Universal Newsreel Volume 18, Release 415

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. JAP CAPTIVES IN N.Y.C.: 35,000 TROOPS HOME: Huge convoy brings in 10,000 Canadians and 25,000 Yanks in record arrival-day. 53 Japanese diplomats, who were collared when Germany fell, arrive in U.S. on their way to internment. 2. EISENHOWER AT F.D.R.'S GRAVE: HYDE PARK, NY - Gen. Eisenhower places a wreath at the grave of his ex-Commander of Chief, in the presence of Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt. 3. LEHIGH ON RAMPAGE: EASTON, PA - A cloudburst devastates the countryside, killing several persons and causing property damage of several hundred thousands of dollars. 4. BARREL OVER NIAGARA: NIAGARA FALLS, ONT - Red Hill, Jr., defying local authorities, “shoots the rapids and whirlpools" at Niagara, in his one-man barrel. 5. GEORGIA PEACHES: Beautiful young Georgia girls volunteer to help harvest record peach crop of one million and a half bushels. And after a busy day at the cannery, kids spring up from all over to help devour the 156 lb. "celebration pie." 6. CHINESE BABY SHOW: CHINATOWN, N.Y.C. - (Exclusive) Chinese children, whether asleep or awake, prove to be highly photogenic as they go through the various stages of a Baby Beauty Contest under the watchful eye of Shavey Lee, the Mayor of Chinatown. 7. P.T.'S RAID BORNEO: In one of the most spectacular shore raids of the Pacific War, American P.T. boats raid Jap positions in the oil area of Northeast Borneo. The Yanks pump streams of shells into oil wells and storage tanks, setting off fires which fill the entire sky.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library