Truman Valedictory (Universal Newsreel, Jan 1953)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. TRUMAN VALEDICTORY: WASHINGTON - Standing before the desk he has used for seven years, President Truman faces a battery of newsreel cameras to say good-bye and ask support for the man who will assume the crushing burdens of the office. 2. NEW CARDINAL: ROME - Archbishop McIntyre arrives in Rome, responding to a papal summons that will elevate him to the College of Cardinals. He is presented with the official notification and is first congratulated by Cardinal Spellman. 3A/B/C. NEWS IN BRIEF — NEW YORK CITY - Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower the forthcoming first lady graciously models her inaugural gown for the cameras. It's of silk taffeta embroidered with two thousand rhinestones. / WASHINGTON, D.C. - A crack train running brakeless at fifty miles an hour crashes into the station, the locomotive and one car plunging through the floor just short of the waiting room concourse. 159 were injured. / VENEZUELA - The first Constitutional Assembly elects Marcos Perez Jimenez as provisional president and brilliant ceremonies attend his induction into office. 4. WATER SPORTS: FLORIDA - Outboard motor boat jockies put on a hair raising steeple-chase as they fly through the air with greatest of ease as they take the hurdles and wind up on dry land.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library