Storm Lashes (Universal Newsreel, Nov 1953)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. STORM LASHES: EASTERN SEABOARD - Winds of up to 60 miles an hour lashes the Eastern Seaboard from New Jersey to Maine. Tides flood whole areas of New York City, as at least ten lives are lost and property damage mounts into the millions. 2A/B/C. TANKS THUNDERS THROUGH TESTS: ENGLAND - Britain's newest medium tank thunders through grueling tests. A spectacular slide down a 40-foot cliff climaxes a slam-bang demonstration of stamina. / RADFORD INSPECTS GERMANY FORCES: GERMANY - Admiral Arthur Radford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, inspects United States installations in Germany. On his tour are the Frankfurt Air Base and the Rhine River Patrol. / 200 DADDIES FOR WAIF: FLORIDA - A birthday party aboard the destroyer escort 'George E. Davis' for 9-year-old Maria LaVecchia, foster daughter of the 200-man crew. A big birthday cake and a kiss from each of her daddies make it a happy birthday for the little Italian war orphan. 3. HIROHITO'S GARDEN PARTY: JAPAN - Emperor Hirohito's first post-war garden party is attended by some 1500 guests from the Imperial Family and the Diplomatic Corps. Traditionally picturesque pageantry in the palace gardens. 4A/B/C. RAMBLING WRECK'S HOMECOMING: ATLANTA - Homecoming day for Georgia Tech sees a parade of actual 'rambling wrecks', a nightmare parade of vehicular monsters, presided over winsome college coeds to soothe the eyes. / TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY TOPPLES WASHINGTON STATE: SPOKANE - Texas Christian's Horned Frogs come a long way to break their 5-game losing streak and sparked by halfback Clinkscales, they do just that with a 21-7 triumph. / ARMY DOWNS NORTH CAROLINA STATE: WEST POINT - Army's big guns blast North Carolina State in a bruising hard-fought thriller, scoring on the ground and in the air for a 27-7 victory over the visiting Wolfpack.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library