Salute to Our Armed Forces Power for Peace (Universal Newsreel, May 1955)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. SALUTE TO OUR ARMED FORCES POWER FOR PEACE - That's the motto of Armed Forces Day and colorful parades by various members of America's defense team. West Point Cadets set the pace up Fifth Avenue as countless thousands of Americans salute the men and women who help keep the peace. 2A/B. WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF — DUTCH STORM - Resort holidays go glimmering for storm-tossed Dutch as sudden storm lashes the coast, smashing beach cottages. / BIG ORDER - British test first of 64 Vickers Viscount turbo-prop transport planes, ordered by Capital Airlines. 3. NATIONAL SPELLING CHAMPION: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sandra Gloss of Granite City, Mo., is the new national champ, emerging winner when Jean Copeland of Phoenix misspells a word. Joy and grief keep the audience "spellbound." 4. EAST-WEST STYLE SHOW: SAN FRANCISCO - The exotic and flowerlike beauty of Japanese costumes makes it fashion bow in a style showing entitled "Japanese Fantasy"–a spectacle blending the lushness of the Orient with the chic of the East. 5. THE COLISEUM RELAYS: LOS ANGELES - Thrills pack the famed coast track jamboree, with spills and sudden disqualifications marring the action-packed Relays. Featured are the Half Mile, the Quarter Mile, and the Hundred Yard Mile Dash. Speed and stamina, and heart-break at the tape!

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library