Mrs. Calvin Coolidge Christens Giant Ship Named for Husband (Universal Newsreel, Feb 1931)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. MRS. CALVIN COOLIDGE CHRISTENS GIANT SHIP NAMED FOR HUSBAND: NEWPORT NEWS, VA - Wife of former Chief Executive breaks bottle containing river water across bow of new Dollar liner, built for the Orient trade at a cost in excess of eight million dollars. This is rare occasion on which one-time First Lady of the land has appeared in public since leaving White House. 2. IDAHO GIRL WINS TAHOE DOG DERBY IN DRIVING SNOWSTORM: TRUCKEE, CA - In her third shot at the prize of $1,000 and competing against seven men, some of the best dog drivers in the world, Thula Geelan steers her setter team through blanketed timber lands to Lake Tahoe, in the Sierras, and wins on elapsed time of 5 hrs., 57 min., 34 sec., for the sixty miles. 3. CLOUDBURST TRAPS SUBURBAN RESIDENTS; FLOODS CITY TRAFFIC: PHOENIX, AZ - After months of scorching drought, wall of water descends upon town and surrounding territory, causing considerable damage to property. One woman drowned in torrent six feet deep which cuts swath 250 feet wide through canyon. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 4. ALEXANDRIA, VA - Hoovers worship at historic shrine! — President takes granddaughter to church attended by Washington. 5. NEW YORK, NY - Helen Keller immortalized in marble! — Noted blind humanitarian poses for sculptured portrait. 6. MIAMI BEACH, FL - Gar Wood tests new Miss America! — Ready to attain 100 miles an hour to beat Segrave record. 7. PHILADELPHIA, PA - Jungle denizen gets beauty treatment! — Princess Monia dolls up to attend annual Hairdressers’ Show. 8. NATIVE WOMEN LEARN DOMESTIC SCIENCE AS PART OF 5-YEAR PLAN: OYRAT, USSR - In what is known as the “House of Culture,” wives and daughters of Communists are taught not only the arts of reading and writing, but also are trained, by modern methods, in the care of children and the making of clothes and other sewn articles. It’s all part of the Stalin program for re-forming a nation. 9. LIBERTY BELL RINGS FOR LAST TIME UNTIL INDEPENDENCE DAY, 2031: PHILADELPHIA, PA - Wielding a rubber mallet, to avoid jarring national relic too much, Mayor Harry Mackey tolls thirteen notes commemorative of the original Colonies, and it is announced great bronze will not be struck again for 100 years. 10. KING JOY REIGNS IN 53rd ANNIVERSARY OF FAMED CELEBRATION: NICE, FRANCE - Tourists and residents join in greatest “Fat Tuesday” festival of town’s history, with artistic and grotesque intermingled in costumes and floats of maskers and parade. Revelry, the last big fling before the penitential period of Lent sets in, caps a week of gayety which draws thousands to this resort.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library