Earthquake Aftermath (Universal Newsreel, Aug 1949)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH: ECUADOR - Two weeks after! Scenes of death and destruction in quake-ravaged towns high in the Andes. Rescue teams bring out the dead and injured, as planes drop food by parachute and fly in much-needed supplies. 2A/B/C/D. FILM STAR "ELECTED" MAYOR: TOLUCA LAKE, CA - Lovely Ann Blyth of Hollywood goes in for local politics. With an assist from Mayor Bowron of L.S., Miss Blyth is made an honorary mayor. / CLARK, McGRATH SWORN IN: WASHINGTON - A big day in the nation's Capital! Chief Justice Vinson administers the oath to our new Justice, Tom Clark. Then Senator McGrath is sworn in as Attorney General, and is succeeded as party chairman by William Boyle of Kansas City. / BEAUTY QUEENS LET DOWN HAIR!: PALISADES PARK, NJ - In a new approach to this business of picking a queen, pretty girls show only their faces and hair-dos to the judges. But our cameraman goes behind the scenes! / DEATH ON THE DIRT TRACK: SILERSTONE, ENGLAND - A driver is killed during the International Trophy race, as horrified thousands look on. But the race goes on, and the Italian Ascari flashes home first to cop the coveted cup. 3. GLAMOR ON GAY WHITE WAY: NEW YORK - The world premiere of "Sword In The Desert," at Broadway's Criterion Theatre, finds celebrities and Mr. Public mingling for the gala opening. The film's star Marta Toren, receives a scroll from Yvonne DeCarlo. 4. FRENCH FOREST FIRES: FRANCE - First films of the devastating woodland fires that swept across thousands of acres of rich timberland near Bordeaux. Eighty lost their lives before the holocaust was finally brought under control. Hundreds of homes were razed. (LOCAL – CANADA) ENGLAND WINS INTERNATIONAL DINGHY RACE.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library