Capital Police Meet Red Rioting Threats with Tear Gas Guns (Universal Newsreel, Dec 1932)

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The original release sheet reads: 1. CAPITAL POLICE MEET RED RIOTING THREATS WITH TEAR GAS GUNS: WASHINGTON, D.C. - After a whoopee procession down Route No. 1 from Baltimore, escorted by Maryland State troopers on motorcycles, the Hunger March truck train from New York and points East, is stopped short of its goal, the Capitol, by determined squads of District of Columbia blue-coats, armed with various kinds of firearms and chemical warfare implements. The Communist visitors are herded into a bleak camp on the outskirts of the city, while a chain guard is thrown around the area. The Federal Government’s swift and decisive answer to the trouble-making challenge of Soviet-inspired agitators. 2. ANIMAL FOES CAGED TOGETHER FOR FEUD TEST BY SCIENTISTS: MILWAUKEE, WI - Amazing experiments being made in the Municipal Zoo, prove that wild creatures of mixed species that are natural enemies, can be kept together in captivity without harm. In an unprecedented tryout of the idea, it is found that iron-bars level instructive beast hatred and bring about a form of mutual respect between fellow prisoners. Far reaching results in the methods of handling and training hitherto difficult breeds are forecast. 3. SPEED FIRST 500,000 CHRISTMAS TREES TO INAUGURATE HOLIDAY: SHELTON, WA - 20,000 men in the Pacific Northwest are busy cutting, bundling and shipping young firs to all parts of the country, to assure the proper celebration of the Yuletide. After careful selection and Government Inspection, the 6-year old evergreens are moving southward and eastward by the trainload, with more to come, promising a Merry Xmas in millions of American homes. 4. CLOUDBURST FLOODS 10,000 ORIENT HOMES IN HURRICANE’S WAKE: TOKIO, JAPAN - The severest storm ever recorded in the Island Empire, with wind recorded as high as 165 miles an hour, is followed by a downpour that inundates entire districts and turns many cities into veritable Venices. With streets, basements and lower floors under water, Metropolitan residents carry on by wading to work. Bicycles and autos navigate the river-like streets and piggy-back shopping trips are the order of the day. 5. PIGMY TRAIN HAULS DOZEN PASSENGERS SAFELY AT FAST CLIP: WALTHAM, MA - Local youngsters get a big kick out of riding on the miniature railroad built by W.H. Nichols. The little locomotive, named Ella Cinders, is 3 feet long and 18 inches high, runs on 60 pounds of steam pressure, develops 2 horsepower and does 10 miles an hour around its 220 yard track, replete with tunnels, bridges and stations. Charles Purinton, 10 years old, is the engineer, and he’s kept busy pulling the small observation coach filled with town boys and girls around and around. Every day is Christmas in the Nichols back-yard. 6. SKIDDING CARS BRING RACERS NEAR DEATH AT 90 MILES AN HOUR: LOS ANGELES, CA - One thrill after another, features at the 100-lap auto speed contest at the Legion-Ascot Speedway. Such well-known racing daredevils as Russell Delditto, Art Boyce, Thomas Cosman and Frank Suess startle the crowds by their desperate driving and spine-chilling spins on the turns. Lester Spangler is the winner, making the 62½ miles in 47 minutes, 42 seconds. An outstanding sports event, filled with narrow and breath-taking escapes. 7. FREE 5,000 PIGEONS IN ANNUAL ‘CHUCK-UP’ FOR BIG TRADE GAME: JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY - Fanciers from all parts of New York City and its environs release their homing birds at the Holmes Airport in one of the strangest competitions in America. As the carriers circle around in their first taste of freedom, before sensing the direction of their own cotes, many are lured to strange lofts. The person whose charges bring home the most strangers wins not only the extra doves but also the envy of other breeders of the “fancy.” 1000 men and women gamble with their flying pets in this year’s contest. Some entered as many as 100. An unusual “doubles or nothing” game, started by James J. Paretti of Astoria, L.I.; one of the country’s breeding experts. 8. 79,000 WATCH ARMY GRIDIRON BATTALION SCUTTLE NAVY, 20-0: PHILADELPHIA, PA - Football’s supreme and most glittering pageant, the West Point-Annapolis game, provides alternate thrills and color for frenzied spectators at Franklin Field as the Cadets bombard the Middies by land and by air and roll up a one-sided score. Superb team-work, tight playing and relentless policy of attack by the Generals smothers the admirals after one fleeting moment of brilliance by the ocean-going eleven in the first quarter. A desperate and sturdy defense by the sea fighters keeps the heavy tanks from the U.S.M.A. from running wild, however, and leaves the “Service afloat” the satisfaction of an “honorable defeat.” (LOCAL – BIRMINGHAM – A) THRONGS INVADE CITY TO JOIN IN WELCOME OF HOLIDAY PAGEANT. (LOCAL – BIRMINGHAM – B) CAROLINA’S HUSKIES AUBURN TIGER CLAIM TO GRID TITLE.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library