Universal Newsreel Volume 26, Release 487

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. FIRST FILMS OF KOREA ARMISTICE: KOREA - First films of the ceremonies that ended three years of bitter conflict in Korea. At Panmunjom, Communist and U.N. delegates sign the truce in the newly built "Peace Pagoda." General Mark Clark also signs, at a nearby camp behind the lines—making official the historic agreement. 2. U.S. FOOD ARRIVES FOR EAST BERLINERS: BERLIN - Over 200,000 East Germans defy Red threats, and across the Iron Curtain into West Berlin, as the first parcels of fifteen million dollars’ worth of U.S. food for the starving Red satellite are handed out. 3A/B. FLOODS RAVAGE JAPAN: JAPAN - For the second time in a month, Japan is stricken with floods. Monsoon weather spells disaster—over a thousand dead is the grim total. U.S. planes drop food and supplies to mitigate the disaster. / REFUGEES FOX REDS: GERMANY - In West Germany, a group of Czechs show a home-made armored car that outwitted Czechoslovakia's harsh frontier guards. In it, they rolled right past a border post and into freedom, without a shot being fired! 4. SEN. KNOWLAND LAUDS RECORDS OF CONGRESS: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Knowland comments on the achievements of this session of Congress, about to adjourn–and praises the legislative body's record of accomplishments. 5. JOLTING JAMBOREE: JOSEPH, OR - The roughest rodeo ever witnessed, that's the verdict of spectators after seeing the broncs and steers in action during the annual Chief Joseph Days.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library