Fox Movietone News Collection. 1957 - 1963. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 1957 - 1963. MOVIETONE NEWS, vol. 41, no. 98

Grace, Princess of Monaco, 1929-1982

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Grace, Princess of Monaco, was born Grace Patricia Kelly on November 12, 1929, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to parents John Kelly and Margaret Majer. Growing up, she took part in school plays and community productions, and modeled with her mother and sister. After high school, she decided to pursue an acting career in New York City and enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She eventually featured in eleven films and starred in over sixty television productions, and won an Oscar for...

Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, 1923-2005

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Rainier was born on May 31, 1923 at the Prince's Palace of Monaco, as the only son of Hereditary Princess Charlotte and Prince Pierre. Rainier's early education was conducted in England and Switzerland, where he attended the Institut Le Rosey. Rainier then attended the University of Montpellier in France, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1943. In 1944, the day before his 21st birthday, Rainier's mother renounced her right to the throne and Rainier became the direct heir. Rainier...

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice president in early 1945. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain communist expansion. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated Congres...

Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978

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Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and 1971 to 1978. He was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 1968 presidential election, losing to Republican nominee Richard Nixon. Born in Wallace, South Dakota, Humphrey attended the University of Minnesota. At one point he helped run his ...

Garner, John Nance, 1868-1967

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John Nance Garner was born on November 22, 1868, in post-Civil War Texas. He grew up in a log cabin at Blossom Prairie in Red River County in Northeast Texas. His father, John Nance Garner III, came to Texas from Tennessee, served in the Confederate army, and settled after the war in Red River County. The elder Garner became a successful cotton farmer and local politician in his home county. Garner's mother, Sarah Guest Garner, the daughter of a banker, encouraged her son's education. The young ...

Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961

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Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn was born on January 6, 1882, in a rural area of Roane County, Tennessee. At age five, Rayburn, along with his parents and nine siblings, moved to a forty-acre cotton farm in Flag Springs, Texas. One more child was born after the move to Texas, and every member of the family had to do their share to make the farm profitable. Rayburn's interest in government coincided with the family's move, and it has been suggested that his curiosity intensified due to the "great golden...

John XXIII, Pope, 1881-1963

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Frederika, Queen, consort of Paul I, King of the Hellenes, 1917-1981

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Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992

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