Universal Newsreel Volume 22, Release 220 Part LOCAL(CAN)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. CARDINAL MINDSZENTY FACES DEATH PENALTY - The world stands aghast as the death sentence is asked in a Communist court for Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty, primate of the Catholic church in Hungary. In New York, Cardinal Spellman denounces the mock treason trial as a blow against civilization. 2. NAVY'S AIR GIANT SPANS CONTINENT WITH 90 ABOARD - The navy commissions its 92-ton transport after which it carries 90 persons non- stop across continent in nine and one half hours—the largest payload in history. 3. THOUSANDS FLEE NANKING: NANKING - The Chinese Nationalist capital becomes a ghost city as the government and thousands of citizens use every means of transportation to evacuate the city. Reds massed across the river threaten to take over hourly. 4A/B. THANK YOU TRAIN AT CAPITAL: WASHINGTON - France's train of gratitude brings with it a torch kindled from the eternal flame at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris. It is presented to the Commander of the American Legion at the tomb of America's Unknown Soldier. / JOE ENDS HOLD OUT N.Y.C. - Owner Dan Topping and Joe DiMaggio are all smiles as Joe signs Yankee diamond contract for reputed $100,000. 5A/B. ICE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS: NEWBURGH, NY - The Mid-Atlantic titles are at stake, as skaters from midget size to the men's classes show speed and spills. One winner takes the event by a nose literally on his nose. / RODEO ROUGH STUFF: PALM SPRINGS - Anything can happen when broncs, brahma bulls and busters tangle, and in this case it does with a vengeance. The bulls and broncs get all the vengeance and the busters get tangled. (LOCAL – CANADA) ST. MAURICE SKI MEET.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library