1 Kiled, Many Hurt in Wreck Caused by Stalled Automobile (Universal Newsreel, Jul 1930)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. 1 KILED, MANY HURT IN WRECK CAUSED BY STALLED AUTOMOBILE: ELIZABETH, NJ - Hundreds escape death as cars leap off the rails on elevated structure and hurtle into the street fifty feet below. 2. FIRST LADY PRESIDES AS MOUNTAIN SCHOOL CLOSES FOR SUMMER: DARK HOLLOW, VA - Mrs. Hoover visits primary institution founded by the President and his friends — She congratulates the children of the “Hill Billies” who completed the first session, and Miss Christine Vest, their teacher. 3. BASTILE DAY FETE MARKED BY GREAT MILITARY REVIEW: PARIS, FRANCE - President Doumergue reviews troops comprising the Zouaves, the Foreign Legion, cavalry and gendarmes — Festival is the great “Fourth of July” of the French. 4. JEANETTE BLUEHORSE, SIOUX PRINCESS, WINS INDIAN BEAUTY CROWN: HOT SPRINGS, SD - Gov. W.J. Bulow and his aides inspect daughters of the chiefs in costume parade — Gutzon Borglum to carve statue of winner. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 5. NEW YORK, NY - Modern Methuselah arrives! — Zaro Agha, 156, world’s oldest man, leaves native Turkey to See America First. 6. GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - Test rail-plane line! — Propeller-driven bullet-cars feature newest overhead transportation system. 7. SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Golf by proxy! — “Iron Bobby,” mechanical champ, instructs novices in the art of the links. 8. GRIEF-TORN KIN WAIT AS HEROES HUNT 152 MINE BLAST VICTIMS: HAUSDORF, SILESIA - Terrible catastrophe shocks country while families haunt shaft in vain hope of finding their relatives alive. 9. TAKE MATRIMONIAL PLUNGE IN SWIMMING POOL CEREMONIAL: STEEPLECHASE, NY - Bridesmaids, best man, ushers and flower girls gather in huge tank while the Rev. Hendrick Heintz stands on a floating platform to wed Miss Betty Louise Tappe and Al Brumbaugh. 10. CROWDS THRILLED AS ENTIRE FIRE FORCE FIGHTS $1,000,000 BLAZE: PARIS, FRANCE - Flames raze Paris department store — Two firemen are seriously injured when cement block tower crashes into the street — Glow illuminates city and is seen for miles. 11. KIDS CAREFREE AS UNPRECEDENTED HEAT WAVE SWEEPS NATION: NEW YORK, NY - Romp and play on the beach to cool themselves in the rolling surf while millions swelter in the cities — Lucky elephant also takes a plunge in the water.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library