East Coast Blizzard (Universal Newsreel, Feb 1967)

Description

The original release sheet reads: EAST COAST BLIZZARD A furious blizzard smashes Atlantic Coast cities from Virginia to Maine with heavy snows, gale winds, and sub-zero temperatures. 75 deaths are traced to the storm as schools are closed, traffic paralyzed, air and rail travel crippled. KOSYGIN AND WILSON Soviet Premier Kosygin meets in London with British Prime Minister Wilson for a one-week visit, including high-level talks on possible peace negotiations in Vietnam. Kosygin insists no peace talks can start until the U.S. unconditionally halts bombing the North. RELEASED PRISONERS On the bridge which separates North and South Vietnam, thirty VC prisoners are released by the Saigon government in observance of the Lunar New Year. Defiantly, the former prisoners throw off their clothing provided in POW camps in the South. "ROSE MONDAY" CELEBRATION Pre-lenten festivities come to a climax in Cologne, West Germany, with the traditional "Rosenmontag" or "Rose Monday" parade. The procession includes bright costumes, bands, floats and is the last frenzied merrymaking preceding the somberness of Lent. DAYTONA RACE The 24-hour "Daytona Continental" sportscar race is won by three Ferraris, avenging their defeat by Ford last year, their first loss in nearly a decade. All six Ford Mark Two's fail to finish after they have transmission trouble. It's an all-ferrari finish, as they cross the finish line, three abreast. SKI JUMP At leavenworth, Washington, their 35th annual Winter Sports Contest is lacking just about everything necessary, except record-breaking performances. Despite man-made snow, Norwegian World Champ Bjorn Wirkola breaks the North American ski jump record by 10 feet. SKI BOB The First World Skibob Championships are held in Austria. The sport is relatively new but has plenty of speed and thrills. Eighty-three competitors whiz down the slope and Austrian Willi Brenter is the winner with a time of two minutes, forty-four seconds.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library