Universal Newsreel Volume 11, Release 831: Local Stories

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The original release sheet reads: 1A/B/C. ON THE WAR FRONT: NEW YORK, NY - Finish Volunteers sail on the Gripsholm for home and war, while the ship carries the first of Red Cross supplies to help the homeless and innocent. / SOMEWHERE IN FINLAND - As the whole world cheers the Finish army is giving the powerful Soviet machine the battle of their lives as winter weather and heavy snows-slow up the Russian Bear. / SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE - Still inactive on the Western Front, the English and French dig in, playing a "waiting game" with the Germans. A French youth of 17 is decorated by the French high command for his bravery in capturing two German aviators who landed by parachute on his father's farm. French troops, near the front, receive intensive training in the use of the famed 75 MM field gun. Meanwhile troops on the way to the front receive refreshment in the shape of the "le vin chaud"—hot wine—the poilu's favorite. Quickly swinging into action in the first few weeks of the war the mysterious Deuxieme Bureau—the French secret service—is functioning smoothly in interpreting aerial photographs and questioning Nazi prisoners. The Royal Air Force in France exhibits some of their marksmanship—a half a dozen German planes shot down within a few days of each other. Then relaxation—Siegfried Follies, a front-line entertainment to keep the fighting men amused. 2. CONGRESS CHECKS ON ARMY: FORT LEWIS, WA - The Military Affairs Committee, on a tour to inspect major army bases in the United States, visits this headquarters of the Army's Third Division. 3A. CHOOSE NEW YEAR'S BABY: KANSAS CITY, MO - With Father Time about to chase Old Man 1939 around the corner, Baby 1940 is chosen. He (it's a she) is Paul Kay Coppinger, one-year-old and a blonde. 3B. SHOW WORLD'S LARGEST PEARL: NEW YORK, NY - Exhibited by the Lambert Brothers, Victor and Henry, "The Pearl of Aliah" is reputedly valued at three million dollars. The "bauble" weighs fourteen pounds. 4. FASHIONS IN WINTER SPORTS: STAMFORD, CT - What with the war abroad, America is calling winter vacationists. So here Jay Thorpe presents the Scandinavian influence in ski togs—but streamlined. 5A. GREEN BAY SWAMPS GIANTS: MILWAUKEE, WI - It's a sad, sad day, mates, for the New York Football Fan. His Giants, who beat the Redskins for the Eastern title, are battered by Green Bay twenty-seven to nothing. 5B. TENN. ENDS UNBEATEN YEAR: KNOXVILLE, TN - The Tennessee Volunteers wind up their season in a blaze of glory as they down Auburn seven to nothing to end unbeaten, united, unscored on season. (LOCAL – COAST) U.S.C. PLAYS U.C.L.A. TO A SCORELESS TIE. (LOCAL – CANADA) WINNIPEG BOMBERS BEAT ROUGH RIDERS TO WIN RUGBY TITLE. (LOCAL – CANADA) LONGEST LIFEBOATS BEING BUILT FOR “QUEEN ELIZABETH.” (LOCAL – CANADA) HUGE COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPHS PUT ON DISPLAY.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library