Earthquake Shakes Pacific No. West (Universal Newsreel, Apr 1949)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. EARTHQUAKE SHAKES PACIFIC NO. WEST - Without warning, one of the most severe earthquakes of recent years strikes the teeming cities of the Pacific North West. Seven are killed in the brief two minute quake, while property damage mounts to over $20,000,000. 2A/B/C. TWO STRIKES ON DIMAGGIO - The baseball world is shaken as "The Yankee Clipper" is side-lined by a recurrence of his heel injury. His future playing days are in jeopardy, and all fans anxiously await the return of this true "King of the Diamond." / THE FALLAS OF VALENCIA: VALENCIA, SPAIN - All year long, the workshops of Valencia are busy constructing effigys, which are ceremoniously burned on St. Joseph's Day. Popular and political figures are burlesqued, finally to be consumed in flames. A spectacular fireworks demonstration closes the fete. / CANADIAN ICE SPECTACLE: MONTREAL - The Montreal Ice Carnival is replete with thrills as Indian dances, and football games are staged. But the crowning climax is the appearance of Barbara Ann Scott and her masterful exhibition on the flashing blades. 3. CARE - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. makes an effective and dramatic appeal for the support of CARE–whose activities may mean life or death to hundreds of thousands of unfortunates in other lands. (LOCAL – CANADA) CANADIAN SHIP NEWS (NEW SHIP).

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library