Earthquake Rips Jap Island (Universal Newsreel, Mar 1952)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. EARTHQUAKE RIPS JAP ISLAND: HOKKAIDO - This northernmost Jap island is a scene of appalling devastation following a severe earthquake and tidal wave that lashes the coastal areas. Scores are dead and hundreds injured as buildings and homes toppled. 2A/B/C. CANADA CATTLE SLAUGHTERED: CANADA - Dread hoof & mouth disease breaks out in Saskatchewan, and hundreds of diseased cattle are rounded up and shot to prevent the further spread of the dread plague. / "IKE" HAILED IN GREECE: ATHENS - On tour of Turkey and Greece, to view their defense potentialities for inclusion with other NATO forces, General Eisenhower is greeted by top Greek Officials and tours ancient city. / SEEDS OF DEMOCRACY: SAN FRANCISCO - Boy and Girl Scouts bring in a harvest of seed packages, collected for Filipino farms by the Committee of Free Asia. "Seeds For Democracy" to help to overcome hunger and privation. 3. SPRING STYLES FROM PAREE: FRANCE - Meeting the challenge of rival style centers, French designers put their best foot forward. Display some alluring gowns for Spring, with pretty models making the show eye-appealing. 4A/B/C. THE WORLD OF SPORTS — LION TAMER - Pretty Dutch girl passes final exam, tames cagefull of snarly lions. / PIE THROWING - NYU students raise "dough" to build dance floor by tossing pie in each other’s' faces. / DODGERS TRAIN - Brooklyn Dodgers work hard at Vero Beach, Fla. to avoid debacle that overcame them last year. (LOCAL – WASHINGTON) SENATORS GO. (LOCAL – CLEVELAND) ON WARPATH. (LOCAL – CHICAGO) ON CHICAGO. (LOCAL – SAN FRANCISCO) RED CROSS BIRTHDAY.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library