Space Capsule Snared in Mid-Air (Universal Newsreel, Aug 1960)

Description

The original release sheet reads: SPACE CAPSULE SNARED IN MID-AIR America takes another forward stride in the Space Race with a mid-air recovery of a capsule from orbit. Over the Pacific, Air Force Flying Boxcars deftly snare the descending Discoverer XIV capsule ina brilliant display of precision flying and scientific achievement. LIBERTY BELL TO TEXAS A modern replica of Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell arrives in Houston, en route to Liberty, Texas, where it will serve as the symbol for the fight of the Liberty Muscular Dystrophy Foundation for freedom from the dread disease. OLYMPIANS POUR INTO ROME Rome’s Ciampino Airport is swamped by the inrush of athletes for the 1960 Olympics – 8,000 sports stars from 87 lands for what promises to be the greatest sports spectacle of modern times. SPORTS INTERNATIONAL TROT The greatest crowd in the history of harness racing turns out at Roosevelt Raceway for the International Trot, and cheers a sensational thriller-diller finish, with “Hairos” and “Crevalcore” in a terrific come-from-behind stretch battle. IT’s “Hairos” at the wire after a terrific challenge. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The bombastic strong man of the Bayou State, HUEY LONG, is assassinated. Thousands upon thousands, friends and foes alike, turn out for the Baton Rouge funeral ceremonies of Louisiana’s spectacular great man. Heavyweights MAX AND BUDDY BAER train in upstate New York. Aviation thrills in the Thompson Trophy Race at Cleveland where COL. ROSCOE TURNER is forced out with a burning engine, and HAROLD NEUMAN goes on to win at a sizzling 220 m.p.h. On the Bonneville Salt Flats, another speed king, SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL, sets a still memorable record as he hurtles his famous “Bluebird” over the Utah desert at a speed that literally melts the tires.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library