What's in this clip
This clip holds the release's local and regional stories, made for particular cities or for Canada. The release sheet lists them but doesn't say which clip each one is in.
More from this release
- Stories 1, 3: Friendship Food Sails
- Stories 2, 3: Strike Grips France
- Stories 3, 4: The "Snake" in Germany
Universal Newsreel Volume 20, Release 98: Local Stories
Description
The original release sheet reads: 1. FRIENDSHIP FOOD SAILS: PHILADELPHIA & NEW YORK - Loaded with 8,000,000 pounds of food for France, the freighter American Leader embarks for LeHavre after taking on cargo at two ports. Pre-sailing ceremonies are attended by U.S. and French officials. 2. STRIKE GRIPS FRANCE: FRANCE - Plagued by waves of communist-inspired strikes and facing serious shortages, France fights for survival. Newsreel films show strikers and police at the height of the disorders in Paris and Lyons. 3A/B. THE "SNAKE" IN GERMANY: GERMANY - A queue here is called a "snake," the reptile of cities. It's bones are people, it's scales the bundles they carry as they stand in line and wait for food and other necessities. / SPAIN VALLEY FLOODED: SPAIN - Flooded homes, ruined crops and homeless sufferers attest to violence of a sudden storm along the Segura River. The raging waters wash homes away and leave tons of mud on everything. 4A/B. FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS — NOTRE DAME ROUTS U.S.C.: LOS ANGELES - Touchdown romps of 92 and 76 yards feature Notre Dame's spectacular 38-7 trouncing of Southern California. Huge crowd of 105,000 sees the defeat which gives the Irish their first perfect season in 17 years. / HIGH SCHOOL GRID THRILLS: PHILADELPHIA - Roman Catholic High School wins the city's interscholastic football championship by defeating Frankford High, Public League titlists, 40-12, before 55,000 fans at Franklin Field. (LOCAL – CANADA) OPEN PARLIAMENT.
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MCA/Universal Pictures Collection
Series
Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library