Diavolo Is Star at Brilliant Spa Opening (Universal Newsreel, Jul 1929)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. DIAVOLO IS STAR AT BRILLIANT SPA OPENING: SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY - Fashionable throng sees Phipps entry capture the great Saratoga Handicap. A peep into the society sanctum. The little fellows weigh in. The bugle blows for the parade to the post. Off! The Saratoga Handicap from start to finish. “Diavolo” and Jockey Maiben, heroes all! 2. HAIL RETURN OF DARING N.Y. TO ROME FLYERS: NEW YORK CITY - Roger Q. Williams and Capt. Lewis Yancey, of the “Pathfinder,” arrive home. A happy reunion with their wives. Here they are — Yancey is the big fellow. On the steps of St. Patrick’s Cathedral where they attended mass. An official greeting at City Hall with Mayor Walker and Grover Whalen of the Reception Committee. The reward of heroism. 3. GIRL ATHLETES SHATTER RECORDS AT TRACK MEET: CHICAGO, IL - Mrs. Helen Filkey Warren sets new 80 meter hurdle mark in national championships. Then Betty Robinson breaks the hundred yard record. Here’s Betty! 4. SPEEDBOAT THRILLS MARK WEST COAST RACES: LAKE TAHOE, CA - Fastest hydroplanes in California churn up water in annual championships. Take a nice cool ride with the cameraman. Rough going! 5. WHO’S WHO IN THE NEWS - QUEEN OF TENNIS HOME: NEW YORK CITY - Helen Wills returns from Europe with fresh string of victories. At 23 she is champion of England, France and the U.S. 6. FRANCES PREMIER RESIGNS: PARIS, FRANCE - Raymond Poincare resigns as France’s Premier — illness and overwork the cause. Aristide Briand is chosen as his successor. Last picture taken of Premier Briand on Bastille Day — the man of the hour in France! 7. HAS LARGEST HERD OF SMALLEST HORSES: IRON MOUNTAIN, WY - Western rancher raises 1,600 Shetland ponies to delight youthful riders. Over the hills for home. Not much bigger than dogs. The prettiest. Her pet — he only weighs 30 pounds. 8. ARMY FLIERS SPINS GIANT PLANE OVER SKYSCRAPER CHASMS: SAN FRANCISO, CA - Lieutenant T.J. Meyer, 91st Observation Squadron, Crissy Field, risks death stunting over San Francisco specially for Universal Newspaper Newsreel. First he sails calmly over the big buildings with the city of the Golden Gate looking like a mammoth map. Next he loops the loop and the city turns upside down. Now for the greatest thrill of all — Lieut. Meyer, for the first time in aviation history, does a dangerous tail spin over the heart of the great city. HOLD ON TIGHT!

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library