Bobsled Quartet Sets Mark (Universal Newsreel, Feb 1935)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. GUILTY! DEATH FOR HAUPTMANN: FLEMINGTON, NJ - Bruno Richard Hauptmann stands convicted of America’s most notorious crime as the jury, divided between grimness and tears, brings in its momentous verdict. Huge throngs crowd about Hunterdon County courthouse for eleven chill hours awaiting the word that sends the German carpenter to the electric chair for the murder of the Lindbergh baby. 2. BOBSLED QUARTET SETS MARK: LAKE PLACID, NY - Four-man teams whisk down the icy side of Mt. Van Hoevenberg with bullet-like speed, lowering previous records in try-outs for the Olympic Games. 3. U.S.S. MACON LOST AT SEA: OFF POINT SUR, CA - The Navy’s great dirigible is torn to pieces by a mysterious blast, plunging into the Pacific ten miles off shore. Two members of the crew perish but heroic rescue efforts bring eighty-one survivors to land where they describe their harrowing experiences in gripping newsreel interviews. 4. BATHERS BESTRIDE “BRONCS”: VENICE, CA - Mechanical horses buck and rear but bathing beauties keep their seats, showing lots more curves than fear while scorning frantic “hippie” feats.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library