Blaze Razes Los Angeles Factory (Universal Newsreel, Nov 1955)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. BLAZE RAZES LOS ANGELES FACTORY - A three alarm fire rages through the night, gutting a block-long factory building. Daring close-up scenes of toppling walls that injure 2 firemen, as 100 fire fighters battle the half-million-dollar blaze. 2. LANDSLIDE BURIES PART OF TOWN: CANADA - A freak of nature brings disaster to a small Quebec town when an underground river cuts an area 40 feet long, 1,000 feet wide. The earth gave way, engulfing houses and businesses, ruining the town's 2-century-old church and bishop's palace, and killing 3. 3A/B. NEW GERMAN ARMY: BONN, GERMANY - The first soldiers of the new German Army are formally inducted, a group of 100 which includes former officers of the Wehrmacht, with ranks as high as Lieutenant General. / STEVENSON'S HAT IN RING: CHICAGO - Adlai Stevenson formally announces that he will campaign for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1956, becoming the first of his party's hopefuls to declare himself. 4A/B. SPORTS — HYDRO-GLIDER - At Cypress Gardens, the maiden voyage and test-flight of the newest thing in water sport, a combination hydroplane and helicopter, towed behind a speedboat, and soaring as high as 125 feet. / FOOTBALL: NOTRE DAME-NO. CAROLINA - At Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the underdog Tarheels put up a terrific battle to tie up the score into the third period, when Notre Dame busts loose on a fourth down pass, to romp to a 27-7 victory. 5. NEW JET BOAT SPEED MARK - On Lake Mead, Nevada, Donald Campbell continues his quest for speed, piloting his jet boat "Bluebird H" to the fantastic speed of 239 mph, climaxing a month of frustration and failure, and becoming the only man to exceed 200 mph on water, and live.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library