Universal Newsreel Volume 3, Release 77 Part local CA

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The original release sheet reads: 1. STIRRING SEAMANSHIP MARKS EL LAGARTO’S “PRESIDENT’S CUP” WIN: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Through a field of the country’s most skilled pilots, George Reiss of Lake George, NY, steers his swift speedboat and out-maneuvers such famous racers a Victor Kleisrath of Port Washington, NY, in his Hotsy Totsy, and is declared the victor after a spectacular battle with the rough waters of the Potomac. The winner attains an average speed of 51.18 miles an hour. 2. GOVERNMENT ORDERS BORDER MOBILIZATION FOR 1931 WAR GAMES: MOGGIO, ITALY - The noted Alpine regiments are called to arms to defend the nation’s mountainous frontier, in the annual display of military power. The “enemy” under a mask of ingenious camouflage advances but is repelled by the machine-gun fire of the famous fighters. The maneuvers take place in the picturesque northern boundary of the country, with men going up and down treacherous peaks, showing their ability at scaling seemingly inaccessible heights. 3. MEMORY OF McKINLEY HONORED BY G.A.R. VETS ON 30th ANNIVERSARY: TOLEDO, OH - Veterans of the great Civil War pay tribute to the president who guided the nation through the crisis with Spain and met death through an assassin’s bullet. Remarkable pictures of the martyred executive’s funeral, which are of immeasurable historical value, come as the screen’s testament of the event which shocked the nation in 1901. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 4. WAYNESBORO, PA - Landscape wizard grows own botanical zoo! — F.S. Gilbert proud of world-famed shrubs. 5. LONDON, ENGLAND - Cockney porters hold annual basket run! — Bill Sparks again victor in close race. 6. CELILO, OR - Indians dare deadly rapids for food! — Squaws aid in risky job to stem Winter famine. 7. ATLANTA, GA - 11-year-old boy baffles science! — Medicos unable to solve amazing eye-popping ability. 8. NEAR-RIOT AT SHRINE BRINGS POLICE TO DISPERSE DEVOTEES: OJI, JAPAN - The enthusiasm at the annual celebration at the sacred tomb of the God of War becomes so wild that interference by the minions of the law is necessary to quell the over-wrought spirits of the worshippers. Hundreds are injured in the demonstration which follows the outbreak. Quick action by the officers in breaking up the affair forestalls tragic results. 9. THOUSANDS DEAD AS FATAL HURRICANE RAZES METROPOLIS: BELIZE, BRITISH HONDURAS - Whipped by a 100-mile-an-hour gale a tidal wave sweeps over the city and upwards of 2,000 are killed in the disaster. Desolation and ruin are left in the wake of the devastating force, and native soldiers are pressed into duty to halt pilfering in the stricken area. Houses are ripped from their foundations by the wind and then floods add to the horror of the unhappy situation. (LOCAL – CANADA - A) HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPION DOES HIS STUFF FOR WAR VETERANS. (LOCAL – CANADA - B) 30 PLANES START IN TIP-TOP AIR BERBY.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library