Universal Newsreel Volume 20, Release 33: Local Stories

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. HELIGOLAND BLOWS UP!: GERMANY - Spectacular scenes of the greatest blast since Bikini! With a shattering, earth-splitting roar, the famed island fortress explodes, touched off by tons of high explosives. British demolition units accomplish in seconds what British ships and planes could not do in a world war. 2. STALINGRAD TODAY: RUSSIA - Foreign correspondents fly down from Moscow to tour the ruins of the famous city, turning point in the Russian fight against the Nazi horde. Amid the rubble left by war, thousands work and re-build. 3. U.N. TRADE GROUP MEETS: GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - In the old League of Nations palace, long idle, members of the United Nations Trade Organization begins sessions on far-reaching questions of world trade and world peace. 4. NEW KING IN DENMARK: COPENHAGEN - A nation in mourning for the passing of a beloved monarch, King Christian X, raises its voice in a mighty salute to a new king, the former Crown Prince Frederik, during ceremony stirring at the palace. 5. CARDINAL SPELLMAN APPEAL: NEW YORK - Francis Cardinal Spellman makes a touching appeal for your support in the 28th annual drive for Catholic Charities. Surrounded by youngsters at the Founding Hospital, he says the sick and poor need your help. 6A/B. THE WORLD OF SPORTS — KIDS' FISHING CONTEST: PASSAIC, NJ - Small fry fishermen set out after the wily trout with hook and worm and casting rod, during the city's annual fishing contest. Commissioner Turner awards prizes to the winners. / THE CHAMP TAKES A TUMBLE: CHICAGO - Irvin "Shorty" Bedard, national tumbling champ in 1945, practices for new laurels this year and demonstrates his amazing finesse during a Boys Club exhibition. See his amazing triple-twist! (LOCAL – CANADA) PRINCESS ELIZABETH COMES OF AGE. (LOCAL – CANADA) HELICOPTER FIRE FIGHTERS.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library