Chinese Hold War Protest (Universal Newsreel, May 1938)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. CHINESE HOLD WAR PROTEST: NEW YORK CITY - 12,000 Orientals, many in native costumes, parade through Chinatown with colorful floats and huge banners in demonstration of united support for the defense forces fighting Japanese invasion. 2A/B/C/D. SALE OF HELIUM HALTED: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Germany may not get non-inflammable U.S. gas to use for her new dirigible, is the outlook following White House Conference of high officers and members of military, naval, and cabinet posts. / SLUM PLAN GETS UNDER WAY: YOUNGSTOWN, OH - Low-cost housing moves a step nearer to reality as the government’s new $500,000,000 program is started with dramatic demolition of old tenement to the delight of thousands of citizens. / OLD AND NEW TRAINS MEET: NEW HAVEN, CT - Celebrating 50 years of electric locomotive operation, the New Haven Railroad demonstrates its first “electric”, with a maximum speed of ten miles an hour, against its latest streamlined monarch of the rails. / AIRMEN “DEFEND” EAST: NEW YORK, NY - Clipping along at a speed of 200 miles per hour, the crack 20th Pursuit Group of U.S. Army birdmen exhibits amazing skill in precision flight formation during record Air Corp maneuvers. 3. BELLES CHALLENGE WINCHELL: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bevy of government office beauties hand the Broadway columnist a bunch of scallions and cause him to change his mind about the lack of pulchritude in Uncle Sam’s Service. 4. 1939 WORLD’S FAIR PREVIEW: NEW YORK, NY - Daring aerial stunts by the slide-for-life D’Arcy girls, and gigantic display of fireworks, thrill a huge crowd of spectators at the exposition site. 5. “CAR OF TOMORROW” SHOWN: RESEDA, CA - (Exclusive) New ultra-streamlined automobile, which cost $20,000 to build, is put through its paces. Its automatic top can be raised or lowered by the driver without stopping or leaving his position at the wheel. 6. BABY SKATER CUTS FIGURES: HOLLYWOOD, CA - Little Miss Irene Dare, five year old “Belle of the Blades,” comes to Movieland from St. Paul. With zipping speed and fancy ice skating she hopes to crash the screen by her amazing skill. 7A/B/C. SCHMELING HERE FOR FIGHT: NEW YORK, NY - The heavyweight challenger, bronzed and confident, arrives on the Bremen, and signs up with Joe Louis, before the NY Boxing Commission, for a championship battle on June 22. / GIRLS RIDE IN TURF CLASSIC: PIMLICO, MD - Away to a fast start, Miss Sara Bosley, daughter of America’s foremost woman trainer, rides Angus home to victory five lengths in advance of her field in the “May Den,” ladies racing event. / MAT “BLIMP” IS DEFLATED: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Martin Levy, 625 pounds of bone, muscle, and fat, enters the ring to grapple with Chief Sanooke, a 380-pound stripling, but does a nose dive through the ropes to end the match.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library