Universal Newsreel Volume 20, Release 5: Local Stories

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The original release sheet reads: 1. EPISCOPAL BISHOP INSTALLED: WASHINGTON - Impressive religious scenes mark the installation of the Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill as presiding Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Churches of America. Hundreds attend the impressive rites. 2. THE MARCH OF DIMES: America falls in step with the March of Dimes! In Washington, the First Lady and Margaret Truman officially open the drive by placing theirs, and the President's contribution, in the Missouri bottle.—In New York, Mayor O'Dwyer opens the nation-wide drive to aid infantile victims. Little Nancy Drury is the campaign's "Dimes" girl. 3. GAMBLING MACHINES JUNKED: SKOKIE, IL - After police have rounded up confiscated pin-ball and slot machines, they toss the devices onto a junk pile and set the business on fire with gasoline. The flames "hit the jackpot!" 4. WORLD PREMIERE ON TRAIN: WASHINGTON - The first motion picture theatre on rails, the C.&O. "Chessie Theatre," inaugurates its regular motion picture program with a premiere of the new Universal-International hit—"Swell Guy." 5. RUSH INDO-CHINA DEFENSES: SAIGON - In these scenic pictures from Indo-China, where Viet-Nam forces are battling French troops, France's Overseas Minister Moutet arrives by air to speed his nation's defense of its Far Eastern procession. 6. COYOTE-HUNT BY PLANE: COLORADO - Flying in a special ski-shod plane, two daring hunters take the "high" road to coyote-hunting, zooming down on the marauding critters to blast them with shotguns. It's thrilling—and dangerous. (LOCAL – CANADA) NOVA SCOTIA FLAG SAILS SEAS AGAIN.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library