Fly Envoy's Wife Home to Chile (Universal Newsreel, Dec 1940)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. FLY ENVOY'S WIFE HOME TO CHILE: MITCHELL FIELD, NY - Pan-American "good-neighbor" gesture! Senora Carlos Davila, ailing wife of Chile's former president, is taken aboard a "Flying Fortress," to be flown home to Santiago, Chile. 2A. THE WAR FRONT / "COVENTRY" RAID DAMAGE TERRIFIC: IN ENGLAND—NAZI "BLITZ" ATTACKS ON MIDLAND CITIES TAKE A HEAVY TOLL IN LIVES AND PROPERTY. CHEERED BY VISITS OF ROYALTY TO BOMBED AREAS, VICTIMS OF NEW RAIDS KEEP "THUMBS UP." 2B. ARRIVING IN AN ARMORED CAR, QUEEN ELIZABETH GOES SHOPPING IN LONDON. HER CHEERFUL SMILE, AND BRAVERY IN TIME OF DANGER, THRILLS THE CIVILIZED WORLD. 2C. AMERICAN "ACES" TRAIN IN CANADA: HUNDREDS OF ADVENTUROUS AMERICAN FLIERS HAVE JOINED THE R.C.A.F., AS INSTRUCTORS OR STUDENTS FOR SERVICE OVERSEAS. SPURRED BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THEY WON'T FORFEIT THEIR U.S. CITIZENSHIP! 2D. 25 AMBULANCES FOR GREECE: NEW YORK, NY - Twenty-five mobile units released for service in the Grecian War are blessed in impressive ceremonies at the Greek Cathedral. Part of the British-American corps, they'll help Britain's latest ally. 2E. LAUNCH SHIP FOR AFRICAN "RUN": BALTIMORE, MD - Second new U.S. merchant marine vessel for the South African route in 11 years, slides down the ways at Sparrows Point. The $2,500,000 SS Robin Doncaster—a new U.S. challenge for world trade! 2F. WALLACE SEES MEXICAN RODEO: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - Colorful scenes at the Rodeo Plaza, where the U.S. envoy and his wife are special guests at a Mexican festival and Bull Fight, attended by gaily-bedecked men and women. 2G. 10 DEAD IN LUXURY PLANE CRASH: CHICAGO, IL - SEVEN OF THE PASSENGERS AND THE CREW OF THREE DIE IN THE CRASH OF AN AIRLINER NEAR THE CHICAGO AIRPORT. THE PLANE, COMING IN FOR A LANDING DURING A BLIZZARD, SMASHED INTO POWER LINES AND WRECKED SEVERAL STRUCTURES. 2H. STUNT FLIERS IN THRILL SHOW: NEW ORLEANS, LA - The All-American Air Show is a succession of sensational air feats, featuring "aerobats" in spectacular stunts. Smoke-writing, upside-down flying, the "pic-a-back" stunt and other thrills! 3. SANTA CLAUS GETS A DUNKING: PALM SPRINGS, CA - Here's a West Coast publicity man's latest brain-child! Santa distributes Xmas gifts to mermaids at the bottom of a swimming pool. It's one time that Santa's all wet! 4. CHICAGO BEARS ROUT REDSKINS, 73-0: WASHINGTON, D.C. - "EAST MEETS WEST"—IN "PRO" GRID PLAY-OFF—AND THE WEST (THE CHICAGO BEARS) OVERWHELMS THE EAST (THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS). A RECORD-BREAKING SCORE THAT GIVES THE BEARS THE "PRO" TITLE. (LOCAL – ??) NOTRE DAME BEATS U.S.C.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library