Navy Rocket Tests (Universal Newsreel, Jun 1946)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. NAVY ROCKET TESTS: Another "now it can be told." The navy takes the wrappings off a rocket so powerful that an ordinary landing craft armed with it has the fire power of five destroyers. They throw rockets so fast it makes you dizzy. 2. JAP PEARL CULTURE: JAPAN - With the end of the war, Kokichi Mikimoto, an ancient Japanese who holds the secret of pearl culture, resumes operations at his forty-thousand acre pearl "farm" on Ago Bay. His girl pearl divers are truly amazing. 3. OIL FIRE RAGES: WHITING, IN - The barrel house of the Standard Oil Company goes up in smoke as hundreds of containers of lubricating oil burn. The company's main high octane gasoline tanks are saved by heroic efforts. 4. PERSONALITIES IN THE NEWS: General Walter Smith, U.S. Ambassador to Russia, presents his credentials at the Kremlin . . . Marlene Dietrich arrives in Paris to make a motion picture with Jean Gabin . . . Another screen celebrity, Madeline Carroll, is in Madrid for the same purpose. Doctor Nicholas Murray Butler, president emeritus of Columbia, is honored by his home town, Patterson, NJ. 5. ATOM TEST NEARS: KWAJALEIN - The finishing touches are put on preparations for Operation Crossroads at Bikini atoll. Photographers and pilots are briefed aboard the Carrier U.S.S. Saidor, as zero hour nears. 6. BRONC BUSTERS: LIVERMORE, CA - They're at it again in the 29th annual rodeo with an assortment of mayhem that will keep you on the edge of your seats. There are some really bone rattling spills dished out by an enthusiastic bunch of broncs and steers. (LOCAL – CANADA) PLANE OF TOMORROW. (LOCAL – CANADA) MONTREAL MARATHON. (LOCAL – CANADA) TEEN CLUB.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library