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Universal Newsreel · Volume 23, Release 397 · October 21, 1950 · Full release

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    Truman Warns Reds in Speech · San Francisco

    Just back from his momentous meeting with Gen.

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Truman Warns Reds in Speech (Universal Newsreel, Oct 1950)

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The original release sheet reads: 1. TRUMAN WARNS REDS IN SPEECH: SAN FRANCISCO - Just back from his momentous meeting with Gen. MacArthur in the Pacific, Pres. Truman makes an important foreign policy speech in which he warns Russia that America and the free nations of the world will meet strength with strength. 2/3. SCREEN STARS IN THE HEADLINES: NEW YORK - United Nations Week is launched with a campaign for pledges of support. Marta Toren, U-I import from Sweden, aids the cause and signs up some of the city's celebrities. /BRITISH COLUMBIA - Pretty Alexis Smith, star of Wyoming Mail, goes on a vacation in her native British Columbia, and hooks several nice salmon during a fishing trip. 4. DIONNE QUINTS VISIT N.Y.: NEW YORK - The most famous sisters in the world, the five Dionnes, now sixteen, visit the Big Town to lend their support to the Al Smith Memorial Fund. They make a big hit when they sing Sidewalks of New York. 5/6. THE WORLD OF SPORTS — SPANISH RIDING TEAM: RYE, NY - Spectacular European classical riding is performed by members of the Spanish Riding School of Vienna. Eight riders and eight white stallions in a pulse-tingling exhibition. / U.S. STRONG MEN WIN: PARIS - John Davis and Stan Stancyzk help clinch title for American team taking part in International Weight-Lifting Championship. Egyptian muscle men are second, with Russia a poor third. (LOCAL – DALLAS) OIL PROGRESS PAGEANT. (LOCAL – PHILADELPHIA) CONNIE MACK BOWS OUT.

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MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

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Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library

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1950-10-21
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