President Seeks End to Civil Strife (Universal Newsreel, Mar 1965)

Description

The original release sheet reads: PRESIDENT SEEKS END TO CIVIL STRIFE In a move almost without precedent, President Johnson addresses a joint session of Congress to push a voting rights bill aimed at ending discrimination. The President referred to the events in Selma, Alabama, as "An American tragedy" and throughout the nation there were marches through the streets of towns and cities. In New York's Harlem more than 15,000 - half of them white - filed somberly through the streets in quiet, but agonized protest. It was in memory of the Reverend James J. Reeb who was clubbed to death in Selma. Meanwhile, in that small, southern town, violence had become a way of life. Dr. Martin Luther King leads several thousand marchers in a demonstration for the registration of Negroes. DUTCH PRINCESS TO WED COMMONER Cupid is wearing the crown at Soestdijk Palace as the Dutch Royal family announces the engagement of Princess Margriet, one of the four sisters. She's to wed a commoner, Pieter Van Vollenhove. The romance has the blessing of the Queen (Juliana) and the Dutch people. CONSTANCE BENNETT BACK IN MOVIES On one of the sets built for the movie "MADAME X," there's a party of Hollywood notables on hand to welcome home Constance Bennett. After a 12-year retirement, the former movie queen is making a comeback in the screen classic. Hundreds of Hollywood luminaries turn out to bid her welcome and extend their best wishes for the success in her role in "MADAME X."

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library