F.D.R. Proclaims "War" Emergency (Universal Newsreel, May 1941)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. F.D.R. PROCLAIMS "WAR" EMERGENCY: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Putting the nation on a virtual war footing, the President announces to dictator nations that the U.S. will fight to prevent encroachment in the Western Hemisphere, and that our naval vessels will answer force with force in defending the freedom of the seas. Pan-American diplomats hear and applaud his epochal challenge! 2A. BRITISH AVENGE THE HOOD: A dramatic epic of the sea comes to an end! The British battle-cruiser, H.M.S. Hood, sunk off Greenland by the Nazi battleship, Bismarck, is avenged when English warships and planes cripple the marauding Bismarck after a four-day chase, and send it to its doom. 2B. THE ARMY "STOPS A TANK": FT. ETHAN ALLEN, VT - The latest method of stopping tanks is demonstrated by troops of the "Alexander Hamilton" Battery, using 75 mm. guns. The target is towed across the terrain—and is no cinch to hit! 3A. WATER-SKI-JUMPING NEW THRILL: STOCKTON, CA - Water skiing with a new twist—! Now it's water-ski-jumping, with daring slat-men sailing through the air over a tricky incline! Some make it—while others, well, they get dunked—and how! 3B. MODERN "TARZANS" TAKE A BOW: PHILADELPHIA, PA - "Muscles on parade" captions this display of male pulchritude, assembled for the National A.A.U. weight-lifting tourney and the annual "Mr. America" contest. Girls—don't miss it! 3C. SOLDIERS IN "KNOCK-OUT" FIGHT: CAMP UPTON, NY - There's a small-scale war going on at the "draftee" training camp, as two heavy-weights go to town in a bang-up battle that thrills the soldier-guests! Soldiers know a real "war" when they see it! 3D. GAS "BRONCS" IN DIZZY HILL CLIMB: FOX RIVER GROVE, IL - Dare-devil drivers pilot their mechanical "broncs" up the steep slope of Cary Hill—45 degrees up and up! Nasty spills are the penalty for trying—but the boys keep right at it! (LOCAL – ATLANTA) JAMES CHESTNUTT WINS MIBS CROWN AT MARBLE CLASSIC.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library