Quail Missile Out-Foxes Foes (Universal Newsreel, Jun 1960)

Description

The original release sheet reads: QUAIL MISSILE OUT-FOXES FOES Over Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, a Stratofortress demonstrates how the long-range jet bombers of the SAC can release Quail missiles, three at a time, as radar decoys to create misleading blips on enemy radar screens, and baffle the foe. IKE GREETS THAI KING In Washington, D.C., President Eisenhower warmly welcomes Thailand's King Phumiphol Aduldet and his lovely Queen Sarikit who begin a five day state visit. TURK GOVERNMENT PLEDGES SERVICE General Cemal Gursel, head of Turkey's military junta, pledges the group that overthrew the Menderes regime he will serve the best interests of the Turkish people, and promises free elections. WILL ROGERS HOSPITAL ANNUAL REPORT The annual pilgrimage of directors to the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital at Saranac Lake, New York, and progress report on the hospital where show business takes care of its own. Pioneering new research facilities make news this year. "PORTRAIT IN BLACK" PREMIERES Universal-International's new screen drama premieres in Chicago and in Hollywood. In Chicago, a gala parade to the theatre highlights the occasion, with Virginia Grey, Anna May Wong, and John Saxton taking part. In Hollywood, the premiere is one of the film capital's most glittering, with Lana Turner, star of the new film, and a host of luminaries on hand. GRAND PRIX HIGHLIGHTS PARIS SEASON The utmost in high fashion, cosmopolitan excitement and European flat-racing, the Grand Prix. 100,000 Parisians, with many a chic model wearing an exclusive haut coutoure creation, and among the famous figures leading prestige, are the young Aga Khan, and President De Gaulle. The race is a thriller with the Aga Khan's favored entry staging a terrific drive in the stretch to win.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library