Famed Cherry Trees Blossom (Universal Newsreel, Mar 1938)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. FAMED CHERRY TREES BLOSSOM: WASHINGTON, D.C. - An early Spring touches the capital’s renowned cheery trees and covers them with a profusion of delicate pink and white blossoms, attracting hundreds of tourists. 2A/B/C/D/E. MEXICANS SUPPORT CARDENAS: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - A gigantic mass meeting voices strong approval of measures taken by President Lazaro Cardenas to expropriate oil properties in the country that were being operated by foreign concerns. / PRESIDENT VISITS IN SOUTH: WARM SPRINGS, GA - President Roosevelt attends the dedication of a new chapel at the noted Warm Springs Foundation for victims of infantile paralysis. He gets a big reception from the young patients. / RUSSIANS RESCUED FROM ICE: GREENLAND SEA - Four Russian scientists, in danger of death as their “North Pole” camp on an iceberg shows signs of disastrous melting, are saved by a Soviet ice-breaker that fights its way to the marooned men. / FAMED 15th HOME FROM CHINA: TACOMA, WA - The Fifteenth Infantry comes back to the United States for the first time in 26 years of China service. / MIAMI, FL - (Exclusive) Cuban gunboats carry a big party of U.S. cadets on a visit to the Island Republic. 3. TIPPLERS TO BE PUT IN CAGE: WOBURN, MA - (Exclusive) A Yankee Mayor decides that old-fashioned methods are best, so he constructs and dedicates a rolling cage for the public exhibition of drunks. There’s a little difficulty at the “christening.” 4. SPEEDERS FACE FOTO-FINISH: TOLEDO, OH - Municipal police adapt the candid camera idea to catching speedsters. A camera mounted in the squad car photographs the fugitive’s license plate against a speedometer showing the driver’s pace. 5. BIG TOP READY FOR THE ROAD: ROCHESTER, IN - Performers and animals of the Cole Brothers & Clyde Beatty circus engage in a final tune-up performance before hitting the trail for exhibition dates throughout the country. 6. QUIDDERS PICK ACE MARKSMAN: BURKSVILLE, KY - (Exclusive) Tobacco-chewers sharpen their aim and take part in a juice-spitting competition which includes a woman among the contestants. Grant Cundiff nicks the bull’s-eye. 7. SWEEPS WINNERS GAY AS USUAL: NEW YORK CITY - It’s no crying matter to win $150,000 (or even $75,000) in the Irish Sweepstakes as happy ticket-holders are eager to tell you. (LOCAL – CANADA) GALAXY OF BLOOMS.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library