"The Friendship Train" (Universal Newsreel, Nov 1947)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. "THE FRIENDSHIP TRAIN": CALIFORNIA - Laden with vital food parcels for Europe's starving, and picking up more cars as it rolls eastward, the "Friendship Train" picks up speed. Americans from coast to coast will have the opportunity to contribute their share as the train stops enroute. 2. $597,000,000 STOPGAP AID: WASHINGTON - State Secretary Marshall, appearing before a Joint House and Senate group debating foreign aid, calls for a speedy appropriation of more than half-a-billion dollars to tide over the people of Italy, France and Austria. He says that nations wishing to obstruct our aid program wish to see Europe in chaos. 3A/B/C. FOOTBALL THRILLS — GEORGIA TECH – NAVY - In Baltimore, a surprise Navy team leads twice during a thrill-packed game, only to be beaten in the closing minutes by a Dixie pass. Final score: 16-14. / PENN – VIRGINIA - A 19-7 victory for the Quakers keeps them in the unbeaten column at Philadelphia, where 78,000 fans see Deuber and team-mates smother the Cavaliers with spectacular runs. / NOTRE DAME – ARMY - The curtain comes down on a famed football rivalry at South Bend. The Fighting Irish trounce the Cadets, 27-7, before a huge throng. Expected to pass, Notre Dame batters Army with a savage ground offensive. (LOCAL – NEW YORK) O’DWYER RE: FRIENDSHIP TRAIN. (LOCAL – CANADA) CHINA BUYS SURPLUS. (LOCAL – CANADA) MILK TO FEED EUROPE. (LOCAL – CANADA) ARGENTINA PURCHASES PLANES.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library