Remote Control Train Shown (Universal Newsreel, Dec 1955)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. REMOTE CONTROL TRAIN SHOWN: NEW YORK - For the first time in history, a train is operated by remote control. Without an engineer aboard, the train runs over a regular commuter route in this test controlled by electronic signals from the control panel in a track-side station. 2A/B/C/D. NEWS IN BRIEF — TRACTOR FOR IKE - As President Eisenhower surveys his Gettysburg farm, he gets a pleasant surprise--the gift of a new tractor from a group of co-operative farm organizations. / 4-H CLUB MEMBERS at Chicago make news as a steer raised by Nancy Turner, 16, of Champaign, Ill., with the Grand Championship at the International Livestock Show, and the six healthiest 4-H club members in America are honored. / SANTA VISITS DOG POUND - Waggish doings in Seattle, as Santa pays his annual visit to the dog pound, and sets up a frankfurter bedecked Xmas tree. All the pups can eat–their day to howl. / KITTENISH COUGARS - Paul Hartel of Canada shows off his two pet cougars, 200 pounds of steel-sinewed destructive power, each, but tame and friendly as kittens. Normally Canada's most ferocious animals, these two are just plain affectionate. 3A/B. SPORTS — WALKING MARATHON - From New York's City Hall to Coney Island, it's a ten-and-a-half-mile heel-and-toe race, with 40 vying in the 45th annual contest. The winner, a West Pointer whose father competed 23 years ago. / GIANTS-BROWNS FOOTBALL - At the Polo Grounds, pro grid thrills as the football Giants battle the Cleveland Browns, eastern conference leaders, to a sensational 35-35 tie, scoring the final TD with only seconds left to play.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library