Peasants Struggle to Rebuild Homes Swept by Floods (Universal Newsreel, Mar 1930)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. PEASANTS STRUGGLE TO REBUILD HOMES SWEPT BY FLOODS: REYNIES, FRANCE - 109 drowned in this village alone as worst flood in French history sweeps Tarn Valley when dyke bursts — Church the only building that was not washed away. 2. HIGH SCHOOL MAIDS RIDE LIKE INDIANS IN ARCHERY TEST: DEL MONTE, CA - Girls hit the bull’s eye racing at full gallop — Taught to ride like the wind and shoot their arrows at top speed at Douglas School on the Monterey Peninsula. 3. “UNSINKABLE” SUIT SAVES INVENTOR IN RIVER PLUNGE: ROME, ITALY - Makes high jump into the yellow flood, defying Old Father Tiber. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 4. WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Hoover dedicates new $1,000,000 Red Cross Memorial Building. 5. BIESENTHAL, GERMANY - Max Schmeling, Teuten “White Hope,” starts training for fight with Sharkey next June. 6. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sir Ronald Lindsay, new British Ambassador to U.S., and Lady Lindsay, arrive in Capital. 7. MOUNT HOLLY, NJ - World’s biggest kite, after taking 3 months to build, flops in first flight. 8. CO-EDS SHOW HOW TO CREATE SOCIETY WARDROBE FOR $32: NEW YORK CITY - (Exclusive Pictures) Pratt Institute girls give exhibition of evening gowns, afternoon dress and sports clothes made at small cost. 9. CHIANG’S ARMY AIDS U.S. IN WAR AGAINST OPIUM SMUGGLERS: SHANGHAI, CHINA - Tons of drugs which were intended for shipment across the Pacific are fed to the furnace flames. 10. TARS SAY FAREWELL TO PARROT PETS AS NAVY DECLARE BAN: GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA - Birds forced to walk the plank on all U.S. war vessels to prevent the spread of parrot fever. 11. FLING GIRL THROUGH AIR IN DARING DANCE TRAINING FEATS: LOS ANGELES, CA - Earle Wallace’s Adagio dancers go through thrilling exhibition of intricate steps and startling stunts. 12. REDS FLEE IN PANIC AS HINDENBERG COPS BREAK UP RIOTS: BERLIN, GERMANY - Many heads broken by rubber clubs in the hands of police — Officers pursue running mob and arrest many who were unable to make their escape.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library