Cargo Plane Crashes Into Residential Area—11 Die (Universal Newsreel, Nov 1959)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. CARGO PLANE CRASHES INTO RESIDENTIAL AREA—11 DIE - Eleven die in a holocaust of shattered houses and twisted wreckage when a cargo plane returning to Chicago's Midway Airport with engine trouble crashes in a residential neighborhood, just before dawn. 2A/B. "GEORGE WASHINGTON" SEA TRIALS - The A-Sub, "George Washington" leaves Groton, Conn., for its first sea trials. The first films at sea of the new craft–America's first fleet ballistic missile submarine, designed to fire the Polaris missile. / SHAH'S FIANCEE HAILED IN IRAN - At Teheran, dignitaries and well-wishers crowd the airport to greet Farah Dibah, 21-year-old beauty who will wed the Shah. She returns from Paris with 51 pieces of luggage, a trousseau fit for a Queen. 3. ILLINOIS CONQUERS NORTHWESTERN 28-0 - The fighting Illinois shatter Northwestern's hopes for the Big 10 title and a Rose Bowl bid. Holding the Wildcats scoreless, Illinois scores once in every period, spearheaded by Johnny Counts and Bill Brown in a 28-0 scoring spree. 4. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO - A GOLD RUSH in Mojave, California has fortune seekers pouring in, recalling the fabulous boom of '49. In Chicago, kids join the President's WAR ON CRIME, burning all their wooden guns in a towering bonfire. A Dufur Oregon inventor shows a gun that hurls FIRE BALLS, unfortunately not very large or very far. England hails the ROYAL WEDDING of handsome Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece in Westminster Abbey. And a showman's dream comes true, as MIDGET WEDS FAT LADY–38" high Jackie Clicken and Mildred Conti, who tips in at 425 lbs. The biggest blushing bride in a long time!

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library