17 Die as Airliner Strikes Tree (Universal Newsreel, Dec 1955)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. 17 DIE AS AIRLINER STRIKES TREE: FLORIDA - Death strikes with shocking suddenness to mar the holiday season when a Northward-bound airliner hits a tree while making a landing at Jacksonville, and crashes. All aboard perished. 2. ONE MAN ORPHANAGE: KOREA - A U.S. Army Private, Fritz Moller, operates an orphanage for 30 Korean war waifs, most of them blind. Moller organized the charity himself, spending hundreds of dollars of his own money, and facing court martial for his cutting of military red tape, but won approval. The story continues as Moller now faces new and greater problems. 3A/B/C. FROZEN FISHING BOATS: BOSTON - Symbolic of a record cold wave across wide areas of the U.S., fishing boats attest to the savagery of winter's onslaught as they return sheathed in glittering ice, stem to stern. / TYPEWRITER'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY: ITALY - An annual exhibition of typewriters, from the earliest to the most recent goes on display to mark the 100th anniversary of the invention of the machine. / TOOTHPICK CARNIVAL: SAN FRANCISCO - An entire carnival in miniature, made out of two million toothpicks. Made by inmates of a federal prison, it features all the favorite rides, in actual working models. 4. SWISS MISS STYLES: NEW YORK CITY - Luxurious fashions just in from Zurich highlight the Swiss Xmas Festival. Swiss designers show a complete line from sportswear to stunning evening styles, keeping abreast of the international style race. 5. SENTINELS OF DEFENSE: ARCTIC AIR FRONTIER - Air Force Scorpion jet fighters sweep across the Northlands frozen wastes, guarding the skies against possible sneak attack. Radar screens and air centers maintain 24-hour alert, to send the 600 mph jets into action with their lethal rockets, if the grim need should arise.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library