Metropolis Saved From Drought Peril by Flooding Rains (Universal Newsreel, Jun 1931)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WINS 55th ANNUAL COLLEGIATE GAMES: PHILADELPHIA, PA - Records fall as Pacific Coast supremacy of track and field remains. Frank Wykoff, the Trojan phantom, equals world mark in 100-yard dash; Victor Wilson sticks a pin into the bubble of Ben Eastman’s speed by copping the quarter-mile run; and Bill Grabber climbs over bar at 14 feet, ½ inch, to win pole vault. Sensational performances send the Western forces home to its fourth victory in ten years. 2. METROPOLIS SAVED FROM DROUGHT PERIL BY FLOODING RAINS: CROTON, NY - Threat of water shortage is dispelled by full reserves which send 600,000,000 gallons over 1200-foot spillway to create a miniature Niagara as excess rises, ending fear of parched throats for Manhattan’s millions this summer. Reservoir overflows for first time in two years. 3. 20,000 GATHER TO WELCOME PRESIDENT AT NATIONAL SHRINE: VALLEY FORGE, PA - Chief executive addresses huge throng in first Memorial Day ceremony held on site where Washington and his band of hungry patriots endured want and privation during Revolutionary War. Colorful First City Troop of Philadelphia, a regiment that originated with the Colonial Army, accompanies him and Mrs. Hoover to historic field. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 4. NEW YORK, NY - City honors war dead! — Veterans march in annual Memorial Day parade. 5. NEW HAVEN, CT - Introduce shower-baths for the iron horse! — New system bathes monster locomotives in 40 seconds. 6. NEW YORK, NY - Calisthenics for infants! — Fond mothers eager to learn latest idea in child development. 7. RECORD HEAT WAVE FORCES PREMATURE GRAZING MIGRATION: MESQUITE, NM - Hundreds of goats are driven to early pastures by scorching sun. Little kids are too tender to brave the threat of blistering burns and tents are pitched to protect them until hides toughen enough to stand the desert gaff. 8. COMRADES RESCUE MINER ENTOMBED IN COAL-BED COLLAPSE: CHICAGO, IL - Barney Bozant seeking Black Gold, discovered after 25 years, is trapped under ten-foot layer of earth. Prospectors from city streets dig furiously and save him from suffocation. Cache of anthracite was buried under debris of a coal company dock fire, a quarter of a century ago, and remained undisturbed until recently. 9. RISKS LIFE TO MAKE REPAIRS ON HIGHEST FLAGSTAFF IN WORLD: NEW YORK, NY - Daredevil steeplejack climbs to pinnacle of skyscraper to give pole-ball a new glitter. Bill Homes finds only one thing to complain of after descent from dizzy height, the wind blows the paint from his brush and delays completing of job. (LOCAL – CANADA - A) LORD BESSBOROUGH ATTENDS CONVOCATION AT UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO: TORONTO, ONTARIO. (LOCAL – CANADA - B) “S.S. CHARLOTTETOWN” IS LAUNCHED – LARGEST CANADIAN-BUILT FERRY TAKES.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library