26 Dies as Tornado Hits City (Universal Newsreel, Oct 1938)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. EUROPE ON BRINK OF CONFLICT AS CONFERENCE BRINGS PEACE: ENGLAND - A NEW WORLD WAR IS AVERTED BY THE 4-POWER CONFERENCE AS ANXIOUS LONDON WATCHES INTENSIVE PREPARATIONS AGAINST AIR RAIDS.—FRANCE - RESERVISTS, CALLED FOR MILITARY DUTY AT THE ZERO HOUR, ENTRAIN FOR WHAT IS TO PROVE A ROUND TRIP TO THE FRONTIER.—GERMANY - SUDETEN REFUGEES POUR INTO THE REICH UP TO THE LAST, AS FREE CORPS TROOPS, ARMED WITH GERMAN GUNS, GUARD THE BORDER.—ENGLAND - PRIME MINISTER CHAMBERLAIN, FRESH FROM HIS "TALK" WITH THE GERMAN LEADER, RETURNS BY PLANE TO HESTON AIRPORT.—CZECHOSLOVAKIA - SOLDIERS AND ENGINES OF WAR, RECALLED AT THE 11th HOUR, QUIT THE SUDETEN AREAS IN A FORCED WITHDRAWAL. 2A/B. 26 DIES AS TORNADO HITS CITY: CHARLESTON, SC - Great loss of life, hundreds injured and damages estimated at $5,000,000 follow in the wake of a 72-mile-an-hour "double" twister that raged over the historic Southern town, razing dwellings and other structures. / QUEEN LAUNCHES HUGE LINER: CLYDEBANK, SCOTLAND - In colorful and time-honored ceremonies at the River Clyde, Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain, with her two daughters, gives her own name to the new 85,000 Cunarder and sends it down the ways with a rousing send-off. 3. ONE-MAN CIRCUS THRILLS KIDS: CHICAGO, IL - Louis Meitus started out to buy a pony from a bankrupt circus. Instead he bought the whole show—trick monkeys, acrobats, n'everything. Now he's staging performances for underprivileged youngsters—free! 4A/B/C. GRIDIRON THRILLS OF THE WEEK: LOS ANGELES, CA - U.S.C. Trojans down Oregon State, 7-0, in a colorful West Coast contest. / NEW HAVEN, CT - In the East, 35,000 see Sid Luckman, Columbia ace, lead his team to a thrilling 27-14 triumph over Yale. / MINNEAPOLIS, MN - A crowd of 47,000 fans sees the powerful Midwest gridders thunder over Nebraska's Cornhuskers to the tune of 16 to 7. (LOCAL – CANADA) DYNAMITE BLAST. (LOCAL – BUFFALO) FOOTBALL CATCHING CONTEST.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library