Anti-Truman Ticket Named (Universal Newsreel, Jul 1948)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. ANTI-TRUMAN TICKET NAMED: BIRMINGHAM - Revolting against the civil rights plank of the Truman-Barkley ticket, angry Dixie Democrats hold own convention. Gov. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina and Gov. Fielding Wright of Mississippi will head the States Right party ticket. 2. HERO'S BURIAL FOR GEN. PERSHING: WASHINGTON - Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of the AEF in World War I, is given a hero's burial at Arlington National Cemetery. The nation mourns the great war-time leader, whose passing at 87 ended a great career. The impressive funeral procession is witnessed by thousands on route from the Capitol. 3A/B. MEDIATOR RETURNS TO ZION: NEW YORK - A new truce in Palestine accomplished, U.N. Mediator Count Bernadotte leaves by plane for Rhodes, where he will attempt a final settlement of the Arab-Jewish war. Security Council threat of sanctions speeded new truce. / WORLD'S LARGEST BLAST: BRISTOL, VA - The world's largest commercial blast, of more than 420 tons of explosives, sends a gigantic cascade of rock crashing into the valley near South Holston Dam. You'll be thrilled as huge blast lifts entire top of mountain! 4A/B. THE WORLD OF SPORTS — "DUMMY" SCORES TOUCHDOWN: VENTURA, CA - Helping the L. A. "Dons" get in shape for the grid season is an amazing mechanical gadget which provides the squad with a moving tackling dummy and helps them sweat off those extra pounds. / SPECTACULAR AIR SHOW: CHATTANOOGA - The sky's the limit at the All-Dixie Air Show, a swift-moving pageant of aerial stunts and death-defying action over the field. Seventy thousand spectators get their chill's worth watching the spectacular air carnival. (LOCAL – CANADA) DIRT TRACK AUTO RACES.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library