On the War Front (Universal Newsreel, May 1940)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1A. GOLDEN GATE EXPOSITION OPENS: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - A thrilled throng of 120,000 hails the re-opening of the colorful fair on Treasure Island! President Dill officially welcomes the huge crowd, which takes keen interest in the impressive spectacle. 1B. ADONIS CONTEST FOR STRONG MEN: NEW YORK, NY - The "lowly male" has his day to show off his beauty in a novel contest for weight lifters at Madison Square Garden. With pretty girls "oohing" and "ahing," the hefty "muscle men" vie for the crown as "Mr. America." 1C. NEW BOMB FAILS IN ARMY TEST: ABERDEEN, MD - Lester Barlow's "super explosive" oxygen-carbon bomb, expected to kill a herd of goats by its lethal blast, leaves the goats unscathed and witnesses baffled after a "bang-up" test at the Army proving grounds. 2A/B/C. ON THE WAR FRONT / MILAN, ITALY - As war fever soars in Italy, Count Ciano, Il Duce's son-in-law and foreign secretary, appears before a huge throng of 100,000!—ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT - Ready to move the minute Italy enters the war, French and British warships stand guard, to protect the vital Empire life-time to India! / NORWAY - Graphic scenes of a British naval attack at Narvik, with Nazi bombers trying to silence the warships' gun! The Polish destroyer Grom is struck by a heavy bomb and many of its crew killed! / Wings of war and hate over France and Belgium! The Nazi invasion of "flame and sword" takes a deadly toll of lives and property! Hospitals are bombed! Churches crash in flames. And the growing lines of pitiful refugees are mute but graphic evidence of the horrors of the new "Total" war! 2D. F.D.R. WARNS OF FIFTH COLUMN: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Pres. Roosevelt tells the United States that it must be on guard against enemy agents and spies! He warns against prejudices which might be exploited by Fifth Columnists and pleads for aid and for peace for the entire World! (LOCAL – CANADA) TRINITY COLLEE INSPECTION.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library