Slot Machines Melted Down (Universal Newsreel, Jan 1938)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. CLIPPER LOST IN SOUTH SEAS: THE GIGANTIC Samoan Clipper explodes and sinks at sea, killing all seven members of the crew during a test flight on the new Hawaii to New Zealand route. The fated ship carried no passengers on her way to disaster.—BOZEMAN, MT - Ten die when Northwest Airliner crashes in flames. 2. GIRLS SHINE AT BADMINTON: NEW YORK CITY - Women players show their prowess in the fast, thrilling indoor-court game as a mixed double match brings badminton to the floor of the Hippodrome. The girls prove they can take it as well as their male partners. 3. SLOT MACHINES MELTED DOWN: PORTLAND, OR - (Exclusive) City authorities turn an expensive haul of slot machines into the melting pot, casting pin games and coin machines into sash weights. Gambling devices worth $90,000 are destroyed in the purge. 4. S.S. LEVIATHAN SOLD FOR JUNK: HOBOKEN, NJ - The rotting Leviathan, once pride of America’s merchant marine, is sold to British interests for $750,000 to be taken apart for scrap. The big ship cost Germany $16,657,000 to build, and was seized by the U.S. during the war. 5. LEOPARD COATS DECK SIRENS: MIAMI BEACH, FL - (Exclusive) Bathing girls find leopard-like robes are the rage at the cabana clubs. So a group of the prettiest sirens model the latest designs in coats to be worn at the fancier bathing resorts. 6. XMAS TREES DEPART IN GLORY: PORTLAND, OR - Worn-out Christmas trees by the thousand are spared the sad fate of collection by the garbage man. Boy Scouts gather 40,000 trees for a monster bonfire that draws a big throng of excited spectators. 7. SUN SMILES ON FLOWER FETE: CANNES, FRANCE - Splendid sunny weather greets a midwinter Battle of Flowers in the famous Mediterranean port. Yachts and small boats are gayly decorated with pennants and flowers for the joyous occasion. 8. THOMSON WINS COAST GOLF: LOS ANGELES, CA - Griffith Park sees a bang-up collection of golf aces, as the 13th Annual Los Angeles Open Golf tournament gets under way. Jimmy Thomson wins the crown from an assortment of experts including Harry Cooper, Revolta, Lawson Little and Lloyd Mangrum. 9. SKATES SCRAMBLE CAGE MATCH: MIAMI BEACH, FL - Visiting Lovelies play basketball on roller-skates, speeding up the cage contest and increasing the number of spills and fisticuffs (!) as the girls whizz around the court trying to keep their feet while they shoot baskets. 10. SKIERS HAIL 11-FOOT SNOW: MT. BAKER, WA - (Exclusive) Jack Frost starts the budding year off right at a popular ski-ing rendezvous by laying an eleven-foot blanket of dry, new snow. And his invitation is immediately accepted by experts—and dubs—of both sexes.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library