Convoy Routs Axis Raiders (Universal Newsreel, Feb 1942)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. U.S. FETES PRESIDENT AT 60: NEW YORK, NY - Americans from coast to coast fete our President on his 60th birthday. The Birthday Ball at the Waldorf is a colorful event.—WASHINGTON, D.C. - Motion picture stars join in the celebration at the White House and the huge birthday party, and the President broadcasts his thanks to the nation. 2A/B/C/D. CONVOY ROUTS AXIS RAIDERS: MEDITERRANEAN - Spectacular pictures—filmed under fire! Nazi bombers attack a British convoy. Anti-aircraft guns shoot one down—right before your eyes—it crashes into the water in flames! / CHURCHILL SAFE AT HOME: Britain's Prime Minister takes the controls of the huge flying boat that brings him home safely after the triumphal tour in America. His arrival in London is a bright moment for his admirers everywhere. / NEW ZEALAND ENVOY ARRIVES: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Walter Nash, new Minister from New Zealand, is greeted by U.S. officials and other British envoys. He is advocating a Pacific War council, with an American in supreme command. / TORPEDOED FREIGHTER REPAIRED: PACIFIC COAST - The American freighter, Absaroka, badly damaged when attacked by a Jap submarine in the Pacific, is undergoing repairs and soon should be back in action again. 3A/B. PRISON INMATES WORK FOR U.S.: ATLANTA, GA - Wartime scenes inside the grim walls of the Federal Penitentiary. Prisoners are busy turning out war-goods for Uncle Sam. Attorney-General Biddle makes a tour of inspection. / NAVY WIDOWS GET VITAL JOBS: BURBANK, CA - Fifty widows, whose sailor husbands died at Pearl Harbor, will be trained for jobs at the Lockheed airplane factory. They'll keep busy to help avenge the treacherous Jap attack. 4. TEXAS "QUADS" ARE NOW 3: GALVESTON, TX - Three years ago the W.E. Badgetts hoped it would be a boy! They got quadruplets—four girls. Now three years old, the cute youngsters receive a new home as a birthday present. 5A/B/C. ENGLISH SOCCER CHAMPS WIN: WEMBLEY, ENGLAND - 66,000 fans forget the war for a brief moment of sporting thrills as the English "football" team tackles the Scotsmen and win, 3-0. Mrs. Churchill gets a big hand from the fans. / WATER SKIERS SHOW NEW TRICKS: MIAMI, FL - A novel winter interlude is water-skiing amongst Miami's cluster of islands. And to provide added thrills, Jackie Jacks takes the hurdles with Jackie, Junior, on his shoulders. / AMATEUR ICE CHAMPS COMPETE: LACROSSE, WI - The National Amateurs brings out the nation's top-notch skating aces who flash to new brilliance on the ice. Speed dashes that find the lads and lassies in top form. (LOCAL – ??) 1 ST LADY PRESENTS GIMBEL AWARD TO PATRIOTIC FAMILY. (LOCAL – ??) NEW PLANTS BEING MASS PRODUCTION OF ANTI TANK WEAPONS.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library