Giant River Freezes Suddenly, Blocking Path of Scout Boat (Universal Newsreel, Dec 1932)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. ORPHANS FILL TOWN AS MINE TRAGEDY’S DEATH TOLL MOUNTS: MOWEAQUA, IL - Yuletide festivities are cut short by the State’s worst disaster since 1909. Forty bodies are brought to the surface during the holidays, with 14 more still missing as rescuers work desperately 700 feet underground. Community “Santa Claus” among the victims. 2. GIANT RIVER FREEZES SUDDENLY, BLOCKING PATH OF SCOUT BOAT: THE DALLES, OR - Ferry passengers plod across 1½-mile floe as 15-foot ice closes the Columbia for the first time in many years – Huge icicles grip Niagara Falls as falls as the mercury drops to 5 degrees above Zero. 3. DRY LAW PRISONERS SET FREE AS RESULT OF WET TIDAL WAVE: LOS ANGELES, CA - Following the repeal of the Wright Act, this State’s prohibition law, Gov. James Rolph, Jr., pardons 200 men serving time under the repudiated act in various county jails. A striking recognition of the community’s anti-Volstead sentiment. ODD BITS IN TODAY’S NEWS: 4. FINE SKILL EXHIBITED BY JUVENILE ARTISTS/VIENNA, AUSTRIA - Child atelier brings forth new school of design, proving that children have pure artistic instinct and can cope with futurists, impressionists and other studio cultists. 5. TRANS-OCEAN PLANE NOW MOTHERS AUTOS/STUDIO CITY, CA - Famous aircraft built for U.S.-New Zealand flight spends last days as unique filling station. Giant wings shelter auto tourists from West Coast sun. 6. MONKEY INCUBATOR BABY’S LIFE SAVED/CINCINNATI, OH - Infant simian thrives on milk and barley fed by its adopted parents, a research medical student and his wife, at the local Children’s hospital. Unprecedented experiment watched with great interest. 7. CANADIAN-AMERICAN HOCKEY STARS TURN GAME INTO NEAR-RIOT: NEW YORK, NY - Frequent brawls on the ice and one free-for-all slug-fest with spectators participating feature the most sensational National Hockey League game of the season, won 1 to 0, by the home-town team from the Toronto “Maple Leafs.” 8. SPECTACULAR BLAZE DESTROYS ELEVATOR; 1 DEAD, LOSS $600,000: CHICAGO, IL - Heroic rescues are made as a huge storage plant and 200,000 bushels of grain go up in flames. Trapped men are saved from atop a burning tower. The entire water-front is threatened. Sensational scenes as the six-story structure topples into the river. (LOCAL – CANADA) - No Title.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library