Real “War” Features 1750th Anniversary of Victory Over Korea (Universal Newsreel, Nov 1932)

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The original release sheet reads: 1. REAL “WAR” FEATURES 1750th ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY OVER KOREA: HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - Cracked heads, black eyes and other injuries are the outcome of one of the nation’s most celebrated religious festivals, the “battle of the palanquins” at the famous Shirahama Temple near Kobe, held once every five years. This shrine was founded in 182 A.D. to commemorate the severe defeat administered by the Nipponese forces to their continental neighbors. This year the ceremony is bigger than ever before and it is witnessed by 150,000 spectators. Squads of young men march with Mikoshi, or floats, each group trying to upset the sacred vehicles carried by rival bands. Fierce combats ensue, transforming the route to the temple into a melee of flying fists and waving sticks. 2. SPORTSMEN FLOCK TO HUNTERS’ PARADISE AS GAME SEASON STARTS: TULE LAKE, CA - Ducks and wild geese of almost every species, from Alaska, Canada and the Northwest make this body of water a principal stopping point on their annual southward migration. By hundreds of thousands they circle around, almost blotting out the sky, as the roar of guns marks the Zero Hour for huntsmen from all parts of the country. Some with blinds, others with dogs, many just with firearms, the bird-shot army reaps a rich harvest of speckle-breasts, Canadian honkers, widgeons, canvas-backs and other feathered game, until the flocks become wary and wing their way out of range. ODD BITS IN TODAY’S NEWS: 3. NEW “LUNG” DEBARS SUBMARINE PERILS/NEW YORK, NY - Menotti Nanni, non-sinkable device engineer and inventor, kisses his wife and children good-bye at the Battery, crawls into a bullet-like metal compartment and is pushed off into the deep water of the Bay. He comes up smiling after a time and extols his newest development, the Life Safety Cabin, as a guarantee against undersea-boat catastrophes. 4. PARENTS ACCLAIM COLLEGE FOR BABIES/BOSTON, MA - Entrance requirements for youngsters at the Habit Training School on North Bennet Street include: stubbornness, temper, tantrums, thumb-sucking, destructiveness and general juvenile cussedness. The course of study, which is for 2-, 3- and 4-year-olds with twisted ideas and attitudes as the result of unhappy homes, consists of letting the youngsters do whatever they desire, except to harm one another. As a result, they rapidly become normal and are “graduated” as likeable, peaceable, every-day kids. A remarkable experiment in child raising. 5. FILM STAR SPANS U.S. BY AIR-MAIL/GLENDALE, CA - Pretty Gloria Stuart, unable to secure regular plane reservations and in a hurry to fulfill a pressing New York engagement, “air-mails” herself to Gotham. After weighing in, she buys $264.11 worth of stamps, which are affixed to a tag fastened to her coat. Rides on postal handcarts and in regular mail trucks form a part of her novel experiences, in addition to her swift mail-lane transit of the continent, the first time, it is believed, this feat has been accomplished. 6. EXHAUSTED COUPLES DRAG FATIGUED FEET IN ENDURANCE WALK: CHICAGO, IL - More than a month ago forty pairs started in the Marathon at the Coliseum. Today, only sixteen are left, — thirty-two sleep-walkers shuffling about unconscious of the ballyhoo that surrounds them. Fifteen minutes rest after every hour on the floor, seven meals a day, and a compulsory shower bath once every night are some of the highlights of the “walkathon.” To speed up the contest, “sprints” of 2½ hours without stop are frequent. This rushes the weak sisters and even weaker brothers off their pins and is expected to shorten the competition by at least two weeks. A doctor, dentist, barber, beautician and three registered nurses are on duty at the hall. The prizes include the title of the world’s most upstanding walker. Al contestants receive a set of hand-carved bunions. 7. HUNGER MOBILIZATION CLIMAXING BY SERIOUS RIOTING AT HYDE PARK: LONDON, ENGLAND - Goaded by Communist agitators and inflamed by Red speakers at a monster mass meeting near the Canadian War Memorial, thousands of unemployed, denouncing the “Means Test” as a determinant for the British dole, resort to disorder and mob violence, battling the police, disrupting traffic in all streets in the vicinity of the Marble Arch, and terrorizing merchants and women shoppers in the fashionable Oxford Street retail district. With coal, bricks and stones as ammunition, the rioters withstand charge after charge of mounted “bobbies” and foot squads. Rushing up re-enforcements in commandeered lorries, the trouble-makers vent their anger on automobile owners, over-turning cars, smashing windows and wind-shields and wrecking plate-glass store fronts. After two hours of continuous struggle in which hundreds are injured, the blue-coats out-maneuver the law breakers, divide their forces and drive them in all directions, arresting scores. 8. ROOSEVELT WINS: (Special) The Democratic candidate for President is elected in the greatest political upset in this country in twelve years, millions of depression-embittered farmers and other erstwhile Republicans throwing their votes in protest to the Governor of New York. The wild scenes of enthusiasm at the national convention of the Jeffersonian party and the unprecedented fervor and warmth of the reception accorded the party’s nominee in all sections of the country during the campaign were indicative of the nation’s determination to put different hands at the helm of the Ship of State. Election night crowds set a new high record for noisy celebrations and exuberant festivities. (HOOVER SPECIAL) HOOVER WINS.

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MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library