New Legion Head (Universal Newsreel, Sep 1952)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. POLITICS - The 1952 presidential campaign gets its official sendoff as President Truman addresses a labor rally in Milwaukee, presidential candidate Stevenson another in Detroit and Republican aspirant Dwight Eisenhower, the Letter Carriers Association in New York. 2. BUTTER STATUE: CANADA - Ross Butler, noted sculptor, fashions a statue of Queen Elizabeth on horseback out of a ton of butter. The statue will be cast into permanent bronze. 3. NEW LEGION HEAD: NEW YORK - Lewis K. Gough, 44-year-old Californian from Pasadena is elected new Commander of the American Legion and makes his acceptance speech. 4. LOURDES PILGRIMAGE: FRANCE - The seventy-ninth pilgrimage to the Holy grotto at Lourdes brings hundreds of cripples and sick in the hope that its magic qualities may restore them to health.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library