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- Full release: Quake and Storm
Universal Newsreel Volume 35, Release 73
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The original release sheet reads: QUAKE AND STORM: DISASTERS TAKE HEAVY TOLL Ten thousand Iranians are dead in one of the most horrible disasters in modern history. An equal number are seriously injured and from thirty to forty thousand homeless. Half-way around the world nature went on another rampage in Korea, leaving 200 dead in a ravaging flood. To the south, Hong Kong reeled from the impact of still another disaster- a typhoon that killed 100, injured 600 and left 27,000 homeless. De GAULLE'S HISTORIC VISIT President Charles De Gaulle arrives in Bonn to begin the first State visit to Germany by a French Chief of State in modern times. His main discussion with Chancellor Adenauer will pivot around political union with other European countries. The HOUSE OF DIOR presents - - - - - - The Fall flowers that will brighten Autumn will not outshine the new Paris fashions, a typical cross-section of which is displayed. It's the lean, narrow look that's in the stars... BRITISH AIR SHOW THRILLER The Farnborough Air Show - Britain's showcase for new aircraft - displays the latest from the drawing boards: some radical planes that ay reshape aviation transport. As a grand finale: a flying circus that's a hair-raiser!
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MCA/Universal Pictures Collection
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Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library
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