Music World Agog Over Debut of New “Brain-Picture” Art (Universal Newsreel, Oct 1932)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. NAVY DAY - Uncle Sam’s mighty sea forces stage a realistic “war,” with broadsides from the big guns, daring dives, dog-fights, and bomb-dropping by the flying branch of the service, and other martial activities and thrills. In celebration of the day on which the entire nation pays tribute to its first line of defense, the big battle-wagons and the fighting eagles go through their most dangerous and stirring paces. 2. TRAINED “SCHNOZZLES” JUDGE CHEESE AROMA AT 1932 DAIRY EXHIBIT: DETROIT, MI - Agriculture students from 18 different colleges meet to determine the keenest nose and taste in the U.S., a feature of the seventh annual milk products exposition. Singly and in teams of three, the undergraduate dairymen spend the day sniffing, tasting and smacking their lips. D.M. Smith of Mississippi State College wins the national crown for having the most discriminating beak in this country or Canada. The team from the same institution also wins by a nose. The latest thing in competitions. An olfactory Olympics. 3. SKATING ACES BATTLE IN GRUELING 50-MILE HIGHWAY MARATHON: GREELEY, CO - An exciting long-distance roller-skating race, with Denver as the goal – 56 miles over paved roads, attracts 87 contestants, including six young women. State police and motorcycle cops escort the skaters all the way and thousands line the roads or follow in autos to cheer them on. Elbert Reagan, 21 years old, of Fort Lupton, CO, speeds to victory in 6 hours and 2 minutes, wining $75 in gold. E.L. Manogue, 42 years old, holds the lead for many miles but finally collapses, unable to stand the gaff. The girls, too, can’t take it, retiring one by one. A new kind of endurance test, and another hazard for automobile tourists. 4. HEAVY TURKEY CROP ASSURES BIG MARKET FOR HOLIDAY BIRDS: ROSEVILLE, CA - The Thanksgiving axe is being sharpened at the great gobbler ranches in this section. The best crop of “turks” in several years is in evidence, with 20-pounders the average size. The fowls rapidly are being prepared for the Eastern market, following a last-month fattening process. R.F. Fiddymant, 83-year-old turkey-raiser, boasts 5,000 of them on one farm, and promises that his shipments will provide 100,000 dinners on November 24th. A sad story for Old Man Gobble-Gobble but a cheerful and appetizing prospect for the rest of us. A wish-bone on every plate! 5. VINTNERS SPEED RICH WINE OUTPUT IN HOPE OF EARLY U.S. REPEAL: CHAMPAGNE, FRANCE - It seems a far cry from the Chicago conventions to the sunny hill-sides under the Tricolor, but the grape growers are feverishly harvesting a bountiful crop and rushing the pressings, confident that the sparkling drink for which this district is famous, soon will be legally admitted into the United State again. The first picking of the season is done on the slopes of l’Hery Clos Bourin Hill, where Dom Perignon, bottle expert of the Abbey of Hautvillers, years ago made his celebrate discovery – the method of producing effervescent beverages. A promising sight for American connoisseurs of high grade spirits. 6. MUSIC WORLD AGOG OVER DEBUT OF NEW “BRAIN-PICTURE” ART: BERLIN, GERMANY - (Special) Universal Newsreel takes great pride in presenting the most unusual and fascinating subject ever recorded on the screen. Dr. Oskar Fischinger, noted scientist and savant, has created a development absolutely novel in the realm of sound – music you can SEE as well as hear. Brahms’ stirring Ninth Symphony rendered by a 150-piece orchestra is reproduced with a picturized fidelity that even a deaf person can recognize and enjoy. An amazing achievement, following two years of experimentation, by which mental images of melodic compositions are translated into terms of definite “solid” visual impressions.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library