Universal Newsreel Volume 27, Release 622: Local Stories

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. 24th DIVISION BIDS KOREA FAREWELL: KOREA - The last of 6 U.S. divisions to be redeployed from Korea, the 24th Division stages an impressive farewell parade. President Rhee reviews the outfit that fought from Pusan to the Yalu. 2A/B/C/D. EISENHOWER MUSEUM DEDICATED: ABILENE, KS - 7,500 friends and neighbors attend the dedication of the Eisenhower Memorial Museum at the President's boyhood home. The entire Eisenhower family is reunited, looking over the more than 2,400 mementos comprising the historic collection. / QUEEN VISITS WILLIAMSBURG: WILLIAMSBURG, VA - Britain's Queen Mother Elizabeth visits Williamsburg and is welcomed with appropriate ceremony in the historic town that's famed for its reconstruction in 18th Century Colonial style. / WORLD'S BIGGEST WOMAN: GERMANY - On a shopping spree—and riding in a midget car--with the real-life counterpart of "powerful Katinka." She's Katja van Dyck—all of 8 feet, 4½ inches tall! / GOATS AIR-LIFTED TO ISRAEL: HOLLAND - A "Goat-lift" for Israeli farmers gets under way, amid scenes of confusion and bleats of protest at the airport, as the first 100 kids are loaded aboard a transport plane. Their comment—Baaa! 3A/B. FOOTBALL — OHIO STATE vs. PURDUE: LAFAYETTE, IN - Purdue's Boilermakers put up a stiff fight to make an exciting game, but Ohio emerges still undefeated, and looking more and more like Rose Bowl material with a resounding 28-6 victory. / YALE vs. PRINCETON: NEW HAVEN, CT - In the 77th Tiger-Bulldog clash, Princeton's Royce Flippin comes back from a month on the sidelines to spearhead an assault that upsets the Big Blue in the closing seconds, 21-14.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library