Perfect Performance! — Maiden Flight of "Titan" (Universal Newsreel, Feb 1959)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. PERFECT PERFORMANCE! — MAIDEN FLIGHT OF "TITAN" - At Cape Canaveral, the first test of the "TITAN", America's newest Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, is a beauty. The 90-foot, 2-stage ICBM meets the test without a flaw. 2A/B/C. MAYOR WILLY BRANDT - West Berlin's Mayor arrives in Washington, D.C. He is in the United States for a month-long visit. Mayor Brandt brings a message of courage from his harassed city. / MILITARY HONORS FOR RUSSIA'S VICTIMS - At Arlington National Cemetery, two unidentified airmen are buried. They were among the crewmen aboard the unarmed United States transport plane show down over Soviet-Armenia, with 17 men aboard. Disclosures of evidence proves the Reds deliberately attacked the helpless plane. / SALT 'N MORE SALT - Unusual underground scenes show Canada's largest salt mine. One of the world's most modern. Streamlined methods yield to the surface streams of salt in astounding quantity. Salient NaCl! 3. SPORTS — ITS ROUGH, TOUGH, TUMBLE AND STUMBLE - At the Garmisch Ski Meet. Ski luminaries take some fancy headers in the downhill event. The course is condemned later as disastrously dangerous. Only 51 skiers out of 89 stay to finish. One ski-bird paid with his life. The star of the meet accomplishes some believe-it-or-not feats to emerge winner.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library