Berlin: Airlift Increased as Russia Vetoes Parley (Universal Newsreel, Oct 1948)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. BERLIN: AIRLIFT INCREASED AS RUSSIA VETOES PARLEY: BERLIN - As Berlin marks 100 days of the blockade, with the airlift speeded up as the answer to the Red blockade, the crisis continues.—In Paris where the United Nations deliberates the crisis, Dr. Jessup states the U.S. position, and a Soviet veto stalls the parley. World peace hangs in the balance. 2A/B. RED STRIKES PERIL FRANCE: ST. ETIENNE - Rioting French miners, incited by Red-controlled unions, imperils France's coal mines and cost the country untold millions. Loyal troops attempt to restore order and protect the mines, and violence flares at several pits. / 40 DIE IN AIRLINER CRASH: PRESTWICK, SCOTLAND - Scattered wreckage is all that remains of a Dutch airliner, which struck high-tension wires and crashed while making a controlled-landing. Forty persons, including several Americans, met a horrible death. 3A/B. THE PIGSKIN PARADE — ARMY CRUSHES CORNELL, 27-6: ITHACA - Sparked by Gil Stephenson, yearling fullback, the West Point grid machine rolls over hitherto-unbeaten Cornell. 35,000 fans see the grinding Cadet attack smash the big Red, 27-6. / MICHIGAN TOPS MINNESOTA, 27-14: MINNEAPOLIS - Out to make it "Number 19," the Wolverines come from behind against the determined Gophers, to win a thriller before 64,000 fans in Memorial Stadium. The thrills come quickly in this classic. (LOCAL – CANADA) “GORGEOUS” IN GRIENT & GROAN FASHION SHOW.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library