More War Prisoners Return to America (Universal Newsreel, Aug 1953)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. MORE WAR PRISONERS RETURN TO AMERICA: SAN FRANCISCO - More tangible results on the home front of Operation Big Switch. Heartfelt scenes of joyful family reunion as a Navy transport docks with 437 returning Korean ex-prisoners of war. 2. LEGION CONVENTION OPENS AT ST. LOUIS: ST. LOUIS - 50,000 Legionnaires pour into St. Louis for the group's 35th annual convention. Activities begin with a comic parade by the Legion's fun auxiliary, the 40 and 8. 3A/B/C/D/E. PRESIDENT ON VACATION: COLORADO - High in the Rockies, President Eisenhower gets set for some trout fishing, and gives a youngster some expert advice on using rod and reel. / DEFORREST MARKS 80TH YEAR: CALIFORNIA - Dr. Lee DeForrest, the electronics wizards whose invention of the triode vacuum tube made radar and radio possible, celebrates his 80th birthday. / OPERATION TORNADO: MICHIGAN - 3,000 residents of Flint pitch in to build areas ripped by spring tornadoes. Nearly two hundred homes are built to replace dwellings razed by the storms. / KID'S ZOO: CANADA - Kids visiting Vancouver's Stanley Park Zoo see Mother Goose characters come to life, as lambs, pigs, chickens and other tame beasts mingle with the youngsters. / GERMAN ELECTIONS NEAR: GERMANY - Crucial West German elections near. Seeking re-election, Chancellor Conrad Adenauer is viewed as the West's best friend--Russia's greatest foe among the candidates. 4A/B. WOMEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS: RHODE ISLAND - Mary Lena Faulk takes the women's amateur championship, defeating Polly Riley of Texas 3 and 2 at the Rhode Island Country Club. / HIGH SCHOOL GRID ALL-STARS: TENNESSEE - In the East-West All Star High Game at Memphis, an intercepted pass turns the tide, and the East wins, 22-13.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library