The St. Lawrence Seaway Is Opened to Shipping (Universal Newsreel, Apr 1959)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY IS OPENED TO SHIPPING - Construction of the Seaway took five years. And it is the most extensive waterway cut since the Panama Canal. Over 2,000 miles inland to salt water shipping. Quite a ditch to be proud of. 2A/B. TOUGH-TERRAIN TRUCK - The Army's newest. A 2½-ton job which proves its rugged durability over some troublesome terrain. The new 8-wheel truck-carrier is made of aluminum. Weighs 5,000 pounds less than the trucks presently in use. / WRAPS ARE REMOVED from a gleaming silver-and-orange–600 m.p.h. Jet. The first of a trio of identical planes for the President and other top U.S. government officials. It’s called the VC 137S. Big. Powerful. Fast. Safe. Modern. Equipped with the very latest in electronics and communications. Built at a cost of $5,500.000–less plush than the Columbine III but that's the way the Administration ordered it. The four-engine Jet–which extends half the length of a football field–will be for the use of President Eisenhower on long flights and will be at the disposal of high government and military men. 3. STYLE SHOWING IN SCENIC CURACAO - A couple of American models delight the British West Indies vacation land with a display of fashion creations fresh from the U.S. style stables. 4A/B. GERMAN GAL GYMNASTS, champion calibre, cut curvaceous hi-jinks on the horizontal bars. Real champions who look forward to the 1960 Olympics. / LAS VEGAS TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS - Mike Souchak withstood a deadly challenge by Art Wall, Jr., to win the $46.620 Tournament of Champions in dramatic style at the Desert Inn Country Club, Las Vegas, Souchak, husky native of Durham, N.C. and Grossinger, N.Y. finished the tournament like a groggy fighter. But his five over par 77 and 72-hole total of 281 was enough to beat Wall by two strokes. It was the Pocono Manor, Pa., Art Wall, Jr., who won the Masters Tournament at Augusta, Ga., three weeks ago. As second place winner of the Tournament of Champions he received $5,000.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library