Homage to Heroes (Universal Newsreel, Sep 1965)

Description

The original release sheet reads: HOMAGE TO HEROES It was just 25 years ago that a few Spitfires and Hurricanes and a handful of pilots stood between Britain and total defeat at the hands of Hitler. Now, a generation later, that Battle of Britain is remembered as tribute is paid to those RAF fliers and their leader, in Westminster Abbey. Lady Churchill and her family and here as well as members of that gallant band who turned the tide of World War II, as Queen Elizabeth unveils a plaque honoring Sir Winston Churchill. SEAL NOSE-COUNT Along the desolate and forbidding coast of the Bering Sea the seals come home so that the youngsters can be horn in the old home town! -as it were. This year, there is good news as they take a census - the herds are still on the increase. Before the turn of the century, indiscriminate slaughter of seals threatened to wipe them out. SPORTS FOOTBALL PURDUE UPSETS NOTRE DAME....25 to 21: The only thing sure about the new football season is that nothing is sure. Upsets are the order of the day - and Purdue pulls the turn-about of the week on Notre Dame. In a see-saw battle, they pull out all the stops in the fourth quarter as Quarterback Bob Griese drives the Boilermakers down the field for a last-minute touchdown and VICTORY!

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library