U.S. Welcomes Royal Couple (Universal Newsreel, Nov 1951)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. U.S. WELCOMES ROYAL COUPLE: WASHINGTON - Princess Elizabeth and her consort Duke Philip receives a banner welcome as they arrive by air from Canada to begin a brief visit in this country. President Truman and other dignitaries meet the royal couple, who are later entertained at a gala reception at Blair House. 2. KOREA TRUCE HOPES BRIGHTEN: KOREA - With Red negotiators apparently veering closer to U.N. ideas of a truce line, hopes for peace brighten on the war-scarred peninsula. Tragedy does strike near the truce headquarters, when a balloon being sent up to mark the site bursts, wounding the crew. Rescue helicopters fly the men to rear areas. Meanwhile, despite the truce talks, U.N. rocket launchers send a deadly barrage into communist lines. 3A/B. NEW NATO AIR BASES: MOROCCO - General Norstad, NATO's air chief is welcomed in French Morocco as he comes to inspect new air bases. General Guillaume is host for the occasion. / TORPEDO NETS: CALIFORNIA - The navy sets new traps for torpedoes and a navy class works out on the latest in nets to trap them. They work well as the pictures demonstrate. 4. HORSE SHOW: NEW YORK - Society and the horses vie for the spotlight in the country's top equestrian spectacle. Colonel Mariles of Mexico walks off with top honors among the jumpers.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library