Exhibits Queer Deep Sea Specimens (Universal Newsreel, Feb 1933)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. TRACK STARS SET NEW MARKS: NEW YORK, NY - A sensational finish between two of the world’s fleetest “milers” features the Mile Run at the celebrated Millrose Games in Madison Square Garden, with Glenn Cunningham, U. of Kansas, outdoor champ, outpacing Gene Venzke, U. of Penn., indoor title holder, by several yards. Record-breaking sprints and hurdle races and superb pole-vaulting also thrill the huge crowd jamming the big Gotham sports arena. 2. INVENTS MODEL MARINE DIVER: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A perfect doll-size diving suit and air-supplying apparatus is developed by Chief Gunner’s Mate G.F. Boone at the local Navy Yard for use in tank tests and for demonstration purposes. Practical toy expected to aid naval undersea experts in training men for ocean-bottom rescue and salvage work. 3. SHOW ADVANCE STYLES FOR SPRING: MIAMI, FL - Society “debs,” wintering in the Southland, stage their annual Fashion Parade amid the palm trees, displaying what the smart girl will wear during the coming season. The newest ideas for bridal parties, as well as what the observing eye may expect on the beaches next summer, make the exhibition interesting and well worth a second look. 4. BLIZZARD-SWEPT TOWN RESCUED: MT. STILLMAN, CA - Government Forest Rangers battle sixteen-foot drifts in the high Sierras to rush food to inhabitants near the Sequoia National Park, snow-bound and absolutely cut off from the outside world by the worst storm in years. Hampered by continued snow-fall and dangerous slides, intrepid mountaineers on snow-shoes make the first contact. Motor-plows follow, slowly opening up the roads to the most isolated spot in the U.S. 5. WORLD SHELL CHAMPS IN TRAINING: OAKLAND, CA - Crew practice begins at the University of California with ten boat-loads out. The school’s eight-oared varsity racing craft, two-time Olympic winner, takes the water with the makings of another record-breaking bunch of sweep-swingers. Former U. of C. rowing heroes instruct the new oarsmen. 6. EXHIBITS QUEER DEEP SEA SPECIMENS: BERMUDA - Amazing close-up views of a number of weird fish, including the trigger fish with a human mouth and an interlocking dorsal spine, the puffer that swells into a balloon-like ball when in danger, and the jewfish, a 400-pounder that gets so tame in captivity a man can ride on its back. 7. FARMERS USE CORN FOR FUEL: COURTNEY, MO - W.H. Wood, a Jackson County farm owner, demonstrates a new way to beat the depression. Having no money to buy gasoline for his car, but with plenty of grain for his mules, he hitches the animals to the machine and goes about his business, making about 20 miles to the bushel, with no radiator or ignition trouble. 8. 60-MILE GALE HITS “WINDY CITY”: CHICAGO, IL - Cyclonic disturbances over Lake Michigan whip the great inland sea into ocean-like fury, sending giant combers against the shore-front breakwaters, while Old Man Winter, in a delayed pass to Boreas, drives thoughts of Spring from the Midwest metropolis by icy blasts that up-root trees, blow down signs, halt air traffic and make life hazardous for city motorists and pedestrians.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library