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Plymouth News Caravan - 18/April/1955 (1955)

1955 · Television · 14 min

Synopsis

Plymouth News Caravan" presented by John Cameron Swayze and David Brinkley. Topics on April 18, 1955 include the death of Albert Einstein and school integration in the south.

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Running time
14 minutes
Collection
1950s Classic TV, Classic TV

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★★★★★ · Nice slice of history · Furrows · 2011-12-03

Good representative newscast with Einstein's death, desegregation in St Louis, and an upcoming above ground nuclear bomb test (troops plan to drive tanks to within 2 miles of Ground Zero and then drive through after the blast. Grand idea.) Also the Cubs lost to Milwaukee. The more things change....