| News Review of 1966 | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1756 |
| Catalog #: | 425597 | |
| Clip Number: | 425597-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 040-002-01 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Vietnam, USA, Italy | |
| Year Shot: | 1966 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ELECTIONS: Voting GOVERNMENT: Hearings, Misc MILITARY: Army, USA PERSONALITIES: Johnson, Lucy Baines ( Luci ) PERSONALITIES: Johnson, Lyndon Baines (LBJ) PERSONALITIES: Reagan, Nancy PERSONALITIES: Reagan, Ronald PERSONALITIES: Rockefeller, Nelson PERSONALITIES: Thant, U PERSONALITIES: Wallace, George RELIGION: Pope RETROSPECTIVES: 1960s SPACE EXPLORATION: Lift Off SPACE EXPLORATION: Space Walks TERRORISM: Shooting | |
| Description: | 1966, a year to remember for a multitude of events. In World Politics: The historic 7 nation summit conference on Vietnam at Manila. President Johnson makes a surprise visit to the troops in Vietnam. In Domestic Politics: The '66 election serves as a significant preview of the '68 presidential election. Governors, senators, and congressmen are chosen. Among the big winners: Romney in Michigan, Percy in Illinois, Edward Brooke in Massachusetts elected first Negro Senator in U.S. history, Governor Rockefeller wins third term in New York, Actor Ronald Reagan becomes Governor of California, and Mrs. Lurleen Wallace succeeds her husband as Governor of Alabama and becomes only the third lady Governor in American history. Another Milestone: Robert Weaver appointed first Negro Cabinet Member. (00:09:25) U Thant unanimously reappointed at Secretary-General Post. (00:09:28) President De Gaulle makes State Visit to Moscow. In the same year, he evicts NATO from France. (00:09:46) Florence, Italy, suffers the worst art catastrophe of all time in huge flood. (00:10:11) A sniper kills 16, and wounds 33, at the University of Texas. (00:10:31) Some two hundred are killed, including 81 children in slag slide in Wales. (00:11:02) Pope Paul meets with the Archbishop of Canterbury in Rome. (00:11:28) Luci Baines Johnson weds Patrick Nugent in the "Wedding of The Year". (00:07:24) (00:11:44) In space, pictures of landing sites on the moon are taken and the Gemini Program is concluded triumphantly with the U.S. holding almost every record in manned space flight. Gemini lays a solid foundation for the upcoming Apollo Moon Landing Program and the U.S. and Russia sign a Space Treaty banning all weapons in outer space and encouraging the further exploration of the atmosphere. (00:12:01) | |
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