Joffre Passes (Universal Newsreel, Jan 1931)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. JOFFRE PASSES: PARIS, FRANCE - Whole world mourns the death, at 78, of immortal Hero of the Marne — Pictures show him in glowing health on visit to America eight years ago in contrast to his appearance of ebbing life when he attended the memorial erected to him at Chantilly last year. 2. WOMAN FLIER DOWN AT NORFOLK; PLANS NEW START FOR PARIS: NORTH BEACH, NY - Mrs. Beryl Hart and W.S. MacLaren, intrepid aviators who flew to within seventy-five miles of Bermuda and then were forced back, will hop off again to prove that the trip is feasible at this time of the year. 3. THRONGS ACCLAIM EINSTEIN’S ARRIVAL AT PACIFIC COAST: SAN DIEGO, CA - Mount Wilson’s Observatory helps to prove scientist’s theory of relativity — Many of world’s eminent astronomers join in making noted German’s visit one of keen interest. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 4. SPECULATOR, NY - Season opens for winter stunts! — T. Karl Milne, barrel-jumping champion, performs hazardous ice feats. 5. FALUN, SWEDEN - 100 pounds of money for taxi fare! — Antiquarian stumps chauffeur with proffer of copper currency of 1630. 6. BERLIN, GERMANY - Optical illusion to aid aerial warfare! — Udet, famous ace, devises model deception for mythical foe. 7. NEW YORK, NY - Potatoes peel themselves now! — Odd invention designed to ease rigors of domestic kitchen police. 8. FELINE ARISTOCRATS COMPETE FOR PRIZES AT ANNUAL CAT SHOW: NEW YORK, NY - 200 proud kitties attend 29th annual cat show conducted by the Atlantic Club, the proceeds of which go to the Bide-a-Wee Home for Friendless Animals — Girl wears live cat around her neck as a fur piece. 9. BLAST 150-FOOT STACK OF GRANARY CLOSED BY 18th AMENDMENT: BALTIMORE, MD - Dynamite is used to topple over big chimney, prohibition having signed the death knell of a hominy company whose chief business was furnishing brewers with grits — Five charges were necessary before the giant succumbed, falling into a gas cylinder. 10. GORGEOUS PAGEANTRY OF BLOSSOMS MARKS ROSE TOURNAMENT: PASADENA, CA - Gates of fairyland are opened to vast crowds who lined the streets to watch the procession with its gay floats pass — Line of marchers extended for miles. (LOCAL – MILWAUKEE) PERSHING WRITES OWN WAR STORY.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library