Democratic Convention (Universal Newsreel, Aug 1956)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION - More than a thousand delegates gather in Chicago for the convention, expected to be wide open and hotly contested, at which the Democrats will choose their Presidential standard-bearer. The issue between front-runner Adlai Stevenson and Gov. Harriman of New York sharpens with former President Truman's endorsement of Harriman–and the curtain rises on the convention itself with the keynote address of Gov. Frank Clement of Tennessee. 2. COLOMBIA EXPLOSION KILLS 1,200 - The explosion of 7 trucks full of dynamite almost levels the city of Cali in a matter of minutes. Over 1,200 die in the blast, the worst catastrophe ever to strike Colombia. An 85-foot crater was gouged out by the explosion, which President Rojas-Pinilla hints may have been caused by sabotage. 3. GERMAN PROTESTANTS' CONGRESS - Half a million Germans, including high national leaders, from East and West Germany gather at the biennial Protestant Laymen's Congress in Frankfurt. A hundred-foot cross at the focal point symbolizes the Congress' role as a spiritual bridge for the divided nation. 4A/B. SPORTS — BROWNS TOP ALL-STARS - In Chicago, out of season football intrudes on the summer sports season, as the College All-Stars tackle the champion Cleveland Browns in the traditional joust for charity. The pros win, 26-0, in an action-filled gridiron romp. / SOAP BOX DERBY - A 14-year-old New York lad, Norman Westfall, representing Rochester, wins the 19th Annual All-American Soap Box Derby, the fastest of a field of 155 finalists from the United States, Canada, Ireland and Germany.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library