29 Dead in L.I. Rail Crash (Universal Newsreel, Feb 1950)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. 29 DEAD IN L.I. RAIL CRASH: NEW YORK - Scenes of death and terror in wake of worst railroad disaster in city's history. Twenty-nine are dead and hundreds injured as two Long Island Railroad commuter trains crash head-on at night. The two front cars of the train are sheared in half by the impact. 2A/B/C/D. JACKSON DAY DINNER: WASHINGTON - Paying $100 a plate, thousands of staunch Democrats gather to eat, to listen, and to pay homage to President Andrew Jackson. President Truman, Vice-President Barkley, address the diners. / CARDINAL LEADS PILGRIMAGE: NEW YORK - Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York leads 515 Americans on a pilgrimage to Holy Year at Rome. The group sails on the S.S. Atlantic, after a noisy and hostling farewell. / HAITI BICENTENNIAL: PORT AU PRINCE - Haiti, one of the oldest democracies in the Americas, opens the International Section of her Bicentennial Exposition, celebrating the 200th year of the founding of Port Au Prince. / TIMES SQUARE "BROWNS OUT": NEW YORK - Because of the heightening coal crisis, New York's "Gay White Way" assumes a war-time appearance. The bright signs are turned off and Times Square is in the dark again. 3A/B. THE SPORTING PARADE – SANTA ANITA DERBY: ARCADIA, CA - (Exclusive) 48,000 racing fans are on hand for sporting thrills, when the favored Your Host romps home first in the rich Derby. / DOWNHILL SKI THRILLS: ASPEN, CO - Zeno Colo of Italy flashes home first to cop world title, during spectacular downhill meet marred by several spills. (LOCAL – CANADA) CHARRO DAYS. (LOCAL – CANADA) PARLIAMENT OPENED BY GOV. GEN.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library