Universal Newsreel Volume 22, Release 232 Part LOCAL(2-CAN)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. CRADLE OF ATOM OPEN TO PUBLIC: OAK RIDGE - With ceremonies attended by Vice-President Barkley, atomic commission officials and movie stars, the super-secret home of the atom bomb, is visited by twenty-five thousand enthusiastic citizens. 2. TEXAS GETS SWANK HOTEL: HOUSTON - With a parade of Movie stars Glen MacCarthy fabulous Texas multi-millionaire, opens his $20,000,000 Shamrock hotel. It's a remarkable occasion, even for Texas. 3A/B. PRES. TRUMAN WINS 'OSCAR': WASHINGTON - While the real occasion is the Press Photographer's award for the best news picture of the year, the president gets in the act with an award for the best acting—his mimicry of a radio commentator. / THAT ROCKET DIDN'T ROCKET: CHICAGO - Jene Maynor has an idea for a new rocket fuel—nitric acid and alcohol. But in a test the rocket motor just made a racket. 4A/B. PUT-PUTS IN THE MUD: SEATTLE - Nobody knows why they do it, but 16 motorcycle happy charioteers slither through the mud holes to prove it can be done—if they finish. / HAIR-RAISING FINALS: NEW YORK - With San Francisco and Loyola fighting it out for the Twelfth Invitational College Basketball title, San Francisco cops the bacon with one slim point and wins 48-47 in the last few minutes of play. (LOCAL – CANADA) STEINHARDT HONORS RCAF MERCY FLIERS. (LOCAL – CANADA) DYKES BUILT TO PROTECT FLOOD AREAS.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library