Cricket Invasion (Universal Newsreel, Jul 1946)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC BORN: MANILA - As the Stars and Stripes are lowered, a new era in U.S.-Philippines unity comes into being. America's promise of independence is kept and the Philippines become a Republic. General MacArthur takes part in impressive ceremonies, during which Manuel Roxas is sworn in as President. 2. CRICKET INVASION: FRANCE - Near Bordeaux, farmers join forces to combat a serious blight of crickets. The swarms of insects threaten crops until teams of men equipped with DDT-tanks smoke out the hungry pests. 3. DESERT MISSION: SPANISH SAHARA - Picturesque scenes of Nomads and a camel—trek across the vast Sahara desert! The mission takes the hard-riding men to far-away villages where they see strange customs and sights. 4. WHEELBARROW GLOBE TRIP: SEATTLE, WA - After pushing his wheelbarrow 112 miles in six days, Larry Hightower, ex-Montana cowboy, gets set on the second lap of his globe-circling stunt—which he expects may take him 12 years. 5. OO! LA! LA!: PARIS, FRANCE - The first post-war beauty contest brings out the eye-filling cuties in rare form, and a highlight of the pulchritude parade is a "bath-dress competition"—regardez vous! 6. RIGGS WINS TENNIS FINALS: FOREST HILLS, NY - Bobby Riggs of Los Angeles administers a stinging defeat to Don Budge, former world's champ, in singles finals. In the doubles, Kovacs and Perry top Riggs and VanHorn. (LOCAL – CANADA) CALGARY STAMPEDE. (LOCAL – CANADA) OUR NEWEST CANADIANS.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library