President Inspects Flood Areas (Universal Newsreel, Aug 1955)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. PRESIDENT INSPECTS FLOOD AREAS - President Eisenhower inspects the flood-devastated Northeast--one of the nation's most prosperous and productive areas, now reduced to sodden heaps of wreckage. Immediate needs of the flood victims are met with food, clothing, and preventive inoculations, as the multi-billion-dollar damage is assessed and long-term relief work begun. 2. REBELLION SPREADS IN NORTH AFRICA - Faced with a bloody tide of rebellion in her North African possessions, France rushes extra troops into the region, calling up reserves at home to meet the crisis. With over 2,000 Europeans massacred already, the North African situation threatens to topple the Faure government. 3A/B/C. ELECTION RIOTS IN SAAR - Political passions erupt into riots in the Saar, as the "industrial heartland of Europe" goes into the final days before the electorate is called on to approve or reject a treaty giving both France and Germany equal economic rights in the key industrial area. / TRAGEDY AVERTED IN TRAIN WRECK: MASSACHUSETTS - Near-tragedy in a train wreck is an aftermath of the Northeast floods, as a passenger train collides with a runaway tank car, but hangs precariously to the edge of a trestle over the swollen Concord River, inches from disaster for all aboard. / "THE THING" – NEW TANK KILLER: QUANTICO, VA - The Marines unveil their newest "tank-killer," nick-named "The Thing." A high-speed vehicle, it boasts a battery of six big recoilless rifles, plus .50 caliber machine guns for sighting. It's designed to streak in, smash its target, and race away, hit-and-run. 4A/B. SPORTS — GRID GIANTS TRIP 49ERS: SEATTLE - Star-studded pro football takes the sports spotlight. The grid Giants' Don Heinrich and Alex Webster, in the air and on the ground, pack too much offensive power for the San Francisco eleven. They've got to fight all the way, though, for their 29-17 triumph. / INTERNATION DRAGON CUP RACE: HOLLAND - 50 boats from 11 countries in a colorful regatta on the Zuider Zee. A following wind makes for a close, fast race, with all sails billowing--a sight to delight even the landlubbers' eye.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library