Riots Shake Panama (Universal Newsreel, Jan 1964)

Description

The original release sheet reads: RIOTS SHAKE PANAMA Long-simmering resentments erupt among the students in Panama as they voice their protest over U.S. policies in the Canal Zone. The trouble began when a group of American high school pupils flew an American flag without the Panamanian flag by its side. Native students stormed the school and before the rioters were brought under control more thana score were dead, including four U.S. soldiers. Panama suspended relations with the U.S. while an inter-American Committee acts to resolve the difficulties. BLIZZARD HITS WIDE AREA The worst blizzard of the season spreads from the Midwest to the Atlantic seaboard. Again, nature puts the brakes on the wheels of progress as automobile traffic slows and stops, airlines are grounded and trains run hours behind time. Oh well, Spring is only about two months away. ONLY??? FIRST LADY'S TOUR Mrs. Lyndon Johnson assumes her duties as First Lady with a visit to one of the nation's distressed areas - the coal mining region of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, Pa. She attends the dedication of a science center designed to train unemployed men in new skills that will attract modern industries to the area. BOSTON MEET OPENS TRACK SEASON The Knights of Columbus meet in Boston brings together some of the best, including former pole-vault record holder, John Uelses; high jumper John Thomas and 1000-yard king Bill Crowthers. Its a card of thrills as many meet and Boston records fall in this curtain raiser of the indoor season.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library