Dems Name Kennedy and Johnson (Universal Newsreel, Jul 1960)

Description

The original release sheet reads: DEMS NAME KENNEDY AND JOHNSON The Democratic National Convention winds up with the nomination of Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson as running mate of presidential candidate Senator John F. Kennedy, climaxing a spectacular battle for the Presidential nomination in which despite strong campaigns for Senator Johnson and Adlai Stevenson, Kennedy rolls to an overwhelming victory on the first ballot. U.N. SENDS TROOPS TO CONGO Violence and anarchy continue in the newly-independent Congo. In Belgium, demonstrations against the government by citizens outraged by violence against Belgian nationals. In the Security Council, after an angry clash between the U.S. and the Soviet, Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold is authorized to send a peace force to the troubled Congo. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO FLYING FLIVVERS were the object of popular attention, looked to fill the skies with Sunday drivers. FLEXIBLE GLASS was one of the wonders of science foreshadowing the years ahead. The W.P.A. got under way, recruiting the first 15,000 for the New Deal’s public works program. ALL THE BEER YOU COULD DRINK in one Hour, 60 cents for 60 minutes, electrified Texas. In New York, a mammoth ANIT-FASCIST RALLY protesting Mussolini’s aggression against Ethiopia.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library