Hundreds Homeless When Water Floods Thru Broken Levees (Universal Newsreel, Jan 1933)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. HUNDREDS HOMELESS WHEN WATER FLOODS THRU BROKEN LEVEES: KENNETT, MO - More than one hundred thousand acres of farms and villages are inundated when crevasses open up in the dykes along the St. Francis River. Farmers and their families, awakened before dawn by the roar of the rampant stream, flee to high ground in the nick of time. Corps of emergency workers strive to stem the overflow with sand-bag barrages. 2. CAMPBELL’S WONDER CAR ‘BLUEBIRD’ READY FOR TEST AT DAYTONA: HORLEY, ENGLAND - Sir Malcolm inspects the 2,500 horse-power racer with which he expects to do 300 miles-an-hour for a new world’s record for automobiles. Massive and of startling streamlined construction, the machine is all set for transportation to America for its time trials on the Florida strand speed course. 3. SHOE EXHIBIT BRINGS NEW SPRING MODELS IN DAINTY FOOTWEAR: BOSTON, MA - Startling effects in color contrasts are to be seen on Milady’s feet next season. White kids with bright red trimmings, vivid blues and other rainbow combinations are decreed by the mode-makers at the Eleventh Annual Style Show. 4. TIRED COUPLES TOTTER ON FEET OVER 2500 HRS. IN ‘WALKATHON’ EVENT: CHICAGO, IL - Dragging one foot after the other almost constantly since last September 30th, the remaining contestants in the Coliseum endurance marathon present a weird exhibition of “sleep walking” as they reach the end of their 15th week, with the last long mile far ahead for some of them. 5. DR. PICCARD GETS NEW THRILL AS HE TAKES FIRST RIDE IN PLANE: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The famous Swiss professor, whose balloon ascent 10 miles up into the stratosphere last year amazed the world, gets a kick out of a flight in an autogiro, on his initial experience in a heavier-than-air machine. ODD BITS IN TO-DAY’S NEWS: 6. JAPANESE KIDS LEARN ART OF “KENDO” IN U.S./LOS ANGELES, CA - Transplanted sons of Nippon are trained in the 1000-year science of bamboo-sword fencing, to increase their skill and combativeness. 7. SHRINE ON HILLTOP IS SMALLEST IN WORLD/LATONIA, KY - Miniature stone church built by Benedictine monks half-a-century ago, on Mt. Cassino, becomes a national altar. 8. BABE RUTH STARTS TO ‘TAKE IT OFF’ IN GYM/NEW YORK, NY - The noted Bambino, Sultan of Swat, begins his pre-season baseball training by indoor cycling and lively glove bouts. 9. HUMAN ICICLE PUZZLE SCIENCE CAN’T EXPLAIN/SEATTLE, WA - Amazing feat of Signor Martyna who lets savants freeze him in solid ice with little or no air for 20 minutes, without harm. 10. NOSEPRINTS NEW WAY OF FINDING LOST PUPS/MAMARONECK, NY - Interesting demonstration of novel “schnozzle” impression method developed to identify pedigreed pets.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library