Pushing Back the Nazis (Universal Newsreel, Dec 1944)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. PUSHING BACK THE NAZIS: Allied ships enter the port of Antwerp carrying valuable war materiel . . . Gen. Eisenhower visits Gen. Montgomery and inspects the British 2nd Army . . . The Allies are confronted with the Maas River which is swollen seven times its normal size . . . elsewhere snow and mud provide obstacles . . . American rifles, machine guns and artillery are constantly in action . . . Allied wounded are many . . . and 5,000 Nazis are taken prisoner. 2. FOOD FOR GREECE: ATHENS - British General Scobie and Premier Papandreu supervise the distribution of food to the Greek people. 3. ON TO ORMOC: Yanks cautiously advance towards Ormoc, on Leyte. G.I.'s are wounded and killed. Frank Prist, Jr., of Acme News Pictures, is killed while Irving Smith of Universal Newsreel (seated alongside) miraculously escapes while trying to aid him. Prist is appropriately buried.—At Tacloban, sorely needed clothing is issued to Filipino families. All are appreciative, from grandpa to baby sister. 4. NOBEL PRIZE AWARDS: N.Y.C. - The six American residents receive their awards in the U.S.A., due to the war. Then Darryl Zanuck delivers a speech in which he says Nazi films must be suppressed as tools of war propaganda. 5. THREE CUSHION CHAMPS: N.Y.C. - Although Willie Hoppe, veteran 3-cushion champ executes some dazzling shots he meets his 1944 master in Welker Cochran, the new champ. (LOCAL – CANADA) AIR CADET PROGRAM NEARS END. (LOCAL – CANADA) CANADIAN MINELAYER IS LAUNCHES. (LOCAL – CANADA) CANADA'S SEVENTH V.C. DECORATION.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library