“Shoot” Planes From Decks of U.S. Warships (Universal Newsreel, Nov 1929)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. “SHOOT” PLANES FROM DECKS OF U.S. WARSHIPS: HAMPTON ROADS, VA - (Official Navy Pictures) Latest catapult device is demonstrated on “Utah” and “Arkansas” in maneuvers. A high explosive gives the airplane its impetus. Rear Admiral Lanning directs the demonstration. Planes leave the runways at eighty-mile-an-hour speed. Getting back is almost as thrilling as taking off. 2. WINTER SPORTS SEASON OPENS IN SCANDINAVIA: UPSALAO, SWEDEN - Champion Swedish ski jumpers take advantage of early snows to hold meet. A bad crash spoils the opening of the big toboggan slide. 3. GIVES HUMAN DERELICTS A HAPPY THANKSGIVING: NEW YORK CITY - Urbain Ledoux, “Mr. Zero,” feeds hundreds of homeless men for a nickel each. Soup, turkey, and all the fixings. John Rist, 83, and Alfred Powell, 65. “Mr. Zero,” a true friend of the friendless. 4. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - Pascual Ortiz Rubio, President-elect of Mexico, poses with his family at his home. A big festival held in his honor. 5. RUSSIA EXILES GERMANS: KIEL, GERMANY - 10,000 Colonists, forced to live in camps, return to Fatherland for succor. 6. SAYS HE’S “UGLIEST MAN”: NEWARK, NJ - (Exclusive Pictures) Joe Jarilla, 24, former high school football star, claims to be original “bogey man.” 7. TRAVELING TONSORIAL ARTIST NEW ORIENT FAD: WANG, CHINA - (Exclusive Pictures) Barber, ruined by war, goes “on road” with his portable shop. Not forgetting his “windjammers.” 8. HOW GOOD IS YOUR NEWS MEMORY?: HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - What famous transatlantic flyer came near death when his plane crashed in 1927? Answer — Commander Byrd, in his trial flight at Hasbrouck Heights. 9. STOUT GERMANS TAKE UP MECHANICAL MASSAGE: BERLIN, GERMANY - New reducing devices tried as big waistlines lose popularity. The machines don’t skip anything. 10. TOYLAND MONSTERS INVADE CITY STREETS: NEW YORK CITY - Giants from Santa Claus’ realm delight thousands of kiddies. They fly back to Fairyland.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library