West Pointers Get Paratroop Briefing (Universal Newsreel, Jun 1949)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. WEST POINTERS GET PARATROOP BRIEFING: FORT BRAGG - Crack paratroopers stage a mass jump for the future officers, and also present an impressive spectacle of preparedness. 2A/B/C. DROUGHT PERILS VEGETABLE CROP: LONG ISLAND - Thirty rainless days in New York's metropolitan area, drives farmers to desperate measures and threatens to ruin the spring crops. / 43 ESCAPE DEATH IN PLANE CRASH: MEMPHIS - Skillful handling brings an airliner down safely in a crash landing which ends with a collision with a tree. / MASS PRODUCTION POULTRY: GERMANY - Six thousand chickens and ducks roll out of the incubators at Lemfoerde, and it takes twenty tons of food a day to feed them. 3A/B/C. HEAVY CHAMP CROWNED: CHICAGO - Ezzard Charles wears the heavyweight title, with reservations after his defeat of Jersey Joe Walcott. He still has to be recognized in New York state and England. / MOTORCYCLE MARATHON: ISLE OF MAN - Can you imagine anybody riding a motorcycle for 264 miles in a race. Well they do it on the Isle of Man with some unexpected results. / WIMBLEDON TENNIS: ENGLAND - Gardner Mulloy and Ted Schroeder put on five set sizzler that has the fans on their feet. After trailing two sets, Schroeder turns on the steam and wins. (LOCAL – CANADA) TORONTO CLEARS SLUMS. (LOCAL – CANADA) BLOSSOM QUEEN IS CROWNED.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library