Summit Conference (Universal Newsreel, Apr 1967)

Description

The original release sheet reads: SUMMIT CONFERENCE President Johnson pledges increased support for the Latin-American common market at the opening of the 19-nation Western Hemisphere summit conference in Uruguay. VIETNAM ROUNDUP "Operation Pershing" knocks out a VC village in a "search and destroy" maneuver. Three war correspondents are wounded by a Cong booby trap as they travel a path south of Saigon. A skirmish on the "peace bridge," linking North and South Vietnam makes the area a "no-man's land." ISRAEL-SYRIA BORDER WAR A land-and-air battle in Tiberias, between two warring border nations, Israel and Syria. It developed into a tank, mortar, and finally air "dog fight." Syria claims: 70 Israelis dead on the ground and five planes downed. Israel counters, saying they shot down six Syrian Russian-built MIGS...and present gun-camera film to prove it. NEW JETLINER The latest thing in twin-jet airliners, the Boeing 737. It's designed for short "shuttle" hops up to 13 hundred miles, carries 101 passengers, and cruises at a speed of 580 miles an hour. SPRING IN THE HIMALAYAS With strange and exotic dancing and picnicking, SPring is celebrated in the Himalayan Mountain nation of "Bhutan," near the Tibetan border. Tibet refugees, people from neighboring Sikkim and Bhutanese make it a gala and festive welcome, 12 thousand feet above sea level! PAPAL BAPTISM A rare Papal ceremony is seen in Rome's Basilica of Saint John Lateran as Pope Paul, the Sixth, baptizes two children. It's a traditional pastoral duty and the Pontiff explained its renewal by urging a "new impulse" to religious life in the city. LIFEBOAT RACE Off Kings Point, Long Island, Merchant Marine cadets row lifeboats against eight-man crews from Norwegian American Luxury liners. The cadets win by over a half-minute in the mile-long pull. It's training for an upcoming inter-Academy rowing meet in Maine, where entries from Maine, Buzzards Bay, and Texas, will compete. CHESS WHIZ 6-year old Jutta Hempel of Flensburg, West Germany, takes on a dozen local chess masters in a mass-match, simultaneously. She's a phenomenon, winning nine, drawing one, dropping only two. She's been playing since she was five and now feels ready for the world's best!

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library