Daring Toilers Defy Scalding Vapors as “Steam Well” Erupts (Universal Newsreel, May 1932)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. GOTHAM APPLAUDS AS 150,000 MARCH IN GREAT BEER DEMONSTRATION: NEW YORK, NY - Behind the jaunty strides of Mayor Jimmie Walker, business leaders, international figures, stenographers, society matrons, and clowns parade down Fifth Avenue advocating the adoption of laws to return the amber beverage with a taxation provision. Another estimated 2,000,000 persons observe the outpouring. Men and women bearing banners proclaiming their prejudices fill the streets from noon until nightfall with an almost endless line of humanity. The most sensational spectacle the city has seen for 40 years. 2. DARING TOILERS DEFY SCALDING VAPORS AS “STEAM WELL” ERUPTS: LARDERELLO, ITALY - Into the vast areas of earth seething with volcanic mists, workers bore holes more than 800 feet deep to harness the powerful natural forces. The geysers of sizzling liquid burst into the air with terrifying violence, but the fearless drillers continue their task to control the terrifically hot sprays. Heated under pressure to about 320 degrees the job of tying the elusive streams in pipelines is eventually accomplished, illustrating the triumph of modern industry over an ancient freak of nature. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 3. SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Lieut. and Mrs. Massie return after trying ordeal! — “Honor slaying” principals home by grace of executive clemency. 4. HOLLAND, MI - Local beaus scrub streets! — Quaint Dutch custom opens famous Tulip City fiesta. 5. CHICAGO, IL - Frosh win annual straw rush! — Pants and shirts suffer in scenes of frightful sartorial carnage. 6. CABOT BREAKS SPEED MARK IN 5th RUNNING OF OUTBOARD CLASSIC: ALBANY, NY - Hurdling the waters of the Hudson River over the 133-mile course in New York, the New Haven garage mechanic bounces to victory one second ahead of his fellow townsman, Kenneth MacKenzie, for a new record of 2 hours, 56 minutes, and 39 seconds, the first time in the history of the race the three mark has been bettered. With his engine responding to the last atom of power, Cabot opens a wide gap between him and the field from Poughkeepsie to Yonkers. The duel down the home stretch after young MacKenzie challenges the leader is an epic of motorboat racing. One of the most thrilling water battles in the books. 7. AKRON ENACTS STAR ROLE IN EPIC MID-AIR RESCUE MELODRAMA: SAN DIEGO, CA - While more than 2,000 spectators look on, spell-bound, the ground crew at Camp Kearney attempting to moor the huge dirigible is tossed to the earth when a faulty ring snaps, breaking the landing line. All except Bud Cowart, of Sand Springs, OK, and two unfortunates, jump from the rope. These two are killed. As the airship drifts upward to 2,000 feet hysteria sweeps the crowd watching Cowart dangle in the air. The sailor, with heroic effort, hangs on for more than an hour until the crew pulls him through a port-hole to safety aboard the ship. A thrilling episode of the skies. (LOCAL – CANADA - A) PARADE. (LOCAL – CANADA - A) GOLFING.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library