Mineola, NY (Universal Newsreel, Mar 1931)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. CAMBRIDGE EIGHT BEATS OXFORD CREW IN ROWING CLASSIC: LONDON, ENGLAND - For eighth time in succession and forty-second in series, light blue eight scores victory on Thames before crowd of million. Leading all the way, winners flash by finish flag with two and a half lengths to spare, covering four-and-a-half mile distance in 19 mins., 26 sec. 2. SKI EXPERTS DESERT SNOW FOR WATER AS SPRING SEASON OPENS: WINTER HAVEN, FL - Boy and girl aquatic stars, finding surfboard riding too tame and old-fashioned, double the risk by donning twin skimmers and speeding across seas, towed by motorboat going at 40-mile pace. Spills add to dangers of sport. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 3. MINEOLA, NY - Elinor Smith crashes in height flight trial! — Noted aviatrix unhurt after harrowing mishap. 4. BERKELEY, CA - Old Grads gather for Charter Day! — Traditional procession of gowned dignitaries marks 63rd U. of C. anniversary. 5. 4 HURT IN EXPRESS DERAILMENT; BROKEN ENGINE AXLE BLAMED: DELRAY, FL - Mysterious accident near here throws locomotive and three coaches, including one Pullman sleeper, upside down. Train, a double-header on the Florida East Coast road, is believed to have been wrecked when forward locomotive sprained its ankle. 1,500 feet of track ripped up by cars. 6. $30,000,000 DAM TO FORM WORLD’S GREATEST ARTIFICIAL LAKE: DAMSITE, MO - Bagnell barrier, part of huge electric development project in Ozark Mountains, nears completion and vast reservoir begins to rise from waters of Osage River. Ultimately it will be 129 miles long, with shore line of 1,500 miles. Airplane shots afford splendid birds-eye glimpse of area. 7. CROSS-COUNTRY KINGS COMPETE IN ANNUAL MOTORBIKE THRILLER: RICHMOND, ENGLAND - Score of nation’s most daring wheelmen meet in test of nerve and endurance, dashing at breakneck gait over hills and through rough valleys, with result that several are hurled out of race as machines somersault on high turns between this city and Teddington. 8. ENTIRE POPULATION TURNS OUT TO GREET PRESIDENT HOOVER: ST. THOMAS, VIRGIN ISLANDS - Completing his battleship cruise of southern waters, Nation’s chief executive is given gladsome welcome, with thousands of school children joining in program of dances and drills for his entertainment. 9. ABOARD THE USS ARIZONA - Just before landing home again, the President gets a thrill when his mail is delivered to him “on the fly” by a blimp which drops pouch to deck of warship. (LOCAL – CANADA - A) ARGONAUT ROWING CLUB START TRAINING FOR AN EXTENSIVE SEASON: TORONTO, ONTARIO. (LOCAL – CANADA - B) NEW “SNOWBIRD” TRACTOR DEMONSTRATES ITS VERSATILITY IN MANOEUVERS: TORONTO, ONTARIO.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library