Universal Newsreel Volume 26, Release 480

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. FLOODS IN JAPAN: JAPAN - A staggering flood sweeps the island of Kyushu following a four-day downpour. Seven hundred were dead, a thousand missing and nearly a million homeless when the waters finally receded. 2A/B/C/D. NEW AEC BOSS: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Lewis Strauss, formerly a member of the Atomic Energy Commission is sworn in as chairman in the presence of President Eisenhower. / STEVENSON IN GREECE: ATHENS - Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson reaches Greece in his globe girdling fact finding tour, for a first-hand look at the Greece of today. / TEEN-AGE ROAD-E-O: CALIFORNIA - Driving tests for beginner-drivers under the stern eye of the law show that the youngsters acquit themselves nobly, with safety as their motto. / THE LADIES TAKE OVER: BURNSVILLE, MS - After a sweeping victory at the polls, the new lady mayor and her aldermen or alderwomen take over the reins of government in firm and competent fashion. 3. MISS UNIVERSE CANDIDATES: NEW YORK - An earlier disgorges a bevy of beauties, hand-picked by their countrymen to represent them in the forthcoming Miss Universe contest in Long Beach, California. 4. WIMBLEDON VICTORY: LONDON - Both Maureen Connelly and Vic Seixas take the singles crowns of the world's most famous tournament to bring them back to the United States. 5. JEEP RODEO: YAKIMA, WASHINGTON - The Ridge runners, a life-saving organization of jeep drivers runs an obstacle race that takes in half of the mud in the state and some of its steepest inclines.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library