Biggest Civil Defense Test (Universal Newsreel, Sep 1955)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. BIGGEST CIVIL DEFENSE TEST: PORTLAND, OR - A northwestern metropolis holds the biggest civil defense test ever staged in this country. Within minutes after the alert is sounded, the streets are cleared of traffic, and the populace safely in shelter. 1,000 square blocks are evacuated, a massive task executed. 2A/B/C. BELGIAN PRINCE ARRIVES: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Full military honors greet Belgium's young Prince Albert, brother of King Baudoin, as he arrives in the nation's capital on a nation-wide tour of military, industrial and educational points of the U.S. / DUTCH PARLIAMENT OPENS: HOLLAND - A unique and historic blend of regal pomp and simple democratic dignity, as Queen Juliana officially opens Holland's governing body. Princess Beatrix and Princess Irene are interested spectators as their mother, a nation's beloved Queen, is cheered to the echo. / BIG THREE MEET: NEW YORK CITY - Secretary of State Dulles, British Foreign Minister Harold MacMillen, and French Foreign Minister Antoine Piney discuss Western strategy for their forthcoming Geneva meeting with Foreign Minister Molotov. 3. WORLD SERIES!: NEW YORK CITY - It's New York's twelfth subway series, as the Yankees and Dodgers meet for the World's Championship of baseball. Brooklyn, in quest of its first series victory, opens with big Don Newcombe in the first game, opposed by Whitey Ford of the Yanks. It's an action-filled, 17 hit slug-fest, with homers by Furillo, Snider, Howard, and Collins, and the first game goes to New York, 6-5.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library