Universal Newsreel Volume 22, Release 219 Part LOCAL(CAN)

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The original release sheet reads: 1. U.S. HAILS FRENCH GIFT TRAIN: NEW YORK - The French freighter “Magellen,” with "Merci America" painted on her sides brings the 49-car Gratitude Train, sent by the people of France. A colorful salute awaits the ship, and a gala parade is held up Broadway, as city and government officials welcome the gift train. 2. MARCH OF DIMES STYLE SHOW: NEW YORK - Dame Fashion goes all out for charity, as the 1949 March of Dimes Fashion show is presented to an enthusiastic audience at the Waldorf. Stage and screen personalities, including Irene Rich and Bea Lillie, lend their talents to help swell the polio fund. 3A/B/C. SOVIET TROOPS QUIT KOREA: KOREA - Rare films from Red-dominated northern Korea, where Russian troops are shown marching through the streets ostensibly on their way home. Huge throngs look on, as the world ponders this new move in communist world politics. / NEW SONIC PLANE TESTED: MUROC, CA - The Air Force's new research craft, the X-4, goes up for its first flight tests. Northrop pilot Charles Tucker flies the sweptwing, semi-tailless plane powered by gas turbine engines. The X-4 will provide vital subsonic data. / SNOWMOBILE IN ARCTIC DEBUT: NORTHERN MANITOBA - Here's a mechanical answer to an Arctic prayer—a snowmobile that can go anywhere, on ice or snow, at a mile-a-minute clip. Half auto and half tractor, the vehicle cuts down the time of the old-fashioned dog-teams. 4A/B. SPORTING HIGHLIGHTS — SPANISH FLY-WEIGHTS MIX IT: BARCELONA - Luis Romero, Spain's featherweight champ, goes down to defeat before the trying fists of the challenger, Luis de Santiago, as thousands whoop it up at ringside. In the tenth, Romero is tagged by a sharp right, and de Santiago is the new champ. / NEW U.S. SKI-JUMP RECORD: SNOQUALMIE PASS, WA - A new American jumping record is set by Sverre Kongsgaard of Norway—290 feet on Olympian Hill. Kongsgaard's leap, greatest outside Europe, takes place during spectacular meet. The slow motion camera shows thrilling moments as the slat-men fly through the air. (LOCAL – DALLAS) TEXAS HOLDS CITRUS FIESTA. (LOCAL – CANADA) SNOWSHOERS RACE MEET.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library