President Johnson Dedicates Marshall Memorial (Universal Newsreel, May 1964)

Description

The original release sheet reads: PRESIDENT JOHNSON DEDICATES MARSHALL MEMORIAL In an atmosphere of profound pride, President Lyndon Johnson dedicates the George C. Marshall Research Library at Virginia Military Institute and the unveiling of a remarkable-likeness in bronze of the father of the Marshall Plan. Ex-President Eisenhower and General Omar Bradley were among those who attended the dedication ceremonies. HOMES RAZED BY WILD FIRE Spectacular pictures showing blazes and billowing smoke which, in a few hours destroyed 17 Boston homes and severely damaging 19 more at the city line between Boston and Dorchester. 300 left homeless. Fortunately no lives were lost. A tragedy due to old, wooden, firetrap tenements. LABOR AND MANAGEMENT SHARE SPOTLIGHT IN LOUISVILLE SHOW Down in the Blue Grass country, the AFL-CIO Union Industries Show of 1964 opens a 6-day run at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center, Louisville. IATSE President Richard F. Walsh participates at opening ceremonies of the multi-million dollar exposition. SPORTS OLYMPIC HOPEFULS IN CALIFORNIA RELAYS Out Modesta way, Ralph Boston betters his own American broad jump record of 27 Feet - 13 inches by notching another quarter of an inch. The Mile Run has a finish that looks like a dead heat as Dyrol Burleson wins over Tom O'Hara by exactly 1 inch.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library