Hitler's Heyday (Universal Newsreel, Feb 1947)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. ROYAL FAMILY ON TOUR: ON BOARD H.M.S. VANGUARD - Britain's King and Queen, and the two Princesses, enroute to South Africa, take part in shipboard affairs. The royal family tries deck sports, including target shooting and deck tennis. 2. 22 DEAD IN TRAIN WRECK: ALTOONA, PA - Twisted, shattered wreckage of the locomotive and five cars lies at the bottom of a ravine, grave-yard for twenty-two persons. Scores were injured, some seriously, when the crack flier the rails and plunged down into the ravine. 3. REX RULES MARDI GRAS: NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras comes to a glittering finale, and thousands jam the streets and forget their cares as the traditional Rex Parade signals finis to the 1947 Mardi Gras celebration. 4. HITLER'S HEYDAY: GERMANY - Confiscated pictures from the private collection of Eva Braun, Hitler's consort, reveal intimate scenes of Nazi life at Berchtesgaden. Hitler and henchmen play on the eve of defeat. 5A/B. THE WORLD OF SPORTS — GOLDEN GLOVES FINALS: NEW YORK - There's fast and murderous action in every round of these finals in the Golden Gloves Tournament at Madison Square Garden. You'll have a ring-side seat for action and double-fisted thrills. / BOBSLED SPILLS AT PLACID: LAKE PLACID, NY - An unexpected thrill during the Olympic try-outs on Mt. van Hoevenberg Run. The four-man bob driven by Alexis Thompson goes over the side of a turn. A scrape with death at 60 mph. (LOCAL – CANADA) HERE IS MR. MUSCLE. (LOCAL – CANADA) REVIEW CAN. WAR EFFORT.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library