Pope Warns of Red Menace as Easter Is Celebrated (Universal Newsreel, Mar 1948)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1/1A/B/C. POPE WARNS OF RED MENACE AS EASTER IS CELEBRATED: VATICAN CITY - Pope Pius XII appears before 150,000 in dramatic personal appeal for Italy to shun communism as Easter is celebrated in most parts of the world. / NEW YORK - Following traditional services in the churches, gala Easter throngs parade on Fifth Avenue. Despite chilly weather, the hats are outstanding. / GLENDALE, CA - Easter Sunrise Services draw thousands to spectacular ceremony of devotion and peace at Forest Lawn Park. / HYATTSVILLE, MD -Thousands of happy youngsters take part in an Easter Egg hunt, with 3,000 eggs keeping them busily engaged. 2A/B/C. U.S. OUSTS EISLER: NEW YORK - Dr. Hans Eisler, composer and brother of avowed communist Gerhardt Eisler, leaves by plane for London. Facing deportation proceedings, Eisler decided to leave voluntarily. / LIFT STUNT MAN BY HAIR: MEMPHIS, TN - The goofy season is on, with Eddie Polo, movie stunt man, being lifted seven stories by his hair. He sells charity benefit tickets, and drinks milk, on way up. It's hair-raising. / 24 DEAD IN TORNADO: COATESVILLE, IN - One of hardest hit in west-central Indiana, this town of 350 persons counts 13 dead and scores injured in wake of twister that leveled homes, toppled trains and scattered autos. 3. NAVY'S "ROCKET TOWN": INYOKERN, CA - A desert Naval Rocket Research Station comprises 1,000 acres and 12,000 persons, and has turned sagebrush country into busy testing area for latest-type weapons. Scientists develop new fuels and missiles for atom-age warfare. (TRAILER) CANCER TRAILER WITH BING CROSBY. (LOCAL – CANADA) STANLEY CUP. (LOCAL – CANADA) ICE GAMMED RIVERS CAUSE FLOOD HAVOC.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library