History on the March!! De Gaulle's Date with Destiny (Universal Newsreel, May 1958)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. HISTORY ON THE MARCH!! DE GAULLE'S DATE WITH DESTINY - The deepening political crisis of the Fourth Republic continues to be complicated by an international crisis. The Algerian revolt with its demands for the accession of General Charles De Gaulle to power, has made a meaningful move across the Mediterranean. Active revolt is within a hundred miles of Metropolitan France. Corsica (birthplace of Napoleon) is controlled by committees of public safety–Algerian style. With General Massu in command the Island is quiet under the new regime. Actual fighting has again broken out in Tunisia. Between French troops quartered there and the Tunisian forces that have been blockading them. Ground shooting and bombing from the air. Tension soars to a dangerous pitch. The grave situation is a warning to all Frenchmen that their political difficulties must be resolved and speedily. The world looks to France for decisions which will restore the unity and enhance the strength of a valued partner in the Alliance of the free world. 2A/B. ATOMIC ELECTRIC PLANT - From the White House via remote control, the President ignites the flow of power from the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania. Feeding atomically generated electricity into thousands of homes. / FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLAR OIL BLAZE - In Long Beach, California, an explosion of huge storage tanks of oil sets off an inferno. Fire rages out of control. Firemen are handicapped by failing water pressure. It is a desperate battle to bring the conflagration under control. 3. THOSE DAZZLING DAYS – THE ROARING TWENTIES - One of London's top couturiers looks forward- several months, to the Fall. Then turns back the clock two decades. Back to those tantalizing twenties....he exploits chemises, bangs, bangles, baubles, sequins and well, Oh, my!! 4A/B. SPORTS — FISHING DERBY - In New Hampshire, over 3,000 kids jam a quarter-mile of river, well-stocked with trout. It's a whopper of a contest. There is not enough room to swim between the hooks so not many of the poor fish get away. / HOLLYWOOD PARK - Irish-bred Seaneen scores one of the major upsets of the season with Johnny Longden jockeying. Defeating heavily favored Round Table by more than four lengths in the $108.300 Californian.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library