Salmon Run Gladdens Anglers (Universal Newsreel, Apr 1938)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. SALMON RUN GLADDENS ANGLERS: OREGON CITY, OR - Tremendous quantities of salmon flock up the Willamette River, heading right toward the lines of scores of fishermen eager to gaff and land beautiful specimens. And they do! 2. TEXANS LAUGH THROUGH TEARS: RAYMONDVILLE, TX - (Exclusive) They’re dancing with tears in their eyes, these celebrants in the Lone Star State. No, they’re not sad—it’s the annual Onion Fiesta, and the juicy vegetable irritates the tear-ducts. 3. FORDS FETE GOLDEN WEDDING: DEARBORN, MI - Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Schoolchildren greet the motor magnate and his wife as the pair attend church. 4A/B/C/D/F/G. WHITNEY GOES TO SING SING: OSSINING, NY - Richard Whitney, once President of the New York Stock Exchange, goes to jail chained to a pair of felons. The cashiered broker faces a sentence of five to ten years. / SULTAN INVESTIGATES TANKS: ALDERSHOT, ENGLAND - The diminutive Sultan of Muscat and Oman is the guest of British tank regiment. The men take the visiting royalty for a ride as part of his education into the methods of modern warfare. / HUGE PLANE OFF FOR RUSSIA: JERSEY CITY, NJ - (Exclusive) The 46-ton Martin seaplane, built for the Russian Government, is loaded aboard a freighter for shipment to the Soviets. The 85-foot monster is the biggest of its type in the world. / POLAR HEROES WILDLY CHEERED: LENINGRAD, U.S.S.R. - Four Russian scientists, rescued from their drifting, melting ice floe, are given a rousing welcome by enormous crowds both as they land, and on their arrival in Moscow. / NAVY UNVEILS ITS MANEUVERS: HAWAII - The Battle Fleet tears the shroud of secrecy from its thrilling method of fighting submarines. Planes spot the undersea craft with smoke-bombs and destroyers speed to the scene. / REFUGEES FLOCK INTO FRANCE: LUCHON, FRANCE - Hundreds of refugees from the Spanish civil war make the dangerous crossing of the Pyrenees. Women, children and the infirm are cared for, while fighting-men return to the war. / ALPINE TROOPS DEFY HEIGHTS: PASSO ROLLE, ITALY - Well-trained Alpine soldiers scoff at 10,000-foot peaks of the Dolomite Alps as they lug machine-guns and heavy equipment through the passes. Their ski-work is magnificent. 5A/B. OXFORD WINS BIG BOAT RACE: THAMES RIVER, ENGLAND - Oxford’s huskier crew takes the measure of Cambridge in the ninetieth rowing classic between the two Universities. Choppy water fails to halt the winners’ pace. / HEAVYWEIGHTS BATTLE ON MAT: NEW YORK CITY - (Exclusive) The venerable rafters of the famous Hippodrome creak and groan as heavyweight wrestlers exhibit their bone-crushing skill in a series of bouts packed with thrills for the spectators. (LOCAL – CHICAGO) APRIL BLIZZARD.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library