Universal Newsreel Volume 36, Release 49

Description

The original release sheet reads: ALABAMA STORY: NEGROES ENROLLED AS GOVERNOR YIELDS The University of Alabama is under tight security as guard as Governor George Wallace confronts a deputy U.S. Attorney. The federal officers are armed with a proclamation urging the governor to end his efforts to prevent two negro students from registering. He stands firm and President Kennedy federalizes the national guard. When they move in, the governor bows to presidential authority and James Hood and Vivian Malone become the first two negroes to be registered at the university. That night the president appealed to the nation, saying the United States is facing a "moral crisis" and that it is the duty of all to uphold the law. FRENCH AIR SHOW: DEGAULLE SEES RADICAL CRAFT France opens her 25th annual air show by unveiling some radical craft. President Charles De Gaulle sees a plane that flies with super-sonic speed and then stands still in midair. There's also a demonstration of the U.S. one-man rocket belt that lifts a soldier over the terrain. YESTERDAY'S BIG STORY JUNE 6TH, 1944 and the greatest armada in military history is assembled in England for an assault on Hitler's fortress Europe. For this long awaited D-Day the allies have assembled 12, 000 planes to protect a surface force of 4,000 ships. Supreme commander Dwight D. Eisenhower has nearly 3,000,000 men trained for the assault. Combat cameramen made a great pictorial record of this day-a day that changed the course of history.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library