Northwest Celebrates Sesqui (Universal Newsreel, Apr 1938)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. NORTHWEST CELEBRATES SESQUI: MARIETTA, OH - The hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the “Northwest Territory” is marked by the arrival of “pioneers” in a flatboat, just as they came from West Newton, PA, a century and a half ago. 2. EASTER FINERY MAKES ITS BOW: PASADENA, CA - Spring bursts into full bloom with a fashion show held at a swimming pool. Diving champions present olios as the parade of styles flits intermittently across the stage. 3. SCULPTURE SHOWN OUT-DOORS: NEW YORK CITY - Members of the Sculptors Guild decide to dispense with gallery exhibitions and set up their work on a low roof-top in Park Avenue. The show makes a pleasing spectacle in the open air. 4. PAPA’S GONNA HELP MAMA NOW: NEW YORK CITY - Gotham’s Maternity Centre decides to do its bit for mother by teaching pater familias a few tricks of the trade. Slightly clumsy papas learn to bathe the baby and get the safety-pin in the right place. 5. WILD DUCKS STYMIE GOLFERS: PORTLAND, OR - (Exclusive) Thousands of migratory birds camp on a golf course, upsetting the sporting routine, but giving the Biological Survey a chance to band the ducks in a new drive to study their habits. 6A/B/C/D/E. REORGANIZATION BILL KILLED: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative John O’Connor, leader of the fight against the Administration bill to reorganize Government bureaus, reviews the action of the House in voting against the measure. / CAMPUS RESPONDS TO SPRING: TROY, NY - Students at Rensselaer Poly fall prey to the budding season and corner the market in 1-cent pieces. There’s damage to clothing, too, as they claim 25% of the duds represent hidden taxes. / ITALY HONORS DEAD IN SPAIN: ROME, ITALY - Mussolini bestows medals on widows and relatives of men shot down while piloting bombers in Spain and Ethiopia. The awards are made as a feature of the 14th anniversary of the Air Force. / BRITISH SPEED WAR TRANSPORT: ROYAL ENGINEERS devise a queer, new method of “ferrying” army trucks over streams and ditches. They stretch steel cables and run the trucks over ravines and rough country. / RUSSIANS STUDY SNOW TACTICS: RUSSIA - The Red Army artillery dons white suits and camouflages its instruments with white for a series of realistic maneuvers in terrain covered with snow. 7A/B/C. 20,000 HOMELESS IN FLOODS: MONTGOMERY, AL - Sixteen are known dead, and thousands routed from their homes as rising waters and a cold wave bring misery to a widespread area in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. / BLIZZARD SWEEPS HALF NATION: HEAVY SNOWS breaks into vernal reveries from Oklahoma to Chicago and New York. Unseasonable drifts paralyze traffic on a tremendous scale.—CHICAGO, IL - (Exclusive) More than 100,000 devout Catholic continue a Perpetual Novena despite the storm that sweeps the city. / ELK CITY, OK - A record blizzard wreaks havoc on highway traffic throughout the area. (LOCAL – CANADA) MAPLE LEAFS EVEN.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library