Video: 'The Great Race' trailer
(Thursday, July 1, 1965, 8:30 p.m. PDT) — The Great Race, a slapstick comedy film about a bumbling villain who plots to win an early 20th-century auto race, premiered tonight at Pantages Theatre 6233 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles. Continue reading ‘The Great Race’ epic slapstick comedy film premieres in Los Angeles 60 years ago this hour (July 1 1965)
Video: 'THE BEATLES EN MADRID (1965)' (July 1, 1965, at 0:00-0:45)
(Thursday, July 1, 1965, afternoon CET) — The Beatles arrived this afternoon at Madrid Airport ahead of the band’s 14th of 15 concerts of their 1965 European Tour.
Video: 'The World at War: Reckoning: 1945... and After (25 of 26)' (July 1, 1945, at 11:17)
(Sunday, July 1, 1945; during World War II) — American forces turned Leipzig, Germany, occupied by the U.S. since April 19, 1945, over to the Red Army today as it pulled back from the line of contact with Soviet forces to the predesignated occupation zone boundaries.
