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: "Cinderella" Weds Oil Heir
- Stories 2, 4: Ice & Flood Menace West
- Story 2: Ice & Flood Menace West
- Story 4: Olympic Round-Up
Universal Newsreel Volume 21, Release 118: Local Stories
Description
The original release sheet reads: 1. "CINDERELLA" WEDS OIL HEIR: PALM BEACH - Eva Sears, the pretty divorcee who leaves her Third Avenue flat and moves to a Park Avenue penthouse, marries her "Prince Charming," Winthrop Rockefeller, at palatial Guest mansion. 2A/B. ICE & FLOOD MENACE WEST: KENTUCKY - Turbulent flood waters and ice-choked rivers take their toll in eight states. Scores are dead and thousands homeless as thaws break up the ice and send it crashing with terrific force downstream. / CANADA REFINERY BURNS: TORONTO, ONT. - Firemen battle a half-million-dollar refinery blaze which rages with spectacular fury through the night. Next day, thick ice hampers the fight and covers everything, wreckage and equipment. 3. DEWEY URGES PLAN FOR PEACE: BOSTON - Speaking at Lincoln Day dinner, Gov. Thomas Dewey of New York urges a stronger U.S. foreign policy and attacks the Truman administration for what he terms "do-nothing" policies which lead to war. 4. OLYMPIC ROUND-UP: ST. MORITZ - Ice hockey and figure skating share the spotlight as the 1948 Olympic Games draw to a close in the Swiss Alps. The Belgian boy-and-girl skating team win new laurels, while the Canadian hockey team triumphs over Switzerland. (LOCAL – CANADA) GOVERNOR OPENS ART EXHIBIT. (LOCAL – CANADA) CANADIANS DECORATED. (LOCAL – CANADA) CARNIVAL AT STE. AGATHE.
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MCA/Universal Pictures Collection
Series
Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library