Universal Newsreel Volume 21, Release 114 Part LOCAL(MINN)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. GANDHI ASSASSINATED: INDIA - Assassinated by a Hindu fanatic, India's famed spiritual leader is dead. Shocked followers mob Gandhi's slayer and witness the terrible climax to a life of peace and brotherly love. In New York, the United Nations pauses in tribute to the great Mahatma, and India's delegate expresses his country's and the world's feeling of loss and bereavement. 2. CANADA WELCOMES D.P.'s: CANADA - Displaced persons from Europe's camps find new homes and new jobs in the Dominion. Four-hundred refugees, most of them garment workers, are welcomed at a huge dispersal center. 3A/B. PARSON SETS MILE RECORD: NEW YORK - Gilbert Dodds, the flying parson from Boston, sets a new indoor mark of 4:05.3 for the mile during the Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden. Other thrilling track events are shown. / PHOTO FINISH IN "MATURITY": ARCADIA, CA - Horse racing enlivens the sports round-up. At Santa Anita, where filmland notables including Lou Costello are out, "Flashco" wins the Maturity in a photo finish, beating the favored "On Trust." 4. DISPUTES MARK OLYMPICS: ST. MORITZ - Dissension between athletes and squabbling over choice of teams marks the opening of the winter games in Switzerland. The scenery, however, is spectacularly serene and beautiful, and the preliminary contests are exciting. (LOCAL – MINNEAPOLIS) KING BOREAS RULES AGAIN. (LOCAL – CANADA) SNOW PLOWS CLEAR PLANE RUNWAYS.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library