20th CENTURY NEWSREELS ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY OPENS MAO AND KHRUSHCHEV WHITE SOX v. DODGERS

00:00 Film 1000: Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Yankees 1960 The 1960 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1960 season. The 57th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the National League (NL) champion Pittsburgh Pirates against the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees. In Game 7, Bill Mazeroski hit the series winning ninth-inning home run, the first time a winner-take-all World Series game ended with a home run, and the first World Series to end on a home run. Mazeroski's home run gave the Pirates their third title overall and their first since 1925.
2:19 Film 1203: Attack by protestors on Japanese government (?)
3:21 Film 1249: Queen Elizabeth II and President Dwight D. Eisenhower on the Royal Yacht Britannia in 1959 to officially open the St. Lawrence Seaway. They formally dedicated the new waterway in Montreal, Canada, on June 26, 1959, and then took a cruise together on the Britannia along the seaway.
4: 26 Film 1255: Billy Casper Golf Film William Earl Casper Jr. was an American professional golfer. He was one of the most prolific tournament winners on the PGA Tour from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s.
5:36 Film 1253: Mao And Khrushchev 1958 In 1958, a high-profile meeting between Mao Zedong and Nikita Khrushchev in Beijing highlighted growing tensions despite shared communist ideology, leading to disagreements over a joint naval base and Mao's launching of the Great Leap Forward.
6:39 Film 1252: Dodgers vs White Sox in World Series Series 1959 The Dodgers won Game 6 of the 1959 World Series against the White Sox with a final score of 9-3. In the series, the Dodgers also had a 1-0 victory over the White Sox in Game 5.
9:03 Film 1253 Alaska becomes the 50th State Celebrations as Alaska became the 49th state on January 3, 1959, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the official proclamation. This event followed decades of campaigning for statehood and culminated in the Alaska Statehood Act passed by Congress
10:11 Film 1247: Japan's Crowns Prince Weds A Commoner 1959 In 1959, Japan's Crown Prince Akihito married a commoner, Michiko Shoda, breaking with centuries of tradition. The wedding was the first of its kind.
13:33 Film 1256: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Chicago White Sox 1959 The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Chicago White Sox in the 1959 World Series, winning the championship in six games. It was the first World Series championship for the Dodgers since they moved to Los Angeles, and it featured record-breaking attendance, including Game 5 which drew an unprecedented 92,706 spectators to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
11:45 Film 1111: USS Nautilus President Eisenhower And Submarine's Captain President Dwight D. Eisenhower decorated Commander William Anderson on August 8, 1958, at a special White House ceremony. The decoration, the Legion of Merit, was awarded for Anderson's command of the USS Nautilus, the first submarine to successfully travel submerged under the North Pole during "Operation Sunshine". The mission was a significant technological and geopolitical achievement for the United States during the Cold War. Following the Nautilus' arrival in Iceland on August 7, 1958, Anderson was immediately flown to Washington D.C. for the ceremony with the President. During the event, President Eisenhower also announced that the entire crew of the Nautilus had been awarded the Presidential Unit Citation
13:33 Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Chicago White Sox 1959 The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Chicago White Sox in the 1959 World Series, winning the championship in six games. It was the first World Series championship for the Dodgers since they moved to Los Angeles, and it featured record-breaking attendance, including Game 5 which drew an unprecedented 92,706 spectators to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.