Dulles' Resignation Sorrowfully Accepted (Universal Newsreel, Apr 1959)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. DULLES' RESIGNATION SORROWFULLY ACCEPTED - At temporary White House quarters in Augusta, Ga., President Eisenhower sadly announces that John Foster Dulles has resigned as Secretary of State because, stricken with cancer he is incapacitated for carrying on the administrative load of his office. In his drama-packed announcement the President said Mr. Dulles would continue to serve as foreign policy adviser. Mr. Eisenhower led the nation and the world in paying tribute to the seventy-one-year-old Mr. Dulles–his wisdom, his devotion and his courage. A truly great public figure. 2A/B/C/D. DESERT THUNDERS WITH ANSWER TO RED THREAT - It’s a Jet up and go show from start to finish. At Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada–10 nations participate to make the Mojave Desert ring with voices of the Free World Air Power. Something to witness this World Congress of Flight and none present will ever forget it. Navy Blue Angels, Air Force Thunderbirds, Chinese Nationalists Tigers, Italy's Red Devils, Royal Netherlands Dash-4’s–all these and many more. A morale stiffener for the Free World in the face of Russian efforts to boot us out of Berlin. A dazzling display of air might–which staggers the imagination. / AT&T TAKES OVERY ARMORY FOR VOTE - The biggest annual meeting in U.S. corporate history is held in Kingsbridge Armory. More than 12,000 share-owners assemble for the meeting on proposed stock split. / EISENHOWER DEDICATES MEMORIAL TO THE LATE SENATOR ROBERT A. TAFT - Ohio Republican - At the Taft Bell Tower Memorial ceremony attended by ex-President Herbert Hoover and members of the President's cabinet, as well as all the top officers of the Democratic Congress in addition to more than 5,000 spectators. The Taft carillon memorializes a man of Congress as "Mr. Republican," and who in 1952 lost his final battle for the Presidential nomination to General Dwight D. Eisenhower. He died in July 1953 at the age of sixty-three. / "THIS EARTH IS MINE" - Hollywood's Screen Directors Guild Theatre is the scene of press preview of Universal-International's newest hit "This Earth is Mine." Top screen names turn out for the showing–among them Rock Hudson, Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger and a newcomer named Ciny Robbins. 3. ATLAST FALLS TO EARTH 15 SECONDS AFTER LAUNCHING - Some spectacular films of a disintegrated missile. Shots show mid-air destruction of an Atlas ICBM seconds after launching off Cape Canaveral, Fla. Incredible close-ups of clouds of flames picturing the wrecked rocket.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library