President Is Host to Nation’s Kiddies at Easter Egg Fete (Universal Newsreel, Apr 1933)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. PRESIDENT IS HOST TO NATION’S KIDDIES AT EASTER EGG FETE: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Colorful scenes on the White House Lawn as President Roosevelt takes part in the annual egg-rolling event bringing joy to thousands of youngsters. “Sistie” Dall, the baby of the Executive Mansion, participates in the celebration with great glee. 2. NAVY DEDICATES BASE AS A PERMANENT HOME FOR DIRIGIBLE “MACON”: SUNNYVALE, CA - Elaborate ceremonies mark the opening of the $5,000,000 hangar for America’s newest sky fighter, sister ship of the ill-fated Akron. High ranking officers and a huge crowd see the Government officially accept the big aviation station. 3. 25,000 MARCH IN GIANT BACK SALARY PROTEST BY SCHOOL TEACHERS: CHICAGO, IL - Parents and pupils join in a huge demonstration, tangling traffic for blocks as hundreds of thousands line the streets of the Loop to watch the bizarre procession staged by employees of the Board of Education, whose pay is eight months in arrears. 4. TYPEWRITER PICTURES DEVISED AS PASTIME SHOW REAL ART SKILL: ROME, ITALY - Amazing portraits, typed rapidly by hand, offer a new painter’s medium likely to become a popular office fad. Arnaldo Levi, traveling salesman, who has developed this method to perfection, demonstrates his ability. 5. W.J. BRYAN’S DAUGHTER 1st U.S. WOMAN TO GET BIG DIPLOMATIC POST: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The only member of her sex ever to receive a major foreign ministry portfolio in the American State Department, Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, former Congresswoman from Florida, is appointed Minister to Denmark and Iceland. 6. PRINCE VON BISMARCK’S MEMORY HONORED IN GALA CELEBRATIONS: BERLIN, GERMANY - In a striking torchlight demonstration, the youth of the nation pays tribute to the “Iron Chancellor” in the first observance of the kind since the World War. 7. KIDS OF ALL AGES, DOGS OF ALL KINDS STAR AT MUTT SHOW: GLENDALE, CA - Hundreds of oddly assorted canines vie for honors in the first annual contest for non-pedigreed pets. Their eager owners, school children from five to fifteen, parade before the judges in motley array. 8. GIRL JOCKEYS THRILL SPECTATORS AT HUNT MEET STEEPLECHASE: READING, ENGLAND - Daring young riders hurdle seventeen dangerous jumps in a difficult race over a three-and-one-quarter mile course, with many exciting spills and a fine display of horsemanship. 9. JOHN D. SR. AMUSES GREAT GRANDCHILDREN BY GOLF LINK ANTICS: ORMOND BEACH, FL - (Exclusive Pictures) Remarkable close-ups of the aged financier in the first motion picture of him ever taken with the fourth generation of his family. He plays leap-frog with one of his young guests and demonstrates his vigor at golf. 10. SOUTHERN WEST POINT STAGES GREAT REVIEW FOR GEN. SUMMERALL: CHARLESTON, SC - With pomp and military splendor cadets of the Citadel Military College, one of the country’s foremost army schools, turn out in honor of the noted A.E.F. hero and former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army. (LOCAL – NEW JERSEY) MAYOR HAGUE TOSSES OUT FIRST BALL AT INT. LEAGUE OPENER.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library