Reporter's Families Meet the President (Universal Newsreel, May 1964)

Description

The original release sheet reads: REPORTER'S FAMILIES MEET THE PRESIDENT On the South Lawn of the White House, in a picnic setting, pink lemonade, candy-striped tents, animal crackers and the presence of two famous one-year old Beagles, President Lyndon Johnson held a Family Day Press Conference for wives and children of reporters. The President again "ear marks" Him nnd Her just to prove that it causes them no pain. Another howling success ... and some of the brouhaha should boil down as LBJ announces that he has accepted lifetime membership in Vandenberg Humane Society. (That's in Evansville, Indiana) HYDROFOIL SPEEDS PASSAGE TO FRANCE A new super-speed passenger service goes into operation between the Channel Island and French ports. A Hydrofoil craft that could revolutionize sea transport across the Channel. They carry 140 passengers at 45 m.p.h. IMMIGRANT BOY GETS NEW KENNEDY SAVINGS BOND A two-month Drive to increase Savings Bonds opens in Washington, D.C. Little Francesco Edoardo Sergi becomes a naturalized citizen. He is presented with a new Bond - the $75.00 one that bears the picture of the late President John F. Kennedy. YESTERDAY'S BIG STORY THE SINKING OF THE "ANDREA DORIA" JULY 26, 1956: A queen of the sea, Italian Liner "ANDREA DORIA" struck by the Swedish liner "Stockholm" sinks. An even greater tragedy is averted when many ships in the Nantucket Island area raced to the rescue. Flfty persons of 2,700 perish

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library