Broadway Crowds Gasp at Dance on Skyscraper (Universal Newsreel, Jan 1930)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. SKI STARS COMPETE ON DANGEROUS SLIDE: GARY, IN - Norway’s champions cope with America’s best at annual international contest. 2. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: NEW YORK CITY - Prominent Chinese from all parts of the U.S. attend funeral of Charlie Boston, founder of the On Leong Tong. 3. LINDY GETS A NEW “WE”: BURBANK, CA - Latest type of monoplane is delivered to Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh. 4. TEST R.R. SCRUBBER: BALTIMORE, MD - Giant washing machine “bathes” 100 coaches a day. 5. BROADWAY CROWDS GASP AT DANCE ON SKYSCRAPER: NEW YORK CITY - Mid-air stunts of cabaret stars give “White Way” a thrill. 6. MODERN “WATER WAGON” FOR QUAKER CITY HORSES: PHILADELPHIA, PA - S.P.C.A. inaugurates “Volstead cocktail” delivery for thirsty equines. They gave this one alcohol to keep from freezing, and… 7. “LONG HAIRS” DEFEAT “BOBS” IN BASKETBALL: CHICAGO, IL - House of David team scores 18 to 16 over girls in fast game. The “boys” win by a hair. 8. DARE JUNGLE PERILS TO TRAP HUGE ALLIGATORS: PERAK, MALAYSIA - (Exclusive Pictures) Growing demand for skins brings wholesale raids on haunts of scaly monsters. 9. TEACH TINY TARS TO THUMP IN TOURNAMENT: ANNAPOLIS, MD - Eighty-five sons of officers in U.S. Naval Academy study for “cauliflower” industry. Free-for-all. 10. RAGING BLIZZARD AGAIN PARALYZES WINDY CITY: CHICAGO, IL - Many dead and injured in second blinding storm that cripples traffic. A slippery corner.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library