Marines Off to Near East Trouble Spot (Universal Newsreel, Mar 1956)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. MARINES OFF TO NEAR EAST TROUBLE SPOT - As violence erupts in Cyprus, North Africa, and Israel, the 2nd Battalion of the 8th Marines, reinforced and carrying full battle kit, embarks on the Atlantic Coast to join the United States 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean, ready for any emergency. 2A/B/C/D. NEWS IN BRIEF — AIRPORT FIRE at Montreal razes a Royal Canadian Air Force Hangar, destroying two multi-engine transport planes, and damaging or wrecking 40 cars parked nearby. The destruction amounts to 3 million dollars. / NEWSMAN JOINS BUDDHISTS - In Indo-China, an American correspondent is inducted into a Buddhist monastery. With shaven head and wearing the saffron robe, he takes part in a simple hut exotic, centuries-old ceremony. / ACADEMY AWARDS are presented in Hollywood, at the Pantages Theatre. The twenty-eighth Oscar ceremonies are attended by a glittering, celebrity-studded crowd, for Hollywood's own night of nights. Among those honored, Anna Magnani and Ernest Borgnine. / SWEET FASHIONS for sweethearts are shown in San Francisco. These Easter bonnets look good enough to eat, and they are! The pastry chef turns couturier, and the result is bon-bon bonnets. 3A/B. SPORTS — GOLDEN GLOVES' - Inter-City finals in New York see a favored Chicago team routed in a series of thrilling slug-fests. Sub-novice Vince Shomo strikes like lightning to deck Bill Duclos, while in the battle for the heavyweight crown, rugged Johnny Harper blasts to a decision over Booker Staten. / SHEEPDOGS steal the show at the Irish Kennel Club's annual meet in Limerick. Scott and Nell team to show their skill, not on sheep, but on ducks-and there's nary a skitter or a quack as they herd their feathered charges. (LOCAL – SAN FRANCISCO) GOLDEN GATE FREEWAY DEDICATED.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library