European Floods (Universal Newsreel, Feb 1953)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. EUROPEAN FLOODS / 2,000 PERISH AS SEA INUNDATES LOWLANDS - Hurricane winds lash the North Sea into a destroying terror for Holland, England, and Belgium. The worst storm in centuries smashes dikes, floods one-sixth of the Netherlands. Thousands of acres of rich farmland are ruined. Cities are devastated. More than a million are estimated homeless, as six nations rush mercy teams and supplies. 2. BOBSLEDDER DIES IN WORLD TITLE MEET: GERMANY - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, famed winter sports center is a setting for tragedy. In a practice run for the world's Bob-sled championship, Switzerland's four-man team meets disaster at Dead Man's Curve. But the match goes on, and the U.S. team tops Germany for the crown. 3. BROTHERHOOD WEEK - Ex-Marine Sergeant Jay Hall, wounded in Korea, tells how he learned about Brotherhood in combat, the hard way. He urges support for President Eisenhower, honorary chairman of the educational Brotherhood Week campaign in this program to make America a better place to live.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library