1958 - World Events: Formosa Straits; Commuter Disaster; Churchill; Supersonic Bomber; Festival. ca Sep58

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1958 - World Events: Formosa Straits; Commuter Disaster; Churchill; Supersonic Bomber; Festival. ca Sep58 Intertitle: Formosa Strait - 7th Fleet Convoys Quemoy Supplies. 02:44:18 Aerial over fleet, aboard aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVA-41), Destroyer 596 refueled from USS Princeton (CVS-37). Destroyer USS Ammen, DD-527, refueling. 02:44:55 Twin-engine jet, F4H / F-4 Phantom II’s taking off from CV-41. Nationalist Chinese watching from bridge; men running to gun posts. LS of ships in foggy weather. 02:45:30 Intertitle: News In Brief - New Jersey. 02:45:35 Aerial above railroad bridge w/ rescue ships beneath opened drawbridge and railroad cars in water & on tracks. View from boat below, rescued passengers being moved. Aerials. 02:46:30 Intertitle: France. MS 84 year-old Winston Churchill w/ cigar & wearing large white hat out of car & greeted by ?? on arrival to celebrate Golden wedding anniversary. Sitting in shade w/ wife, grandaughter Arabella & Randolph; CU smoking cigar; CU wife Clementine. CU original wedding picture. 02:47:08 Intertitle: England. 02:47:10 Line of Britain’s new V Bomber, Handley Page Victor, on flight line. MS of five crew members; plane going into RAF Squadron service w/ RAF. Taking off. Largest supersonic bomber. Air to air in flight. 02:48:06 Intertitle: Italy. 02:48:08 Single-masted sailing ship i& others on Lake Como for pageant w/ costumed crew members. Two men fighting w/ quarterstaffs on plank over water, crowd watches. Jousting from small boats. MCU Queen of tournament, Ana Primaluna (sp?). Champion crowned. Quemoy; Matsui; USA Military Aid; Ant-Communism; Cold War; Nuclear Bombs; Supersonic Aircraft; Historcal Festivals; Oddities; Tourists; Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk