Coal Miner-Ettes "Shine" (Universal Newsreel, Nov 1948)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. MICH. STATE 46, OREGON STATE 21: CORVALLIS, OR - The visiting Midwesterners ride roughshod over the host eleven, and it's a free-scoring battle chock full of grid thrills and excitement. Here's football the way you fans like it. 2A/B/C/D. COAL MINER-ETTES "SHINE" : ENGLAND - Here's a "screen" career with a difference. Twenty-two English lassies help screen the output of two coal mines. After work, there's a bigger job removing the dust and grime. / GREECE HAILS WAR HEROES: ATHENS - Commemorating the heroic fight against the Axis, Greece celebrates the anniversary with a stirring parade of its armed might. King Paul reviews the marching troops. / "QUEEN MARY" OVERHAULED: ENGLAND - Britain's great luxury liner gets her "face lifted" in dry dock at Southampton, and it’s a spectacular sight to see the huge vessel out of water for the gigantic task. / FIGHTING IN PALESTINE: PALESTINE - Scenes of bitter fighting along the Negeb front, where Israeli troops defeat Egyptian forces which had attacked Jewish food convoys. Hundreds of prisoners are captured. 3. TRUMAN WINS! / PRESIDENT RE-ELECTED AS DEMOCRATS WIN MAJORITIES IN HOUSE & SENATE: U.S.A. - In a startling upset, Pres. Harry S. Truman wins re-election. Highlights of the dramatic vote which saw Gov. Dewey go down to defeat after predictions made him a sure favorite. Pres. Truman also wins majorities in both the House and Senate, as the Republicans are snowed under all across the nation. Scenes of the major candidates at the polls, and Mr. Truman's stirring plea for national unity. (LOCAL – CANADA) PREMIER KING ATTENDS U.N. PARIS PARLEY.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library