Democratic Convention Opens (Universal Newsreel, Jul 1952)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION OPENS: CHICAGO - Delegates are called to order for the thirty-first Democratic National Convention. The choice for a presidential nominee is wide open with six contenders in the race. They also hear the keynote speech by Governor Devers of Massachusetts. 2. TRAGEDY AT SEA - The Norwegian freighter Black Gull bound for New York becomes a torch as 500 tons of naptholene catch fire and transform the vessel into an inferno 65 miles off Long Island. Forty-five passengers and crewmen are rescued but four perish as they leap into the sea to escape the searing flames. 3. OLYMPIC OPENING: HELSINKI - Fifty-five-year-old Paavo Nurmi, one of the all-time Olympic greats, lights the torch that open the fifteenth Olympiad in which 5800 athletes from 67 nations are competing. Russia is competing for the first time since the days of the czars. Germany and Japan are also taking part for the first time since World War II.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library