Universal Newsreel Volume 35, Release 97

Description

The original release sheet reads: ATOMS FOR PEACE A touch of a button and 7,500,000 cubic yards of Nevada desert are blown skyward. Part of Operation Plowshare the nuclear explosion is set off to demonstrate the part the Atom could play in digging harbors and canals at a fraction of the cost of conventional methods. DEATH OF A QUEEN The Queen who ruled the Netherlands for 50 years is dead at 82. Wilhelmina, who abdicated in 1948 in favor of her daughter, was a woman noted for her iron will and determination, Dutch virtues that her subjects held in high regard. THE EMPIRE GAMES The Australian city of Perth plays host to the 7th British Empire and Commonwealth games and 50,000 jam into Perry Lakes Stadium for the opening ceremonies, with Prince Philip representing the Queen. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO A quarter-of-a-century ago the Japanese were moving in on Shanghai to mop up the city after a siege of 75 days. This was a preview of the war yet to come. Refugees poured into the international settlement to escape shells and bombs, for now the civilian was exposed to war for the first time. A unit of Chinese got world acclaim for holding out in a warehouse to let the main body of their troops escape.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library