Scores Buried by Swiss Avalanche (Universal Newsreel, Sep 1965)

Description

The original release sheet reads: SCORES BURIED BY SWISS AVALANCHE One of the most horrible disasters in Swiss history takes an estimated 90 lives. A thousand men were at work on a hydro-electric project at Saas-Fee near the Italian border when a section of the Allalin Glacier broke off, sending millions of tons of ice and rock hurtling down the mountainside crushing to death 90 lives. Severe weather - snowstorms - hampered the search for bodies. INSTANT AIRSTRIPS A well-placed bomb can put an airstrip out of operation for many days. Now the Air Force has developed a method of getting a runway back in business in a matter of hours. Bulldozers fill in the crater and an aluminum sheath makes the strip as good as new. NEW COINAGE RUSHED The San Francisco Mint...closed for ten years, has been reactivated as the nation faces a mounting coin shortage. New coinage will have a muted tinkle since the silver shortage necessarily shrinks the amount in coins. So to "coin" a phrase: "Hi, Ho, Silver"...away!! SPORTS PINT-SIZE BASEBALL PROS There are 20,000 Little League fans on hand at Williamsport, Pa., for the World Championship for small fry. A team from Windsor Locks, Connecticut, outscores a team from across the border - Canada, to take the biggest crown in younger-set competition.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library