Khrushchev Resigns (Universal Newsreel, Oct 1964)

Description

The original release sheet reads: KHRUSHCHEV RESIGNS The official Russian announcement said he resigned. Western diplomats think the red carpet was pulled from under the most traveled Soviet leader in history. Khrushchev, the man who clawed and fought his way to the top is shown in some of his trips outside the U.S.S.R. With MacMillan and Nasser. With Chinese Communist leaders and at the UN where he tried to purge the Secretary-General and made a spectacle of himself. Now, Leonid Brezhnev and Aleksei Kosygin have split the top jobs between them for better or for worse----the Khrushchev era is at an end. UNITED STATES CONTINUES OLYMPIC TRIUMPHS At the Tokyo Olympic Games, 18-year-old Don Schollander sets a new record as he captures the men's 100-meter free style. In the women's 100-meter free style, it's Dawn Fraser of Australia who strokes her way into her third Olympic title. She also sets a record. In the 200-meter backstroke, it's the United States, 1,2,3, with Jed Graef leading teammates Gary Dilley and Bob Bennett to the finish. Young Graef also sets a record as Uncle Sam continues his winning ways. CARDS TRUMP YANKS IN SERIES Backing up the superb pitching of Bob Gibson, the St. Louis Cardinals take advantage of the fumbling N.Y. Yankees to capture the seventh and deciding game of the World Series. Final score is 7 to 5 to climax a thrilling fall classic that is fodder for a flock of hot-stove league meetings this winter.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library