Korea Troops Home (Universal Newsreel, May 1951)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. KOREA TROOPS HOME: SEATTLE - The city goes all out in its welcome to 1,500 GI's returning after rugged service on the Korean front. They are the first army troops to be returned under the newly adopted rotation system, and the Army Transport General Leroy Eltinge gets a royal harbor welcome. 2. FRENCH START NEW INDO-CHINA PUSH: INDO-CHINA - Having halted the Communist advance on Saigon, French colonial troops take the initiative and deal a crushing blow as they drive the Reds from fortified villages after a land and aerial bombardment. Twelve hundred troops are killed or wounded in 12 days of blazing battle. 3. APPLE BLOSSOM TIME: WINCHESTER, VA - Miss Guri Lie, daughter of UN secretary General Trygve Lie is crowned Queen of the twenty-fourth Shenandoah Apple Festival. Secretary of Defense Marshall officiates at the coronation, which opens one of the nation's most colorful yearly pageants. (LOCAL – WASHINGTON) OUTSIDER WINS DERBY CLASSIC.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library