U-2 Debate at U N (Universal Newsreel, May 1960)

Description

The original release sheet reads: U-2 DEBATE AT U N The United Nations Security Council meets to hear Red charges that United States espionage activites menace world peace. Ambassador Lodge deflates Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko's charges with a detailed showing of Russian espionage. JAPAN LEFTISTS RIOT In Japan's Parliament, leftist legislators stage a sit-down in the corridors in an attempt to prevent the Diet from meeting and approving the new mutual security treaty with the United States. Police clash with fist-swinging Socialists to clear the way for a rush into the chambers for the final vote. Remarkable on-the-spot films show the dramatic skirmish from start to finish. ATLAS FIRED 9,000 MILES From Cape Canaveral, a towering Atlas ICBM is launched on a 9,000 mile flight to the southern reaches of the Indian Ocean, the longest surfact-to-surface rocket shot ever achieved. MIRACLE LANDING BY WRECKED JET A French jet transport lands safely after a mid-air collision with a light plane in which the light plane was demolished, and the jet's fuselage ripped open nearly its entire length, an amazing escape from disaster. THOMAS TOPS OWN HIGH JUMP RECORD At Cambridge, Massachusetts, John Thomas soars to a new world's outdoor high jump record, a lofty 7 feet 1 2/4 inches, for an easy triumph in the New England intercollegiate track and field campionships.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library