French Open Big Dam (Universal Newsreel, Feb 1948)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. ’CHUTISTS BATTLE SNOW: PINE CAMP, NY - Dropping out of a sub-zero sky from flying box-cars, 500 seasoned troops of the 82nd Paratrooper Division 'chute down to snow-covered terrain. Guns and supplies are dropped, and it’s a grueling test of human endurance and modern equipment. 2A/B/C/D. FRENCH OPEN BIG DAM: GENISSIAT, FRANCE - A huge new dam across the Rhone River promises power and production for the entire river valley. Industry Production Minister Lacoste presses a button which lowers the spill-gates and the river is tamed. / LABRADOR MERCY MISSION: LABRADOR - Into the frozen wilds of Labrador, 150 miles north of Goose Bay, a ski-plane flies and lands with food and medical supplies for villagers isolated when fire swept the tiny settlement at Nakkovik. / FOUR ARE NOW NINE!: GALVESTON - Birthdays at the Badgett home are four times as exciting as usual, and especially when the Badgett "Quads"—Joan, Jeraldine, Joyce and Jeanette—celebrate their ninth birthday. / LARGE SET OF SETTERS: ENGLAND - Three-year-old "Trixie," an Irish setter, has contributed to Britain's production drive by producing 15 setter pups, cuddly bundles of fur and quite a catering problem to everybody concerned. 3A/B. THE WORLD OF SPORTS — SKI ACE JUMPS 262 FEET: LEAVENWORTH, WA - Arne Ulland, Norse ski-jumping champ, tops a large field of entrants on "Big Hill," with a prodigious leap of 262 feet. Other jumpers top 200 in the spectacular winter tourney. / N'WEST ICEBOAT REGATTA: WILLIAMS BAY, WI - One of winter's fastest thrills, ice-boating, shares the sporting spotlight, as warmly-dressed skippers pilot their speeding craft on Geneva Lake. When an ice-boat skids . . . watch out! (LOCAL – CHICAGO) WORLD’S FINEST FILM EXCHANGE FOR UNIVERSAL.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library