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Universal Newsreel · Volume 22, Release 244 · May 2, 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 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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1949-05-02
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