Penn. R.R. Strike (Universal Newsreel, Sep 1960)

Description

The original release sheet reads: PENN. R.R. STRIKE 20,000 shop employees go out on a strike shutting down the Pennsylvania Railroad for the first time in its 114 year history. 136,000 in 13 states are affected by the cut-off in service by the country’s biggest rail carrier. MOURN JORDAN PREMIER In Jordan, King Hussein, leads the funeral services for Premier Hazza Majali and 11 others who died in the blast of an assassin’s time bomb. Blaming Syrian agents, King Hussein may break relations with the United Arab Republic. NIXON HOSPITALIZED An infected knee keeps Vice-President Nixon from the campaign trail. Laid up in Washington’s Walter Reed Hospital for about 2 weeks, he works on campaign speeches and receives a visit from Ike. INDIA HIT BY HEAVY FLOODS One of the worst floods to hit India in many years affects four million people and causes losses to precious live-stock. The future holds long-range flood control projects, but the present is a time of bitterness and sorrow. BERLIN POLICE SHOW West Berlin’s police stage their annual show in Olympic Stadium before 100,000. Highlights include precision motor-cycle drills and performances by the city’s incredible police dogs. SPORTS FINGER WRESTLING IN ALPS Mountaineers heave and haul in the knuckle-busting sport of finger wrestling. Each wrestler hooks a finger through a leather loop, as they sit facing across a table, and then it’s muscle all the way. “BLAZE HANOVER” CAPTURES HAMBLETONIAN At DuQuoin, Illinois, the classic Hambletonian goes into four heats before there’s a winner, for the first time in 26 years. In the slowest pace of the day, “BLAZE HANOVER” holds the lead all the way to win more than $85,000 and the greatest race in harness.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library