Baby Alive! — Kidnap Search Ends (Universal Newsreel, Jan 1959)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. BABY ALIVE! — KIDNAP SEARCH ENDS - The 9-day search for Lisa Rose Chionchio, kidnapped from a Brooklyn hospital just hours after her birth, ends with the arrest of Mrs. Jean Iavarone, and the recovery of the infant. Still alive and in good health. 2. De GAULLE INVESTED AS PRESIDENT - Charles De Gaulle is formally invested as President of the new 5th Republic in ceremonies at the Elysée Palace–staged with the solidity and grandeur De Gaulle endeavors to restore to France herself. 3. BARREL JUMPING CHAMPIONSHIP - The world's barrel-jumping championship at Grossinger, New York. In the 9th Annual competition, perennial champ Leo LeBel comes through with his 5th straight victory. 4. 25 YEARS AGO TODAY - What weather—winter's wickedest—is presaged in the super-cold spell of 1934 which proved near calamitous in America and Europe. The Delaware River was blocked with ice for 9 miles. The "beautiful Blue Danube" presented a picture in frozen still-starving thousands. In the game forests, hungry deer got a respite from fear of the hunter as they flock around food-bearing wardens. Torrential rains flooded the Los Angeles area. Scores died in floods and earth slides as damage went way beyond the $5,000,000 mark. A noble experiment followed THE Noble Experiment! Pennsylvania places whiskey on sale at $1 per bottle to counter post-prohibition bootleggers. The stores were stampeded! Fashions were on parade. Fashions that ought to silence the talk about "the good old days" Daze is the word! 1934 bathing beauties model tent-like beach wear. Evening gowns. And undies, that shocked many–then! Another shocker follows with a gang of juveniles embarrassing adults with a grown-up fashion show to the rhythm of the rhumba!

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library