the newest jets put on a show. At Eglin air force base in Florida, the dramatic destruction of a B17 bomber - a Scorpion attack plane launches its rockets. Unscheduled however is this crash landing of a (goodler) jet on board the carrier Essex. Defence department pictures show its mad spin across the…
★★★★ · Armed Forces, Horse Racing, & more · Bob Capps · 2006-07-04
Great newsreel that opens up with Armed Forces Day at an air base, features shot of a Redstone missile, aerial footage of a robot-controlled B-17 shot down, and an awesome shot of a crash landing on the USS Essex. Next come three stories about the civil war in Algeria, a Dionne quint opens up a flower shop, and a dumb segment about hospital pagers/walkie-talkies. The newsreel ends with two excellent horse racing stories. Kentucky Derby winner Needles was favored to win the Preakness, but was beaten by Fabius. The last film clip shows Nashua winning the Camden Handicap at Garden State Park to…
★★★ · Scenes from the Cold War: Pioneer Ladies and Missiles · Christine Hennig · 2005-05-11
Another 50s newsreels with Cold-War-related stories, this time about a show of weapons on Observance Day (which includes some puzzling footage of women dressed in pioneer garb) and more about the war in Algeria. Also included are stories of the surviving Dionne quintuplets opening a flower shop, doctors using walkie-talkies which buzz obnoxiously (the precursor to todayÃÂs pagers, no doubt), and two stories about horse racing. Again, this gives you a feel for what was considered newsworthy during the 50s. Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: ***. Weirdness: **. Historical Interest: ****. Overall…