Dillinger Shot to Death by Federal Agents After Hunt (Universal Newsreel, Jul 1934)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. DILLINGER SHOT TO DEATH BY FEDERAL AGENTS AFTER HUNT: CHICAGO, IL - Leaving a small theatre on the North Side, America’s Public Enemy Number One finds death waiting at the hands of sixteen Federal men. Sensing his danger, Dillinger started to draw his gun, but bullets reached his heart before he was able to reach his pocket, ending a career of crime unparalleled in modern police annals. 2. COUNTRY DRIVES AGAINST REDS: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - With the settlement of the general strike the city returns to normal after a round-up of Reds climaxes the fight for arbitration. In the meantime many cities are harassed by labor difficulties as all agencies push their drive against Radical agitators. 3. 17 DIE, 24 HURT IN CRASH AS BUS PLUNGES OVER BRIDGE: OSSINING, NY - Getting out of control as it sped down a steep hill, a bus carrying scores of excursionists to a baseball game at Sing Sing Prison plunged off a railroad ramp to a lumber yard below. Bursting into flames, the obsolete vehicle became a funeral pyre for many who were trapped, the fire destroying $150,000-worth of lumber before it was brought under control. 4. GIRLS INVENT NEW HOUSES: WALLA WALLA, WA - You can go swimming at any old ’ole with a new canvas undressing-room devised by bathing beauties and put through a very successful test when they a-swimmin’ go. 5. ITALIANS GREET MIDSHIPMEN: NAPLES, ITALY - Crown Prince Humbert extends the nation’s greetings to Middies aboard the U.S.S. Arkansas on a world instruction cruise as Il Duce’s Naval Cadets give them a hearty welcome at historic port. 6. NELSON REPEATS IN SWIM MEET: CHICAGO, IL - Marvin Nelson of Ft. Dodge, IA, winner of the swimming marathon last year, repeats again to clinch his second $5,000-prize in the 15-mile event with more than a half-mile lead over the field. 7. 16,000 CHILDREN CHEER PRINCE: COVENTRY, ENGLAND - H.R.H. the Prince of Wales receives a noisy welcome from the school boys and girls of this industrial area. Afterwards he tries a ride on a tricycle that once belonged to his grandfather, King Edward. 8. BOMBERS OFF IN MASS FLIGHT: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ten huge Army planes leave the nation’s capital for the far north in an amazing display of U.S. air strength. Officers expect to make wide aerial observations on the trip to Alaska and return. 9. CRACKUP FEATURES AUTO CLASSIC: HOHOKUS, NJ - Sensational racing marred by dangerous spill as Lu Duntan’s car comes to grief on south turn of track. Harry Angeloni leads the field home in 30-lap, 15-mile event.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library