Congo Crisis Echoes Round the World (Universal Newsreel, Feb 1961)

Description

The original release sheet reads: CONGO CRISIS ECHOES ROUND THE WORLD The repercussions of the slaying of Lumumba reverberate round the world, with student and African nationalist demostrators in major cities carrying on heated demonstrations. In Cairo, the Belgian embassy is stormed by a mob that sets off fires inside the structure. U.S.S.R. PRESIDENT IN GHANA At the time of critical importance in Africa, President Brezhnev of the U.S.S.R. begins a good-will tour in Ghana, one of the new, strongly nationalistic African states, being eagerly wooed by the Soviets. FORMOSA AIRLIFTS FOOD TO RED CHINA Nationalist China launches an airlift of food parcels to the famine stricken mainland of Red China. Night flights scatter one pound parcels over wide areas of the starving land. "MISS CHINATOWN, U.S.A." The prettiest Chinese-American girls in the country compete in San Francisco for the crown of "Miss Chinatown, U.S.A.", a highlight of festivities marking the Chinese New Year. The winner - Irene Tsu, will reign during the Year of the Ox. SPORTS "YORKY" WINS WIDENER At Hialeah, "Yorky", Calumet's new handicap star, comes from behind in the stretch to win the Widener, his third stakes in a row, and a purse of 81 thousand dollars. N.Y.A.C. GAMES Indoor track thrills in the New Yor[k] A.C. games. New records are set by Wilma Rudolph in the women's 60 yard dash, pole vaulter Don Bragg, and broad jumper Ralph Boston. The big event is the high jump, with John Thomas facing one of the two Russians who beat him in the Olympics, Valeri Brumel. Thomas fails to clear 7'2", while Brumel goes over at 7'3" .

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library