66 Burn to Death in Flames (Universal Newsreel, Oct 1933)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. 66 BURN TO DEATH IN FLAMES: LOS ANGELES, CA - Appalling views in Griffith Park, where workmen, seeking to extinguish a brush fire, perish when they are trapped in a woodland canyon. Hospitals are taxed to the limit caring for the victims of the blaze, one of the most disastrous in the nation’s history. 2. NEW LEGION COMMANDER NAMED: CHICAGO, IL - E.A. Hayes, of Decatur, Ill., recently elected national leader of the great veteran’s organization at its annual convention, takes over the reins of office from Louis Johnson, of West Virginia, pledging to help the disabled veteran and protect his interests. 3. KIDNAPERS GET LIFE TERMS: OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - Dramatic scenes in the Federal Court here where Harvey Bailey and Albert Bates and several others, convicted of abducting Charles F. Urschel, wealthy oil operator, are sentenced to life imprisonment, while Machine Gun Kelly, notorious desperado, and his wife Katharine, recently captured after a long search, plead “Not Guilty” to the same crime. 4. THOUSANDS DIE IN GREAT FLOOD: SHANTUNG, CHINA - Astonishing views of the wreckage caused by the rising waters of the Yellow River, which inundate a wide area, wiping out entire towns and villages, causing a tremendous loss of life and property and taxing relief forces to the limit. 5. ARMY OFFICERS AWAIT FATE: HAVANA, CUBA - Unusual views of the deposed military leaders, recently captured after troops bombarded their headquarters in the Hotel Nacional, in their cells at Fort Cabanas, where they are awaiting disposition of the charges made against them by President Grau San Martin’s government. 6. GIANTS WIN WORLD’S SERIES: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Exciting scenes of the ten-inning battle between the National and American League pennant winners, and unusual action pictures of the home run by Mel Ott that clinched the game after a delayed decision by the umpires. 7. C.C.C. RECRUITS LEAVE FOR HOME: HOOD RIVER, OR - Exclusive pictures of members of the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp here leave for home at the end of their six months’ enlistment period, after having completed gigantic woodland projects in record time. 8. POLICE ATTACK STRIKERS WITH GUNS AND TEAR GAS: AMBRIDGE, PA - Hectic scenes near the Spang-Chalfant Seamless Tube Company plant here, as 200 deputy sheriffs clash with a huge crowd of pickets, dispersing them by firing into their ranks. Many are hurt in the riot, one of the worst in the history of American labor. 9. ACES THRILL THOUSANDS AT NATIONAL AIR PAGEANT: ROOSEVELT FIELD, NY - Breath-taking scenes during a charity show in which the nation’s outstanding pilots, performing amazing aerobatics and sky stunts, narrowly escape death, while huge crowds, gathered on roads and highways for miles around the airport, look on tense with excitement. (LOCAL – WASHINGTON D.C.) GIANTS SHOUT-OUT, 4-0, BY SENATORS IN THIRD GAME OF WORLD SERIES.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library