Cuban Army Quells Rioters (Universal Newsreel, Aug 1933)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. CUBAN ARMY QUELLS RIOTERS: HAVANA, CUBA - First pictures of the new cabinet formed by President Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, meeting to discuss the Republic’s debt crisis and receiving the cheers of huge throngs, after the Army breaks up the riotous mobs that sacked the Capital following President Machado’s resignation. 2. LINER REX SETS SPEED RECORD: NEW YORK, NY - Unusual views of the new Italian ship arriving in the metropolis’ harbor, ending its 3,188-mile voyage from Gibraltar in four days, thirteen hours and fifty-eight minutes, breaking the world mark set by the Bremen of the North German Lloyd Line by two hours and two minutes. ODD BITS IN TODAY’S NEWS: 3. LONDON, ENGLAND - Seeking to perpetuate the figures and decorations on the historic Houses of Parliament, skilled workmen are seen in striking pictures creating replicas of the ornaments and repairing Big Ben, the most famous timepiece on the British Isles. 4. SCRANTON, PA - Remarkable pictures of bootleggers, who are constantly being sought by police, risking the dangers of cave-ins in abandoned mine shafts to dig coal which they sell at cut-rates. 5. BALDWIN, NY - Exclusive pictures of an unusual ceremony in which automobiles are blessed by priests at the shrine of St. Christopher, patron and protector of the traveler. 6. BABIES SEEK BEAUTY CROWN: NEW YORK, NY - Amazing scenes in Central Park as the city’s policemen, headed by Commissioner James S. Bolan, abandon their posts for a day to dandle infants on their knees while judging them in an unusual contest to determine the fairest youngster in the five boroughs. 7. AUTO DRIVERS IN THRILLING RACE: MERANO, ITALY - Breath-taking scenes in the Alps as daredevils pilot their cars along a perilous course, taking turns on two wheels and speeding up and down the sides of mountains, at forty-five degree angles, in one of Europe’s classic and most dangerous contests. 8. INDIANS PADDLE FOR CANOE TITLE: COUPEVILLE, WA - Remarkable views of a unique race in which the braves of eight American and Canadian tribes compete for trophies and cash prizes in boats that are replicas of the war craft used by their fathers many years ago. 9. LIONS SHOW JUNGLE INSTINCTS: EL MONTE, CA - Exclusive pictures of twenty-five cubs, the largest pack in the United States, being put to an odd test by animal psychologists, who throw balloons in their den and then watch the animals reveal their hereditary ferociousness when they spring at the inflated colored spheres. 10. TROTTERS VIE FOR BIG PURSE: GOSHEN, NY - Striking views at the historic Good Time Park track, where fans gather to see the running of the famous Hambletonian Stakes, won by “Mary Reynolds,” high-stepping filly from the stables of William N. Reynolds, of Winston-Salem, NC, who earns a $28,323 prize when she leads the field over the line after Brown Berry, who set the pace, broke her stride with a stumble in the home stretch.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library