March 15, 1956.

Format:

Video

Series:

Academic Video Online

Universal Newsreels ; Release 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Post-war Era (1945-1960).

Hospital buildings.

Trucks.

Local Subjects:

Post-war Era (1945-1960).

Hospital buildings.

Trucks.

Genre:

Newsreel

Physical Description:

1 online resource (9 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Neighborhood:Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Universal Pictures Company, 1956.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

OPERATION GOOD NEIGHBOR EVANSVILLE, INDIANA - The entire community pitches in to help Saint Mary's Hospital move to a new building. 110 tractor-trailers, and hundreds of drivers', loaders' and helpers' services are donated to move 90 patients, and every stick of furniture and equipment in a mammoth operation, timed to the split-second, that comes off without a hitch. NEWS IN BRIEF GERMAN AIR FORGE TRAINEES arrive in New York City. First members of the postwar German airforce, they'll go on to study with the United States Air Force, and form the nucleus of a modern, 1200 plane combat arm. IRISH PRIME MINISTER John A. Costello arrives in Washington D.C., where he's greeted by President Eisenhower. The first Irish Prime Minister to visit the United States, he'll stay three weeks on his mission of good-will, taking part in Saint Patrick's Day observances. STORMS LASH CANARY ISLANDS. New and dramatic evidence of this winter's savage, unrelenting fury, from off the beaten track. Towering, storm-lashed waves pound these Atlantic isles, bringing floods, landslides, death and destruction. NEW MISSILE LAUNCHER, the latest model of the famed F-89 Scorpion is the first operational craft fitted to launch the deadly Falcon air-to-air missile. Films show the Scorpion-Falcon team in action. HAREM FASHIONS An exotic new note on the fashion scene is provided by originals from Istanbul -ranging from turban-twirling adaptions of traditional harem wear to chic and sumptuous evening gowns as modern as milady could wish. SKIBIRDS FLY HIGH AUSTRIA - Some of Europe's top-ranking skiers fly high and far, approaching the unofficial world mark with leaps upwards of 390 feet. Form i8 impeccable, and the result, ace competition in the most graceful and dramatic of sports. GOVERNOR HARRIMAN ASKS SUPPORT IN UNITED JEWISH APPEAL ISRAEL DRIVE (New York Only)

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed December 12, 2018).

OCLC:

859525051