We'll Bomb If Necessary, Kennedy Says (Universal Newsreel, Oct 1961)

Description

The original release sheet reads: WE'LL BOMB IF NECESSARY, KENNEDY SAYS While reassuring the nation that we have military strength greater than any other nation, President Kennedy says that we are going ahead with plans to conduct nuclear tests in the atmosphere if we find that Russia's recent blast makes that necessary. TRUMAN BACK IN WHITE HOUSE A former tenat of 1600 Pennsylvania returns for an overnight stay. Former President Harry S. Truman makes his first visit to the White House in eight years. U.S. EXPORT - "TWIST" NOW HAS EUROPE STEPPING Since the days of the Founding Fathers many of America's great cultural achievementsv have traveled abroad to bring joy and enlightenment. Now the "Twist" is our latest contribution - it's taking the Continent by storm. FOOTBALL: COLORADO 22, OKLAHOMA 14 Oklahoma, without a win this year, goes down to defeat for the fifth straight time in the hands of the Colorado Buffalos. The Sooners start strong, but when Colorado gets rolling - that's all. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO A quarter of a century ago President Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-elected to a second term in an unprecedented landslide. Running against Kansan Alf Landon, Mr. Roosevelt took 46 our of 48 states as 50,000,000 people went to the polls. He went on, of course, to a third and fourth term. Here are the highlights of that historic even when the voters returned the "New Deal" to office.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library