European Bombshell Bursts as Austria Falls to Nazis (Universal Newsreel, Mar 1938)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1A/B/C/D/E/F/G. EUROPEAN BOMBSHELL BURSTS AS AUSTRIA FALLS TO NAZIS: VIENNA - Chancellor Schuschnigg and President Miklas resign as Nazi troops pour into Austria sweeping the ancient State into subjection. / PRAHA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA - Worried Czechs prepare their army as they warn they will fight for independence. / BRENNER PASS, ITALY - Italian soldiers stand guard as their frontier takes on a strange, new aspect. / PARIS, FRANCE - Leon Blum, scholarly Socialist leader, completes the second Popular Front Government in the face of the crisis. / LONDON, ENGLAND - Prime Minister Chamberlin and Lord Halifax are faced with a very ticklish matter of foreign relations. / MOSCOW, U.S.S.R. - The Red Army mobilizes against the possibility of a Nazi threat to Czechoslovakia. / WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney urges the United States to mind its own business when it comes to foreign affairs. 2. ’PLANE TESTER BLOWS A GALE: LANGLEY FIELD, VA - The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics puts the world's biggest wind-tunnel into service. The monster tester gives a full-sized 'plane all the buffeting of a hurricane. 3. ITALY'S FIGHTING POET DEAD: GARDONE, ITALY - Gabriele d'Annunzio, ranting romantic poet of wartime and leader of the Italian occupation of Fiume, dies at 71 and his body lies in state on half a gunboat perched on his estate. 4A/B/C. PERSONALITIES IN THE NEWS: CHICAGO, IL - Frank Balek reads and writes upside-down. And it isn't a stunt—he finds it easier that way. / BOSTON, MA - (Exclusive) Thousands of Albanians stage a wild demonstration as King Zog's three sisters visit former Premier Bishop Fan Noli. / SACRAMENTO, CA - Mooney appears before the Assembly in a plea for release from his long prison sentence. 5. YOUNG MEN'S FANCY TOUCHED: NEW YORK CITY - A parade of last-minute styles shows what the Well-Dressed Man will wear (or should, according to the tailors) in the season or two just ahead of us. 6. FLOWER SHOW FETES JUBILEE: NEW YORK CITY - A mighty mass of blooms bursts upon the sight of Gothamites as the International Flower Show opens its doors in celebration of its Silver Jubilee. 7A/B/C. BIG LEAGUERS NEAR TOP FORM: ORLANDO, FL - Washington's Senators train—and laugh with Nick Altrock. / SAN BERNARDINO, CA - The Pittsburgh Pirates put plenty of stuff into Spring training as the season nears. / CUNNINGHAM SETS MILE TRACK: NEW YORK CITY - Glenn Cunningham runs a dazzling race in the Columbian Mile at the Knights of Columbus Games, breaking his own record, but he fails to repeat victory in the 600 Invitation. (LOCAL – BOSTON) RED SOX TRAINING. (LOCAL – CHICAGO) WHITE SOX TRAINING. (LOCAL – CANADA) FIGURE SKATING.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library