Tornado Leaves Ruin in Wake (Universal Newsreel, Jun 1966)

Description

The original release sheet reads: TORNADO LEAVES RUIN IN WAKE 17 people killed, damage over 100 million dollars, in the worst disaster ever to strike Topeka Kansas. The tornado ripped a path a half-mile wide and 15 miles long across the state capital. Washburn University suffered most with every single building on campus damaged or destroyed. FOREST FIREFIGHTERS With the summer forest fire season directly ahead, and with sweeping California forest fires already reported, the smoke jumpers at the forest service school in Redmond, Oregon, are ready. They leap from aircraft, parachute down, fight the flames, and save our national woodlands. FIRST FAMILY VISITS NEW YORK Mixing politics and personal reunions, President Johnson and Mrs. Johnson make an unannounced visit to New York to attend two formal dinner-dances. With the Presidential party are Luci Baines and her fiance, Pat Nugent, who pose for pictures with the President. MEMORIAL LIBRARY DEDICATED A new building is dedicated at the annual meeting of the Will Rogers Memorial Fund, Saranac Lake, New York. The Montague Memorial Library and Study Center will be used to extend knowledge of respiratory diseases. Motion Picture, and Radio and Television Industry representatives attend. SPORTS SPRING DERBY IN GERMANY In Hamburg, Germany, the Spring Derby brings out a pack of the finest thoroughbred jumpers and riders. Some of the steep jumps give all the horses trouble. "Torro", with rider Kurt Jarasinski, turns in a perfect ride and takes first prize.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library