President Averts Auto Industry War (Universal Newsreel, Mar 1934)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. STRIKING TAXI DRIVERS RIOT": NEW YORK, NY - Thousands of hackmen defy the police and stage bloody battles in Gotham’s streets as they attack strikebreakers, wreck their cabs and throw brickbats at passengers. One of the most disorderly demonstrations of recent times. 2. WORLD MARKS EASTER SEASON: Throughout the civilized countries of the globe colorful ceremonies feature the Easter-tide. At the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, believed by many to be the site of the Savior’s tomb, scenes of impressive activity, never before photographed, herald the anniversary of the resurrection. 3. 14 BURNED TO DEATH IN FIRE: LYNCHBURG, VA - Hopelessly trapped when flames sweep the Federal Transient Relief Bureau, fourteen homeless men lose their lives and seventy-five others are burned and injured in their attempts to escape from the burning building. 4. EX-GANDHI DISCIPLE ARRIVES: NEW YORK, NY - Nila Cram Cook, former follower of Mahatma Gandhi, returns to the United States after being deported from India by the British Government. 5. DUCE GREETS ROYAL COUPLE: ROME, ITALY - Premier Mussolini personally welcomes King Prajadhipok and Queen Rambai of Siam as they arrive in the Eternal City on their way to the United States. 6. GIRLS TOW HUGE LOCOMOTIVE: SEATTLE, WA - A giant engine, weighing 418 tons, is pulled along a track by a group of young women to demonstrate its recently perfected roller-bearing system, expected to revolutionize the construction of railroad equipment. 7. SKI STARS IN TITLE RACE: FRANCONIA, NH - Athletes from all parts of the East compete in the third annual Downhill Championship Race of the United States Eastern Amateur Ski association, which is run along a dangerous course on the side of a high mountain during a blinding snowstorm. 8. SAVANTS SEE 200-INCH MIRROR POURED FOR GIANT TELESCOPE: CORNING, NY - Twenty tons of molten glasses are cast into a mold where it will be cooled and fashioned into a reflecting surface for the world’s largest optical instrument, expected to increase man’s visibility into space by approximately one billion light years. 9. RANGERS LOSE HOCKEY TITLE: NEW YORK, NY - A huge crowd sees Gotham’s puck chasers, last year’s champions, lose to the Montreal Maroons, 2-1, in a play-off game for the Stanley Cup, that is marked by sensational plays and spills. 10. PRESIDENT AVERTS AUTO INDUSTRY WAR: WASHINGTON, D.C. - William F. Green, President of the American Federation of Labor, hails Mr. Roosevelt’s plan to have an impartial board review the differences between motor manufacturers and their employees, thus avoiding a strike that would have affected 300,000 workers.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library