Truman Sees Israel President (Universal Newsreel, May 1948)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. MARSHALL APPEALS FOR U.N. CHILDREN: NEW YORK - Helping needy children abroad is both a humanitarian gesture and also in our national self-interest, State Secretary George C. Marshall tells huge throng during "Crusade" rally at Madison Square Garden. 2A/B/C. TRUMAN SEES ISRAEL PRESIDENT: WASHINGTON - Pres. Truman greets Chaim Weizmann, leader of the new Jewish State in Palestine, and receives from him a "Torah," or sacred scroll. The Israel President, hoping for lifting of arms embargo, later sails from New York on first leg of journey to the Holy Land. / SHEEP CROSS COULEE DAM: WASHINGTON - In a unique pastoral scene, more than 2,500 sheep cross gigantic Coulee Dam on their way to Summer pastures. The flow of the dam is at its peak, providing spectacular back-drop for the crossing. / OIL WELL GOES ON RAMPAGE: LEDUC, ALBERTA - The entire Leduc oil field is ordered closed, as one of the wells goes on a rampage. Millions of cubic feet of gas and oil escape from well, bubbling up to the surface like some eerie volcanic lake. 3. GOOFY HAIR STYLES SHOWN: HOLLYWOOD - Hollywood hair stylists come up with some amazing hair-do's to highlight their convention. Bird cage with live bird! G.O.P. and Democratic coiffures, and an array of assorted and fantastic novelties to make Milady dizzy. 4A/B. SPORTING HIGHLIGHTS — SOLONS IN BASEBALL SLUGFEST: WASHINGTON - Congressmen slug it out, not over political issues but over baseball! The Republicans versus the Democrats--six innings of good fun, with the Demos winning 23-14. Five-thousand witness colorful Griffith Stadium classic. / BRITISH SOCCER CHAMPS WIN: NEW YORK - Soccer at its thrilling best is seen at Triboro Stadium, where members of touted Liverpool team, here on goodwill visit, decisively defeat the Metropolitan All-Stars, 5-1, in a downpour of rain. (LOCAL – CANADA) KING’S PLATE RACE WON BY LAST MARK.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library