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Universal Newsreel · Volume 22, Release 241 · April 21, 1949 · Local stories

This clip holds the release's local and regional stories, made for particular cities or for Canada. The release sheet lists them but doesn't say which clip each one is in.

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Universal Newsreel Volume 22, Release 241: Local Stories

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The original release sheet reads: 1. UKRAINE REFUGEES RIOT AGAINST REDS: MUNICH - Ten thousand displaced persons clash with Communists and are only dispersed after American military police use tear gas on the factions. 2. TEXAS CITY RE-BUILDS: TEXAS CITY - Two years after explosions and fire virtually razed the city, killing 570, Texas City rises from the ashes with new buildings and undaunted courage. 3. PRESIDENT SPURS U.S. BOND DRIVE: WASHINGTON - The President appeals to all Americans to support the Savings Bond Drive as an investment in their country. 4. EGYPTIAN EXPOSITION: CAIRO - King Farouk inspects the first exposition since the war, and views the streamlined progress along the banks of the Nile. 5A/B. AERIAL HOT RODS: NEWHALL, CA - Pilots go in for a new hobby–the aerial hot-rod. The tiny planes, built by their owners, can do 200 miles an hour and some of their feats a few feet off the ground are hair-raising. / ROLLER DERBY: NEW YORK - Mayhem on skates has its dizzy whirl with boys and girls in their fighting it out with almost no holds barred. (LOCAL – CANADA) ST. LAURENT PAYS VISIT TO WEST COAST.

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MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

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Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library

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