Thrills on the Gridiron (Universal Newsreel, Nov 1941)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1A. PRES. F.D.R. PROCLAIMS NAT’L DEFENSE WEEK FOR ALL AMERICANS: HYDE PARK, NY - FDR specks to the camera. 1B. ARMY SEIZES PLANE PLANT: BENDIX, NJ - Acting on Presidential orders, troops take over the Air Associates factory to break a strike crippling defense production. With Army officers in charge, strikers return to work. 1C. 34 DEAD IN TWO AIRLINE CRASHES: The blackest day in American commercial aviation. Thirty-four persons dead in twin crack-ups within 24 hours. One at St. Thomas, Ont., and the other at Moorhead, MN. Bad weather figured in both tragedies. 1D. R.A.F. CADETS GET THEIR WINGS: LANCASTER, CA - The first 50 British flying cadets, trained in the U.S. by American instructors, get their wings and take off for a thrilling demonstration. They'll soon be going home! 1E. NEW U.S. CRUISER LAUNCHED: CAMDEN, NJ - The U.S.S. Cleveland, first of a new class of 10,000-ton cruisers, slides down the ways at the New York Shipbuilding Company yards, nine months ahead of schedule. 1F. CHIMP LAUNCH BOAT: PHILADELPHIA, PA - A group of monkeys figure out how to launch a faux boat, the USS ZOO, down the ways. 2A. THRILLS ON THE GRIDIRON / ARMY-NOTRE DAME IN 0-0 DEAD-LOCK!: NEW YORK, NY - In a sea of rain and mud at Yankee Stadium, the old rivals fight to a scoreless tie. Army versus Notre Dame, a battle of the giants as 60,000 fans whoop it up! 2B. MINNESOTA TOPS NORTHWESTERN, 8-7: MINNEAPOLIS, MN - 64,000 fans see Higgin's 41-yard "mystery" run defeat the Wildcats after the Gophers trailed at the half, 7-2. 2C. HARVARD DOWNS PRINCETON, 6-4: PRINCETON, NJ - One 88-yard run flares through the murky sky to give Harvard a victory over the "Tigers." Lee's brilliant dash proves decisive, after rain and mud slowed both teams. (LOCAL – CANADA) PALACE RAILING DONATED TO MAKE SCRAP FOR ARMS. (LOCAL – CANADA) 10,000 DELEGATES OF DAIRY INDUSTRY AT BIG CONVENTION. (LOCAL – CANADA) 20 DEAD AS N.Y. AIRLINER CRASHES ON CANADIAN HOP. (LOCAL – CANADA) KING GEORGE SEES ARMS FACTORIES AND PALACE GUARD.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library