Air Raid Takes Deadly Toll (Universal Newsreel, Aug 1938)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. “CHARLIE” GETS HONORARY TITLE: CHICAGO, IL - The inimitable “Charlie McCarthy,” dressed in cap and gown, is his usual comic self when Dean Dennis of the Northwestern University’s School of Speech confers on him a degree of master of “Innuendo and Snappy Come-Back.” 2A/B/C/D. AIR RAID TAKES DEADLY TOLL: HANKOW, CHINA - Scenes of intense horror are widespread, as Japanese bombing planes, staging relentless attacks on the civilian population, reduce the river city to a burning shambles and force the natives to flee in terror. / MEDIATOR VISITS WAR ZONE: KAMNITZ, CZECHOSLOVAKIA - While threats of war makes his job as arbitrator of the Czech-Sudeten crisis a ticklish one, Lord Runciman and his wife are guests of Prince Kinsky at a colorful castle estate near the German frontier. / PRISON DEATHS STIR NATION: PHILADELPHIA, PA - The County prison at Holmesburg, where four unruly prisoners met death, allegedly by excessive steam heat in almost air-tight “Punishment” cells, is the center of intense investigation by State and County officials. / FIREMAN BALKS SUICIDE LEAP: NEW YORK, NY - While horrified crowds watch from the street below, William Ahern, psychopathic patient at Bellevue Hospital, poises on a 9th-floor ledge, planning to jump to his death, but is thwarted by Fireman T.J. Kehoe in a last-minute rescue. 3. “TOOTSIE” RINGS NEW BEACH FAD: VENICE, CA - (Exclusive) Milady hasn’t bells on her fingers, but she has rings on her toes, and this latest rage is sweeping West Coast beaches like wildfire. Dame Fashion’s latest decree is twinkling feet, and “tootsie” sparklers have a toe-hold on beauty! 4A/B/C. WAR ADMIRAL WINS TURF CUP: SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY - 20,000 fans are on hand at the “homestretch” race of the famous spa meeting to see War Admiral, sensational son of Man O’ War, romp home first by four lengths in the thrilling Saratoga Cup classic. / EYSTON SETS 345 M.P.H. RECORD: BONNEVILLE, UT - His sensational Thunderbolt painted black, Capt. George Eyston, British racing ace, breaks his former world’s mark of 312 M.P.H. and whizzes at a death-defying 6-mile-a-minute clip over the salt flats. / FLY-WEIGHT CHAMPS MIX IT: PINE BEACH, NJ - (Exclusive) Future sea-going youngsters at the Admiral Farragut Naval Academy stage a rough and tumble lightweight battle for school honors, and youthful fists bump into youthful chins while cadet schoolmates cheer for action. (LOCAL – NEW ORLEANS) “WRONG WAY” DOUG WELCOMED. (LOCAL – CANADA) PARADE.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library