Navy Varsity Crew Stuns Rowing Fans by Regatta Victory (Universal Newsreel, Jun 1931)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. NAVY VARSITY CREW STUNS ROWING FANS BY REGATTA VICTORY: POUGHKEEPSIE, NY - Middies of Annapolis revive the fire of old and successfully meet a field of almost unbeatable boats. They send their slim trim cedar shell across the finish line ahead of the champion Cornell first stringers after fighting off the challenge of the far west by the Washington Huskies and California. Old Dick Glendon’s boys put the sailors back on the 8-oar map in the last half-mile of the race. 2. SOLEMNITY MARKS DEDICATION OF NEW HARDING MEMORIAL: MARION, OH - President Hoover and ex-president Coolidge participate in services at the unveiling of shrine to man who died while holding office each of them has filled. The nation’s Chief Executive inspects parade of Civil, Spanish-American and World War veterans who pay homage to the dead leader. At SPRINGFIELD, IL - 40,000 assemble to greet the President at Lincoln’s Tomb. 3. 12 WORKERS DEAD AS BRIDGE COLLAPSES AFTER TRUCK CRASH: ST. DENIS-DE-PILES, FRANCE - In addition to fatalities, 17 are critically injured when engineers’ plans to test strength of span were upset and ten motors, with drivers and other employees, plunged into the swift and turbulent waters of Dordogne River. Divers and derricks haul bodies of men and disabled autos from the rushing stream, after the terrible tragedy. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 4. JUAREZ, MEXICO - American distiller opens plant below border! — Introduces new process to age certain beverages banned in U.S. 5. INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Motorbike daredevil risks neck for thrill! — Jack Early crashes through plank barrier at 75 miles an hour. 6. KAMATA, JAPAN - Natives flock to miracle healer! — Believers plead with “Sacred Cow” to cure ailments. 7. CONFETTI BARRAGE CLIMAXES HARVARD’S 295th COMMENCEMENT: CAMBRIDGE, MA - Old grads return to scenes of college adventures to shower new degree owners in a battle of paper. But freshly finished sons of famous John return the compliment, with the net result that the Back Bay manner goes haywire under entanglement of streamers and wise-cracking depression-scoring banners. But the Crimson wins hands up. 8. VAST RED GATHERING HONORS MAY DAY IN GIANT CELEBRATION: MOSCOW, USSR - Industrial and military strength of nation is displayed in the square in the shadow of the Tomb of Lenin. Men and women soldiers march in awe-inspiring maneuvers reviewed by Joseph Stalin, dictator of the Soviet States. Occasion marks anniversary of the workers’ revolution, with 1,000,000 persons filing past the officials, renewing their pledges as defenders of the cause of the laborer.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library