Convicts in Daring Jail Break (Universal Newsreel, Jun 1933)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. CONVICTS IN DARING JAIL BREAK: LANSING, KS - In one of the boldest escapes of recent years, eleven felons at the State Prison capture the warden, two guards and three women, holding them as hostages during their flight to the Bad Lands of Oklahoma. 2. HONOR AKRON CREW AT SERVICE: BEACH HAVEN, NJ - Exclusive pictures of the impressive ceremonies conducted by the United States Navy as wreaths and flowers are cast into the ocean at the spot where the huge dirigible crashed with a loss of 74 lives. NEW YORK, NY - Despite the rain, a few survivors of the Civil War hobble along Riverside Drive in a touching Memorial Day Parade, witnessed by thousands. 3. LUMBERJACK USES QUEER RAZOR: ABERDEEN, WA - A remarkable exhibition of steady nerves is given in a woodland tonsorial parlor as a customer stretches out on a log and permits a volunteer barber to remove his beard with a double-edged axe. 4. PLANS NEW OFFENSIVE IN ORIENT: KALGAN, CHINA - Exclusive pictures of Marshal Feng Yu-Hsiang, one of the most powerful War Lords opposing the Japanese in Manchuria and Jehol, as he reviews the troops that are the nucleus of the new battle forces he is forming to drive the Mikado’s troops from the Province of Chahar. 5. SWIMMIN’ HOLE POPULAR AGAIN: MANCHESTER, NH - Unusual views as country boys desert their chores to celebrate the opening of the summer season with seventy-foot dives from a rocky ledge into their favorite pool. 6. PRESIDENT SPEAKS TO MIDDIES: ANNAPOLIS, MD - Screen close-ups of the nation’s Chief Executive as he is caught by the sound camera making the Commencement Day Address to the graduating class of the United States Naval Academy, before they receive their commissions amidst all the military pomp and splendor that tradition dictates for the event. 7. THREE DIE IN AUTO CLASSIC: INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Thrilling scenes at the famous Speedway as the world’s foremost racing drivers flash past the stands at more than one hundred miles-an-hour, taking turns on two wheels, skidding and crashing, while the crowd roars in a frenzy of excitement. Louis Meyer, the winner, tells his own story of the victory.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library