64 Die in Submarine (Universal Newsreel, Jan 1950)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. 64 DIE IN SUBMARINE: ENGLAND - Sixty-four men die and 15 escape as the British submarine Truculent is rammed and sunk by a Swedish in the Thames estuary. 2. MARCH OF DIMES CAMPAIGN OPENS - President Truman makes it official as he receives Wanda Wiley to launch the drive for desperately needed funds to combat polio. In New York, Basil O'Connor, President of the National Foundation opens a rally. 3. AIR SHOW THRILLS: MIAMI - Mighty midgets take the spotlight at All-American Air Maneuvers. A baby jet plane makes its bow and Bat men terrify the spectators with their dizzy plunges. 4A/B/C. SPORT CAR RACES: PALM BEACH, FL - Cars made of stock parts roar over a hundred mile track with speeds up to 100 miles an hour. Despite hair-raising skids, they all end right side up. / ICE-BOATING: WILLIAMS BAY, WI - With Old Man Winter in full command the ice boaters skim over the ice at sixty miles an hour. It's excitement plus. / LEAPING SKIS: OX RIVER GROVE, IL - The pick of the nation's jumpers converge for the annual mid-winter tourney. A visiting Norwegian Hans Bornstad walks away with the honors on a tricky hill. (LOCAL – CANADA) CANADA SEEKS TO AMEND ITS CONSTITUTION. (LOCAL – CANADA) CHINCHILLA SHOW HELD AT MONTREAL.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library