Hail Arrival of Laval as Omen of U.S. (Universal Newsreel, Oct 1931)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. HAIL ARRIVAL OF LAVAL AS OMEN OF U.S. - FRENCH ACCORD: NEW YORK, NY - World amity guides the visit of the peasant lad who became President of the Council of Ministers of his nation. Debarking from the Ile de France with his daughter Mlle. Josette, he is greeted by representatives of the State Department, city officials, and Paul Claudel, French Ambassador. The party boards the tug Macom and is landed at the battery and escorted up lower Broadway to City Hall where Mayor Walker welcomes the diplomats on behalf of the metropolis. 2. CARES OF JOBLESS PARENTS EASED BY FREE CHILD-FEEDING: CHICAGO, IL - Hungry kiddies rush to “The Shelter” for their only nourishing meal, supplied through philanthropic workers. Unemployed mothers and fathers are relieved of the worry of furnishing food for them in addition to the hazards of seeking work. The youngsters display avid and appreciative appetites. 3. NATION PAYS LAST TRIBUTE AS EDISON GOES TO FINAL REST: ORANGE, NJ - Bowed in sorrow thousands follow the bier of the creator of electric light as he is buried in a plot here, in the shadow of the Llewellyn Park laboratories where he labored for 45 years perfecting nearly 1,500 inventions that benefited mankind. Mrs. Hoover, representing her husband, attends the last rites with other notables of the country. And, observing the President’s wish, all lights are extinguished for one minute as a silent gesture in memory of the great benefactor. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 4. UNIVERSAL CITY, CA - Invents 500-passenger dirigible! — Aged scientist predicts 24-hour crossing to Europe in giant blimp. 5. PONTIAC, MI - Freak car specializes in odd angles! — Locomotive engineers puzzled by new-fangled flivver. 6. IMPOSING ARRAY OF 100,000 ASSEMBLE TO INVOKE WORLD PEACE: VIENNA, AUSTRIA - Headed by President Miklas, government officials, and ecclesiastical dignitaries, a plea for fraternity in international relations is made, a field mass marking the impressive ceremony. The thousands in attendance pledge themselves and the branches and guilds they represent to aid in a settlement of the upset conditions of Europe. The session heralds a new day on the troubled continent. 7. BLUENOSE OUT-RACES THEBAUD TO CAPTURE FISHERMEN’S TITLE: HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA - With full sail unfurled the Lunenburg schooner leads the American challenger in the final of the series for supremacy in the North Atlantic waters. Although beaten, the Gloucestermen make it a fight to the finish and are led in the last heat by only 12 minutes, 1 second. The Yankee clipper never tried as hard as it does in this last encounter to lift the cup. But the Canadian boat will not be defeated, and the New Englanders earn good-will and cheers from the backwoods spectators, thrilled at the stubborn battle waged by the American seamen. 8. DARING WORKERS FOIL CONSTRUCTION PERILS ON MONSTER BEACON: NEW YORK, NY - Risking their lives, skilled craftsmen struggle against high winds and hazardous heights to erect a light for airways over Gotham’s financial district. The huge steel pole is united in three sections by men defying death to raise it 950 feet above the street. Towering over lower Manhattan it will serve as a guide to airmen against the dangerous pinnacles of the skyscraper skyline.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library