Troops Called to Quell Felon Revolt in New Prison Riot (Universal Newsreel, Mar 1931)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. TROOPS CALLED TO QUELL FELON REVOLT IN NEW PRISON RIOT: JOLIET, IL - Close on the heels of the fatal uprising in the old prison here, in which two men were killed and many injured, inmates of Stateville, most modern penitentiary in America, apply torch to dining halls and cause $1,000,000 damage. Exclusive Pictures show ringleader, hands raised, captive and marching to solitary. 2. HOOVER AND PARTY SAIL FOR PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS: OLD POINT COMFORT, VA - President, accompanied by group of his most intimate friends and advisers, is greeted by officers and men of Battleship Arizona as he boards giant war craft for cruise that has turned into a triumph for Chief Executive as he joins in work of raising funds to aid children of insular possessions. 3. AERIAL INSPECTION MARKS COMPLETION OF SKYSCRAPER KING: NEW YORK, NY - Empire State Building, rising on site of old Waldorf-Astoria Hotel at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street, is completed at cost of $55,000,000 in little more than one year. Plane rides over, at and around tower, standing about a quarter-mile above ground, and rest of Manhattan seems dwarfed. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 4. BOSTON, MA - Balchen hopes to seek “Viking” survivors! — Veteran ace takes off on humanitarian flight. 5. MIAMI BEACH, FL - Youthful geniuses emulate Cellini! — Kin of St. Gaudens attract attention of art world by amazing versatility. 6. WELLESLEY, MA - “Collegiettes” wreck college building! — Girls dismantle historic structure to make way for modern edifice. 7. HOUSEWIVES SAVE 20% AS EGG PRODUCTION GOES ON 24-HOUR SHIFT: BERLIN, GERMANY - Hens and machines for grading, weighing and crating eggs are synchronized at local poultry plant, with result that incubation and hatching are speeded up on systematic basis. Thousands of chicks produced on scientific basis and eggs for Easter market greatly reduced in price. 8. GAR WOOD SETS NEW SPEEDBOAT RECORD OF 102 MILES AN HOUR: MIAMI BEACH, FL - American master of power craft design and operation adds another trophy to his collection with Miss America IX by making fastest time for distance ever attained on water. Remarkably clear and detailed shots reveal how he knocked down previous standard of 98 miles an hour which had been fixed by late Sir Henry Segrave shortly before he sacrificed his life to speed. 9. KAMIKOFF, BEARDED RUSS, NIPS HOLUBAN IN FURIOUS MAT BOUT: NEW YORK, NY - Siberian husky, whose chin and chop bristles provide him with a porcupine defense, bayonets his way out of a headlock and knocks the neck-less Magyar almost unconscious as he hurls him to the canvas after slightly more than four minutes of hilarious humiliation of the human form divine. Match is easily the loud laugh sensation of the season. (LOCAL – ILLINOIS) FAST STEPPERS ARE FEATURED IN N.U. MUSICAL COMEDY. (LOCAL – CANADA - A) CANADIAN OPENS THE SECOND SESSION OF CANADA’S SEVENTEENTH PARLIAMENT: OTTAWA, ONTARIO. (LOCAL – CANADA - B) LOYAL IRISH HONOUR THEIR PATRON SAINT PATRICK: MONTREAL, QUBEC. (LOCAL – CANADA - C) MANY DISTINCTIVE COSTUMES ARE SHOWN IN PRING FASHION REVUE: TORONTO, ONTARIO.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library