Hope for Test Ban (Universal Newsreel, Jul 1963)

Description

The original release sheet reads: HOPE FOR TEST BAN: EAST-WEST PARLEY MAKING PROGRESS What could well be a turning point in history. Chairman Khrushchev is at the opening session as the United States, Britain and Russia meet for atom test ban talks. With the rift between the Soviets and Red China, oberservers feel that the talks have a good chance of succeeding. FRANCE MARKS BASTILLE DAY The 174th anniversary of the French Revolution sees a huge parade through the streets of Paris. General Charles De Gaulle presides as the largest crowd since Liberation Day in 1945 lines the streets. HOW TO RUN A RAILROAD A flat car is adapted to the automobile in Britain. The railroad car is equipped with rollers that are driven by the auto wheels. This drives the train wheels and these gals take off. Tickets, please. SET NEW POLE VAULT RECORD John Pennel, warming up for the U.S.-Soviet meet in Moscow, hits 16 feet 8 3/4 inches for a new world mark. It breaks the one held by Brian Sternberg who was paralyzed in a training accident. YESTERDAY'S BIG STORY THE SQUALUS On May 23, 1939, the submarine "SQUALUS" dived with air intake valves open. Fifty-nine men were trapped inside and 33 were saved with a newly-developed diving bell. After four months the SQUALUS was raised and recomissioned as the "SAILFISH". It was one of the [missing] submarine disasters until the "THRESHER" [missing]

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library