San Francisco Earthquake (Universal Newsreel, Mar 1957)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE - A series of earthquakes lasting 48 hours brings grim echoes of the disaster of 1906 to San Francisco. Numerous fires are started, and millions of dollars of damage caused by the tremblors, which shattered bridges and buckled highways within a 150-mile radius. 2. NEW TENSION IN MID-EAST - The precarious mid-East settlement is strained as Egypt sending a civil administrator into the Gaza Strip, over Israeli protests. U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammerskjold discusses Suez with President Nasser, as oil begins to flow again from Syrian pipelines, and new refugees arrive in Israel. 3. HAIR DO'S AND DON'TS - In Chicago, leading hair stylists from all over the country show off the newest styles, and tricks of the trade, with the aid of a bevy of lovely models. 4A/B/C/D. SPORTS — GYMNASTS - Top-flight gymnasts from 23 schools take part in the National Collegiate Gymnastic Championships at Annapolis. Team honors go to Penn State, thanks to Armando Vega's brilliant performances. / NCAA BASKETBALL - North Carolina topples the favored Kansas Jayhawks at Kansas City, Mo., with a controlled-ball strategy that shackles the Kansas five's fast-break game. Final score, 54-53. / BULLFIGHT - Spain's top matadors show their steel nerves and proficiency with cape and sword in the spring corrida at Valencia. But the big brave bulls give as good as they get–splitting the honors with the toreros.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library