Universal Newsreel Vol. 31 Release 41-48 (1958)

Covering worldwide events in politics, entertainment, fashion, sports, and technology.

Release Dates: May 22,1958 - June 16,1958

May 22, (Release 41)- VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FOR PREMIERE IN FRANCE: new developments in de Gaulle's bid for power; CITY HAILS VAN CLIBURN, PIANO CHAMP; FIRST NUCLEAR SHIP; BRIGANTINE "ALBATROSS" IN N.Y.; MID-AIR COLLISION: jet and transport plane collide; Modesto Motorcycle Club tackles a 70 degree grade; RACE TRAGEDY: British auto racer Archie Scott-Brown dies on track.

May 26, (Release 42)- DE GAULLES DATE WITH DESTINY: The deepening political crisis of Le Tour is complicated by an international crisis; President ignites the flow of atomic power to thousands of homes; FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLAR OIL BLAZE AT LONG BEACH; KIDS' FISHING DERBY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE; HEATED HORSE DERBY.

May 29, (Release 43)- DE GAULLE ASKED TO LEAD FRANCE: BUT ASSEMBLY IS SLOW TO BEND: things in uncertain for Paris; ITALY ELECTIONS: regime will likely continue; UNKNOWN SOLDIERS in State Capitol; HELICOPTERS LINE N.Y.C.; CLASSIC ART: unearthed in Italy and Syria; the Navy presents its newest large ship; CHIC BATHING CAPS.

June 2, (Release 44)- ENTER de GAULLE: The world looks to him begin to a new France; UNKN0WN SOLDIERS ENSHRINED: Solemn ceremonies at the Capitol on Mermorial Day; INDIANAPOLIS 500: O'Connor dies in speedway crash.

June 5, (Release 45)- MILITARY ACADEMIES COMMENCEMENT DAY EXERCISES at Annapolis and West Point; James Petrillo steps down from the American Federation of Musicians; CHICAGO: Samuel Cardinal Stritch buried with ceremony; PRESIDENT GREETS THEODOR HEUSS, head of the Federal Republic of Germany; DERBY COVERAGE, ENGLAND.

June 9, (Release 46)- DE GAULLE MAPS REFORMS FOLLOWING ALGERIA TOUR; U.S.S. INDEPENDENCE: is christened. The most powerful warship ever; REDS EXHIBIT SPUTNIK III IN MOSCOW; VENEZUELA builds hyrdo-electric dam; HORSE RACING: Cavan win the Belmont Stakes; GOLF: THE DALLAS OPEN.

June 12, (Release 47)- TWISTER WHIPS THRU KANSAS TOWN: 250 houses were levelled; MACMILLAN AND PRESIDENT EISENHOWER fly to John Hopkins University for commencement exercises; NEW WEAPONS are tested; RICKETY RAILROAD. The East German rail network is in sorry shape; Atlanta's Lipstick League take the field in their new uniforms; proficiency tests at Spain's cavalry schools.

June 16, (Release 48)- FIGHTING IN LEBANON: Rebel forces carry Lebanon's civil conflict into the streets; LONDON STRIKE OF 1700 truckers cuts off the city's big wholesale food market; pageantry observing the Queen's official birthday; PLATYPUSSES WELCOMED at Bronx Zoo; Portland, Oregon's Rose Festival; FASHION REVIEW IN ITALY; N.C.A.A. TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS: Berkeley, CA.

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