President's West Point Address (Universal Newsreel, Jun 1955)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. PRESIDENT'S WEST POINT ADDRESS - At West Point Commencement Exercises, President Eisenhower reviews the Corps of Cadets. Later, he confers diplomas on the graduates, pausing to whisper a confidential word to the last man in the class. In his graduation address, he warns against miraculous solutions to world problems. 2A/B/C/D/E. NEWS IN BRIEF — ARAB NATIONALIST LEADER Habib Bourgiba returns to Tunis in triumph, after negotiating an agreement with France granting the unruly North African land almost complete autonomy. He gets a hero's welcome from an enthusiastic throng. / FLYING BOAT CRASHES in England, while landing just offshore. Frogmen found 4 of the RAF crew trapped in the sunken hull. 10 others aboard managed to scramble clear of the crash, which occurred within sight of the holiday resort. / TRUE VOW KEEPERS: KANSAS CITY, MO - True Vow Keepers, the organization of couples wed fifty years or more, get together. Oldest couple the Hogans, married 71 years. / LAMP OF FREEDOM is presented to the President by the United Jewish Appeal, on the tenth anniversary of the liberation of Nazi concentration camp victims. The gift, a 2,000-year-old lamp excavated in Israel, honors the President's humanitarian achievements. / HISTORIC FLAG EXHIBIT is opened in New York by Vice President Nixon. On display are flags from every era's history, ranging from the colorful banners of the Revolutionary Era to the battle-torn Iwo Jima flag. The theme, bringing "New Glory to Old Glory." 3. GUARDMEN'S RODEO: SAN FRANCISCO - 150 businessmen go Wild West for a day, with a wild and wooly rodeo to aid crippled and underprivileged kids, Top rodeo stars lend their services, for an all-around thrilling event. (LOCAL – NEW YORK) MAYOR WAGNER IN LONDON.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library