President Pleads for Race Equality (Universal Newsreel, Mar 1954)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. PRESIDENT PLEADS FOR RACE EQUALITY: WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Eisenhower addresses the Freedom Fulfillment Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, assuring this full support for the goals of the organization, as the NAACP launches the strongest campaign in its history. 2A/B/C/D/E/F. MOROCCO SULTAN ESCAPES GRENADE: MOROCCO - New violence in French Morocco. As the pro-French Sultan prays, a grenade explodes in the Mosque, wounding the elderly leader, his Grand Vizir, and two others. / WHEAT STORED IN MOTHBALL FLEET: SEATTLE - With grain elevators glutted, 30 million bushels of surplus wheat find storage space on freighters of the mothball fleet, laid up at Northwestern piers in case of future need. / INTERNATIONAL HAIR STYLES: NEW YORK - New hair-dos are introduced by top stylists at the International Beauty Show. Most are convertible to suit the mood. Featured are the Manhattan, the Venetian, and the Parisian. / 4-H CLUBBERS MEET PRESIDENT: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As 2 million members of the farm youth group celebrate 4-H Club Week, the 6 outstanding members visit the White House to present the organization's annual report to the President. / TOTS PREVIEW TOYS: NEW YORK - The Toy Fair offers youngsters a preview of what's in store for 1954 from the nation's toymakers. Among the outstanding items, a mechanical man and some huge Teddy Bears. / ICE BREAKERS BATTLE NORTH: ARCTIC - Led by the ice-breaker West Wind, the navy and Coast Guard battle the frozen Arctic Ocean to supply the Air Force's installations at the top of the world. 3A/B. KOREAN POOCH PARADE: KOREA - Marine mutts are on parade–a non-thoroughbred dog show staged by the Marines to aid the March of Dimes. Almost every rice paddy pup entered gets an award of some kind. / WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS: SWEDEN - Spectacular speed skiing in the downhill race of the World Skiing Championships. Top ski-birds of two continents plummet down the slopes. The winner, Austria's Christian Pravda, who led his team to a clean sweep of the thrilling event. (LOCAL – ATLANTA/MEMPHIS) NASHVILLE EXHIBITOR GETS FILM AWARD.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library