Universal Newsreel Volume 23, Release 389: Local Stories

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. UN ASSEMBLY CONVENES: HEAR ACHESON PEACE PLEA: NEW YORK - Meeting at a time of "decision" for the United Nations and the world, a time when UN forces in Korea are fighting for victory against a foe using 1950 Soviet arms and equipment, the UN Assembly hears U.S. State Secretary Acheson plead for a moral peace and forthright action to save that peace for generations to come. 2. FIRST PICTURES / INCHON INVASION!: KOREA - First actual films of the huge amphibious assault at Inchon and the drive on the capital city of Seoul. Marine assault forces swarm ashore at Wolmi Island following a pre-invasion bombardment by fleet units and planes. General MacArthur goes ashore soon after the landing to visit the front lines and confer with his top military chiefs. Big "Patton" tanks spearhead the push on Seoul, vital bastion whose capture would seal off the escape route of North Korean Red armies along the Pusan beach-head. (TRAILER) CRUSADE FOR FREEDOM. (LOCAL – NEW YORK) N.Y.-N.J. DEFENSE PACT. (LOCAL – CANADA) DRIVE-IN BANK OPENS. (LOCAL – CANADA) TORONTO GETS VARIETY AWARD.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library