Amazing Robot Visits U.S. (Universal Newsreel, Oct 1934)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. RULER OFFERS TO ABDICATE: VILLEFRANCHE, FRANCE - King Prajadhipok and his tiny Queen visit a beautiful Riviera port on their way to England where he threatens to abandon his crown if Siam’s Parliament limits his power. 2. AMAZING ROBOT VISITS U.S.: NEW YORK, NY - An English mechanical man answers questions in a surprising manner as Prof. Harry May introduces “him” to the American public in a spectacular demonstration. HIGHLIGHTS IN THE NEWS: 3. CLEVELAND, OH - More than 2,000 employees of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company are discharged as stores throughout the area close as the result of a dispute between the employers and striking warehouse men. 4. CORNING, NY - A twenty-ton glass disk ends seven months of cooling and is prepared for shipment to CA where it will be ground and fitted to the world’s largest telescope. 5. WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Roosevelt, with Attorney-General Cummings, dedicates the new $9,000,000 Department of Justice building. In Chicago, workmen show the remarkable results achieved by remodeling small houses in a speed demonstration. 6. THIENSVILLE, WI - Twenty-seven thousand handsome pelts on the hoof over-run the world’s biggest farm. In Chicago, the finished furs grace the loveliness of models showing the latest fashions. (No #) RUSHVILLE, MO - The latest aviation development—a machine with thick, short wings and two propellers which revolve in opposite directions—is successfully flown by its inventor. 7. NOW IT’S CELLOPHANE WIGS: HOLLYWOOD, CA - A new idea in women’s hair-dressing is shown, in which liquid lacquer is applied with a spray-gun. Brightly-colored powder, dusted over all, adds a further note of glamour. 9. SASABE, AZ - Hundreds of untamed bronc’s are purchased in Mexico at a dollar a head to be driven through picturesque frontier towns into the United States. 10. ARMY GRIDMEN DEFEAT YALE IN ANNUAL BATTLE IN BOWL: NEW HAVEN, CT - Smashing through a valiant Eli eleven in the Military Academy’s first major contest of the season, the Cadets triumph, 20 to 12, before 45,000 cheering spectators. (LOCAL – GEORGIA) ALABAMA VS. GEORGIA. (LOCAL – NEW HAVEN) No info.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library