Efforts Fail to Save Tot in Well (Universal Newsreel, Apr 1949)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. EFFORTS FAIL TO SAVE TOT IN WELL: SAN MARINO, CA - Superhuman engineering operations are undertaken to save Kathy Fiscus, entombed 95 feet below ground in an abandoned artesian well. Men risk their lives, but Kathy is found dead after 54 hours. 2. CORINTH CANAL RE-OPENED: GREECE - The historic canal that cuts through the Corinth Peninsula was destroyed during the German retreat. The King and Queen join in festivities which mark the re-opening of the canal restored by U.S. engineers and Marshall Plan funds. 3A/B/C. U.S. ENVOY TO ISRAEL: TEL AVIV - James MacDonald, America's first Ambassador to the New State of Israel, presents his credentials to President Chaim Weizmann. / SPANISH VICTORY PARADE: MADRID - With a display of armed might, Spain celebrates the tenth anniversary of Nationalist victory in the civil war. / GENERAL IKE COORDINATES: KEY WEST - General Eisenhower becomes President Truman's trouble shooter as he gathers chiefs of staff of the armed services, to iron out internal problems. 4A/B/C. BABY SWIMMERS: LOS ANGELES - They range from eleven weeks old to an aged two years, but they make like porpoises with a built-in dog paddle. / MOTORBIKE MANIACS: FRANCE - In la belle France, these saddle jockeys call it sport, but this roller coaster derby looks like a prelude to murder. / MIDGET MAULERS: ANNAPOLIS - Scions of navy families, out of diapers a short time ago, slug it out in one of the flea-weight thrills of the year. (LOCAL – CANADA) 1ST SEALER IN WITH 15,000 WHITECOATS.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library