World Tributes to Memory of Hammarskjold (Universal Newsreel, Sep 1961)

Description

The original release sheet reads: WORLD TRIBUTES TO MEMORY OF HAMMARSKJOLD The first session of the sixeenth General Assembly of the UN meets under the shadow cast by an empty chair. After adjourning the day before, in tribute to Dag Hammarskjold, the first order of business is the election of Mongi Slim of Tunisia as Assembly President for the coming year. The vote is 90-to-0. As flags fly at half-mast in Sweden, Adlai Stevenson gives a heartfelt and moving eulogy. RUSK AND GROMYKO MEET Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko meet for the first of a series of conferences. They hope to resolve their differences and reach some common ground to reduce international tensions. FRENCH PLANES IN DARING AEROBATICS The French Patrol - a unit of highly trained stunt fliers - put their craft through a series of stunts guaranteed to leave you breathless. EISENHOWER HAS FAIR PREVIEW The former President is escorted by Fair President Robert Moses as he sees a model of the New York World's Fair of 1964. While in New York he will campaign for the Republican candidate for Mayor. SPORTS YUP -- THE YANKS AGAIN Fans in Baltimore see the New York Yankees cop their 26th American League pennant, but are disappointed as Roger Maris his Number 59 in the Home Run derby but fails to hit his 60th to tie the 1927 record of BABE RUTH. DON'T STAND THERE - PICK ME UP! West German motorcycle drivers hold a race the hard way - over the hill and dale, up and down, in a cross-country thriller. They'll be eating off mantle-piece tonight.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library