Ike Says Nation Backs Kennedy Foreign Policy (Universal Newsreel, Apr 1961)

Description

The original release sheet reads: IKE SAYS NATION BACKS KENNEDY FOREIGN POLICY It's like old times for former President Dwight D. Eisenhower as he holds a news conference in Gettysburg, Pa. The General holds that the Nation fully backs President Kennedy in his efforts to stem the invasion of Communists into the Western Hemisphere. APPLE BLOSSOM QUEEN The Queen of the Apple Blossom Festival is crowned at Winchester, Virginia. She's the great-great granddaughter of Stonewall Jackson, and she's crowned by General U.S. Grant's grandson. JAPANESE EMPEROR'S BIRTHDAY All Japan joins in wishing Emperor Hirohito a happy birthday as the monarch turns 60. The ruler makes few public appearances since Japan's defeat and the end of his "divinity". HANDICAPPED AMERICAN HONORED The President's Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped meets in Washington and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy bestows awards for work in aiding the crippled. MOTORCYCLE HILL CLIMB Not recommended for the timid is the sport of motorcycle hill climbing as practised in Modesto, California. At this championship meet they put on a hectic version of "Can You Top This?" FOUR HOMERS FOR WILLIE MAYS It's Mays Day in Milwaukee as Willie Mays joins the select circle of eight other ballplayers who have hit four homers in one game. In a batting slump until this game, Mays comes up with a fence-busting cure.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library