Present Tax Cut as Congress Opens Session (Universal Newsreel, Dec 1929)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. PRESENT TAX CUT AS CONGRESS OPENS SESSION: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Lawmakers rush $160,000,000 reduction proposal. Speaker Longworth calls the House to order. Women Representatives with Speaker Longworth — Pratt, NY; Rogers, MA; Norton, NJ; and Owens, FL. 2. 16 TEAMS START IN SIX-DAY BIKE GRIND: NEW YORK CITY - Foreign and American track stars compete in forty-seventh annual contest. Furious sprints thrill the spectators. 3. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: PHILADELPHIA, PA - Dedicate Rodin Museum — the late Jules Mastbaum’s $2,000,000 gift to city. 4. PLOWS BATTLE SNOWS: BERTHOUD PASS, CO - Crews work day and night to clear heavy drifts from railroads in Northwest. Giant tractors and dynamite are used on the highways. 5. CHAMPION WALKERS RACE FOR 11 MILES - NEW YORK CITY - (Exclusive Pictures) Crack “hoofers” of America jog from City Hall to Coney Island for national title. 6. HERE’S A RIVER THAT “RUNS UP HILL”: KANSU PROVINCE, CHINA - The Shang Liu Shui, worshipped by superstitious Chinese, filmed for first time. An illusion, the water seems to climb the hillside. 7. HOW GOOD IS YOUR NEWS MEMORY?: MINEOLA, NY - On April 24, 1927, a great U.S. flyer saved the lives of four in a damaged plane — Who was he? His wheel gear smashed in hop-off, he lands with amazing skill. Answer — Clarence Chamberlain. 8. BRAVE ZERO BREEZES TO BATHE IN ICY LAKE: CHICAGO, IL - (Exclusive Pictures) “Polar Bears” gambol in Michigan’s waters at “two below.” One red hot papa tries to cool off. 9. COMEDY “NOAH’S ARK” IS ON ITS WAY TO U.S.: MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - All kinds of queer animals are loaded on steamship in Antipodes. A steer that never grew up. Battling Wallaby will challenge all comers in America. 10. 96-YARD RUN WINS FOR NOTRE DAME OVER ARMY: NEW YORK, NY - 85,000 brave zero weather to see Rockne’s warriors triumph over West Point, 7-0. Cagle, Army star, makes a thirty-yard run. Another brilliant play by Cagle. Elder’s sensational dash that scored for the Irish. (LOCAL - CANADA) WORLD’S FASTEST LIFEBOAT LAUNCHED. (LOCAL - CANADA) PRIZE ENGLISH CATTLE AT XMAS STOCK SHOW.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library