Latest Fur Fashions Shown (Universal Newsreel, Oct 1938)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. “SWEEPS” WINNERS CLEAN UP: NEW YORK, NY - Fortune smiles on lucky winners in the fabulous Irish Sweepstakes—and the winners smile back! $150,000 first prize money for dazed holders on “Contravent,” and are they happy! Well, wouldn’t you be? 2A/B/C/D/E. ANTI-AIRCRAFT AUTO TESTED: RAHWAY, NJ - An amazing vehicle for combating bombing planes, travels at a mile-a-minute over rough ground in tests. Designed by Preston Tucker, racing car builder, the defense machine carries three machine guns and a rapid-fire one-pounder. / NOVEL CUTTING DEVICE SHOWN: NEW ROADS, LA - A mechanical sugar cane cutter that will revolutionize Southern economy is demonstrated. Invented by Allan Wurtele, plantation owner, the machine harvests 100 tons in 12 hours, doing the work of 50 men at one-fifth the cost. / RODEO HELD FOR SICK KIDDIES: NEW YORK, NY - A Wild West errand of mercy. Crippled youngsters at Bellevue Hospital are thrilled as the rough-riding bronc aces invade the institution for a colorful exhibition of trick riding, roping, clowns, n’everything. / IRON LUNG YOUTH GOES SOUTH: CHICAGO, IL - (Exclusive) Fred B. Snite, Jr., plucky paralysis victim whose fight for life in a mechanical respirator has brought him nation-wide fame, smiles as his amazing contraption is taken to the railroad station enroute to Florida. / FRENCH HOLD AUTO SHOW: PARIS, FRANCE - From Pres. LeBrun down, Frenchmen get a big kick out of the newest model automobiles at the Grand Palace exhibition. Streamlined vehicles, big and small, all sensational in design, thrill thousands of visitors. 3. LATEST FUR FASHIONS SHOWN: NEW YORK, NY - (Exclusive) Dame Fashion is in the limelight as a million dollars’ worth of furs go on display at Russek’s. A colorful and expensive prevue of silver fox, beaver, foreign novelties, and of course, Milady’s sables and ermines! 4A/B. DUCK HUNTERS GET BIG HAUL: TULE LAKE, CA - Wildfowl are bagged by the hundreds as the colorful, scenic reserve is opened to sportsmen. A thrilling sight as huge flights fill the skies, only to end up in gunny sacks at the end of a busy day. / NAVY GRIDDERS TIE PRINCETON: BALTIMORE, MD - 40,000 football fans see the Annapolis Middies swamp the Nassau “Tigers” for three periods and then get clawed in the fourth by a dramatic touchdown surge that evens the colorful grid contest. Final score, 13-13.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library