Picks Up Air Mail at 90-Miles-An-Hour (Universal Newsreel, Dec 1929)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. PICKS UP AIR MAIL AT 90-MILES-AN-HOUR: CURTISS FIELD, NY - New device is given successful test before Post Office officials. 2. COLLEGE BOYS TAKE UP COURSE IN GREASE PAINT: PRINCETON, NJ - “The Golden Dog” goes into rehearsal with a very “girlie” chorus. The “Ponies” kick up their heels. All the latest movements. 3. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: NEW YORK CITY - The Tunneys return — Ex-heavyweight champion and former Polly Lauder back from Europe. 4. EDISON OF TO FLORIDA: NEWARK, NJ - Leaves for Fort Myers after announcing production of rubber from goldenrod. 5. COLLEGE GIRL DOES HER ARITHMETIC ON SKATES: CAMBRIDGE, MA - Maribel Vinson, of Radcliffe, shows how cutting fancy figures won National Championship. 6. PEASANTS PREPARE FOR “PASSION PLAY” IN 1930: OBERAMMERGAU, BAVARIA - Famous characters get ready for “Crucifixion” decennial. “Mary,” “Judas Iscariot,” “Christus,” “Peter.” 7. HOW GOOD IS YOUR NEWS MEMORY? - The most appalling peace-time disaster in U.S. Navy history — When and how did it happen? Answer — Sept. 3, 1923, when 7 destroyers crashed on the rocks in a fog, drowning 22 men at Point Honda, CA. 8. GIRL MESSENGERS RACE THROUGH FRENCH CAPITAL - PARIS, FRANCE - Midinettes celebrate St. Catherine’s Day with dash across city. Then they get ready for the grand ball. And so — far — far into the night. 9. DYNAMITE TAKES TRIPLE HIT ON BIG CHIMNEYS: SPANDAU, GERMANY - Giant smokestacks go down in demolition of old German factory. Three strikes and out! 10. NIPPON’S LEGIONS MARCH BEFORE EMPEROR HIROHITO: MITO, JAPAN - (Photographed by special permission of the War Department) 123,000 Cadets and troops take part in great five-day maneuvers and review. In war game soldiers are camouflaged against airplane attack. Naval smoke screens shield the army at river crossing. The Mikado reviews his warriors.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library