Circus Disaster (Universal Newsreel, Dec 1961)

Description

The original release sheet reads: CIRCUS DISASTER: HUNDREDS DIE IN FIRE In one of the worst tragedies of modern times, 300 people die and 600 suffer injuries when a Circus tent catches fire in a suburb of Rio de Janeiro. Most of the dead are children, and the wreckage gives mute testimony to the bereavement of hundreds of Brazilian homes. KENNEDY'S FATHER STRICKEN The President hurries to the bedside of his 73-year-old father, felled by a stroke while playing golf in Palm Beach. PAINTINGS IN WOOL Elizabeth LeFort is an artist whose works hang in Buckingham Palace and in the White House. She works in wool, hooking tapestries that are unique in their field. TRICKS TO ALL TRADES Take a cue from us and watch closely! You're about to see some billiards ji-jinks that are liable to set the game back 500 years. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Here's a documentary study of just how much - or how little - styles have changed along the beaches in the last quarter-century. It was 25 years ago that wrestlers were breaking in the acts that still go over big today. There's never been better acting since the last farewell tour of Sarah Bernhardt. New Year's Eve, 1937, was a whoop-te-do affair as it was welcomed by tens of thousands in New York's Time Square. In those days Havana was a City of Light - light that now has been hidden under the Communist bushel of oppression.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library