Hoover Celebrates Birthday (Universal Newsreel, Aug 1955)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. HOOVER CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY: OREGON - Former President Herbert Hoover celebrates his 81st birthday at his boyhood home, which he left at the age of 15. A crowd of neighbors and dignitaries is on hand for ceremonies making the house a shrine, in honor of the nation's oldest living ex-president. 2A/B/C/D. IKE AT FARM: GETTYSBURG, PA - On a short vacation at his farm, the President catches up on a backlog of crucial legislation to be signed–getting the chores done before going out to inspect his farm. / JUNK CROSSES PACIFIC: SAN FRANCISCO - A Chinese junk sails under the Golden Gate bridge, completing a four-month journey from Japan. A crew of 5 Chinese refugees from the Reds and an American diplomat made the voyage. / THROUGH THE THERMAL BARRIER: CALIFORNIA - A new experimental rocket plane is carried aloft by a mother ship for glide tests. Its designed to attack the "thermal barrier," next goal of air science, to reach 1,000 m.p.h. speeds. / EJECTION SEATS TESTED: CALIFORNIA - New model Air Force ejection seats are tested. Unusual scenes show the seats hurled high aloft from a fast-moving rocket sled, preliminary to actual tests in service. 3. MERRY MODES FOR MOPPETS: NEW YORK CITY - The lollipop set rides high on the wheel of fashion. A colorful carousel is the setting for a showing of fall fashions for tots and toddlers, worn by a happy group of tiny models. 4. RAMS DOWN STEELERS IN PRE-SEASON GRID THRILLER: PORTLAND, OR - Football under the lights. Early in the season, but 20,000 turn out to see the Los Angeles Rams clash with the Pittsburgh Steelers in an action-filled gridiron thriller. Scoring action up to the final gun as the Rams win, 35-24.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library