Universal Newsreel Volume 22, Release 261: Local Stories

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. MINE SINKS CHANNEL BOAT - Scarcely three miles out of Dunkirk, a Belgian steamer strikes a derelict mine and sinks. Heroic rescue efforts save the 415 passengers aboard. 2. LANDSLIDE RETURNS LIBERALS IN CANADA - Prime Minister Saint Laurent and party ride to victory with 193 seats in Parliament. The Dominion speaks emphatically. 3A/B/C/D/E. COUNTERFEITERS NABBED: WASHINGTON - Five persons are rounded up accused of making more than $100,000 in bogus bills, within three blocks of the U.S. treasury. / ROYALTY VISITS THE ISLANDS - Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip get a royal welcome as they tour the Channel Islands of Alderney and Guensey. / FIESTA OF TOWERS: NOLA, ITALY - In a pageant that is centuries old, ninety foot towers are carried through the streets on the shoulders of eighty men each, a tribute to Saint Paolino. / BALLOON JUMPING: LONG ISLAND - Bob Deindorfer gets tired of the earth, so he fills fifteen balloons with helium and takes off giving gravity an awful beating. / COPS ARE HOSTS: CONEY ISLAND - New York's finest, headed by Commissioner O'Brien give 7,500 orphans the time of their lives at Steeplechase park. All for free and all fun. 4. WATER SKIING: SEATTLE, WA - The water ski season is on again and the devotees are more spectacular than ever, on one ski two skis or no skis. (LOCAL – CANADA) LAND SLIDE ST. LAURENT RETURNED TO POWER IN CANADA. (LOCAL – CANADA) GROUND BREAKING NEW WING DEDICATED ST. JOHN’S HOSPITAL.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library