Universal Newsreel Volume 21, Release 164: Local Stories

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The original release sheet reads: 1. CLAY SEES NO WAR OVER BERLIN: WASHINGTON - An optimistic note on the Berlin crisis is sounded by Gen. Lucius Clay, American occupation commander in Germany. Here to discuss strategy with official Washington, Clay sees no war over the Berlin blockade. He flies back to Berlin, to supervise speed-up of the Allied air shuttle. 2. PROGRESSIVES NAME WALLACE: PHILADELPHIA - The city's third political convention in a month brings out the crowds, the demonstrations and the hoopla. This time, the Progressives go through the motions of nominating their leader, Henry Wallace, and also override attempts of minority group to castigate Red foreign policy. 3A/B/C. STARS GREET CONTEST WINNER: LOS ANGELES - Bud Abbott and Lou Costello greet Mrs. Bessie Lawrence of Iowa, who arrives with her husband to personally collect auto, trailer and other prizes. She wrote winning essay on juvenile delinquency. / POPE SEES WAR WOUNDED KIDDIES: VATICAN CITY - Pope Pius XII receives pitiful sufferers of the war. Mutilated children, bearing the scars of war, are special guests of the Pontiff, who blesses them and presents them with medals. / REFUGEES FLEE REDS BY SEA: BOSTON - Twenty-nine Latvian refugees, who fled from the Reds to escape persecution, arrive aboard a small ketch, after a harrowing crossing of the Atlantic. Customs and medical authorities delay their landing on American soil. 4A/B. 180-PASS. PLANE SPANS U.S.: PATUXENT RIVER, MD - A new aerial giant, the 180-passenger Lockheed Constitution, lands here after spanning continent from Moffet Field, Calif., in ten hours plus. The 92-ton craft will undergo exhaustive tests by the Navy. / "SHOOTING STARS" ZOOM!: WASHINGTON - Roaring down low over Andrews Field, Lockheed "Shooting Stars" put on a breath-taking display of aerial power. The noise is deafening as the sleek jets pass over the field, singly and in formation. A new two-seater version takes off with a rocket boost! (LOCAL – MINNEAPOLIS) COLORFUL AQUATENNIAL PARADE. (LOCAL – CANADA) PRETTY GIRLS COMPETE FOR BEAUTY TITLE. (LOCAL – CANADA) VAMPIRE JET PLANES PUT ON SHOW. (LOCAL – CANADA) COASTAL SHIP GOES AGROUND.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library