Cambridge Defeats Oxford by Two Lengths in Big Rowing Classic (Universal Newsreel, Apr 1933)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. CAMBRIDGE DEFEATS OXFORD BY TWO LENGTHS IN BIG ROWING CLASSIC: PUTNEY-ON-THAMES, ENGLAND - Record crowds on yachts and along the river banks cheer the Cantabrigian “eight” as they sweep to their tenth consecutive victory over the Dark Blues in Britain’s greatest collegiate sporting event. 2. EASTER BUNNIES IN MAGIC PERFORMANCE FOR SICK CHILDREN: BROOKLYN, NY - Amazing tricks of legerdemain bring holiday happiness to hospital tots as rabbits pop from hats and scamper around the nursery at the Salvation Army’s annual show for the tiny inmates of its orphanage. 3. FEDERAL ARMY UNITS MASS IN CITY STREETS AS MENACE TO “REDS”: VIENNA, AUSTRIA - Federal troops, armed to the teeth and in armored cars, concentrate at strategic points as a menace to Social Democratic demonstrators on the day Chancellor Dollfuss orders the Marxist “defense corps” dissolved. An impressive coup d'état in one of Europe’s danger spots. 4. SUPERSTITIOUS JAPS PAINT KIDDIES’ HEADS TO CHARM AWAY ILLS: OSAKA, JAPAN - Amazing scenes of a weird cult cure practiced in the Far East as hundreds of Nippon mothers bring their children to have their heads daubed with vermilion as a “magic” against disease. 5. 3000 HEAD OF CATTLE DRIVEN ACROSS BORDER IN MAMMOTH ROUND-UP: COLUMBUS, NM - Remarkable scenes of one of the largest “yearling” drives in modern times. Stretching for more than two miles across the country, a huge herd of blooded Hereford beasts is moved across the border from Chihauhau, Mexico, to a ranch in this state. An epic reminder of the old west. 6. PAPAL LEGATES MARK OPENING OF HOLY YEAR WITH IMPRESSIVE RITES: ROME, ITALY - With elaborate and colorful ceremonies, high dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church open Holy Doors in famous cathedrals to signalize the 1900th anniversary of the Crucifixion and to inaugurate twelve months of special religious observance decreed by the Pope. Cardinal Granito di Belmonte officiates at the basilica of St. Paul. 7. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW BATTLES REPORTERS ON FIRST TRIP TO AMERICA: NEW YORK, NY - The Irish Sage’s visit to Gotham is a field day for newspaper and newsreel men, with the bewhiskered bard matching his wits with the ablest interviewers and cameramen of the metropolis. Interesting views of the famous international cynic. 8. RECORD DAFFODIL CROP SETS HILLSIDES ABLAZE WITH 30 MILLION BLOOMS: ORTING, WA - Amazing, inspiring views of hillside after hillside covered with golden blossoms in the nation’s daffodil-growing center. Thousands of tourists visit the great bulb farms to see the country’s most spectacular flower “show.” 9. BALL SEASON STARTS WITH PRES. ROOSEVELT THROWING OUT SPHERE: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Cheered by a huge crowd, the Chief Executive tosses out the first ball, opening the 1933 baseball season, and bringing good luck to the Senators, who in from the Philadelphia Athletics, 4-1. Youthful Joe Cronin, new manager of the local team, starts his year with a clear-cut victory.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library