U.S. Troops Join NATO Maneuvers (Universal Newsreel, Feb 1962)

Description

The original release sheet reads: U.S. TROOPS JOIN NATO MANEUVERS Members of three battle groups of the Fourth Infantry Division who were air-lifted from Ft. Lewis, Washington, take part in extensive NATO maneuvers in Germany. The operation proved that U.S. troops are ready for action in a matter of hours - - - anywhere. DON'T JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS Think you can beat Baby Sy?? In Holland, this Senegalese checker player takes on 150 opponents - and he collects more Kings than Burke's peerage. ANOTHER HOLLYWOODITE IN THE SWIM Mary Frances Crosby, 2-year-old daughter of Kathy and Bing Crosby, becomes the youngest person ever to pass the Red Cross beginners' swimming test. Bing likes it better than an Academy Award! WHERE SLEDDING IS AN ART Yes! sledding is more than child's play as Europe's best compete for the championship of the continent. Herr Sepp Lenz is the whizz-kid of them all as he rises to the top by going downhill. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The most devastating floods ever recorded in the Ohio Valley ran rampant. Damage was nearly $500,000,000 and 137 persons lost their lives as the Ohio and its tributaries hit a flood crest 28 feet above normal. LEON TROTSKY, a refugee from Communist terror, arrives in Mexican exile. Three years later he was beaten to death by an assassin. Then-as now, the first harbinger of S p r i n g were the new hat styles. Hats have changed, but the beautiful models were as pretty then as they are today.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library