Xmas in the Air (Universal Newsreel, Dec 1945)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. XMAS IN THE AIR: A bumper crop of Christmas trees is gathered for the first postwar Yule season. Across the nation shoppers throng the stores. As usual, Santa Claus is in evidence and—whee!—he has electric trains this year. 2. "IKE" TAKES OVER: WASHINGTON, D.C. - General Eisenhower assumes his new post as chief of staff. He has high praise for his predecessor, General Marshall, and pleads for strong national defense. 3. DEAD NISEI HONORED: TALBERT, CA - General "Vinegar" Joe Stilwell journeys to this small town to present the Distinguished Service Cross to Mary Masuda whose Japanese-American brother died heroically near Cassino, Italy. 4. PLEA FOR WAR HUNGRY: NEW YORK - Archbishop Spellman urges American children to collect canned goods for children of Europe. All Catholic parishes will act as receiving centers. 5. ACROSS U.S. IN 5 HOURS: The Mixmaster, an experimental medium bomber, with contra-revolving propellers in the tail, makes the dash from Long Beach, Cal., to Washington, D.C., in five hours and seventeen minutes. The engines of this radical plane are buried in the fuselage . . . The navy unveils a scout bomber similarly equipped. It uncorks a speed of four hundred fifty miles plus and can do almost any type of fighting. 6. REDSKINS TAKE TITLE: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Washington Redskins vanquish the New York Giants, to gain their fifth Eastern championship in the National Football League. The score 17 to 0. (LOCAL – CANADA) R.C.A.F. FLIES PENICILLIN TO POLAND. (LOCAL – CANADA) HMCS ONTARIO COMES HOME. (LOCAL – PHILADELPHIA) SOUTHERN 18, CATHOLIC 13.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library