Electric Chimes Demonstrated (Universal Newsreel, Mar 1939)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. FINGERPRINT WHITE HOUSE STAFF: WASHINGTON, D.C. - White House employees are photographed and fingerprinted as a move to insure their identification when Secret Service men surround the place during the coming visit of British royalty. 2A. ARMY UNITS MANEUVER ON SKIS: REXFORD, MI - Uncle Sam's doughboys take to skis for thrilling Winter war games at Fort Brady! Impressive scenes as infantry battalions and machine guns swing into action during a blizzard. 2B. COAST COPS FIND JOBS A SNAP!: BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Motorists take warning! Police in this Coast town are equipped with candid cameras for accident investigating! Things develop quickly when they "shoot" and then prove who's the guilty driver. 3. ELECTRIC CHIMES DEMONSTRATED: NEW YORK, NY - (Exclusive) An amazing musical instrument is tried out! It's an electric Carillon, consisting of tiny wires of various lengths which vibrate and are amplified to create marvelous bell-like tones. 4. EDIBLE ART CREATIONS SHOWN: HICAGO, IL - Don't see these pictures if you're hungry. It's the 4th annual Salon of Culinary Art—an amazing mouth-watering collection of paintings, sculpture and other creations, all made of candy or other foodstuffs. 5. NEW SPRING HATS SEEN AT FAIR: NEW YORK, NY - The hats of today at the Fair of Tomorrow! Pretty models hail the advent of Spring at the World's Fair grounds with a colorful parade of the latest Easter headgear, designed by experts of Millinery Creator's Guild. 6A. BRUINS WIN HOCKEY THRILLER: NEW YORK, NY - 16,000 hockey fans see the Boston puck men, National League champs, score a thrilling 2-1 victory over the NY Rangers in the opening clash of the Stanley Cup play-offs at Madison Square Garden. 6B. BIG "IRISH" GRID SQUAD OUT: SOUTH BEND, IN - It looks as if Coach Layden of Notre Dame will have at least 9 or 10 teams to throw into action next fall instead of 5 or 6, as 187 hopefuls turn out for Spring football practice. 6C. SPEED BOATS IN THRILL CLASSIC: MIAMI, FL - Sleek hydroplanes get away to fast starts in the annual Biscayne Bay Regatta. It's a thrilling sight as the bouncy skip-jacks zoom and turn on the watery course, with Frank Driggers driving Dolphin III to victory. 6D. GAS BRONCHOS IN HILL CLIMB: VAN NUYS, CA - (Exclusive) Dare-devil cyclists defy broken bones as they tackle the toughest hill on the Coast in the annual mountain steeplechase. Only one rider can get his rip-roaring "steed" to the top of the precipitous course. 6E. LOSES PANTS BUT WINS BOUT: NEW YORK, NY - Tenement youngsters stage a bang-up fisticuff show at the Children's Aid Society matches, featuring a "free for all" with eyes blind-folded. One featherweight slugs his way right out of his shorts! (LOCAL – BOSTON) BAY STATE DEBS ARE GLAMOROUS IN SCREEN TESTS.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library