Boys in Blue Parade Again (Universal Newsreel, May 1938)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. BOYS IN BLUE PARADE AGAIN: SANTA MONICA, CA - (Exclusive) Most of them too old to march, 40 veterans of the G.A.R. celebrate their 71st and probably last encampment in a colorful motorcade. Former rough riders and doughboys join them in a picturesque procession. 2A/B/C/D/E/F. DALADIER LEAVES FOR LONDON: LE BOURGET, FRANCE - The French Premier, accompanied by Georges Bonnet, Minister of Foreign Affairs, inspects airport troops before boarding a plane for London to confer with England’s Prime Minister on the new London-Paris axis. / ANTI-NAZIS MASS ON MAY DAY: PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA - 200,000 citizens, led by Lord Mayor Zenkle in a stirring demonstration of national unity, assemble in a mighty protest against the recent Nazi threat to their national independence. / FACTORY DESTROYED BY FIRE: KENSINGTON, CT - Building walls collapse as billowing black smoke, interspersed with flames forty and fifty feet high, marks the end of a large manufacturing plant in a spectacular blaze. / ECKENER SEEKS HELIUM HERE: NEW YORK, NY - (Exclusive) Celebrated German airship pioneer arrives on the liner Hansa, to negotiate with the United States for the purchase of 10,000,000 cubic feet of gas to be used in the new LZ-130, now nearing completion. / CROWD THWARTS CONGRESSMEN: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative O’Connell of Montana and Bernard of Minnesota head for Jersey City to speak against Mayor Hague. But the meeting is called off as an anti-radical crowd of 30,000 awaits to “welcome” them. / TWO KILLED IN PLANE CRASH: SEATTLE, WA - Two women die under water, when a seaplane, piloted by Bradford Washburn, Jr., noted Harvard explorer, cracks up in landing on Lake Union. Rescue workers make a futile effort to revive the victims. 3. BOVINE BEAUTIES IN CONTEST: SABETHA, KS - Miss Moo 1938 is selected in an unusual beauty contest. Fair milkmaids powder and primp their barnyard belles, top them off with fancy bonnets, and then engage in a high-speed milking competition. 4. LAWRIN WINNER IN DERBY UPSET: LOUISVILLE, KY - After a night of mint juleps and carefree celebration marking Kentucky’s welcome on the eve of America’s foremost turf classic, a colorful holiday crowd of 60,000 is driven to a frenzy as they see Herbert M. Woolf’s 9 to 1 shot, boxed in at the start, fight his way through a superlative field, and with a splendid burst of power in the stretch, beat Dauber and Can’t Wait to score one of the most spectacular racing victories in years. (LOCAL – CANADA) OPENING OF BASEBALL SEASON.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library