Cornell Oarsmen Win Intercollegiate Championship Crown (Universal Newsreel, Jun 1930)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. CORNELL OARSMEN WIN INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP CROWN: POUGHKEEPSIE, NY - Keen battle fought by competing university crews on the Hudson — One hundred thousand persons see the famous classic. 2. CAROL TAKES ROYAL OATH AMID ACCLAIM BY LOYAL SUBJECTS: BUCHAREST, RUMANIA - Cavalry escorts him through the city streets to the Palace as crowds cheer — Only King ever to succeed his own son on the throne. 3. CITY CELEBRATES 72nd ANNIVERSARY AS TREATY PORT: YOKOHAMA, JAPAN - Parade honors the day when Commodore Perry forced Shogunate government to open country to foreign commerce, introducing the hermit empire into the family of international relationship. 4. THOUSANDS DELAYED IN MILLION DOLLAR TROLLEY BARN BLAZE: WOODSIDE, NY - Firemen battle desperately to save the cars but only three are left fit for service — Conductors and motormen look on as their jobs are burned up. 5. BRITAIN’S RULERS PRESENT COLORS TO ETON COLLEGE R.O.T.C.: LONDON, ENGLAND - The King and Queen and Princess Mary greet officers in the Quadrangle at Windsor Castle — 5,715 Etonians served in this corps during the World War and 1,158 gave their lives for their country. 6. SWIMMERS COLLAPSE AFTER BATTLING SEAS IN CHANNEL CONTEST: SAN DIEGO, CA - One hundred and fifty women and girls turn out for eleventh annual race — Sailors carry exhausted contestants away in blankets after 650 yard swim in rough water. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 7. FINKENWÄRDER, GERMANY - Dry land sailors! — Naval cadets learn nautical ropes on novel practice vessel. 8. VATICAN CITY, ITALY - (Exclusive Pictures) Pope receives auto! — Gold-trimmed car, upholstered in silk and velvet, presented by admirers of His Holiness. 9. SAYBROOK, CT - Mechanical gold digger! — Queer diving apparatus devised to aid in search for sunken treasure. 10. BERLIN, GERMANY - Flee 105-degree heat wave! — Shore resorts crowded as unprecedented weather attacks capital city. 11. BRAVE OCEAN FLIERS SAFETLY COMPLETE: TRANSATLANTIC HOP: NEW YORK, NY - Southern Cross, after battling heavy winds, lands at Roosevelt Field where the airmen are welcomed by tremendous gathering — British envoy and other diplomats come from Washington for reception. (LOCAL - TN) – No title. (LOCAL - NY) – No title.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library