Says Hitler Invasion Will Fail (Universal Newsreel, Mar 1941)

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The original release sheet reads: 1A/B/C. LABOR CRISIS / PICKETS AND POLICE BATTLE AS STRIKES PERIL DEFENSE: BETHLEHEM, PA - Violence flares up in walkout of steel workers as State Police are called to clear mill gates. Millions in defense orders are jeopardized. / CHICAGO, IL - Police and strikers also clash at the International Harvester plant, where C.I.O. workers try to keep non-strikers from entering factory. Thousands of police have hard job keeping order. / WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Roosevelt's new Mediation Board, headed by former draft chief, Clarence Dykstra, meets for organization, as new strikes threaten national defense construction. 2A. SAYS HITLER INVASION WILL FAIL: NEW YORK, NY - Britain's Ambassador, Lord Halifax, addressing the Pilgrim Society on the British war situation, says the British spirit is such that the threatened Nazi invasion of England is doomed to failure. 2B. WILLKIE WELCOMED IN CANADA: TORONTO, ONTARIO - One of the greatest ovations ever given an American in the Dominion greets former G.O.P. candidate as he arrives to speak in behalf of war fund. thousands welcome him at big rally. 3A. NATIONAL DEFENSE HIGHLIGHTS / MACHINE GUNS FOR ARMY: FLINT, MI - Production is being speeded at four General Motors plants, to turn out 400 machine guns a day by the end of 1941. 10,000 workers will be needed, and already the guns are rolling! 3B. TRAIN PIGEONS FOR WAR DUTY: FORT MONMOUTH, NJ - Uncle Sam's "Warbirds," many of whom won honors in the World War, are models for thousands of younger carrier pigeons now being trained by the Signal Corps for wartime messenger service. 3C. NEW "LITTER" OF "DEVIL DOGS": QUANTICO, VA - Intensive training in modern warfare is no soft job for future Marine officers, as young cadets find during a three-month course. Later, they'll be full-fledged "Leatherneck Looies." 3D. RUSH "CLIPPERS" FOR BRITAIN: SEATTLE, WA - three of six new Boeing Clippers, completed ahead of schedule, are groomed for war service with the British. The giant, long-range craft will be welcome overseas. 4. CHIC NEW EASTER STYLES SEEN: NEW YORK, NY - (Exclusive) Spring is in full bloom at the Botanical Gardens, where lovely models mingle with the blossoms, to show Milady the latest creations for Easter designed by Anthony Blotta. Ah, Spring! 5A. "BLIMP" WRESTLING A HOWL!: NEWARK, NJ - (Exclusive) When Bruiser Burns meets "Blimp" Levy in the Laurel Gardens ring, anything goes. No holds barred—and the rougher the better. So when "Blimp" Levy is tossed out of the ring, the house, literally, almost comes down! 5B. L.I.U. CAGERS WIN TITLE MEET: NEW YORK, NY - Record crowd jams Madison Square Garden to see the Long Island "Blackbirds" top the Ohio University "Bobcats," 56-42, and win the National Invitation Basketball tourney. (LOCAL – WASHINGTON D.C.) “LEND-TOY” LIBRARY PRESENTED TO CITY BY VARIETY CLUB. (LOCAL – CANADA) HOT FIRE AND COLD STEEL PREPARED FOR NAZI INVADERS.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library