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Newsreels Of 1951: Vol 1 (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Between 1929 and 1967, UniversaI-International newsreeIs were released twice weekly, many narrated by famed announcer Ed HerIihy. lt was almost impossible to attend a motion picture that was not preceded by one. Top production crews traversed the nation and the globe to bring the Ieading stories in politics, entertainment, sports as weII as national and gIobal affairs, back to eager audiences.
HighIights from this colIection include Truman asking for national unity in the Korean crisis. Seoul is in flames as alIied forces are driven from the Korean capitaI. Truman compares Stalin to other dictators. The violent end of gangster Frank Costello. Ben Hogan wins the U.S. open. General Matthew Ridgeway's 8th Army strikes back at the invading Communist hordes infIicting devastating losses on the enemy. Naplam warfare is introduced in Korea. Dean Acheson testifies in the Mac Arthur hearings. A catastrophic train wreck occurs outside of Philadelphia and Texas is ripped by deadly tornadoes. AIlies bIast Communist forces trapped beIow the 38th paralleI. |
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