Jews Protest Outrages at Huge Mass Meeting (Universal Newsreel, Aug 1929)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. GREAT GRAF ZEPPELIN ENDS WORLD FLIGHT: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Giant dirigible, first airship to girdle globe, returns in triumph. Back again in America after her epochal trip across the vast Pacific. Down the coast she goes in the rays of the setting sun. LOS ANGELES, CA - Commander Hugo Eckener, modern “Columbus of the air.” LAKEHURST, NJ - In 21 days she covered 20,000 miles breaking all existing globe-circling records. Home again! 2. HOOVER HONORS ECKENER: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Zeppelin Commander flies to Capitol to be greeted by President. 3. 1200 CRADLE STARS IN BIGGEST BABY PARADE: ASBURY PARK, NJ - 75,000 spectators line boardwalk to see annual march of tiny “kings and queens.” Traffic block. Too much whoopee. 4. TINY COUNTRY PAYS HOMAGE TO ITS PRINCE: VADUZ, LIECHTENSTEIN - (Exclusive Pictures) Principality on upper Rhine celebrates oath-taking of aged ruler. This country is only 65 miles square with a population of 11,500. Prince John II, who is 89, has reigned since 1858. (Except New Orleans, Boston, San Francisco, Albany, and Buffalo) 5. JEWS PROTEST OUTRAGES AT HUGE MASS MEETING: NEW YORK CITY - (Exclusive Pictures) Delegates from many states fill Madison Square Garden in national outcry against Arab massacres. Samuel Untermyer, Chairman. Mayor Walker speaks. Sen. Borah journeys from Washington to add his voice their demands. 6. “ETERNAL YOUTH” CLUB HOLDS ANNUAL “PEP” MEET: LEWISTON, ME - Fifty couples, who refuse to get old, have get-together jamboree. These couples have been married 50 years (Reno take notice). Henry “Spinach” Cannon and Ed “Dundreary” Farwell. 7. FAMOUS STATUE HAS A SATURDAY NIGHT: ROME, ITALY - Memorial to late King Victor Emmanuel II is given yearly scrubbing. Like a chapter from Gulliver’s Travels. “Shine ’em up, Tony!” 8. THOUSANDS GASP AT LINDY AIR MEET STUNTS: CLEVELAND, OH - Aviation week brings thrill after thrill as daring fliers risk lives. Amelia Earhart does a nose dive in a glider. The autogiro does its stuff. Navy planes are hitched together by ropes and fly in formation. Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh arrive. With his bride at the controls, Lindy tries to start a plane. And tries. And tries. Then Lindy, between two other planes, does a sensational flip-flop. King of the air! (LOCAL - NEW ORLEANS) SOUTHERN ROD ESPERTS HOLD RODEO: MOBILE, AL - 200 devotees of Izaak Walton sport go after tarpon in Gulf. Landing a whopper. Modern trolling. Two of the biggest — the large fish weighs 115 pounds. (LOCAL - SAN FRANCISCO) “WARSHIPS” PARADE IN CITY’S NAUTICAL FETE: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Harbor Day celebration brings big welcome to men of the sea. Bluejackets for the Pacific Fleet. The Marines. Visiting Chilean sailors. (LOCAL - BOSTON) HARBOR GOES “BOOM” AS ARMY TEST MINES: PROTLAND, ME - New underwater bombs are tried out in U.S. coast defense trails. Inserting fuses. Over they go. Man-made geysers. (LOCAL - ALBANY AND BUFFALO) HAIL GOVERNOR AT N.Y. STATE FAIR: SYRACUSE, NY - (Exclusive Pictures) Crowds greet Roosevelt when he visits big annual exhibition. With his mother. Speaking at Empire Court. Luncheon on the clubhouse lawn. The Governor places a blue ribbon on the winning stallion of the Fair.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library