U.S. "White Paper" Details Red Aggression (Universal Newsreel, Mar 1965)

Description

The original release sheet reads: U.S. "WHITE PAPER" DETAILS RED AGGRESSION The United States issues a White Paper indicting North Vietnam for aggression in Southeast Asia. Government presses worked around the clock to print copies for delivery to United Nations representatives and to nations around the world. Among other things it accuses Communist China of smuggling arms into South Vietnam. Just one day before the White Paper was issued, a heavily camouflaged gunboat was sunk on the coast northeast of Saigon. Troops found eighty tons of Chinese arms hidden in the jungle near the sinking. EXPLOSION SHATTERS MONTREAL BUILDING A massive breakfast-time explosion levels a Montreal apartment house - an explosion of such force that windows were shattered for miles around. Scores were killed outright, fifty seriously injured and many are missing. Survivors say they smelled gas just before the blast. POPE ELEVATES NEW CARDINALS There are solemn rites in St. Peter's as twenty-six prelates are elevated to Cardinals. The ceremonies are now simple and traditional rites have been discarded. Three prelates from Communist countries were elevated, as well as one from the U.S. and one from South America. CELTICS WIN BASKETBALL CROWN Ho-hum, it's the Boston Celtics again. For the ninth straight year the New England boys take the Eastern Division of the National Basketball Association. They wallop the San Francisco Warriors, 130 to 112 and wind up 14 games in front of the second place team.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library