Universal Newsreel Volume 23, Release 376: Local Stories

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. NEW ARMS FOR KOREAN BATTLE - The Marine supply base at Barstow, California springs to life as World War Two tanks and guns are reconditioned and sped to port of embarkation, while UN troops launch counter attacks and stall the Red advance. 2A/B/C/D/E. JUMBO ON WHEELS - He's all rigged up with wheels and sprockets. He looks like an elephant acts like an elephant but he's mechanical and the English kids love him. / JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES: NEW YORK - Seventy-five thousand of the sect's followers gather for a giant meeting and a wholesale baptism follows. / 52 HURT IN TRAIN CRASH: NEW YORK - Fifty-two commuters were hurt and 200 were shaken up as a Long Island passenger train crashed into the rear of a freight. / WINTER CHAPEAUX: PARIS - The Rue de la Paix again comes through with some startling creations for milady, and startling is just the word. / HALF-PINT RODEO: ENGLAND - Perky little Dartmoor and their juvenile riders put on a show that would make an old buckeroo sit up and take notice. 3. DIVING CHAMPS: HIGH POINT, NC - The nation's top women divers put on a championship show off the high platform and the one-meter board. Pat McCormick sweeps the field in all classes. (LOCAL – DALLAS) TEXAS NOBLES HIT COWTOWN FOR A LOOP. (LOCAL – CANADA) WORLD’S 1ST ALL ALUMINUM BRIDGE OPEN. (LOCAL – CANADA) LADY OF THE LAKE SUMMER SWIM MEET.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library