Montreal Convicts in Flaming Riot (Universal Newsreel, Jun 1962)

Description

The original release sheet reads: MONTREAL CONVICTS IN FLAMING RIOT Eleven hundred rioting prisoners set six buildings on fire in Montreal's St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary. Thirty people are injured in the flames and fighting lasts for seven hours before both are brought under control. UNEASY PEACE IN ALGERIA The streets of Algeria are - at least momentarily - free of bombings and bloodshed as a peace pact is announced between the OAS and the Moslems. Bitter denunciation of the pact by the OAS in Oran and elsewhere, however, threaten to shatter the peace. WATER SHORTAGE IN HONG KONG The beset Crown Colony of Hong Kong, already dangerously overcrowded, faces the calamitous problem of acute water shortage. Reservoirs are running dry, and the thousands of refugees from Red China are threatened with complete water famine. ANIMALS CROSS ALPS FOR NEW PASTURE Herds of cattle, sheep and goats cross the Tyrolean Alps in an annual trek from their native Italian pastures to those on the Austrian side. Italian claim to the pastures creates a UN dilemma, but the animals make a striking picture against the snow. SPORTS NICKLAUS WINS U.S. OPEN Jack Nicklaus takes the playoff for the United States Open Golf Championship from favored Arnold Palmer. The 22-year-old lad from Ohio State beats the master by three strokes with a score of 71. BERMUDA YACHT CLASSIC Some of the most beautiful and fastest off-shore Yachts afloat start off from Newport, Rhode Island in the 635-mile race to Bermuda. The 131 Yachts make an impressive show running in fair breezes and a light sea.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library