F.D.R. Calls Special Session (Universal Newsreel, Sep 1939)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1A/B. F.D.R. CALLS SPECIAL SESSION: WASHINGTON, D.C. - IN A MOVE OF FAR-REACHING IMPORTANCE TO THE U.S., PRES. ROOSEVELT SUMMONS CONGRESS FOR A SPECIAL SESSION, AT WHICH, IT IS BELIEVED, STRINGENT PHASES OF THE ARMS EMBARGO MAY BE REPEALED. —MEANWHILE, SENATORS NYE AND THOMAS ARGUE THE "PROS" AND "CONS" OF THE EMBARGO, AND GEN. HUGH JOHNSON WARNS THE NATION TO STAY OUT OF EUROPE! / NEW YORK, NY - ANSWERING THE PRESIDENT'S CALL FOR MORE NAVAL RESERVES, RECRUITING GOES ON AT A BRISK PACE!—HUNDREDS OF PATRIOTIC RED CROSS WORKERS MAKE BANDAGES TO HELP SUFFERERS IN WAR-TORN EUROPE. 1C. TANKS ENTRAIN IN RECORD TIME: WOODSIDE, NY - (Exclusive) Units of the 7th Cavalry Brigade (Mechanized)—110 speedy combat cars and 48 half-track vehicles—leave for their Ft. Knox base aboard 77 flat cars. The speedy "Iron Horses" require only 17 minutes for the task! 1D. INDIANS GET SALMON BY THE TON: CELILO FALLS, OR - With a big "run" on, thousands of "brave" fishermen make a record haul as the fish try to get by the falls. The spot is reserved for Indians—no "palefaces"—and they catch 'em with nets and hooks by the ton. 1E. BIG LOG DRIVE STARTS ON COAST: FORT BRAGG, CA - To meet the war crisis demand for California Redwood, daring woodsmen scale 250 foot trees before they are "topped" and rolled down along chute to the lakes below. 1F. GENERAL PERSHING IS 79: WASHINGTON D.C. - Pershing accepts flowers from young lady. 2. SQUALUS FINALLY RAISED TO SURFACE AND TOWED ASHORE: PORTSMOUTH, NH - The sub surfaces and is put under tow. 3. U-BOAT SURVIVORS REACH PORT: HALIFAX, N.S. - The War's first sea-victims, 220 survivors of the ill-fated liner Athenia, torpedoed and sank by a Nazi submarine, arrive on the S.S. City of Flint, after a harrowing crossing through sub-infested waters.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library