Shamrock V, 1930 Lipton Challenger, Takes First Plunge (Universal Newsreel, Apr 1930)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. 320 PERISH, 200 HURT IN PRISON HOLOCAUST; FEAR CONVICT RIOT: STATE PENITENTIARY, COLUMBUS, OH - Flames believed to have been incendiary sweep jail blocks and prisoners die in cells with no chance of escape. 2. SHAMROCK V, 1930 LIPTON CHALLENGER, TAKES FIRST PLUNGE: GOSPORT, ENGLAND - Sir Thomas never gives up and his new yacht will soon be ready to battle Harold Vanderbilt’s cup defender, Enterprise, in the international race. 3. LINDY OFF TO SOUTH AMERICA; TAKES HIS MOTHER TO CAPITAL: ROOSEVELT FIELD, NY - Lone Eagle to open new air mail route to Southern Hemisphere — Mrs. Lindbergh accompanies him as far as Washington — He straps her in plane with parachute before taking off. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 4. HOLLYWOOD, CA - 50,000 worshippers crowd “Bowl” for gorgeous Easter sunrise service. 5. ROME, ITALY - Guns for boy Fascists — Real rifles are now part for young soldiers’ equipment. 6. SANTO DOMINGO - Natives hail new President, Estrella Urena, elected after revolution. 7. COBLENZ, GERMANY - France returns captured war banners to the Eighth Corps of the Prussian Army. 8. YANKEE BOY STEERS CAMBRIDGE TO WIN OVER OXFORD CREW: LONDON, ENGLAND - R.E. Swartout, first American coxswain in an English college, sends his oarsmen to victory by two lengths after his rivals had led the race almost the entire distance. 9. GIRL SPEEDS DOWN 5-MILE LOG FLUME IN THRILLING RIDE: BRIDAL VEIL, OR - Risks life in daring plunge down roaring waters of steep spillway on a crude raft. 10. INDIA SENDS FAMOUS ZOO BIGGEST HERD OF BABY ELEPHANTS: HAMBURG, GERMANY - Animals arrive in playful mood and are quite friendly with their keepers — March through streets in single file hanging on to each other’s tails. 11. TRAFFIC JAMS GIVE MOVIE CAMERMAN THE HEEBIE-JEEBIES: NEW YORK CITY - Street cars, automobiles and pedestrians loop the loop, turn flip flops and stand on their heads if you can believe what this dizzy photographer caught from the top of a skyscraper.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library