Tractors for Prisoners (Universal Newsreel, May 1961)

Description

The original release sheet reads: TRACTORS FOR PRISONERS The announcement of Castro's ransom demands - 500 tractors for the return of 1200 prisoners captured in the ill-starred invasion is made at the Havana Agricultural Fair where samples of Russian bloc tractors that were never delivered are displayed. Meanwhile, 10 of the prisoners arrive in the United States to represent fellow prisoners in negotiations with a private committee that will attempt to raise funds to purchase the tractors. NEW KOREAN CABINET General Chang Do Young, the youthful Korean Military leader who ousted Premier John Chang holds his first press conference and installs his new cabinet - 14 military men. STUDENTS RIOT IN TOKYO The Korean revolt had hardly been completed when students in Tokyo riot against the new regime. They also demand the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Korea and want it to unite with the Red North. ADENAUER AND DE GAULLE MEET General Charles De Gaulle of France meets with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of West Germany on their common needs for economic betterment and mutual defense. LYNDON JOHNSON IN INDIA Vice-President Lyndon Johnson ends his Southeast Asia tour with [illegible] where he is warmly greeted as he expresses [illegible] with the country's economic progress. Later [illegible] Gandhi at the shrine of the famed [illegible]. [ILLEGIBLE] Thirty thousand [illegible] come from far back to [illegible] fabled Triple Crown. [Illegible] thunders down the [illegible]. Now it's on to the [illegible].

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library