Universal Newsreel Volume 22, Release 270: Local Stories

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1A/B/C. CLARK NAMED TO SUPREME COURT: WASHINGTON - President Truman names Attorney General Tom Clark to the United States Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by the late Justice Frank Murphy. / MACGRATH CHOSEN NEW U.S. ATTORNEY: WASHINGTON - J. Howard MacGrath is chosen by the president to succeed Tom Clark as head of the Justice Department—the Attorney General. / BIG BRASS OFF FOR EUROPE: WASHINGTON - Admiral Denfeld, Generals Omar Bradley and Hoyt Vanedenberg leave for Europe to confer on arms needs and the defense of Western Europe. 2A/B/C. VIKINGS LIVE AGAIN: ENGLAND - On the fifteen hundredth anniversary of the first Viking invasion of Britain, the Hugin, manned by twentieth century Norsemen receives a tumultuous welcome after a voyage from Denmark. / NOW SHE CAN BE TALLER: NEW YORK - The nation's timber topping lovelies gather in the stratosphere and Helen Lukacs' lovely six feet soar to victory. / RAIN TO ORDER: SASKATCHEWAN - The meteorologists didn't believe Donald Johnson when he broke out his Universcope, to make rain. He had an umbrella and they didn't. He had the last laugh. 3A/B. CALMS AND SQUALLS: HOLLAND - When Dutch sailormen take their craft for a race, the weather plays tricks. A squall leaves many of them capsized and the rest almost becalmed. / PONDER DOES IT AGAIN: CHICAGO - Ponder comes from way behind in the Arlington classic to win and pay his backers a pleasant 2 to 1. (LOCAL – CANADA) LAURENTIOUS FASHION SHOW.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library