Hussein Tightens Grip on Jordan (Universal Newsreel, Apr 1957)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. HUSSEIN TIGHTENS GRIP ON JORDAN - Mass anti-government demonstrations in Jordan are sternly repressed by police before mobs can form as King Hussein takes further measures to secure his threatened regime. With strict curfew imposed, he visits Arabia's King Saud a staunch anti-Communist ally, to plan his course. 2A/B/C/D. TEXAS FLOODS - In the wake of seven years of drought, a two week siege of tornadoes, thunderstorms and floods batters Texas and the Southwest. At least 17 are known dead, thousands homeless, while damages reach to untotaled millions-one of the worst disasters in Texas' history. / BALD HEADED WOMAN - Mrs. Pat Smith of San Francisco sheds her crowning glory for money and publicity-for a new movie, and publicity she hopes will advance her acting career. / MENTAL HEALTH WEEK for the nation is opened on the steps of the nation's capital by Vice-President Nixon and Florida's Sen. Smathers-who ring a bell forged from chains formerly used in mental institutions. / FIRST BABY GORILLA ever born in captivity is Colo - born in Columbus Ohio's Municipal Zoo-but raised by the Superintendent's wife. Colo's dad hardly recognizes her in bonnet and dimity baby dress. 3. FAMILY FASHIONS - Mom, Pop, and the kids go for sports in look-alike fashion-gay colorful outfits designed for the entire family, and fit for any kind of outdoor fun. True match-mates. 4A/B. SPORTS — SAILING SEASON opens in the Netherlands, and twenty racing sloops get the season underway at Utrecht. These Flying Dutchmen are off to a flying start as they clip along before a spanking breeze under sunny skies. / DRAKE RELAYS at Des Moines are highlighted by a series of thriller-diller track contests. 11 meet records are shattered with spectacular performances by Olympic sprint star Bobby Morrow, Wilt "the Stilt" Chamberlain of basketball fame, and many other sports stars.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library