West Coast Fair Is Opened (Universal Newsreel, Feb 1939)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. WEST COAST FAIR IS OPENED: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Pageantry and pomp mark the colorful ceremony on Treasure Island as the Golden Gate International Exposition welcomes countless waiting throngs. Governor Olsen officiates and the California 'Grays' parade. 2. MARDI PAGEANTS BEGIN: NEW ORLEANS, LA - King Hermes parades amid glitter and splendor while thousands watch an awe-inspiring night procession of gay floats. Later, the King escorts his Queen to the Ball of Hermes—a gala gathering of Dixie belles and beaux. 3A. FRENCH AID SPANISH EXODUS: LE PERTHUS, FRANCE - Red Cross aides and French officials help fleeing Spanish refugees as High French commanders arrive to survey the situation. Fleeing Loyalist soldiers crossing the frontier are made to lay down their arms. 3B. NOVEL AIR-RAID SHELTER TESTED: BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - Britains test new bomb-proof air-raid shelters which consist of domelike kiosks of steel set up in the streets, each large enough to hold eight persons. 3C. YOUNG PILOT SMASHES RECORD: LONDON, ENGLAND - Alec Henshaw, 24, breaks all Britain to Capetown records, making the 12,600 mile round trip flight in four and a half days. He's public hero No. One on his return, although exhausted by his remarkable trip. Miles? 3D. CZECH LEADER STARTS NEW JOB: CHICAGO, IL - Dr. Eduard Benes, former head of the Czechoslovakian government, displays a marked interest in the University of Chicago's halls of learning where he will lecture during the coming months. 3E. 1800 SAVED IN ASYLUM BLAZE: QUEBEC, QUE. - 1800 patients barely escape a fiery death, being saved from flames as the main building of St. Michael the Archangel, largest mental institution in North America, is razed by an inferno in sub-zero weather. 3F. DEMOCRACY IS A 'MUST' SAYS F.D.R.: KEY WEST, FL - President halts his sea trip to open the Tampa De Soto exposition in a radio talk stressing the importance of ‘government by consent of the governed.’ Democracy must be maintained in the New World, he says. 4A. RING VETERANS FIGHT AGAIN: MIAMI, FL - Jack Dempsey and Jess Willard don the gloves again, but all is friendly between the pugilistic pair as they celebrate the twentieth anniversary of their historic heavyweight title battle. 4B. STAGEHAND AND ADMIRAL WIN: MIAMI, FL - Stagehand, veteran winner, scores the cup for its owner in the McLennon Memorial Handicap at Hialeah! Second thrill comes when War Admiral cops the Fort Pierce race in an exciting finish! 4C. FRENCH SEE ROLLER DERBY: PARIS, FRANCE - Americans and Europeans vie with each other for honors in a wild and speedy Roller Skating Catch, which is a combined race, marathon and endurance contest rolled into one. Anything is liable to happen and does! (LOCAL – CANADA) 1800 SAVED AS FIRE DESTROYS ASYLUM IN ZERO WEATHER. (LOCAL – LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, PORTLAND, SEATTLE, DENVER & SALT LAKE CITY) OPENING ’FRISCO FAIR.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library