Roosevelt’s Xmas Message (Universal Newsreel, Dec 1933)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. PRES. ROOSEVELT RATIFIES NEW SILVER PURCHASE PLAN: NEW YORK, NY - World markets boom as the Chief Executive announces the Government’s intention to buy all of the newly mined domestic metal in the United States — a step which is expected to result in many new and beneficial trade agreements with the Far East as well as aiding western ore-producing states. 2. REICHSTAG FIRE TRIAL ENDS: LEIPZIG, GERMANY - Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch brick-mason, is convicted on charges of revolutionary arson and sentenced to die while four other defendants are acquitted by the Supreme Court in connection with the incendiary burning of the famous Parliament building last February. 3. START WORK ON WARSHIPS: CAMDEN, NJ - A new peace-time record is set at the yards of the New York Shipbuilding Company when the keels of four 1850-ton destroyers are laid simultaneously just four months after contracts for their construction were awarded. 4. NEW ENVOY REACHES CUBA: HAVANA, CUBA - Jefferson Caffrey, President Roosevelt’s personal representative, arrives in the capital of the Island Republic from Miami to take over the duties of Ambassador Summer Welles, who has been transferred to Washington. 5. NINE PERISH IN LANDSLIDE: GLADE PARK, CO - Destitute farmers, working on a CWA project, are crushed when a blast sends thousands of tons of dirt and rock tumbling upon them. 6. RULERS PLAN NEW TRADE PACT: BELGRADE, JUGOSLAVIA - King Boris of Bulgaria pays an official visit to Alexander, establishing a cordial relationship that gives rise to reports of new economic treaties between the two nations. 7. RESTORE BLIND WOMAN’S SIGHT: GREEN BAY, WI - Mrs. Mabel Naylor, mother of two children, regains the use of her eyes for the first time in twenty-one years, following a remarkable operation. 8. ARMY OFFICERS IN RIDING SHOW: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - Hundreds of expert horsemen, competing for prizes, perform a series of intricate formations in a colorful military exhibition. 9. ERWIN RUDOLPH WINS CUE TITLE: CHICAGO, IL - The former champion defeats Andrew Ponzi of Italy to regain his crown in the finals of an eighteen-day pocket billiard contest. 10. GIRLS SHOW NEW BEACH SUITS: MIAMI, FL - Young women at an exclusive surf club exhibit the latest styles in swimming suits, which are more abbreviated than ever before. 11. C.C.C. BOYS IN WINTER TRAINING: CISCO, CA - Members of the forestry corps, who will work in the Tahoe National Forest during the cold months, are given ski instruction after their regular daily tasks are completed. 12. THOUSANDS CELEBRATE BIRTH OF NIPPON’S CROWN PRINCE: TOKYO, JAPAN - Great throngs in the Land of the Rising Sun hail the news that a son has been born to the Imperial family and toast the health of the new baby, destined to become the 125th Mikado of the world’s oldest dynasty. 13. ROOSEVELT’S XMAS MESSAGE: WASHINGTON, D.C. - After lighting the Capital’s Community Christmas Tree, the President extends Yuletide felicitations to the people of the United States.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library