Sea Sentinel at Sea (Universal Newsreel, May 1956)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. SEA SENTINEL AT SEA - The Navy's first off-shore radar station takes up its vigil. A huge platform atop pilings anchored in the ocean floor, it carries a complex array of radar equipment to guard the water approach to the nation's shores–and it boasts all the facilities to make it a home for its crew of technicians. The first in a coastal chain of sea sentinels. 2. FINAL RITES FOR SEN. BARKLEY: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Final rites for the late Sen. Alben Barkley, the beloved Veep, are attended by President Eisenhower, members of the Supreme Court, and a host of other dignitaries, as well as hundreds of Washingtonians whose love and friendship he won in 44 years of public service. 3A/B/C/D. NEWS IN BRIEF — FRANCE CALLS RESERVES to the colors. To meet the mounting crisis in Algeria, 250,000 are called up for a year's service, which may extend the length of the crisis, as France fights with her back to the wall in North Africa. / GEN. McAULIFFE RETIRES as Commander of U.S. Army Forces in Europe. Military leaders of a dozen nations are on hand as he takes his farewell review at Mannheim, Germany–the Army's full-dress tribute to a great soldier. / YOUTH REIGNS FOR A DAY in Patterson, California. High school winners of the School Safety Poster Contest take over for Youth Day. Mayor, Chief of Police, every city employee steps aside to let youth run the show. / FLORAL BIRTHDAY GREETINGS for Juliana of the Netherlands, one of the world's most beloved monarchs. 20,000 of her subjects disregard chilly weather to heap the palace stairs with blossoms, as a beaming Queen looks on. 4. 5 DEAD IN ITALIAN ROAD RACES: ITALY - Five are dead, sixteen injured, during the grueling Mille Miglia, Italy's 992-mile road race. Two drivers and three onlookers are killed when speeding cars go out of control on turns, made slick by heavy rains. Italy's Castelotti comes home the winner.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library