Prisoners Released (Universal Newsreel, Feb 1967)

Description

The original release sheet reads: PRISONERS RELEASED A total of five Americans are released after being held prisoners in both Communist East Germany and in Czechoslovakia. WEST BERLIN: Four, including a girl, are released after serving one year on charges of helping East Germans flee to the West. NEW YORK: Czech-born American travel agent Vladimir Kazan-Komarek is freed from prison in Prague after diplomatic moves. He was sentenced to eight years on subversion charges. MEKONG BUILDUP South Vietnamese troops kill 54 Vietcong guerillas in brief but bloody fighting in the Mekong delta. Thick, heavy jungle makes tough going for the troops and provides perfect cover for VC snipers and mines. Meanwhile, the Pentagon announces total American casualties as over 50 thousand with the loss of 1,750 aircraft. MIDWEST SNOW Midwesterners are belted with the second major snowstorm within a week, bringing the total snowfall close to three feet. In Chicago, warned hours in advance, motorists and pedestrians accept it with good humor. Indiana, meanwhile, reports six deaths due to the storm. MENDED LEG In Boston, an 18-year-old boy recovers the use of his left leg, almost severed last year in an auto accident. Six doctors rejoined the leg in a five-hour operation. They said Jan Dangora's youth, strength, and basic health gave him a big edge toward recovering use of the limb. NAZI TRIAL Three former Nazis stand trial in Munich for the mass murder of Dutch Jews, including Anne Frank. Former S.S. officers Wilhelm Harster and Wilhelm Zoepf, along with Secretary Gertrude Slottke, are accused of the mass deportation to death camps of thousands of Dutch Jews. SMALL BUSINESS A "Start Your Own Business" show in New York attracts the would-be self-employed to an exposition of over 100 exhibits. They include franchises for car-wash, spray-on shoe dyes, orange juice stands, pizza parlors and drive-in donut shops. All urge, "Be Your Own Boss." QUEBEC WINTER CARNIVAL The Quebec Winter Carnival, complete with an elaborate night parade, thrills thousands of visitors to the old French-Canadian walled city. It's the 13th annual pre-lenten carnival, originally a 19th Century celebration. It's a time of beauty, thrills and excitement.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library