Startling Invention Brings $1,000,000 Annual Savings to Industry (Universal Newsreel, Feb 1932)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. CAMPBELL SETS NEW WORLD SPEED MARK IN MAGNIFICENT RUN: DAYTONA BEACH, FL - Defying all thoughts of danger the daredevil Briton whizzes over the measured mile at a thunderous pace, bettering his own record by 8 miles an hour. Swinging into the smooth stretch he pilots the Blue Bird over the course in 13.46 seconds on one run and repeats it in 14.89 seconds on the return trip for a total average of 253.968 miles an hour. A great performance and a stirring episode in racing history. 2. LACK OF PARTNERS FORCES MAT STAR TO WRESTLE ELEPHANT: WEST HEMPSTEAD, NY - Bulky Leon Pinetzk, the ponderous Pole, standing 6 feet 8 inches, experiences difficulty in securing mates to grapple with him because of his 280-pound hulk. In desperation he takes on 4-ton “Rosie” a powerful pachyderm with an acute knowledge of grips and holds. The muscle man meets his match but grinds on and on, finally scoring one fall over the punishing beast after a hectic struggle. 3. STARTLING INVENTION BRINGS $1,000,000 ANNUAL SAVINGS TO INDUSTRY: MODESTO, CA - After two years of research and experiment an egg breaker and separator is introduced to an amazed world. Run through a jig-saw pulled through a vacuum pump and into a reservoir the shells are discarded and the yolk and whites are guided into divided compartments. Even bad ones are spotted by the almost-human machine and tossed aside. The innovation proves fool-proof and never misses, a device long declared impossible of achievement and now hailed by egg-men all over the country. 4. COPS CURB RIOTERS AS DE VALERA WINS TURBULENT ELECTION: DUBLIN, IRELAND - Bitterly partisan, voters go to the polls and turn Wm. T. Cosgrave out of power after a reign of ten years. The Fianna Fail leader gains a majority of the Dail which assures him of the Presidency of the Executive Council. The balloting throughout the south is marked by strife although the deposed chief is returned to the lower house by an overwhelming plurality. The advocates of the free Republic carry their battle right to the voting stalls, culminating in struggles and altercations that compel police interference to restore order. Followers of the new government hail the result as the herald of a new day in the stormy history of the nation. 5. SPECTACULAR SPILLS THRILL THOUSANDS IN LIPTON CUP CLASSIC: NEW SMYRNA, FL - Jockeying for position in the sensational five-mile finals over the treacherous course the cream of the nation’s out-board pilots compete for the famous trophy. Diving through narrow holes as the fleet of daredevils take advantage of every opening, many of the reckless aces meet near-disaster on the whirlwind turns when their boats capsize. Plunging, chugging, slapping his way ahead of the field Walter Widegren of Glen Cove, NY, rides home to a well-earned victory. 6. HEAVY SHELLS WREAK HAVOC AS CITY DEFIES FURIOUS ONSLAUGHT: SHANGHAI, CHINA - (Special!!!) A rain of bombs from swift airplanes turn the ancient native Chapei section into a mass of flaming ruins, its streets strewn with dead and its population fleeing in terror to the protection of the International Settlement. Expert marksmen make direct hits on the North Station as the Japanese forces maneuver for absolute control of the sector. Meanwhile in the heat of the battle U.S. Marines land to patrol the American Concession and guard the lives of nationals there. Fugitives in tragic flight bundle their meager belongings to escape from the war zone, as the strains of the bagpipes announce the arrival of the famous Argyll and Sutherland Highland Regiments en route to the British Concession. One of the most important pictures of the year.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library