Pickets Protest Leftist Parley (Universal Newsreel, Mar 1949)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. PICKETS PROTEST LEFTIST PARLEY: NEW YORK - New York's swank Park Avenue becomes a battleground in the cold war, as hundreds of pickets oppose the Cultural and Scientific conference for World Peace. 2A/B/C. GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY: NEW YORK - In colorful costumes, Greeks, joined by city officials parade Fifth avenue in celebration of the one hundred and twenty eighth anniversary of their independence. / TORNADOES KILL 29 - A series of twisters rip through the south and southwest, leaving 29 dead and hundreds injured. England, Arkansas is virtually levelled. / ARGENTINA GETS NEW CONSTITUTION: BUENOS AIRES - It's a gala occasion in the capital as Argentina's new constitution is adapted. A display of military might parades before President Peron. 3. ACADEMY AWARDS: LOS ANGELES - Filmdom's great gather to hear Sir Lawrence Olivier awarded the Oscar for his performance in Hamlet—an Arthur Rank production, released by Universal-International. Hamlet, itself was voted the best picture of the year. 4. GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE: ENGLAND - Russian Hero romps home, the winner in the hundred and third running of the Grand National and pays his backers sixty-six to one. (LOCAL – CANADA) $1,000,000 FIRE SWEEPS MINING TOWN. (LOCAL – CANADA) EASTER SEAL DRIVE ON FOR POLIO VICTIMS.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library