Universal Newsreel Volume 24, Release 442, Part 2

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. CRIME HEARING / SENATORS HEAR J. EDGAR HOOVER: WASHINGTON - Testifying before the Senate Crime Committee, FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover says that gambling is the root of all evil, for from it stems all other crime. But he also says that gambling must be controlled from the local, not the national level. Attorney General McGrath is also a witness at the hearing. 2. THE LIVING AND THE DEAD: CALIFORNIA - 1500 happy Marines disembark at Oakland, home from the Korean battlefront. But their smiles and the greetings they receive are in sharp contrast to the sadness at San Francisco, where first war dead return to their native soil. 3A/B/C. THE TIDE OF TOYS: FRANCE - A tide of joy and happiness for unfortunate orphans of war and hate. Earl Cocke, Jr., American Legion commander, helps distribute some of the American toys sent over from America to youngsters overseas. / VISITING COAL MINER: ROSLYN, WA - Seyed Abdul Ahad, Mining Secretary in Afghanistan, gets a look-see at an American mine and works alongside the American miners who show him methods that will help Afghanistan. / WAVES HIT THE SILK: LAKEHURST, NJ - On graduation day at the Navy's parachute riggers' school, pretty Waves pack their own 'chutes and then go aloft to graduate with flying colors. The lassies bail out like veterans. 4A/B. ITALIAN SETS AUTO RECORD: ROME - On the famed Apian Way, Pietro Taruffi pilots his amazing two-in-one racing car to a new world's record for the mile course. The sleek auto is clocked at over 200 m.p.h. on the course. / DICK BUTTON WOWS VIENNA!: AUSTRIA - Dick Button of Englewood, N.J., holder of all the top figure skating championships, wows an enthusiastic throng in Vienna with an exhibition of his matchless skating prowess.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library