President Asks Aid for Idle (Universal Newsreel, Oct 1933)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. GIANTS AND SENATORS CLASH IN WORLD’S SERIES: NEW YORK, NY - Exciting and colorful scenes at the Polo Grounds with the National and American League Pennant winners battling for the 1933 championship before a tremendous crowd of cheering fans, and such exciting highlights as Mel Ott’s first inning “homer,” Goose Goslin’s four sacker and that famous sixth inning slaughter of the innocents. 2. DOLLFUSS ESCAPES ASSASSINATION: VIENNA, AUSTRIA - Impressive scenes as the little chancellor, who is recuperating from an attempt upon his life by a young fanatic, alleged to be a Nazi, inspects and organizes the new border patrol for the Tyrol frontier. 3. THRILLS FEATURE CLASSIC RACE: OLD WESTBURY, NY - Exciting scenes on the Ambrose Clark estate as Mrs. T.H. Somerville’s big bay gelding Troublemaker, takes the jumps smartly, winning the thirty-fifth running of the famous Meadowbrook Steeplechase by a close margin before a large crowd of social registries. 4. 120,000 LEGIONNAIRES PARADE: CHICAGO, IL - Stirring scenes on Michigan Boulevard and along the Lake Front as members of the great veteran’s organization, assembled from all parts of the United States and Europe for their annual convention, march through the streets with military pomp and pass in review before their commander at Soldier Field. 5. PRESIDENT ASKS AID FOR IDLE: NEW YORK, NY - Addressing the National Catholic Charities, the Chief Executive is seen in striking pictures, making an appeal for continued unemployment relief this winter, urging every community to aid the destitute, and promising that the Federal Government will do its share to assist the deserving needy. Many notables, including His Eminence, Patrick Cardinal Hayes, hear Mr. Roosevelt’s plea. 6. MANY KILLED IN ACTION AS REVOLT FLARES IN CUBA: HAVANA, CUBA - Extraordinary pictures in the capital of the Island Republic as artillery fire batters the Nacional Hotel during a siege of the building, where deposed army officers vainly resist capture, finally surrendering under the onslaught of the intensive bombardment. (LOCAL – NEWARK) CITY OFFICIALS ATTEND BAZAAR AT BETH ISRAEL HOSPITAL.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library