Rendezvous with Tomorrow (Universal Newsreel, Mar 1966)

Description

The original release sheet reads: RENDEZVOUS WITH TOMORROW The most dramatic adventure in space history ends southeast of Okinawa as Astronauts Neil Armritrong and David Scott bring their Gemini Eight capsule down safely. There were three bad hours after their near disaster 185 miles above the earth. Motion pictures made from the capsule show the sighting and linkup with the Agena rocket, the movies showing dramatically how space travel will be accomplished in the future. Then the violent gyrations of Agena and Gemini as the Number 8 Thruster on Gemini short circuits and the Astronauts wrestle their capsule back under control. A happy ending to what might have been a disaster. SPORTS BASKETBALL HOOP UPSET The crowd at College Park, Maryland, sees a David come out of the West to slay an Eastern Goliath. Texas Western wins the National Collegiate basketball championship by downing the highly-favored Kentucky team 72 to 65. Nobody paid much attention to Texas Western when they entered the tournament, but there was tumult and shouting when the team won the first major sports title Texas Western had ever won.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library