Kennedy Holds 1st Press Conference Reveals Reds Have Freed U.S. Airmen (Universal Newsreel, Jan 1961)

Description

The original release sheet reads: KENNEDY HOLDS 1ST PRESS CONFERENCE REVEALS REDS HAVE FREED U.S. AIRMEN In Washington, John F. Kennedy holds his first news conference, the first Presidential press conference ever broadcast "live" to the nation. President Kennedy breaks the dramatic news that the Soviet has released two American RB-47 fliers shot down near Russia last July. INDIA HAILS QUEEN ELIZABETH India greets Queen Elizabeth as she arrives for the first visit by a British sovereign in half a century. Over a million hail Elizabeth and Prince Philip in their procession through New Delhi. Later, in Jaipur, she and Philip expereicen an elephant ride, in the style of the ancient Mogul emperors. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Britain mourns KING GEORGE V, who passes away just a few months after his Silver Jubilee, the grief-stricken funeral observances, the ROYAL FAMILY, and in America, notables paying tribute at Washington Cathedral include MRS. ROOSEVELT, VICE-PRESIDENT GARNER, CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES, and SECRETARY OF STATE HULL. Veterans of World War One rejoice as a new bonus bill becomes law, flocking to Government offices to sign up for the bounty. And Tulsa passes a "KISSING CURFEW" to speed up downtown traffic. It works fine, until the enforcement officers come upon a pair of newly-weds .

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library