It's a Wet and Costly Spring (Universal Newsreel, May 1958)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. IT'S A WET AND COSTLY SPRING - Coast-to-Coast it is a wet, dour spring. The luxury community of Portuguese Bend, California, is rapidly rolling into the Pacific Ocean. The result of a massive earth slide. While record rains hit the Northeast with dozens of rivers and streams reaching flood proportions in Mississippi, Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia. Damages already in excess of ten million dollars. 2A/B/C/D. U.S. WORLD TRADE FAIR opens in New York City with sixty nations represented. Thousands of exhibitors stage a gala spectacle of industry and commerce for the benefit of visitors from all over the universe. / CARDINAL STRITCH, former Archbishop of Chicago, leaves the hospital in Rome for a drive through sunny Italy - just one week after the amputation of his right arm. Surgeons report the 70-year-old prince of the Church is making excellent progress. / ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL not yet fully rebuilt 18 years after its near-destruction in the Battle of Britain, is the scene of a solemn but joyous ceremony dedicating a new High Altar. / NEGLIGEE FASHIONS are previewed in Rome. New Italian styles range from sack-like nightgowns to harem pajamas. Lots of new twists on some favorite, frilly themes. 3A/B. SPORTS — SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS - Britain's Cup Final. The World Series of Soccer is won by the Bolton Wanderers from Manchester United. The team that was nearly obliterated in a catastrophic air crash at the beginning of the season. / MOTORCYCLE HILL CLIMB, at East Lewiston, Idaho is a thrill-packed event. So dangerously thrill-packed in fact that newsreel cameramen are drawn too close for safety. One is hit by a flying bike.- narrowly escaping with his life.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library