Vast Throng Hails Fidel Castro (Universal Newsreel, Jan 1959)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. VAST THRONG HAILS FIDEL CASTRO - Scores of thousands massed outside Havana's Presidential Palace, roaring their approval–as the Cuban rebel leader asks if they favor executions of Batista supporters, accused of war atrocities. 2A/B/C. HONG KONG REFUGEES - Camera report on the British colony of Hong Kong. Its population swollen by a million refugees who fled from Communist China during the last decade. / CECIL B. DeMILLE SUCCUMBS AT 77 - Pioneer movie-maker, famed for his Biblical epics, died in his home in California. Heart attack. Scenes show him on location directing one of the super-colossal pageants that made him one of the movie greats. / WELCOME NEIGHBOR - Argentina's President Arturo Frondizi is greeted by President Eisenhower at the National Airport in Washington, D.C. upon his arrival for a State visit. 3. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY - F.D.R. goes before the 73rd Congress with his State of the Union message. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau announces the devaluation of the dollar. Thereby causing a boom in commodities. Mounting highway deaths produce a startling, hair-raising demonstration of how-not-to drive. It results in a shambles of a crash. In Paris, the spotlight was on beautiful ears. The gadget of the year–driving goggles– replete with a "windshield wiper" for each lens.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library