Roosevelt Urges Congress to End Arms Embargoes (Universal Newsreel, Sep 1939)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. ROOSEVELT URGES CONGRESS TO END ARMS EMBARGOES: WASHINGTON D.C. - The President gives a persuasive speech to a joint session of congress. 2A/B. MOURN CHILD VICTIM OF U-BOAT: HAMILTON, ONT. - Canada pays impressive tribute to Margaret Haylworth, 10-year-old girl, fatally hurt when the S.S. Athenia was torpedoed by a Nazi submarine. Government officials, and thousands, attend her touching funeral. / GLASCOW, SCOTLAND - Hundreds of survivors, including many injured and tiny children, land after being rescued. Pitiful pawns in the new game of war! 2C. ARMY DELAYS BERGDOLL TRIAL: NEW YORK, NY - Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, No. 1 draft dodger, who was seized upon his return from Germany, fails in an effort to halt his court martial by army officers by legal skirmishing in the Federal Court. 2D. SHIP RUNS AGROUND BY MISTAKE: GLOUCESTER, MA - The Norwegian freighter, Rio Branco, is hard aground on the rocky coast. Her skipper mistook the lighthouse here for the one at Boston and ran his heavily laden vessel right into shore. Tough luck! 2E. MEXICANS HAIL INDEPENDENCE: MEXICO, CITY, MEXICO - Spectacular scenes as the republic celebrates its 1810 revolution and freedom from old Spain, with a colorful parade of troops and sailors, headed by Pres. Gardenas and foreign diplomats. 2F. ARMY TESTS NEW SEARCHLIGHT: WASHINGTON, D.C. - 800 million candle-power searchlights, that turn night into day, are tested by the National Guard. The Capitol, and the sky above it, is etched with brilliance as anti-aircraft units swing into action. 3A. FAMOUS ROUND-UP IS STAGED: PENDLETON, OR - It's Wild West Time! The annual rodeo, featuring daring bronc and steer riding, gets off to a colorful start with a big parade of Indians and cowboys. A jamboree of thrills—and spills! And how! 3B. COLLEGE GRIDDERS RARIN' TO GO: BERKELEY, CA - Last season's stars swell the hopes of California's Golden Bears, and Coach Allison, as many old-timers report for practice. A large squad and a "large" work-out with special devices for limbering up summer kinks. 3C. GRID STARS GO ON WARPATH: GRANTS PASS, OR - (Exclusive) Football goes "screwball!" Here's a team that wears animal skins and uses clubs on its opponents. No sissy stuff for them—they fight to the bitter end, and then—off they go in a wheelbarrow!

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library