Kennedy Sees Day of Atlantic Union (Universal Newsreel, Jul 1962)

Description

The original release sheet reads: KENNEDY SEES DAY OF ATLANTIC UNION Nearly 100,000 people jam Independence Square, Philadelphia, to hear President Kennedy predict a "declaration of interdependence" that will bring the United States into a "concrete Atlantic partnership" with Europe. ASTRONAUTS WELCOMED IN TEXAS A gala parade hails the astronauts and their team to Houston where the new Manned Spacecraft Center will be. They get ten-gallon hats and deputy sheriff badges to make them feel at home. ROCK HUDSON GIVES (AND GETS) AWARDS The noted screen star presents an Award to the General Federation of Women's Clubs on behalf of the Motion Picture Association for their work in previewing pictures over the last 20 years. Later, Secretary of Treasury Douglas Dillon gives Rock a LIBERTY BELL - symbol of his work making a Savings Bond Trailer on the set of "THE SPIRAL ROAD." U-I release. FIND ABANDONED HOARD - $2,400,000 WORTH In a row of dilapidated garages in Jersey City, N.J., workmen discover a million-dollar cache. Police say it belongs to an imprisoned gambler. But- he's not talking. WILL ROGERS HOSPITAL EXPANDS The famed haven for the ill of the Motion Picture Industry at Saranac Lake, New York, opens new research facilities named in honor of movie pioneer Bob O'Donnell. SPORTS RUSSIANS SWEEP ROWING MEET At Philadelphia, the Russian crew dominates things on the Schuylkill River as they take the single and double sculls and then go on to sweep the eight-oared event.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library