“Colonial Guards” Escort Lafayette’s Kin Here on Visit (Universal Newsreel, May 1930)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. “COLONIAL GUARDS” ESCORT LAFAYETTE’S KIN HERE ON VISIT: NEW YORK CITY - Monticello troops of Virginia meet the descendants of the great French warrior and statesman who fought for America during the Revolution. 2. SWOONS AS HE DROPS 25,000 FEET TO NEW PARACHUTE RECORD: LANCASTER, CA - Bert White unconscious twenty-eight minutes in highest altitude jump ever attempted — Life saved by automatic cord attached to plane which opened the huge “umbrella.” 3. HERO CREW BRINGS IN RAMMED TANKER AFTER OCEAN CRASH: ROSEBANK, NY - Captain John Barrows just wouldn’t let his ship go down — Brings her to port despite twenty-foot hole smashed into the bow. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 4. ROME, ITALY - Carves huge statue — Signor La Spina, 82, fashions enormous head of Garibaldi. 5. SAN JOSE, CA - City’s tots parade — Prize babies are feature of festival week. 6. SEATTLE, WA - College boy nearly drowns in icy water at annual U. of W. Junior Day initiations. 7. HOT DOGS’ BARK IS HEARD AGAIN WHEN FAMED RESORT OPENS: CONEY ISLAND, NY - Big crowd attends despite chilly weather — New novelties and thrills devised for amusement of grown-ups and children for 1930 season. 8. SIKHS VOTE SUPPORT FOR GANDHI CAUSE AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE: LAHORE, INDIA - President Sardar Khark Singh rides on a huge elephant at the head of a grand procession through the city streets — Volunteers from all parts of Punjab march and are showered by flowers thrown from the housetops. 9. DARING GIRLS DEFY GRAVITY IN THRILLING SKYSCRAPER FEATS: NEW YORK CITY - Frolic on steel structure of unfinished building forty-three stories high — Laugh at stunts that make the spectators gasp for breath. 10. ARMY BLIMP DRAGS AQUAPLANE RIDERS IN NEW SPEED THRILL: OFF LANGLEY FIELD, VA - (Exclusive Pictures) Dirigible pulls daredevils over the water at lightning pace — Keep balance on boards with great difficulty. (LOCAL - MINNEAPOLIS) CHAMPION COW’S MILK AIDS 100 TINY VICTIMS OF “WHITE PLAGUE.”

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library