King Inspects Tour Routes (Universal Newsreel, May 1939)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. APPLE BLOSSOMS FESTIVAL HELD: WENATCHEE, WA - Pretty girls, colorful ceremonies and an elaborate parade render homage to King Apple as a Washington Golden Jubilee Festival gets underway amid a mass of colorful bloom. 2A. KING INSPECTS TOUR ROUTES: LONDON, ENGLAND - King George, Queen Elizabeth, and the young princesses look over maps of the route of the coming royal visit to Canada and the U.S. 2B. NORWAY PRINCE VISITS WARSHIP: NEW YORK, NY - (Exclusive) Crown Prince Olav, heir to the Norwegian throne, receives a royal welcome aboard the U.S.S. Tennessee, where he reviews a detachment of Marines. 2C. MILITARIZED LABOR ON PARADE: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - The annual May Day Parade has special significance for Mexican Labor. 100,000 workers stage a monster demonstration, many dressed in new military uniforms. They're being trained for war duty! 2D. STRATEGIC HIGHWAY OPENED: FRENCH INDO-CHINA - An important military road is completed in Northern hinterlands of Tonkin province, which also can be used as a munitions route into South China. Troops parade as the road is opened. 2E. FIRE GUTS BIG CLOTHING STORE: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - In a spectacular noonday blaze, a big dress shop goes up in flames, nearly trapping 100 sales girls on the top floor. 3A. POWERFUL MERCURY LAMP SEEN: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - A powerful new mercury lamp, about the size of a cigarette but which is 3 times as strong as bulb-type lamps, dazzles onlookers and cameras as it makes its public debut. A water jacket keeps it cool! 3B. LOW-PRICE MIDGET CAR SHOWN: INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Three new Crosley automobiles, which can travel 50 M.P.H. on less than a gallon of gas, invade the low price field with thrilling test runs at the Speedway. 4. JAPANESE HAVE DAY AT FAIR: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Floats of every description, and throngs of marchers in native costumes, take part in a colorful parade in celebration of Empire Day, at the Golden Gate Exposition. 5A. FAMOUS "YANK" STEPS DOWN: DETROIT, MI - Lou Gehrig, colorful Yankee first baseman, pioneer of over 2000 straight games in his 15 years "at bat", takes himself out of the line-up before the game with the "Tigers." He hopes to make a come-back! 5B. "BABE" TRAINS GIRL PLAYERS: ST. ALBANS, NY - The "King of Swat" turns instructor and shows girl softball players how to hit the ball! He's still in form as he smacks a few and then autographs balls for the pretty players. 5C. BENEFIT GAME FOR STRATTON: CHICAGO, IL - 26,000 baseball fans turn out for the White Sox-Cubs benefit game for Monty Stratton, former Sox pitcher, who lost his leg in a hunting accident. 6. FAIR AMUSEMENT AREA OPEN: NEW YORK, NY - The amusement section of the World's Fair proves a mecca for visitors, who are thrilled by the rides, the death-defying aerial stunts and other shows.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library