Roosevelt and Garner (Universal Newsreel, Jul 1932)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. DIXIE MARBLE CHAMP SWEEPS FIELD TO WIN ALL-AMERICAN CROWN OCEAN CITY, NJ - Brushing aside all competition, 13-year-old Harley Corum, the pride of Louisville, KY, batters his way to the U.S. “miggles” title. The Blue Grass stalwart repeats his flashing victory of 1931 by disposing of a formidable list of opponents and in the final stanza defeats Earl Weisgerber of New Jersey, 5 to 1. His feat gains for him the U.S. laurels and, as an extra prize, the world’s largest lollipop. 2. CO-EDS BAKE WORLD’S LARGEST SHORTCAKE: LEBANON, OR - The Strawberry City of the Northwest makes its bow in an unusual manner to celebrate a bumper crop of the succulent fruit-let. The domestic science class of the high school turns out a mammoth dessert, comprising 135,000 berries, among other ingredients, measuring 12 by 14 feet. The ton-and-a-half product feeds 6,048 sweet-toothed citizens and marks a new high in sizeable confections. 3. SHEEP ACT AS LAWNMOWERS: WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WV - The famous Greenbrier Airport solves a perplexing problem. The fast-growing grass proved a vexatious hindrance to the safety of arriving and departing planes, until someone was struck by a bright idea. Accordingly, a herd of sheep is imported and the woolly animals are repaid for their services by a guaranteed diet of their favorite herbage. An idea that kills two birds with one stone, so to speak — and which, incidentally, is being copied by the Tempelhof Airdrome, in Berlin, according to latest dispatches. 4. ROOSEVELT AND GARNER: CHICAGO, IL - Scenes of unparalleled frenzy feature the 24th Democratic Convention as it gallops down the home stretch. After 3 ballots, in an all-night session, William G. McAdoo announces for California and Texas that the two states have decided to swing their votes to Roosevelt, starting a stampede for the New Yorker’s band-wagon that finds all aboard but a few die-hards, irreconcilables for the cause of Al Smith. The Convention is further aroused to heights of enthusiasm by the unanimous nomination of John N. Garner for the Vice-Presidency. And to cap the climax, feverish excitement prevails when the delegates receive the startling news that Roosevelt is flying to Chicago, breaking all precedent by accepting the nomination at the convention itself. The arrival of the Nominee arouses a storm of emotion among the great throng which had awaited his appearance for hours. Resting on the arm of his son, Roosevelt receives the acclamation of the Democracy and the announcement of his nomination by Senator Walsh, of Montana, Chairman of the Convention. The acceptance speech sets forth the Candidate’s stand on the platform in no uncertain terms and promises a fulfillment of Party pledges made in the Convention. A historic pictorial document — a faithful recording of one of the most important episodes in the history of the Democratic Party. (LOCAL – CANADA) ONTARIO TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library