Canada Hails Royal Visitors (Universal Newsreel, Jun 1959)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. CANADA HAILS ROYAL VISITORS - Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip begin the most extensive tour of Canada ever undertaken by British royalty. Their passage from Newfoundland, where they arrive by plane, to the St. Lawrence in Quebec, where they board the Royal Yacht Britannia, is cheered by excited throngs lining the route. 2A/B. POPE JOHN XXIII and RAINIERS - A Papal audience is accorded Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco by Pope John XXIII, a 25-minute private conversation that touches off an odd rumor–quickly denied–of plans for a Vatican high seas fleet. / KHRUSHCHEV IN CANADA - Nikita Khrushchev arrives in Niagara Falls and touches off a wave of startled confusion. Not the real Mr. K, just an amazingly life-like wax image, part of a gallery of the famous and infamous being opened here. 3. UPSET IN 40 GRAND HARNESS RACE EVENT - 27 thousand harness race fans see a terrific upset in the $40,000 Good Time Pace at Yonkers Raceway, as under-dog Bye Bye Byrd outpaces the favorite, Speedy Pick, and stands off a terrific finish-line challenge by 14-1 Widower Creed. 4. NEWS NOSTALGIC / TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY - Events that made news in 1934, and still stir the memory. The birth of the DIONNE QUINTUPLETS, a miracle of life that thrilled the world EX-PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER emerges from near-eclipse to dedicate Pasadena's MORRIS DAM. Chicago's dazzling CENTURY OF PROGRESS EXPOSITION goes into an exciting second year. NEWS OF THE "SILLY SEASON"–a pretty girl in Hollywood panicking pedestrians by strolling her pet lion cub . . . and in Philadelphia, a human icicle being frozen into a giant ice-cube. On the highways, a smashingly successful demonstration of a new safety guard rail, involving dozens of maimed and battered jalopies!

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library