Universal Newsreel Volume 37, Release 17

Description

The original release sheet reads: JOHNSON SIGNS TAX CUT BILL President Lyndon Johnson signs the tax cut bill into law just 13 months after it was proposed to Congress by President Kennedy. Less than six hours after final Congressional passage, he affixes his signature to the act that will mean $11 1/2 billion in the pockets of taxpayers. BEATLEMANIA! UPROAR GREETS THEIR RETURN HOME Twelve thousand screaming teen-agers jam London Airport to welcome the Beatles back from their UoSo triumphs. Our staff scientist- in an odd moment calculated that this young mob generated enough energy to put three Atlas missiles into orbit ard to power fifty- four thousand transistor radios. The Beatles did what the Redcoats couldn't do in the American Revolution- they conquered the Colonies. YESTERDAY's BIG STORY - WAR CRIMES TRIAIS With victory in World War 11, the Allies turned to fixing the guilt of those responsible. Marshall Henri Petain was condemned to death and then exiled instead for collaborating with the Germans after the fall of France. Vidkun Quisling was hung in Norway for betraying his fellow country- men. In Japan, Pearl Harbor Premier Hideki Tojo and 24 other defendants were found guilty of war crimes and atrocities. Tojo was hanged. In Germany Heinrich Himmler, head of Hitler's secret police, committed suicide rather than face trial. The most famous hearings were in Nuremberg where 21 high Nazis faced their accusers. Twenty one were found guilty and ten were executed- but the misery and horror they spawned lived after them.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library