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Universal Newsreel · Volume 22, Release 309 · December 15, 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 309: Local Stories

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The original release sheet reads: 1. ATOMIST SAYS WEST CAN STOP RED TIDE: WASHINGTON - Dr. Harold Urey, one of the foremost atomic bomb scientists says that only firmness and the Western Union can halt Red aggression. 2A/B/C/D. 4 DIE, 19 HURT IN PLANE CRASH: WASHINGTON - The Potomac River claims another victim as a Memphis to Washington flight gropes its way through the fog and loses the radar landing beam. / JACKIE ROBINSON GETS CARVER AWARD: NEW YORK - Jackie Robinson, the Dodger star second baseman receives the George Washington Carver award for his work in furthering better race relations. / CHRISTMAS CHEER GOES TO OUTPOSTS: LABRADOR - The men who man our weather outposts in the frozen north are not forgotten at Christmas. An army transport drops their Yuletide cheer at widely scattered points. / KID ACROBATS: CALIFORNIA - From two to twelve, they give a vivid demonstration of how to fall gracefully and painlessly in a series of exhibitions that would tax the man on the flying trapeze. 3. NEW YEARS GREETINGS IN MANY LANGUAGES: WASHINGTON - Children of Washington's embassies give their greetings to children all over the world, in their yearly ceremony. (LOCAL – CANADA) FUR BEAVERS ON DISPLAY.

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MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

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Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library

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