Captain and Crew Refuse to Abandon Grounded Freighter (Universal Newsreel, Jan 1931)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. CAPTAIN AND CREW REFUSE TO ABANDON GROUNDED FREIGHTER: WEST HAMPTON, NY - Coast guard fights way through angry seas to rescue men of the stranded William N. Page, but they will not quit their ship — Airplane drops life line for breeches buoy but it is snapped in two when boat rolls in the mountainous waves. 2. PROSPERITY DRIVE AIDED BY STUDIO’S RECORD LUMBER BUY: UNIVERSAL CITY, CA - Carl Laemmle purchases 1,800,000 feet to be used on new construction scheduled for later but rushed now to help unemployed — One hundred and twelve trucks required to carry boards through Los Angeles to Hollywood, stretching in line for fifteen miles. 3. CHAMPIONS RACE IN 5th ANNUAL MIDWINTER OUTBOARD REGATTA: MIAMI, FL - Crowd of 10,000 persons watch Travis Chestnut, Jacksonville driver, win major honors, hitting up a speed of 41.2 miles an hour — Many other thrilling runs with spills at the sharp turns. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 4. HARTFORD, CT - Major James J. Tunney steals show! — Ex-champ holds spotlight at brilliant inaugural ball of Gov. Cross. 5. EVANSTON, IL - Society forms Anti-thug Club! — Elite vigilantes in arms against gangland’s inroads. 6. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ambassador becomes President! — Dr. Ricardo Alfaro new head of Panama after sudden revolution. 7. PORTLAND, OR - Scientific amateur baffles savants! — Entombed in icy bier for 30 minutes, Mrs. Moro emerges a trifle chilly but unharmed. 8. LAUNCH 10,000-TON CRUISER; FIRST SINCE NAVAL AGREEMENT LIVORNO, ITALY - New warship Gorizia, which is 600 feet long and 72 feet wide, speeds through the waves at 32 knots an hour, one of the fastest cruisers afloat. 9. GIRL FLIERS SMASH ENDURANCE RECORD DESPITE MISHAPS: INGLEWOOD, CA - Bobbie Trout and Edna May Cooper beat mark for women and seek to stay in the air longer than the Hunter Brothers. Adverse weather does not daunt their spirits in the slightest and they say they are out to win. 10. SOVIET REMITS DEATH PENALTY OF ACCUSED IN TREASON TRIAL: MOSCOW, USSR - Eight sentenced to prison as plotters of foreign intervention — Professor Leonid K. Ramsin, famous scientist, cheered when his order to be shot was commuted, along with four others — Crowd of 10,000 surround court room awaiting decree. (LOCAL – SAN FRANCISCO) OLYMPIC CLUB MEMBERS OBSERVE.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library