Universal Newsreel Volume 15, Release 70

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. JAPS EVACUATED FROM COAST: LOS ANGELES - Japanese by the hundreds are rooted from their homes and taken inland in a giant exodus to prevent possible sabotage of defense plants and installations along the Pacific. 2/3A/3B/3C. NEWS FROM "DOWN UNDER": AUSTRALIA - Prime Minister Curtin's dramatic warning that all Australians will work—or else—comes as Jap hordes poise for invasion blow! / Hospital ship at Darwin is hit by Jap bombs! / Another destroyer is launched / and children's home at Sydney has novel air-raid shelter! 3D. ARMY PICKS HEALTHIEST BOY: GOVERNORS ISLAND, NY - Army doctors examine finalists in Boys Club contest and pick 15-yr.-old Raymond Zambito as the healthiest boy in New York. 3E. POLISH LEADER VISITS F.D.R.: WASHINGTON, D.C. - General Sikorski, leader of Poland-in-Exile, calls in President Roosevelt after his arrival from Montreal. 4. GREEK RELIEF SHIP READY: NEW YORK, NY - Loaded with tons of flour, medicine and other supplies for the starving Greeks, the ship Sicilia is blessed in quaint ceremonies. 5. CITY'S 3RD SCRAP DRIVE ON: DAYTON, OH - (Exclusive) The city's third "Scrap the Jap" campaign starts, with Scouts and others rounding up tons of the precious scrap metal. 6A/B. FISHING FLEET HIT BY BAN: BOSTON, MA - Alien fishermen who for years have failed to become citizens are idle following stringent ban to prevent fifth column work at sea. / MULE PACK UNIT PACKS "KICKS": FORT BRAGG, NC - The 4th Field Artillery Battalion has hundreds of mules that transport howitzers to noisy maneuvers in the hills. 7. HAWAII BUSINESS MEN TRAIN: HONOLULU, T.H. - A corps of 1,200 business men is training to help in the island's defense. And famed Waikiki Beach is now in war-time dress! 8. U.S. "GUERILLAS" ORGANIZE: TILLAMOOK, OR - One thousand men-folk of this Coast town have formed a hard-hitting defense unit to deal with enemy invaders. (LOCAL – ??) CITY HONORS JESSE JONES. (LOCAL – ??) FOOD CONVOY GETS THROUGH.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library