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Universal Newsreels, Release 352, December 4, 1944
in Universal Newsreels, Release 352 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1944, originally published 1944), 7 mins
This newsreel, produced by Universal Pictures Company, is about crossing borders and invasions.
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in Universal Newsreels, Release 352 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1944, originally published 1944), 7 mins
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This newsreel, produced by Universal Pictures Company, is about crossing borders and invasions.
UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL
'TOPS THE FIELD'
'COVERS WORLD-WIDE EVENTS'
Helps Build a Newsreel Following for Your Theatre
BRITISH ENTER GERMANY
Geilenkirchen--pivotal Nazi fortress on the Cologne plain--is besieged by the British. Unending artillery barrages turn most of the town into waste and rubble.
When the T(illegible text) enter the ruins, they...
This newsreel, produced by Universal Pictures Company, is about crossing borders and invasions.
UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL
'TOPS THE FIELD'
'COVERS WORLD-WIDE EVENTS'
Helps Build a Newsreel Following for Your Theatre
BRITISH ENTER GERMANY
Geilenkirchen--pivotal Nazi fortress on the Cologne plain--is besieged by the British. Unending artillery barrages turn most of the town into waste and rubble.
When the T(illegible text) enter the ruins, they encounter defiant German language signs (illegible text) "we won't capitulate." But ironically, around the next corner, streams of Nazi prisoners are (illegible text) marched along, and dazed German refugees are leaving for Holland.
ARMY--NEW GRID CHAMP
BALTIMORE, MD.--66,000 fans fill The Stadium to watch the annual Army-Navy football clash. The corps of the two schools fill the gridiron with their presence and their cheers, before game time.
As the game wears on, Army's "squad power" begins to make its weight felt, and the Middle giants retire to the sidelines, injured. Then Army turns on the speed as Davis, Lombardo, Hall AND Blanchard race and bull their way along to a convincing 23 to 7 win.
Shining in the Navy defeat is Hal Hamberg, quarterback. His passing, running, generalship and defense work, are outstanding.
PLANE CRASH
VAN NUYS, CALIF. -- A domestic air-liner crashes near here, killing 7 and injuring 16. The City Manager of San Diego was among those killed.
ADMIRAL MITSCHER SPEAKS
The commander of the famous U.S. Task Force 58 tells of the fanatical fury with which the Japs fight--then predicts that the Yanks will chase them up their sacred mountain -- Mt. Fujiyama.
CHICAGO GRAIN FIRE
Huge grain elevators go up in a spectacular blaze, which grows in intensity until modern equipment quenches it.
STETTINIUS SWORN IN
WASHINGTON, D.C.--Justice Jackson swears in Edward Stettinius, jr. as Secretary of State before a host of friends including General George Marshall.
VOL. 17--352
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Date Written / Recorded
1944
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
Ed Herlihy, 1909-1999
Date Published / Released
1944-12-04, 1944
Publisher
Universal Pictures Company
Series
Universal Newsreels
Speaker / Narrator
Ed Herlihy, 1909-1999
Topic / Theme
Crossing borders, Invasions, World War II, 1939-1945, War and Violence, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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