Transit Strike Costly (Universal Newsreel, Jan 1966)

Description

The original release sheet reads: TRANSIT STRIKE COSTLY When the transit wheels grind to a stop in New York City it's world-wide news. Mayor John Lindsay sets an example for most New Yorkers when he leaves reporters dropping behind as he walks from his midtown hotel to City Hall. Not in decades has the Brooklyn Bridge across the East River been so crowded with pedestrians. Along with other river crossings it is jammed with workers from Brooklyn and Queens trudging to their jobs. Motor traffic, never a bargain in New York, is increased many-fold, but the paralyzing jams that were feared never materialized. Commuters from the suburbs were able to reach the city by train and then hoof it to their office. The most miserable day of them all came when it rained from dawn to dusk. But the people took this, too, in their stride. With all odds against them New Yorkers were winning out! SPORTS FOOTBALL GREEN BAY NEW PRO CHAMPS Before a chilled and wet crowd of 50,000 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Tho Packers take on the Cleveland Browns, for the National League Championship. It's a see saw game in the first half, but then Green Bay turns on the heat...(everyone can use it) and hold the Browns scoreless as they score themselves to win out, 23-12.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library