Board to Control Pictures (Universal Newsreel, Sep 1934)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. BOARD TO CONTROL PICTURES: HOLLYWOOD, CA - Joseph I. Breen, administrator of the motion picture production code of ethics, states that no one person will dictate or censor future films. 2. EASTERN POLO SQUAD BEATS WESTERNERS IN CLOSE GAME: WESTBURY, NY - Coming from behind in the seventh chukker, the East shows sensational form in a brilliant victory over the Western team, winning 10-8 before 20,000 thrilled spectators. 3. U.S. INSPECTS DEATH SHIP (Except San Francisco and Los Angeles): ASBURY PARK, NJ - Federal investigators comb the blackened hulk of the ill-fated Morro Castle for evidence following reports that rusted air tanks made the vessel’s lifeboats unsafe. 4. WOMAN DEFIES POLE-SETTERS: CAMDEN, NJ - A mother of six children camps determinedly day and night in a hole dug in front of her home for a new electric light standard, battling to force a utility company to place the unwelcome obstruction on another site. 5. SOLEMN RITES MARK HOLIDAY: NEW YORK, NY - A Methodist Episcopal church is turned into a Jewish Synagogue for a day, by permission of the congregation, so that Hebrews of the neighborhood may observe their Day of Atonement. 6. GRIDDERS READY FOR ACTION: SOUTH BEND, IN - Notre Dame’s huskies receive final instructions, before the whistle ushers in the new season. Strenuous work-outs prepare the eleven for combat. 7. LAEMMLE BACK ON LEVIATHAN: NEW YORK, NY - Returning on the United States liner Leviathan, Carl Laemmle describes the human incidents of his interview with Engelbert Dollfuss, Austria’s slain Premier. 8. DUCE REVIEWS YOUTH LEGION: ROME, ITALY - 25,000 young Fascists march past Mussolini in an impressive parade closing a fortnight’s encampment in the Eternal City, as the Premier decrees that all Italian boys of 8 and over must undergo military training. 9. SOPWITH WINS SECOND HEAT BREAKING MARK FOR COURSE: NEWPORT, RI - Endeavour leads the America’s Cup defender all the way, crossing the finish line fifty-one seconds ahead of Rainbow in a thrilling race. The English challenger lowers the record and increases her hold on the famous trophy. (SPECIAL) POLICE SEIZE SUSPECT IN LINDY CASE: Police Commissioner John F. O’Ryan announces the arrest of the Lindbergh kidnap suspect. (LOCAL – DETROIT) POLISH AIRMAN

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library