Steel Strikers Go Back to Work (Universal Newsreel, Nov 1959)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. STEEL STRIKERS GO BACK TO WORK - Across the nation, steel mills idle since the beginning of the 116-day strike rouse into activity as workers return to the job following the upholding by the Supreme Court of a Taft-Hartley Act injunction. 2. HOUSTON BATTLES AGAINST DISASTER - A giant tanker loaded with 135,000 barrels of aviation gas and fuel oil blazes fiercely after a series of midnight blasts. It’s only a stone’s throw from high octane gasoline storage tanks nearby–in the heart of an industrial and petroleum storage center. Firemen battle for 19 hours to check the flames–whose spread could mean another Texas City disaster. Tons of foamite are poured in to smother the blaze. 3. SOCIETY GALA AIDS CHARITY - In Los Angeles, society leaders and Hollywood celebrities meets royalty at the Imperial Ball, in the cause of charity–the World Adoption International Fund. Guest of honor is Princess Marie Cecile of Prussia. 4A/B. FOOTBALL — SYRACUSE BEATS PENN STATE, 20-18 - University Park, Pa. – The Orange powerhouse holds off a last-minute drive by Penn State’s hard-playing Nittany Lions, and Syracuse emerges from the thrill packed contest the winner and the top football power in the East. / WISCONSIN TOPPLES NORTHWESTERN, 24-19 - Titans of the Big Ten clash at Evanston, and the Wisconsin Badgers topple high-riding Northwestern, handing the Wildcats their first defeat of the season, 24-19, with a smashing second half assault.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library