Great Crowds Hail Coste and Bellonte with Wild Acclaim (Universal Newsreel, Nov 1930)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. GREAT CROWDS HAIL COSTE AND BELLONTE WITH WILD ACCLAIM: PARIS, FRANCE - Proud nation gives to the utmost of its warm and volatile enthusiasm in welcoming home its two ocean-hopping sons, first men to fly like a non-stop arrow, straight from Le Bourget to New York City. They duplicated, from East-to-West, Lindbergh’s great West-to-East triumph. 2. THRONGS CELEBRATE CANADIAN-AMERICAN TUNNEL COMPLETION: DETROIT, MI - Officials of Dominion and the Wolverine state clasp hands at center of mile-long tube 75 feet under water, an international link formally welded when President Hoover presses button in Washington. Thousands inspect subway, built at cost of $25,000,000. 3. JOBLESS SEEK WORK FOR BOARD, BED AND SALARY OF $1 A WEEK: NEW YORK, NY - Urbain Ledoux, better known as “Mr. Zero,” whose soup-and-coffee kitchen abaft the Bowery has been the haven of thousands in past winters, now plunges into the unemployment vortex with a proposal that “The Tub,” as he calls it, will supply men for work at almost zero compensation. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 4. SPARTA, MI - Vegetables for a haircut! — Barber patriot accepts produce and wheat to aid Farm Relief. 5. RUSHVILLE, IN - Canine jumper breaks record! — Dot, diving dog star, makes safe leap from 96-foot bridge. 6. CLEVELAND, OH - Save time for bridge fiends! — New device shuffles and deals cards in 7 seconds. 7. YARMOUTH, ENGLAND - Prince of Wales dedicates new bridge! — Royal visitor opens $1,000,000 structure across River Yare. 8. MYSTERY MINE BLAST DISASTER TAKES TOLL OF 338 DEAD AND DYING: ALSDORF, GERMANY - One of the greatest underground disasters in world records results in almost 250 workers being killed outright and 90 landing in hospital tragically maimed. Red Cross crews and rescue squads equipped with gas masks plunge into death pit even as fire and crumbling rock continue to menace life. 9. SENSATIONAL RIDING FEATURES ANNUAL CAVALRY STUNT FETE: FORT MEYER, VA - Daredevil army horsemen uncork hair-raising equestrianism, Third Cavalry stars galloping in five-man pyramid formation, leaping obstacles with two- and three-horse units, also going over human hurdles and through ring of fire. 10. RAIN MARS WEDDING MARCH OF BORIS AND PRINCESS GIOVANNA: ASSISI, ITALY - Undaunted by weather, loyal throngs pay tribute to Bulgarian monarch and his bride as they emerge from old St. Francis church, preceded by Italy’s King and many other crowned heads of Europe. Regal pair shown in happy hours prior to trip to Sofia, on which it is alleged they were targets of assassins.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library