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March 24, 1958.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Universal Newsreels ; Release 24
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Post-war Era (1945-1960).
- Blizzards.
- Japan.
- United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Post-war Era (1945-1960).
- Blizzards.
- Japan.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Newsreel
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (7 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Neighborhood:Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Universal Pictures Company, 1958.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- BLIZZARD OF '58 Spring is ushered in by the worst snow storm of the year, three days of snow that ravaged the Atlantic Coast from Virginia to Maine. Hundreds of motorists are marooned on the snow-blocked Pennsylvania Turnpike. Hundreds of thousands are without electricity and heat for days. Pennsylvania and the New England States face the danger of major floods with the spring thaws. MIKE TODD DIES: The crash of the private plane of impresario Mike Todd cuts short one of the most spectacular, flamboyant careers of our day. QUEEN MOTHER: Britain's Queen Mother is hailed in London's venerable Guildhall on her return from a marathon trip that took her around the world. POODLE PARADE: Primping pooches, oops! - purebreds, prepare for the national competition of the Canadian Poodle Association, tops in our northern neighbors' dogdom. MISS PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER: A sure sign of spring! Bevies of bathing-suited beauties, vying for the title of Queen of the New York Press Photographers ROCK-A-BILLY: Not rock-a-bye. Rock-A-Billy, a wild cavorting cross between American rock 'n roll and hillbilly music, knocks Japanese teen-agers out. SPORTS WILDCATS WIN NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION HOOP CHAMPIONSHIP: In Louisville, the Kentucky Wildcats upset favored Seattle to win their first collegiate basketball championship in 8 years. A thrill-packed session on the boards, with the Wildcats' ace, Hatton, scoring 30 points.........
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed December 12, 2018).
- OCLC:
- 859525051
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