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Universal Newsreel · Volume 22, Release 260 · June 27, 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 260: Local Stories

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The original release sheet reads: 1A/B. AVIATION STRIDES - The Paraplane makes its bow. It gets off in 200 feet and lands in the same and / one of the army giants, the B-50 gets a new pair of shoes, the tractor tread landing gear that takes care of rough terrain. 2A/B/C. MAN-MADE LIGHTNING: PITTSFIELD, MA - Fifteen million volts of man-made lightning detonates in the laboratories of the General Electric Company, in tests designed to protect the home and power companies. / MISS ATLANTIC CITY: ATLANTIC CITY - She'll act as hostess to the beauties of the nation--and very pretty choice she is—Miss Terry Gualtieri. / CHINATOWN'S BABY PARADE: NEW YORK - Shavey Lee, Chinatown's Mayor passes out awards to the cutest bunch of Oriental bundles of joy you'll ever see. 3A/B. MARBLE CHAMPS: ASBURY PARK, NJ - The gals muscle in on this boy's sport, as Emma Miller wins in the female division and George Wents cops it in the mere male's competition. / RIGGS WINS PRO TENNIS TITLE: FOREST HILLS - Bobby Riggs takes the professional tennis title for the third straight year, winning from Don Budge in a scintillating match. (LOCAL – CANADA) CANADIAN OPEN GOLF.

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MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

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Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library

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