Quaint Pilgrimage Held (Universal Newsreel, Jun 1938)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. F.D.R. AT SON'S WEDDING: NAHANT, MA - Thousands jam the street near the quaint Old Boston Church for a glimpse of the President and the newly-weds, as John, his youngest son, is married in a colorful ceremony to Anne Lindsay Clark, Boston debutante. 2A/B/C/D/E/F. SCORES DEAD IN TRAIN WRECK: SAUGUS, MT - Many passengers are crushed to death or drowned, and others injured, when the locomotive and 7 cars of a crack Chicago-to-Tacoma flyer plunges through a weakened bridge into flood waters of Custer Creek. / FIND 9 DEAD IN LOST PLANE: YOSEMITE NAT'L PARK, CA - Wreckage of a luxury liner, missing since last March, is found on Buena Vista peak, 8500 feet above sea-level. Searchers battle their way to the demolished transport through snow and ice. / AIR BOMBS KILL THOUSANDS: CANTON, CHINA - Spectacular and amazing views of the bombing of the huge seaport metropolis as Japanese bombers roar over with relentless precision and drop explosives that take a terrible toll of non-combatant lives. / CHINA WAR-AID PARTIES HELD: NEW YORK, NY - While jugglers and acrobats thrill crowds in Chinatown, thousands learn to eat with chopsticks in "Bowl of Rice" dinners held throughout the country to raise funds for civilian relief. / ENVOY HOME ON SHORT VISIT: NEW YORK, NY - With Anglo-American relations beset with questions of war debts, and the proposed trade pact, Joseph P. Kennedy, U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, arrives to see his son graduate and to confer at the White House. / KING'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED: LONDON, ENGLAND - The impressive and colorful Trooping of the Colors is held by picked British Battalions as a time-honored tribute to their ruler on his natal day. 3. QUAINT PILGRIMAGE HELD: ECHTERNACH, LUXEMBOURG - In a unique and colorful ceremony, dating back to the Black Plague, men, women and children dance through the streets in a strange procession to the tomb of St. Willibrord, seeking cures. 4. CHIMPS STAR IN ZOO DEBUT: ST. LOUIS, MO - Fascinated "kids" are thrilled as the Chimpanzees of the Zoological Park stage their first Simian circus of the summer season, with amusing tricks, stunts and general monkey-business. 5A/B/C. PITCHER SETS NEW RECORD: BOSTON, MA - Johnny Vander Meer, sensational pitching ace, in action! The mound marvel, who broke all baseball records by hurling two consecutive no-hit, no-run games for the Cincinnati "Reds" is becomingly modest about his remarkable feat. / BABE RUTH BACK IN UNIFORM: BROOKLYN, NY - Babe Ruth, favorite of millions as "The King of Swat," heeds the call of the great American sport and returns to the diamond, this time as "first base coach" for the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League. / TRACK STARS THRILL CROWDS: PRINCETON, NJ - Spectacular races keep a big turn-out of sports fans on edge on the University's Invitation Meet. Glenn Cunningham defeats San Romani in the mile but a stumble and mix-up spoil the chance for a new record. (LOCAL – CANADA) 1938 TEAM COMPETE RIFLE PRIZES. (LOCAL – MINNESOTA) N.C.A.A. TRACK MEET.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library