Austria Selects New Chief (Universal Newsreel, Aug 1934)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. INDIANS INDUCT PRESIDENT IN TRADITIONAL CEREMONY: GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MT - Striking scenes mark the adoption of Mr. Roosevelt as a member of the Blackfeet who bestow on him the sonorous title of “Lone Chief” as the Executive continues his tour of the Northwest. 2. AUSTRIA SELECTS NEW CHIEF: VIENNA, AUSTRIA - Successor to the murdered Dollfuss, Dr. Kurt von Schuschnigg is appointed Chancellor and makes his official transfer to his new post while a Military Court condemns to death the assassins of the late Premier. 3. NEW CARS DESTROYED IN FIRE: BUFFALO, N Y - Sweeping through a huge warehouse, a blaze of mysterious origin feeds on the shiny varnish of hundreds of automobiles fresh from the factory, reducing the machines to black masses of twisted junk at an estimated loss of $500,000. 4. CUP CHALLENGER MAKES PORT: BRISTOL, RI - Breezing across the Atlantic in the fastest time ever made for the trip by a contender, Endeavour puts in for final rigging before she attempts to carry the famous America’s Cup off to England—a feat yet to be accomplished. 5. GROUP HONORS SKELETON: CHICAGO, IL - Members of the Post-Mortem Club entertain at an unusual breakfast-meeting with the skeleton of the organization’s founder sitting in the place of honor. All of them agree to follow his example. 6. WOMAN SWIMMER DEFIES AGE: VENICE, CA - Putting her great-grandchildren to shame, Mrs. Anna van Skike shows her contempt for the years as she celebrates her seventy-fourth birthday by swimming twenty miles through a troubled sea. 7. GROWTH RECORD SHATTERED: KANSAS CITY, MO - Gigantic proportions already distinguish Henry Mullins, who at nineteen is 7 feet 9 inches tall, weighs 286 pounds, wears an 18½ collar and a size 22 shoe, and is still growing. 8. OFFICE FORCE PUT ON ICE: TOLEDO, OH - A blast of heat sends the temperature to 112 in the shade, driving clerical workers to shelter in an immense refrigerator where they carry on their daily tasks in comfort. 9. POPE VISITS SUMMER PALACE: CASTEL GANDOLFO, ITALY - His Holiness takes up residence for the warm season at a magnificent papal estate after workmen complete a great task of returning the property to its original splendor. 10. GOTHAM PICKS MODERN VENUS: CONEY ISLAND, NY - Famed experts of feminine loveliness unite in choosing Elinor Edmonston as the most perfect of a group of girls in a colorful parade at the well-known seaside resort. 11. BRITISH CAPITAL ‘ATTACKED’ BY GIANT BOMBING PLANES: LONDON, ENGLAND - Scores of powerful Army ’planes shower tons of “explosives” on the metropolis as they fly over the sleeping city in a spectacular test of the Island Kingdom’s defenses.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library