Universal Newsreel Volume 18, Release 379: Local Stories

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The original release sheet reads: 1. WOUNDED G.I.'S RETURN: N.Y.C. - An Army Transportation Corps Troop Transport brings 844 wounded G.I.'s home, including 185 litter cases. Two of their top thrills are seeing Miss Liberty--and getting a glass of milk. 2A/B. ALLIED JET PLANES: The British Gloster Meteor, powered with a single turbo-jet motor, is highly maneuverable and is faster than a Nazi buzz bomb. The American P-59, developed by Bell Aircraft and G.E., uses twin jet engines to rise almost vertically to tremendous heights at tremendous speed. / B-29 ASSEMBLY LINE: SEATTLE, WA - A trip through one of the vast Boeing plants shows the huge B-29s in various stages of their assembly. Entrance into one of the Superfortresses shows many of its features including the 35-foot "crawl tube" between the pressurized compartments, and the operation of central gunfire-control. 3. ALLIES CRACKING THE WESTWALL: British mobile artillery with the Canadian First Army, opens up in massed fire on Goch, Germany--one of the northern anchors of the Westwall. Before long, the Tommies enter Goch and screen their mopping up with smoke bombs. Machine gun fire from tanks completes the victory.—Allied air fleets take off from icy runways to continue their merciless bombing of the Nazis.—Truck convoys of the American Armies are slowed down by heavy spring thaws. Damaged bridges are dynamited to break up ice jams and prevent additional floods. Fox holes are water holes. The G.I.'s keep fighting through it all, however, and the toll of Nazi prisoners rises. 4. PATTON'S MEN TALK: One of Gen. Patton's battle-hardened tank crews is interviewed between battles. Private Pat Brady, a gunner with salty wisdom, reveals what life in a battle-tank is like. Even he laughs at part of it. (LOCAL – CANADA) “MEET THE NAVY” A LONDON HIT. (LOCAL – CANADA) VANCOUVER ROCKED BY SHIP BLAST. (LOCAL – CANADA) NAVY GIVES BLOOD TO RED CROSS.

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MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library