Video Parts (3)
Universal Newsreel Volume 2, Release 100 Part Hagerstown Locals
Description
The original release sheet reads: 1. DIEGEL WINS FIRST OPEN MATCH PLAY GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Agua Caliente Pro beats Al Espinoza of Chicago, 6 up and four to go, in what may come to be an annual national links fixture. Sarazen, Horton Smith, Von Elm and other great stars among those who fall by wayside. 2. VILLAGERS COMBAT FLOOD RAVAGES AS HIGH WATER RECEDES: CHARENTON, FRANCE - Seine, swollen by incessant rains, submerges a large area of one of the richest sections of the country. COBLENZ, GERMANY: Dwellers on the banks of the Rhine overcome in-roads made by rising river. 3. MALE CHORINES SHINE IN DRESS REHEARSAL OF 1930 COLLEGE SHOW: PRINCETON, NJ - Big he-men of football wars and track battles don skirts and wigs in performance to be presented by the famous Triangle Club. They fall into dance routines with bovine alacrity and elephantine grace. 4. DETONATE 31 TONS OF DYNAMITE IN WORLD’S BIGGEST QUARRY SHOT: EGYPT, PA - Blast of unprecedented size pulverizes 618,000,000 pounds of virgin rock at workings of Giant Cement concern, causing greatest set explosion ever known. Shattering of bluff makes event a startling industrial drama. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 5. VALLEY STREAM, NY - Ruth Nichols sets flight record! — Dashes from Los Angeles in 13 hours, 22 minutes. 6. BERLIN, GERMANY - Invents convertible auto-top! — Roller “sun-rain” device a boon for all-weather motorists. 7. NEW YORK, NY - Einstein arrives! — German scientist here for lectures tour and scientific research. 8. “PRESIDENT HOOVER,” NEW $8,000,000 LINER, NAMED BY FIRST LADY: NEWPORT NEWS, VA - Throng sees wife of Chief Executive christen largest passenger ship ever built on American ways, this newest addition to the New York-California-Orient fleet being 653 feet long and of 31,000-ton displacement. Her nine decks will accommodate 1,256 voyagers and crew of 300. 9. SHIP RECORD LOAD OF FEDERAL LIQUOR LAW VIOLATORS TO JAIL: CHARLESTON, WV - Fourscore prisoners, linked in pairs by handcuffs, climb aboard “Atlanta Special” for journey to government penitentiary, where they are to serve terms of varying length. They are part of the 193 convicted persons, ranging from 16 to 74 years, penalized by the iron rule set up by US Judge George McClintic. 10. CHAMPION MARKSMEN COMPETE IN ANNUAL CLAY-PIGEON TOURNEY: BERLIN, GERMANY - Crack shots from all parts of the republic gather at traps for national test, which long has been part of the training imposed upon youth, combining sport with perfection of sharp shooting skill for use in more serious times. (LOCAL – HAGERSTOWN) HOLD 11TH. (LOCAL – PHILADELPHIA) NICHOLAS.
Read moreCollection
MCA/Universal Pictures Collection
Series
Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library