What's in this clip
This clip is part 2 of a longer reel. The reel holds these stories in this order; this part carries on partway through.
- 1.
Peace Demonstrations
Mass marches, rallies, and demonstrations point up anti-war sentiment, both at home and abroad.
- 2.
Instant Rehabilitation
A lower East Side tenement in Manhattan becomes a bright, sparkling modern apartment complex in just forty-eight hours.
- 3.
Fashions
Deluxe ready-to-wear for the upcoming Fall is shown in Florence's Pitti Palace.
- 4.
Clowns
Amateur clowns tryout for one-week with the "Biggest Big Show," the circus at Madison Square Garden.
- 5.
One-Hitter
Red Sox Rookie Billy Rohr, in his first major league appearance, pitches a one-hit, three-nothing shutout against the Yanks!
- 6.
Canoe Race
Rough water and frequent spills punctuate the American Canoe Association's Eastern Championship on the Mascoma River new Lebanon, New Hampshire.
More from this release
- Full release: Peace Demonstrations
- Full release, part 1: Peace Demonstrations
- Full release, part 3: Peace Demonstrations
Universal Newsreel Volume 40, Release 32, Part 2
Description
The original release sheet reads: PEACE DEMONSTRATIONS Mass marches, rallies, and demonstrations point up anti-war sentiment, both at home and abroad. New York: 100,000 march on the U.N for a gigantic rally. San Francisco: 50,000 march to Kezar Stadium for mass assembly. Rome: Pacifists try to storm U.S. Embassy on Via Veneto. INSTANT REHABILITATION A lower East Side tenement in Manhattan becomes a bright, sparkling modern apartment complex in just forty-eight hours. Demolition crews move in, take out floors, walls, windows, etc. Then kitchen-bathroom units go in through the roof. 48 hours later, "Instant Apartments!" It's a joint city-state-federal-private project with more to come. FASHIONS Deluxe ready-to-wear for the upcoming Fall is shown in Florence's Pitti Palace. Pucci, Lancetti, and Gregoriana are among the houses showing short, but not "mini" skirts, shifts, matching coat-dress-hat outfits,...and sun glasses the size of postcards! CLOWNS Amateur clowns tryout for one-week with the "Biggest Big Show," the circus at Madison Square Garden. The winner: Mrs. Claire Manley a housewife who's wanted to run away with the circus "for a century!" ONE-HITTER Red Sox Rookie Billy Rohr, in his first major league appearance, pitches a one-hit, three-nothing shutout against the Yanks! He misses the no-hitter when Elston Howard smacks a two-out, three-and-two pitch into right for a line drive single. CANOE RACE Rough water and frequent spills punctuate the American Canoe Association's Eastern Championship on the Mascoma River new Lebanon, New Hampshire. The winner: Wick Walker. The best of the group will represent the U.S. in the world contest in Czechoslovakia.
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MCA/Universal Pictures Collection
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Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library