Million Preview World’s Fair (Universal Newsreel, May 1938)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. FLEET BACK FROM WAR GAMES: SAN PEDRO, CA - Uncle Sam’s battle wagons return from secret maneuvers in the Pacific. 50,000 gobs, tired of seeing the world through a porthole, speed to the arms of their waiting wives and/or sweethearts. 2A/B/C/D. ROOSEVELT TAKES FISHING TRIP: CHARLESTOWN, S.C. - After a month’s hard work charting his proposed recovery program, the President boards the cruiser Philadelphia for a week’s vacation in Caribbean waters, this time near the Virgin Islands. / NATIONALISTS REACH FRANCE: BOBOST, SPAIN - Insurgent forces drive their way to the French border in the picturesque valley of Aran, 80 miles north of Larida. There they exchange greetings with French gendarmes and stage a victory review. / COLONIAL FESTIVAL COLORFUL: CANNES, FRANCE - Annual flower celebration is featured by picturesque uniforms worn by French Colonial troops, both of the present and of the past. Senegalese and Indo-Chinese do weird native dances that put Harlem to shame. / MUSSOLINI FOUNDS NEW TOWN: PONTINE MARSH, ITALY - Il Duce, once a stone mason, wields a trowel with ease as he lays the cornerstone of the first building in Pomezia. Dictator is in rare good humor as construction on reclaimed marsh land begins. 3. HONEYMOON BRIDGE TOUGH JOB: NIAGARA FALLS, NY - Daring workmen risk their lives to construct the wooden bridges leading into the Cave of the Winds at the base of the Falls. Window washers and steel workers have it easy compared to these chaps. 4. MILLION PREVIEW WORLD’S FAIR: NEW YORK, NY - Throngs see the largest motor parade in the city’s history as pageant speeds to the Fair Grounds. Beauties adorn the colorful floats that symbolize “The World of Tomorrow.” 5A/B/C/D. DARING SKIDS MARK AUTO RACE: HOHOKUS, NJ - Daredevil drivers take desperate chances in a spectacular dirt-track race. Spectators are imperiled as one car, getting out of control, skids off the track into the crowd. / STARS RACE AT PENN RELAYS: PHILADELPHIA, PA - Cunningham downs Venzke in the homestretch as 30,000 spectators see the thrilling finish of the mile event. Bill Lynch, Princeton, wins the hammer throw, and other track and field aces take top honors. / JALLOPY RACE IS ROUGH STUFF: FRESNO, CA - Collegians drive 47 ancient automobiles over a bumpy course. Tires roll off, bolts fly and dust swirls as the old hacks bounce along, but Jim Pearson brings his 1923 model home first and gets a big kiss. / FIGHTING FOX AN EASY WINNER: JAMAICA, NY - William Woodward’s graceful bay colt, a full brother of Gallant Fox, shows tremendous power in the stretch and becomes a Derby threat as he wins the Wood Memorial by three lengths. (LOCAL – NEW YORK) THEATRE BEAUTIES.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library