Mid-East Crisis (Universal Newsreel, Jul 1958)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. MID-EAST CRISIS / AMERICA, BRITAIN, SEND IN TROOPS / CALL ON UNITED NATIONS TO ACT! - U.S. MARINES LAND IN LEBANON IN RESPONSE TO A PLEA FROM THE THREATENED BEIRUT REGIME. AS RUSSIA REACTS WITH THREATS AND DENUNCIATION, PRESIDENT EISENHOWER EXPLAINS AMERICA'S DRASTIC ACTION TO STEM MID-EAST AGGRESSION. A MASSIVE REDEPLOYMENT OF U.S. FORCES IS CARRIED OUT, TO BACK UP OUR COMMITMENT. BRITAIN NEXT ANSWERED A CALL FROM JORDAN, AND AIRLIFTS 2,600 PARATROOPERS TO THWART A NEW PLOT AGAINST KING HUSSEIN. IN THE UNITED NATIONS, AMBASSADOR HENRY CABOT LODGE CALLS FOR DECISIVE ACTION BY THE WORLD ORGANIZATION, IN THE MID-EAST, AND PLEDGES THAT THE MARINES WILL BE WITHDRAWN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH U.N. ACTION. DRASTIC and DRAMATIC ACTION IN THE CAUSE OF WORLD PEACE.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library