Danang Shelled (Universal Newsreel, Mar 1967)

Description

The original release sheet reads: DANANG SHELLED A long-range rocket shelling attack of Danang airbase kills 47, wounds more than 100, damages jet planes and military buildings and levels 200 homes. A powerful, new, long-range soviet rocket is blamed by military experts for the sneak attack. MEDAL OF HONOR In Washington, Navy Secretary Nitze awards the medal of honor to Marine Captain Harvey Barnum, Jr., 26, of Cheshire, Connecticut. Captain Barnum, despite heavy Viet Cong machine gun and mortar fire, led a brilliant counter-attack after his patrol was ambushed. INDIA RESULTS The ruling Congress Party suffers severe setbacks in the national elections in India, losing half of the nation's 16 states. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's ruling party still has a narrow majority but its control of the country is not as firm as it was. ATTORNEY GENERAL CLARK Acting Attorney General Ramsey Clark, son of Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark, is elevated to the Attorney General post by President Johnson. At the same time, his father announces his retirement from the nation's highest court. NEW ASWAN Egypt's Nile Valley undergoes great change, due to the giant Aswan High Dam Project. First, some 117 Nubians are re-located in new villages. Then, ,the gigantic Temples and statues of Ramses Two and his Queen are re-assembled on a new, higher, site. SATELLITE A new solar satellite is prepared by NASA for its launching and ultimate orbiting of the earth, studying the sun and its influence on earth's atmosphere. Fantastic solar flares contain much information on how they control the environment of earth. PROTESTS AROUND THE WORLD In Saigon, South Vietnamese protest against foreign peacemakers. In Venezuela, students protest against campus subversives investigations. In Rome, gas workers sit down in the street for more pay. ...And in Munich, a man fires potato dumplings at Luftwaffe planes...and wins!

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library