President Hails Scouting at 25th Anniversary Fete (Universal Newsreel, Feb 1935)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. PRESIDENT HAILS SCOUTING AT 25th ANNIVERSARY FETE: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Chief Executive radios a congratulatory message to members of the Boy Scouts of America all over the United States on the occasion of the great youth movement’s silver jubilee. 2. “FLYING YANKEE” MAKES TEST: BOSTON, MA - A bright flash zips through the New England countryside as the latest streamlined train tries out on the rails for the Boston & Maine/Maine Central. 3. 13 HURT AS FREIGHTER RIPS 20 FT. HOLE IN FERRY’S SIDE: PHILADELPHIA, PA - Ramming her steel bow into the flimsy woodwork of a river boat in the Delaware, the SS London Corporation averts a disaster by taking off passengers and crew. All are saved from the ice-clogged water, with only one man suffering serious harm. 4. REDSHIRT SENORITAS DRILL: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - Five hundred girls show their support of the Government in public exercises by their revolutionary youth group. 5. TORNADO SWEEPS GULF STATE: GRAPELAND, TX - A terrific twister kills a dozen persons and reduces prosperous farms to waste land, destroying buildings and livestock worth a high figure. 6. ’PRINTS SAVE TWIN SPANKING: JOLIET, IL - A harassed father has his young daughters fingerprinted by the police so that he can tell them apart and visit punishment on the real offender. 7. CADET BAILS OUT AT 200 FT.: CORTARO, AZ - Student pilot Frank Cook leaps from his crashing ’plane at a dangerously low altitude. Luck saves the 19-year-old airman, but his machine is demolished. 8. FLOODS COVER COAST CITY: LONG BEACH, CA - Torrential rains put the community under water, forcing citizens to take to rowboats and rafts or to wade waist-high through the torrent on their shopping trips. 9. MIDDIES SHOW CLASS IN GYM: ANNAPOLIS, MD - Members of the Naval Academy’s gymnastic squad perform breath-taking feats on the long horse and the flying rings. 10. PICK OLYMPIC BOB-SLEDDERS: LAKE PLACID, NY - Two-man teams slip down the icy runway at express speed in thrilling competition for the honor of representing the United States at the international games. 11. PRIZE POOCHES PASS MUSTER: NEW YORK, NY - The Westminster Kennel Club puts its doggiest candidates on view in Madison Square Garden at the year’s blue-ribbon even for pampered canines.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library