Terrible Bombay Fire (Universal Newsreel, May 1944)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. TERRIBLE BOMBAY FIRE: In Bombay's busy and congested harbor, a small freighter caught fire. The fire spread rapidly, touched off piles of ammunition. Terrific explosions followed, causing the fire to grow into a major disaster. Hundreds were killed, thousands were injured and rendered homeless. 2. "MERCY SHIP" MANGALORE: AN EASTERN PORT - The International Red Cross loads this huge ship with war food parcels, clothing, medical supplies and mail for our men who are imprisoned by the Nazis. 3. YESHIVA HONORS CHIEF JUSTICE: N.Y.C. - (Exclusive) Yeshiva College confers LL.D. on Harlan Fiske Stone, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; then the college's new President, Rabbi Dr. Samuel Belkin, confers the D.D. on Rabbi Rubinstein, member of the Polish Senate. 4. NO BEEFING ABOUT BEEF: MILK RIVER, ALBERTA, CANADA - Lowing herds, from a round-up of 10 million head of prime beef (!) go charging by the cameras. Canada's ranchers feed Allied troops—and Canada goes off beef rationing. And shed a tear for the 2-day-old calf that gets lost—for a while. 5. TELEGRAPH CENTENNIAL: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ernest Morris, Pres. of the Southern Ry., an ex-telegraph operator, re-enacts inventor Samuel Morse's role when he taps out historic inaugural message—"What Hath God Wrought." House Speaker Rayburn unveils honorary plaque. 6. AMERICAN PAGEANT: ROSE BOWL, PASADENA, CA - 35 United Nations are represented in gigantic "I Am An American" War Bond Rally. The varied native types of costumes provide an exciting drama in patriotism. 7. LITTLE CUT UP: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Russia's armies give America's armies Maliutka, a 3-month-old Russian Brown Bear. Already, in the Washington Zoo, the little guy is carving and scratching a name for himself. 8. HEROES WITH THE CAMERA: IN ENGLAND - Universal Newsreel pays its respects to the heroes who risk their lives to film the war. We see groups of the Navy camera men, Army combat photographers, aerial combat camera men—and several of the ace newsreel men. Each has his steel helmet adjusted and his camera loaded. Their feats of the past will be surpassed by their efforts in the future. 9. AMERICA'S SOLDIERS FROM THE SKIES: LAURINGBURG-MAXTON ARMY AIR BASE, NC - With D-day approaching hourly, an unusual interest attaches to America's air borne troops as they apply the 'finishing touches' to their training.—We watch camouflaged men filed into gliders--ground crews stow jeeps and other mobile equipment into other gliders. Nylon ropes for towing, are adjusted.—Then giant C-47 transport ships take up two gliders at a time. Over destination, parachutes plummet out of the gliders, then more ’chutists pour from the transport ships.—Other gliders swoop to earth like angry impatient birds. Fully equipped carrier troops leap out, to instantly spring to their assigned tasks. America's soldiers from the sky are more than ready for invasion.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library