Manchester, England (Universal Newsreel, Jul 1930)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. CEREMONY ABSENT AS HOOVER SIGNS LONDON NAVAL PACT: WASHINGTON, D.C. - President affixes his signature to treaty in the historic East Room of the White House in the presence of diplomats and other officials. 2. SERPENTINE PARADE MARKS ANNUAL FETE OF GIRL PADDLERS: SOUTH CASCO, ME - Pupils at Luther Gulick Camp show their skill with canoes — End with circle formation in which they dump their skiffs over and swim ashore. 3. LITTLE ROCK ENTRY LEADS IN AMERICAN 7,000-MILE PLANE DERBY: ROOSEVELT FIELD, NY - Flyers take off for Cincinnati in air craft built for speed and not for comfort — Lee Gehlbach leads — Covers distance from Buffalo in one hour and forty-one minutes, an average speed of 200 miles an hour. 4. TOTS FORGET HAIRCUT “TERRORS” AS BARBER SHOP PUTS ON SHOW: CHICAGO, IL - Terrible ordeal now all changed for youngsters, who can ride a wild animal or see a puppet show at the same time that they have a trim. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 5. BROOKLYN, NY - Trolley-bus tested! — Greater Manhattan sees first new-type passenger vehicle on trial run. 6. REYKJAVIK, ICELAND - Children do “viki-vakar”! — Quaint native dance features 1,000th parliamentary anniversary. 7. MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - Dynamite to the rescue! — Explosive solves vexing disposal problem of disused tunnel. 8. HARLEM, NY - M-m-m! — Succulent dessert alleviates heat as Darktown youths regale themselves not wisely but too well. 9. GOVERNMENT AIDS CROP PEST RAVAGE BY PLANE AND FLAMES: RICHMOND, VA - Leathernecks spray swamps with powdered Paris Green from the air, the wind from the propeller spreading the poison — Homemade prairie fire, produced by oil-throwing machine, used for first time to battle corn-borers. 10. SWIMMER AFLOAT TWO DAYS IN TRY FOR ENDURANCE RECORD: ROCKAWAY PARK, NY - Three women hope to keep going for seventy-five hours to smash aquatic mark — Round and round they go in a specially roped off section of Playland Pool. 11. MOTORBIKERS SPILLED IN VAIN ATTEMPT TO CONQUER 85% GRADE: FRANKLIN CANYON, CA - Daredevil riders from all parts of the state compete in a contest in which the mechanical broncos fling them over the handlebars or roll them back on their necks — Bravely charge uphill that no one has yet been able to master.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library