J.P. Morgan Quizzed by Senate (Universal Newsreel, May 1933)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. J.P. MORGAN QUIZZED BY SENATE: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Intimate close-ups of the famous international banker during his sensational testimony before the Senate Investigating Committee in which he admits he paid no income tax during 1931 and 1932. A remarkable hearing. 2. THOUSANDS HONOR JOAN OF ARC: PARIS, FRANCE - An elaborate pageant marks the anniversary of the victory of the famous martyr at Orleans in 1429 with soldiers and costumed citizens marching through the streets in an historic procession. 3. FLOODS INUNDATE WIDE AREA: MONETTE, AR - Appalling views of the destruction caused by the waters of the St. Francis River, as they sweep over 150 square miles of farm lands, leaving thousands homeless and taxing to the limit the forces of the relief agencies which hurried to the scene. 4. STORK BRINGS EIGHTEEN TO ZOO: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Unusual scenes at the zoological park where infant lions, tigers, black panthers and coyotes arriving within ten days of each other, causes the attendants to study the latest methods of caring for babies. 5. PILOTS READY FOR OCEAN HOPS: NEW YORK, NY - Intense activity is to be seen at Floyd Bennett Field as General Francesco de Pinedo and James Mattern make the last minute tests of their planes before attempting non-stop flights across the Atlantic, the Italian with Persia - 6200 miles away as his goal, and Mattern to set a new ’round the world record. 6. JAPAN’S ENVOY SEES PRESIDENT: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A remarkable screen portrait of Viscount Ishii as he arrives at the White House and is greeted by Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt before starting important conferences which may directly influence Nippon’s military policy in Manchuria. 7. POLICE BATTLE RIOTING ‘REDS’: BROOKLYN, NY - Wild scenes are enacted on the docks of the North German Lloyd Line when the bluecoats clash with Communists gathered for a demonstration against Hans Weidemann, Nazi envoy to the Chicago World Fair. Sixteen persons are injured. One of the wildest disturbances ever enacted in New York City. 8. ROBINS NEST IN STEEL PLANT: CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL - Unmindful of the machinery’s roar and the blasts of a nearby siren, a pair of songsters build a home on a beam high in the Calumet Rolling Mills, where the temperature ranges from 110 to 125 degrees Fahrenheit. A remarkable occurrence hitherto unrecorded in bird-lore. 9. TROOPS IN BIG DEMONSTRATION: VIENNA, AUSTRIA - Impressive views of the gathering of 40,000 Home Guards in the Imperial Park, where they pledge the independence of their country from foreign entanglements, as thousands of spectators and high government officials, headed by Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss, look on.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library