Universal Newsreel Volume 18, Release 384: Local Stories

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. THE CAPTURE OF COLOGNE: Tank units of the onrushing U.S. 1st Army rumble into Cologne's suburbs, with all guns blazing at heavy pockets of Nazi resistance. Stalled street cars are hauled out of the way, and Yank foot soldiers fight their way into Cologne, block by block. Cologne lays in absolute ruin, after having been a "saturation attack" target for allied bombers for three years. In sharp contrast, the Cathedral stands almost undamaged. Near the Cathedral, a Nazi tank is caught in U.S. gun sights, to be set afire with a direct hit. Nazi prisoners are rounded up, Cologne natives return, while in back of the whole scene, the giant Hohenzollern Rhine bridge lies, mangled and twisted. Cologne is truly a "dead city."—THE LUDENDORFF BRIDGE: After this majestic 1,300 ft. bridge at Remagen, Germany was seized by the U.S. 9th Armored Division. Yank troops and supplies raced across it to the Rhine east bank in ever increasing numbers. Nazi precision bombers are driven off by anti-aircraft fire, the Remagen bridgehead widens, and hordes of Nazi prisoners are bagged. 2. THE SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE: Prior to the opening of the momentous United Nations Conference in San Francisco on April 25th, the U.S. delegation convenes in Washington with Pres. Roosevelt. The U.S. members are Congressman Eaton and Bloom, Senators Vandenburg and Connally, Dean Gildersleeve, Naval Commander Stassen and Sec. of State Stettinius. Pre-convention views of San Francisco reveal that the attractive West Coast metropolis is ready and waiting for the arrival of the dignitaries of the world. In a film interview, Sec. Stettinius states the aims and purposes of the parley. 3. KAISER OPENS DRIVE: NEW YORK CITY - Shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser, chairman of the national drive to collect clothing for war sufferers in foreign lands, announces that the campaign will extend from April 1st to April 30th. (LOCAL – CANADA) CANADA HAS BUMPER CROP OF POULTRY. (LOCAL – CANADA) ST. LAWRENCE ON RAMPAGE. (LOCAL – CANADA) LORD ATHLONE VISITS U.S.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library