Bullet-Proof Vest Shown (Universal Newsreel, Apr 1947)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. MARSHALL HOME FROM MOSCOW: WASHINGTON - Secretary of State George Marshall arrives by plane from Moscow. Pres. Truman and other government officials greet the returning soldier-statesman who strived for peace and unity at the Four-Power Conference. 2. THE PALESTINE CRISIS: NEW YORK - The General Assembly of the United Nations meets to undertake settlement of the thorny Palestine question. Brazil's Aranha is named president of the session.—PALESTINE - Terrorists strike again! At Rehovoth, the Cairo-Haifa Express is blown up and derailed. Eight are killed and forty-one injured. 3A/B. BULLET-PROOF VEST SHOWN: PHILADELPHIA - Nerve-wracking scenes, these, watching police fire point-blank at a demonstrator dressed in a new-type bullet-proof vest. BUT, think how the fella feels who's "it"?? / TEST MINE DISASTERS: BRUCETON, PA - The Bureau of Mines sets off spectacular coal mine explosions in a test demonstration of the Centralia disaster. The terrific force of a mine explosion is dramatically shown. 4A/B. THE WORLD OF SPORTS — BABE RUTH HONORED: NEW YORK - It's "Babe Ruth Day" for the nation's baseball fans, and at the Yankee Stadium 59,000 fans cheer the beloved "King of Swat" as he steps up to home plate and says his "thanks." / FOUR-MAN WRESTLING: MONTREAL - Jack Dempsey and Jack Sharkey, both former fistic champs, referee team-wrestling at the Forum. Four bruisers clash head on, and the action is fast and furious—and funny! (LOCAL – CANADA) SPRINGTIME IN CANADA.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library