Fight Flood with Fire (Universal Newsreel, Aug 1946)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. BERMUDA WELCOMES TRUMAN: BERMUDA - Aboard the yacht Williamsburg, the President arrives on a much-needed vacation. With his close friends and aids, Mr. Truman goes swimming on the eve of his arrival at the quaint island paradise. 2. STUDENTS UNLOAD GRAIN: TRIESTE - When dock-workers strike against Peace Conference decision on Trieste, and food for Austria remains unloaded, Italian students volunteer to do the job. 3. NUREMBERG TRIALS NEAR: END GERMANY - Trials of the top Nazi big-wigs on war crimes and atrocities draw to a close, as Sir Hartley Shawcross delivers final speech summing up accusations against Goering, Hess, Ribbentrop and others. 4. FIGHT FLOOD WITH FIRE: TIGNES, FRANCE - Residents of this Alpine village protested proposed flooding of their town for hydro-electric station— without avail! So they take matters into their own hands and set fire to the machinery. 5. NOVEL ANIMAL CIRCUS: ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - The strangest circus act on record. Four lions, two polar bears, two black bears and two Harlequin Danes—all in one cage. A drunken act by one of the bears steals the show. 6. FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS: CHICAGO, IL - The gridiron season gets underway at Soldier Field with the College All-Stars riding roughshod over the Los Angeles "Rams." Elroy Hirsch of Wisconsin scores twice as the collegians win, 16-0. (LOCAL – PHILADELPHIA) LEGION VICTORY PARADE. (LOCAL – CANADA) VETERANS TAUGHT DIVING.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library