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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-lnternational newsreeIs were reIeased 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 weIl as national and gIobal affairs, back to eager audiences.
Highlights 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 capital. Truman compares StaIin to other dictators. The vioIent end of gangster Frank CosteIlo. Ben Hogan wins the U.S. open. General Matthew Ridgeway's 8th Army strikes back at the invading Communist hordes inflicting devastating Iosses on the enemy. NapIam warfare is introduced in Korea. Dean Acheson testifies in the Mac Arthur hearings. A catastrophic train wreck occurs outside of PhiIadelphia and Texas is ripped by deadly tornadoes. AIIies blast Communist forces trapped beIow the 38th paraIIeI. |
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