Doctors Okay Ike for 2D Term (Universal Newsreel, Feb 1956)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. DOCTORS OKAY IKE FOR 2D TERM: WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Eisenhower undergoes an exhaustive physical checkup by his team of doctors, after which Dr. Paul Dudley White reports on the President's condition, as fit for 5 to 10 years of normal activity. 2. EUROPE ICEBOUND - Europe's record cold wave continues, reaching a new extreme. Major cities of the continent are shrouded in snow, and waterways frozen, as temperatures plummet. A heavy toll is taken--nearly 600 have died so far as a result. 3A/B/C. INFLATED AIRPLANE: AKRON, OH - Presenting, a rubber airplane. Deflated, it folds small enough to fit in the trunk of a car, light enough for one man to handle. Inflate it, and she's airworthy. / PHOTOPLAY AWARDS: BEVERLY HILLS, CA - At the annual Photoplay Gold Medal Award Dinner, George Nader, star of U-I's forthcoming "Away All Boats," is named "Most Promising Actor of 1956." / TOY POODLE WESTMINSTER WINNER: NEW YORK CITY - At the Westminster Kennel Club Show, canine blue-bloods battle it out for the highest honor of dogdom. The pick of the six group winners, each a magnificent specimen, is a toy poodle, Wilber White Swan, the first toy to win the coveted Blue Ribbon. 4. SPLENDOR IN OLD VIENNA: AUSTRIA - The glories that were old Vienna return as the regal Opera Ball is held for the first time in 17 years. Vienna regains her fabled grace and glory to the strains of the waltz, a truly splendid spectacle. 5. BROTHERHOOD APPEAL - Frank Sinatra appeals for observance of National Brotherhood Week. (LOCAL – NEW ORLEANS) MARDI GRAS GAIETY RULES NEW ORLEANS.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library