30 Dead and Hundreds Injured as Tornado Hits Southern Towns (Universal Newsreel, Mar 1933)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. 30 DEAD AND HUNDREDS INJURED AS TORNADO HITS SOUTHERN TOWNS: NASHVILLE, TN - A terrific twister, accompanied by hail and torrential rains, originating in the Mississippi River valley, roars its way at night across the northern section of this State, demolishing a score or more of small towns and cutting a tragic swath in the beautiful Eastland residence section of the State capital. The property damage runs to $2,000,000 and more than 1,000 families are left homeless by the cyclone. LONG BEACH, CA - 100,000 survivors of the devastating West Coast earthquake are cared for by relief agencies, while building inspectors and emergency crews continue the search for victims and remove the wide-spread wreckage. 2. HITLERITES PARADE IN RAIN TO DEMONSTRATE GREAT NAZI STRENGTH: BERLIN, GERMANY - An unprecedented display of power and organization by the Brown Shirted forces of the German Chancellor marks the final pre-election activities of the Social-Democrats, with long columns of uniformed men in spirited procession down Unter den Linden from Brandenberg Gate to the Lustgarten, with Swastika banners fluttering over the Pretorian Guard the Storm Battalions that back up the new regime. — Prof. Albert Einstein, world famous physicist, renounces his homeland because of Nazi anti-Semitic excesses. 3. EXCAVATIONS REVEAL PRICELESS ART RUINS OVER 2000 YEARS OLD: ROME, ITALY - Amazing treasures in statuary and architecture dating from the time of the Caesars are unearthed as Il Duce’s unemployed legions clear the famous Forum of Augustus, the Temple of Venus Genitrix, Trajan’s Forum and other noted antiquities, long covered by cheap tenements and the accumulation of centuries. The most significant archeological effort of the day. 4. KATHERINE SPECTOR IS CHOSEN “QUEEN ESTHER” IN N.Y. BEAUTY CONTEST: NEW YORK, NY - 22,000 enthusiastic spectators see the selection of the “prettiest Jewish girl in America” as the highlight of the Purim Festival of the Jewish National Workers’ Alliance, held in Madison Square Garden. Picked from a field of 300 beauties, the winner, a 19-year-old piano teacher, will receive a free trip to Palestine as a reward. 5. ADMIRAL LEIGH VIEWS U.S. SHIPS AND PLANES IN BIG MARINE PARADE: SAN PEDRO, CA - The greatest naval display ever held in American waters marks the end of the Navy’s winter war maneuvers as 134 fighting craft pass in spectacular procession down the Southern California coastline, while hundreds of thousands of spectators swarm over the hills and promontories to see the monster water pageant. 300 airplanes, wheeling in amazing squadron evolutions and roaring along the course, add to the thrilling demonstration of Uncle Sam’s sea power. 6. “DARK HORSE” WINNER OF FLORIDA DERBY IN FINAL HIALEAH EVENT: MIAMI, FL - Exciting scenes as “Charlie O,” a 10-to-1 shot, romps home several lengths ahead of the field in the windup scamper at the popular Southern track, 12,000 ardent racing fans brave the bank holiday to see the Eastman 3-year-old outstrip the favorites in the turf season’s big money feature. 7. BREWERS ALL SET TO GO AS CONGRESS VOTES TO MAKE BEER LEGAL: WASHINGTON, D.C. - “Wet” Representatives make whoopee as the House passes the bill, 316 to 97, authorizing all lager, ale, porter and similar fermented liquor. Several of them celebrate by tapping a keg outside the Capitol and drinking wassail to the new legislation. Meanwhile, the country’s big breweries get steam up and prepare for immediate action. (LOCAL – FLORIDA) NEWARK “BEARS” SHOW PLENTY OF PROMISE IN SPRING PRACTICE.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library