Tanks Readied for War Games (Universal Newsreel, Aug 1939)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. $30,000 REWARD FOR LEPKE: NEW YORK, NY - A million circulars are issued by the Police Department offering $25,000 for Louis (Lepke) Buchalter "Dead or Alive." "G"-Men offer an additional $5,000 for notorious labor racketeer. 2A. TANKS READIED FOR WAR GAMES: FT. MEADE, MD - The Sixty-Sixth Infantry limbers up its tanks for the August maneuvers, greatest war games in U.S. peacetime history. The light tanks come through with flying colors in cross-country tests. 2B. SAVE PRICELESS JADE RELICS: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - A $20,000,000 collection of jade, some of it smuggled out of China to prevent it falling into Japanese hands, goes on display at the San Francisco Fair. A thrilling display of a dying art. 2C. HAVE YOU A RESERVATION??: CHICAGO, IL - Chicago's biggest family, twenty, count 'em, twenty, take their first flight en masse. Every seat but one is filled on the huge Mainliner as Daniel Bass and family go up. 2D. WHOOPS, IS HE 'BOOFUL': SEASIDE, OR - Of all people, the rough, tough lumberjacks in the Northwest have a beauty contest all their own. Bathing beauties pick the champ—calling him the best looking man to come out of the woods. 3. ANIMALS COOL OFF AT FAIR: NEW YORK, NY - With dog days at the World of Tomorrow, animals at Frank Buck's Jungleland fight the heat a la world of yesterday—elephants go bathing in Perisphere pool and chimps go for ice cream. 4. MILADY GOES BACK TO SCHOOL: NEW YORK, NY - Here's how to acquire charm—go to 'success' school! A famous beautician has launched classes in how to gain charm and beauty—and maybe you can be altered from head to foot, if you wish. 5A. GROW BEARDS FOR BIG RODEO: PHILLIPSBURG, KS - Shaving is outlawed in preparation for Kansas' biggest rodeo and men of this town grow bumper crops. The rodeo proves a field day for horses and steers who come out on top, as usual. 5B. POLICE TURN ACROBATS: CHICAGO, IL - Motorcycle cops of the Chicago force go through their paces to show off the stunts they have learned. They risk their necks once a year to put on a show for families of policemen killed in action. 5C. CROWN NEW TROTTING CHAMP: GOSHEN, NY - Stepping to an easy victory in two heats, Peter Astra caps the 14th running of the Hambletonian, $10,000 trotting classic and reigns the undisputed champion in harness racing. (LOCAL – GOSHEN) COMBINED DISPOSAL PLANT FIRST OF ITS TYPE IN N.Y. STATE.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library