Society Sees Exciting Race (Universal Newsreel, May 1933)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. SOCIETY SEES EXCITING RACE: ROSLYN, NY - Thrilling scenes at the new course of the United Hunts Racing Association as a smart crowd lines the rail to see the feature event of the opening day’s meeting — The Bowman Steeplechase, won by Mrs. John Hay Whitney’s “Spar” in fast time. 2. B.E.F. MARCHES TO WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON, D.C. - An army of policemen stands guard as 1,000 veterans from the bonuseers tent city at Fort Hunt, VA, march up Pennsylvania Avenue to see President Roosevelt and to ask his co-operation in their effort to obtain an immediate payment of the soldier’s bonus. 3. NEW WORLD’S RECORD SET: EVANSTON, IL - Remarkable views at the thirty-third Big Ten track and field carnival held in Dyche Stadium at Northwestern University, as Jack Keller, star sprinter of Ohio State, runs the 120 yard high hurdles in 14.1 seconds, lowering the previous mark by one-tenth of a second. 4. NEW DEVICE SPEEDS FARM WORK: SALINAS, CA - An amazing demonstration of a harvester, invented by E.H. Spiegl, which does the work of thirty-eight men, picking lettuce and crating it at the rate of one and one-half train car-loads per hour. 5. CHILDREN STAGE UNIQUE FETE: ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - Picturesque views of a colorful festival with thousands of youngsters marching through the streets in gay costumes and in ancient Alpine garb. 6. TOM MOONEY LEAVES PRISON: SAN QUENTIN, CA - A striking newsreel interview, the first to be given by the famous convict, now all set after 16 years in the “pen” for a re-trial on the charge of bombing a Preparedness Parade in San Francisco in 1916. 7. COLLEGE TEACHES STILT WALKING: WAYNE, PA - Unusual scenes are enacted on the campus of the Valley Forge Military College as a company of cadets undergoes a novel test in “balance and equilibrium.” A unique demonstration of “higher education.” 8. “JONAH” LOSES TON DURING ILLNESS: ST. LOUIS, MO - Unusual close-ups of the famous sea-elephant which attracted the nation’s foremost veterinarians to its “bed-side” and commanded the solicitous attention of thousands of visitors to the world’s largest zoo during its recent sickness. 9. MOTORCYCLISTS THRILL CROWDS: CARY, IL - Exciting hill-climbing attempts by star riders on an almost perpendicular slope, in which the machines buck and run wild among the spectators. (LOCAL – PORTLAND) CROWDS BOW IN RAIN TO HONOR MOTHERS OF FAMOUS SHRINE. (LOCAL – LOCKPORT) MARKS 97th BIRTHDAY BY FORSAKING BUGGY FOR 1st AIRPLANE RIDE. (LOCAL – MADISON) FIFTY HANDS MASSED IN WORLDS LARGEST MUSIC TOURNAMENT.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library