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Universal Newsreel Volume 22, Release 244: Local Stories
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The original release sheet reads: 1. AMERICANS FLEE SHANGHAI TRAP: SHANGHAI - Americans by the hundreds evacuate the city as Red armies virtually hammer at the gates. Tragic partings are the order of the day. 2. MAY DAY IS LOYALTY DAY: NEW YORK - One hundred thousand parade down Fifth Avenue and join in religious services at the Polo Grounds to protest Communist influence, throughout the world. 3A/B/C. TWISTS AND TURNS: CHICAGO - The top gymnasts of the country's colleges demonstrate what co-ordination and muscular control can do when it starts somersaulting. / SOCCER FINALS: LONDON - A wildly cheering crowd of British see Wolverhampton and Leicester square off for the cup finals. With Princess Elizabeth cheering, the Wolverhampton team wins 3 to 1. / AQUA-MANIACS: CYPRESS GARDENS, FL - They are well named. Well anyway, they do things on water skis that are not in the book. One pessimist even carries an umbrella. (LOCAL – KANSAS CITY) BOVINE BEAUTY IN BLACK & WHITE. (LOCAL – WASHINGTON D.C.) QUEEN OF THE BLOSSOMS. (LOCAL – CANADA) LESLIE FROST NEW OTTAWA PREMIER.
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MCA/Universal Pictures Collection
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Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library
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