British Here for Dollar Talks (Universal Newsreel, Sep 1949)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. BRITISH HERE FOR DOLLAR TALKS: NEW YORK and WASHINGTON - Seeking a solution to Britain's grave monetary crisis, Ernest Bevin and Sir Stafford Cripps arrive on the Mauretania. Then go to Washington to meet with U.S. and Canadian finance chiefs on ways of settling the crisis. 2A/B/C/D. MODERN "MOBY DICK" SAGA: OFF AFRICAN COAST - "Whale Ho!" is the cry as modern "Moby Dicks" manning harpoon guns, stalk the mighty mammoths of the deep, and reap a rich harvest in blubber. / BEAUTY QUEENS ASSEMBLE: ATLANTIC CITY - Forty-two beauties from Hawaii, Canada, and most of the 48 states parade on the boardwalk as the 1949 Miss America contest gets underway. They all look like winners from here. / SPECTACULAR 4-ALARM FIRE: PHILADELPHIA - Spectacular scenes of disastrous blaze in vacant 7-story building that spreads and threatens several city blocks. The walls of the structure collapse, showering bricks and embers in streets. / "SHIRLEY MAY" FORCED TO QUIT: FRANCE - Shirley May France, 17-year-old American schoolgirl, who hoped to beat Gertrude Ederle's record swimming the English Channel, is forced to quit by her father six miles from her goal. 3. THE BATTLE OF PEEKSKILL: PEEKSKILL, NY - Forty-eight persons are injured as anti-communists and Red sympathizers clash following a concert by the Negro singer, Paul Robeson. Only the presence of 900 police prevents worse violence, but many cars and buses are stoned. (LOCAL – INDIANAPOLIS) LABOR DAY PARADE. (LOCAL – CANADA) EXHIBITION SWIM BUCKS ICY WATERS.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library