"Miss America" Contest Held (Universal Newsreel, Sep 1939)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1A/B/C/D/E. U.S. PROCLAIMS NEUTRALITY: WASHINGTON, D.C. - CLOSELY FOLLOWING PRES. ROOSEVELT'S SPEECH TO THE NATION URGING A NEUTRAL AMERICA, SECRETARY OF STATE HULL COUNTERSIGNS THE NEUTRALITY MEASURE AND ARMS EMBARGO DESTINED TO KEEP THE U.S. OUT OF WAR.—NEW YORK, NY - LINERS ARRIVE WITH MORE AMERICANS FLEEING FROM THE WAR. THE POLISH VESSEL, BATORY, BRINGS POLISH RED CROSS LEADERS TO CONFER WITH OFFICIALS HERE!—A "VEST-POCKET" TORPEDO BOAT ARRIVES FROM ENGLAND FOR NAVY DEMONSTRATIONS!—THE QUEEN MARY, DELAYED IN PORT, HAS HER FUNNELS AND MASTS CAMOUFLAGED FOR A SUDDEN RETURN TRIP!—AMERICAN FLAGS ARE PAINTED ON THE S.S. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, WHICH IS TO RETURN FOR STRANDED AMERICANS. / BOSTON, MA - THE GERMAN TANKER PAULINE FRIEDRICH SAILS INTO BOSTON HARBOR TO EVADE ENEMY BATTLESHIPS AT SEA. / WARSAW, POLAND - U.S. AMBASSADOR BIDDLE, WHO NARROWLY ESCAPED DEATH IN A NAZI BOMBING RAID, PRESENTS AN AMERICAN FLAG TO PRES. MOSCICKI. / LONDON, ENGLAND - DRAMATIC SCENES AS THOUSANDS OF HELPLESS CHILDREN ARE EVACUATED, BY TRAINLOADS, TO SAFE HAVENS AWAY FROM CIVILIAN AIR RAIDS. / OTTAWA, ONT. - EXCLUSIVE SCENES AS LOYAL CANADIANS RUSH TO ENLIST, PREPARED TO FIGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN OVERSEAS! 1F. STUDENTS HAIL PRES. CARDENAS: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - Impressive scenes as the Mexican leader arrives at the Revolution Monument to present flags to University students and receive the oath. A parade climaxes the colorful ceremony! 1G. BLAST WRECKS BOOTLEG STILL: MALAGA, NJ - Gov't agents capture an illicit "likker" plant in the woods near here and seize four men. Nine huge vats and thousands of gallons of "hooch" are destroyed by dynamite blasts, which injure a cameraman! 2. "MISS AMERICA" CONTEST HELD: ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - Beautiful girls—from all over the U.S., arrive for the annual bathing beauty contest for the title "Miss America 1939." The judges will have a hard job, you'll say—after seeing these winsome misses! 3A. TOTS MIX IT IN "KID GLOVE" BOUT: NEW YORK, NY - Two 55-pounders swing into action with fast "rights and lefts" in Police Athletic League bouts in Greenwich Village. Evenly matched, the battling juveniles call it a "draw" after a terrific battle. 3B. AUTO ACES RACE UP MOUNTAIN: PIKE'S PEAK, CO - Dare-devil auto drivers get away in the spectacular and dangerous classic up the steep mountain road, risking death on every hair-pin turn. Louis Unser wins for the 5th time and sets a new record.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library