Kidnapped Realtor Saved After 64 Hours a Captive (Universal Newsreel, Jan 1954)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. KIDNAPPED REALTOR SAVED AFTER 64 HOURS A CAPTIVE: SAN FRANCISCO - Unique films of real-life drama in the kidnapping of Leonard Moskowitz. In the Hall of Justice, the camera shows Newsreel and press being briefed– shows ransom letters arriving–the finding of the victim's car–and 64 hours after the case broke, the kidnappers brought into headquarters, and wealthy realtor Leonard Moskowitz reunited with his family. 2A/B/C/D. ATOM SUB LAUNCHED: CONNECTICUT - Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower christens the Nautilus, the world's first atomic-powered submarine. With unlimited undersea range, the Nautilus promises to revolutionize naval warfare–and offers a forerunner of commercial atomic power. / MUD FLOOD: CALIFORNIA - Torrential rains following a forest fire loosen tons of soil on the slopes over Sierra Madre, and brings an avalanche of ooze that buries parts of the town in up to four feet of mud. / EISENHOWER CUP: WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Eisenhower is presented with a handsome crystal glass cup by Vice President Nixon and Cabinet members on his first anniversary in office. It's a masterpiece of glass-etching, depicting his career from Kansas farm boy to President. / COIFFURE CONTEST: PORTUGAL - An international contest in Lisbon has 36 master hairdressers exposing their finest styles in hairdos to the judges. Woman's crowning glory, glamorized in distinctively different ways. 3. MIAMI SALUTES "GLENN MILLER STORY" DEBUT: MIAMI - Film star Jimmy Stewart arrives for the world premiere of his latest picture, "The Glenn Miller Story," held simultaneous in three theatres, a top event of the winter season. 4. BRITISH EXPLODE NEW A-BOMB: AUSTRALIA - A sand storm delays Britain's third Atomic Bomb test. Secrecy governs details of the bomb–but the blinding flash, and ensuing mushroom cloud have a sinister familiarity.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library