Khrushchev Greets Governors (Universal Newsreel, Jul 1959)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. KHRUSHCHEV GREETS GOVERNORS - Nikita Khrushchev plays host to 7 United States Governors during their tour of Russia, and tells the State executives of Florida, Colorado, North Carolina, Utah, Idaho, North Dakota and New Jersey that he would like to exchange visits with President Eisenhower. 2. JET IN PERIL - A two-fold story, of the Trans-Atlantic jet that narrowly escaped destruction with 113 aboard, coming in with damaged landing gear, and the shocking sidelight of 50,000 thrill-seekers who surge across Idlewild Field in New York, hampering emergency rescue teams and actually imperiling the hazardous landing try. 3A/B/C. LOS ANGELES BRUSH FIRE - On Los Angeles' hottest day of the year, a disastrous brush fire in the elite Laurel Canyon suburb, racing through the drought parched area to destroy dozens of luxury homes in a four-hour holocaust. / QUEEN IN SAULT ST. MARIE - Queen Elizabeth's Canadian tour carries her to the "Soo," the famous shipping and steel center of Sault Ste. Marie, where she and Prince Philip tour the Canadian industrial city. / AIR FESTIVAL - In Spain, a spectacular show featuring jet-speed aerobatics, and a brilliant demonstration of precision dare-deviltry as Franco's paratroop commandos hit the silk en masse. 4A/B. SPORTS — "RESACA" WINS OAKS - At Delaware Park a thrilling stretch battle in the Oaks as "RESACA" streaks up on the outside to pass the battling leaders Silver Spoon and Indian Main by 2 lengths! / A.A.U. PLATFORM DIVING - A double-feature in the most eye-appealing of sports, the A.A.U. platform diving championships in San Francisco. Repeat winners this year are Gary Tobian, men's division, and "P.J." Pope in the flying mermaids.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library