Pope's Pilgramage (Universal Newsreel, Dec 1963)

Description

The original release sheet reads: POPE'S PILGRAMAGE: COUNCIL HEARS PLANS FOR A HOLY LAND VISIT Pope Paul VI makes a precedent-shattering statement as the Ecumenical Council ends its second session. He announces that he will visit the Holy Land in 1964. The first known occassion in which the head of the Roman Catholic Church has traveled from Rome to the land where christianity was born nearly 2,000 years ago. The council itself was historic. It's major achievement, a change in the liturgy allowing, for example, parts of the mass to be read in the local language. HELICOPTERS PROVE WORTH IN VIETNAM The 'copter has come of age as a weapon of war in the fighting in South Vietnam. The whirlybird has won acclaim for its resuce work, snatching the wounded and helpless from almost certain death, and for its value as a hit and run attack craft. NEW SEA-AIR-SEA MISSILE UNVEILED The United States Navy unveils a new submarine missile that can hunt out and destroy enemy submarines within a 30-mile range. It can be launched from a submerged sub. Fly through the air at supersonic speeds and explode on target underwater, destroying the enemy. HEROES CITED: GUARDS HONORED FOR DALLAS BRAVERY Mrs. John F. Kennedy accompanies secret service agent Clinton J. Hill and his family to ceremonies in Washington when the agent receives the Treasury's Gold Medal for attempting to shield the president and his wife during those horrible moments in Dallas. President Lyndon B. Johnson cites another secret service man, Rufus Youngblood, for throwing the vice-president to the floor of his car and placing himself in the way of the sniper.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library