Niagara Falls Stages Winter Beauty Show (Universal Newsreel, Feb 1956)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. NIAGARA FALLS STAGES WINTER BEAUTY SHOW - Weather makes news at Niagara Falls by behaving normally, when freak climactic condition plague the rest of the Northern Hemisphere. It's a winter beauty show, with ice sheathing trees in carapaces of crystal, and the frozen waters of the Niagara River imparting all the wintry splendor of the old-fashioned winters we seem to see so seldom today. 2A/B/C/D/E. NEWS IN BRIEF — U.S. RADIO IN BERLIN celebrates its 10th anniversary. Under-Secretary of State Herbert Hoover Jr. is guest of honor at ceremonies marking the highlight for the American radio station in West Berlin that's proved a beacon of freedom in the years of the cold war. / QUEEN IN NIGERIA - Queen Elizabeth continues her tour of Nigeria, one of Africa's largest British Crown Colonies, standing on the verge of self-rule. During the stay, one of the largest tin mines in the world is visited. / GASPARILLA RAIDS TAMPA, bringing back the lusty merriment of buccaneer days, to sweep in a week of merry-making with his private crew. It's the Florida city's annual carnival, one of the country's most famous, and spectacular. / FURNITURE IN MID-AIR makes news in home styles. An Oakland, California home achieves the ultimate in modernism, with not a single piece resting on the floor. Everything is suspended from the ceiling–even the fireplace. It's no joke–it's an actual home. / YEAR OF THE MONKEY, 4654 by the traditional Chinese calendar, is welcomed in by San Francisco's Chinatown with the choice of a Queen for the New Year. She's chosen in a unique way, that reflects true Oriental wisdom. You can't argue with the judge. 3. CASHMERE FASHIONS: NEW YORK - The long and short of the fashion picture, in a special collection of resort and spring coats, presented by slim gals in a setting of sleek sports cars. Spring is in the air, even though it's Winter outside. 4A/B. SPORTS — WINTER SPORTS CAR RALLY at Franconia, New Hampshire, features hot cars on a cold track. An array of streamlined speedsters whip around a snow-covered track in the Sports Car Club of America's annual winter meet. / GOLDEN GLOVES QUARTER FINALS - A quarter-final card full of action and excitement, as young amateurs slug away in hopes of ultimate victory. Plenty of fistic fireworks as lightweights and heavyweights hit the canvas.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library