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American engineer tests a Heat-Suit made of light weight Aluminum coating fabric

Engineer D.J. Bennett prepares new Heat-Suit made of lightweight Aluminum coating fabric. The suit enables the wearer to stand at ease in a 1200-degree industrial furnace. The suit can be used for rescue operation.

Date: 1956, June 25
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040941
Special preview of a film 'Away All Boats' based on the amphibious Pacific War at Brooklyn Navy Yard

Special preview of a film 'Away All Boats' based on the amphibious World War II Pacific War at Brooklyn Navy Yard. A thousand United States Navy men and a hundred film critics attend the special preview of the film. Hollywood actor George Nader is awarded by the United States Navy for his acclaimed performance in the WW2 film 'Away All Boats'. Universal International Vice President and General Sales Manager Charles J. Feldman receives a naval citation from Captain Dimatropolis. Citation to the Universal International Picture for the film by U.S. Navy.

Date: 1956, June 25
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040942
Nationally syndicated columnist Bert Bacharach imparts some valuable tips to men on good grooming

Newsreel feature ''For men only'. Bert Bacharach, nationally syndicated columnist and father of Academy Award-winning musician Burt Bacharach, imparts some valuable fashion tips to men. Bert Bacharach demonstrates the proper way of folding suits and pants to save space. He gives tips to men for folding suits while traveling. He lays a pair of pants on a flat surface and then the shoulders of the jacket on the wide part of the pants. He then folds it neatly for packing while traveling, into suitcase.

Date: 1956, June 25
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040943
Linda Lewis, the youngest golfer at the Clearview Golf Course in Long Island.

Newsreel 'Fore by five '. Linda Lewis, a five-year-old girl is the youngest trick golfer in the world. The golf prodigy is accompanied by her father trick golfer champion Chuck Lewis. She performs her incredible repertoire at the Clearview Golf Course in Long Island. She hits balls after an unconventional trick swing, and then in a daring stunt, she hits a ball off a tee held in her father's mouth. Chuck Lewis and Linda Lewis are touring United States to raise funds for the Babe Zaharias Cancer Fund.

Date: 1956, June 25
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040944
Newsreel 'Red Display, Show Air Might to U.S. Air Chief'

Annual display of Soviet Air might at Moscow Vnukovo Airport in Russia, Soviet Union. Several visiting Air Force chiefs witness the event. U.S. General Nathan Twining present during the air display. Helicopters, light planes, jet fighters and bombers displayed overhead. A delta wing supersonic interceptor is also shown (likely the Lavochkin La-250), along with a group of MiG-19 aircraft flying in formation.

Date: 1956, June 27
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040945
Students riot in the Latin Quarter in Paris protesting Algerian War-related conscription laws

Students gathered for a sit-down strike in Paris, France. Three thousand students riot in the Latin Quarter in Paris protesting the mandatory military service draft and Conscription laws regarding the Algerian War. More reservists are called for Algerian Service. French Police Force restores order after student riots. French police men hit students with gendarme capes and restrain them.

Date: 1956, June 27
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040946