Universal Newsreel Volume 36, Release 9

Description

The original release sheet reads: ECONOMIC FREEZE: COLD WAVE BRINGS HUGE CITRUS LOSS The cold wave sweeping the nation has put the squeeze on California citrus crop to the tune of twenty one million! That's the loss to fruit frozen on the trees. 145,000 tons. In Europe, there are more than 50 people dead in the worst winter they have suffered in a decade. Rivers and canals are frozen over, putting food and fuel in short supply. FASHION PARADE From Florence to Rome, Italian designers are unveiling the creations which they hope will keep them in the forefront of the fashion parade. Luciani takes his inspiration from Sagittarius and creates some "heavenly-sent" styles for spring and summer. YESTERDAY'S BIG STORIES A story of high drama gripped the world's attention in 1937...It was the story of the U.S. gunboat "Panay". As was to happen four years later at Pearl Harbor, a quiet Sunday afternoon erupted into an inferno of bombs and fire as Japanese planes attack the U.S. ship carrying American refugees from war-ravaged Nanking. Clearly labeled with American flags, the "Panay" was dive-bombed and machine-gunned and two men were killed and a dozen wounded. The Japanese government apologized, but why it happened is question unanswered to this day.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library