Eye Research: $5,000,000 Center Begun At UCLA
Eye Research: $5,000,000 Center Begun At UCLA
A milestone in medical history is a new eye research institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. It has been named the Jules Stein Eye Institute in honor of its major contributor. Mr. Stein had a noted career as an Ophthalmologist before founding the Music Corporation of America and he speaks at ground-breaking ceremonies as his wife christens a bull-dozer with champagne. Notables attending ceremony are: director Mervin LeRoy (?), Gene Kelly, Bob Hope, Cesar Romero, Bette Davis Camera pans a lot filled with cars and the metal skeleton of a new building, The (Jules Stein Eye Institute) UCLA Health Science Center. Mr. & Mrs Mervin LaRoy. CUS - Gene Kelly. Bob Hope and Caesar Romero. Bette Davis steps up to the podium and addresses the crowd (no audio on speech). Audience applauding. Jules Stein speaking at the podium. Mrs Stein breaking a bottle of champagne on a bulldozer. - Jules Stein smiling looking at his wife. Camera pans in on a model of the building and then it pulls back giving a whole view of the building.