5,000 Riot in London (Universal Newsreel, Mar 1949)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. 5,000 RIOT IN LONDON: LONDON - Fascists of Sir Oswald Mosley's group, and Communists clash and seven police are injured as they arrest 37 Red sympathizers. 2. 'PEACE' CONFERENCE AROUSES CRITICISM: NEW YORK - As delegates from Russia, Czecho-Slovakia and Poland arrive for the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace, U.S. sentiment attacks it as a Red sounding board for propaganda. 3A/B/C. CHINESE TROOPS TRAIN U.S. FASHION: FORMOSA - Ex GI's will remember their basic training, as they watch this. The machine gun bullets are fired 24 inches over the trainee’s heads. / TWO CELEBRITIES FROM ENGLAND: NEW YORK - The Queen Elizabeth brings Winston Churchill and his family for a visit, and J. Arthur Rank, motion picture magnate, on a business trip. / THE GREEKS HAVE A WORD FOR IT: ATHENS - In the shadow of the Acropolis, the famed Greek Evzones put on one of their centuries old dances for the benefit of visiting American soldier, sailors and marines. 4A/B. AN ANCIENT HORSE SHOW: VERONA - Shakespeare didn't write about all the gentlemen from Verona. More than billion lire change hands as horse-trading—that universal past time, reaches new peaks as thoroughbreds go on the block. / BIKE OBSTACLE RACE: SPAIN - Rain, sand and a few other minor obstacles don't deter these cyclists who carry the bike when it won't bike. Ten miles of rugged going. (LOCAL – NEW YORK) SPELLMAN APPEAL. (LOCAL – CANADA) TROOPS HOLD JACK FROST MANEUVERS. (LOCAL – CANADA) PARATROOPS HIT THE SILK.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library