1 Dead, Many Hurt in Riot (Universal Newsreel, Mar 1935)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. 1 DEAD, MANY HURT IN RIOT: NEW YORK, NY - Harlem’s colored district is strewn with the wreckage of looted shops following a furious outburst of mob violence due to a misunderstanding fostered by Young Communist agitators. 2. CAMERA GUN TRAPS CROOKS: LOS ANGELES, CA - (Exclusive) Unusual revolver takes motion pictures to aid in identifying criminals if they should escape wounds from the real bullets it fires. 3. SIAMESE GET TINY WARSHIP: LONDON, ENGLAND - The world’s smallest torpedo boat zips at 55 miles-an-hour on the Thames in a trial spin before shipment to Siam.—Two Peruvian submarines put in at Philadelphia, PA, for repairs after a stormy trip from South America. 4. CYCLIST HITS 80-MILE CLIP: LOS ANGELES, CA - (Exclusive) A bike rider travels at a terrific pace with his flimsy machine rocketing along behind a roaring supercharged automobile. 5. NATION GIVES LAND TO POOR: COLHUACAN, MEXICO - Dozens of peasants receive title to individual plots of farm land as the Government moves to break up enormous estates once held by wealthy absentee landlords. 6. WAITERS SHOW RUSH TACTICS: FRENCH LICK, IN - Well-trained “garcons” at the French Lick Springs Hotel carry trays on their heads and a table over each arm in a race over rough territory. 7. DIVES 165 FEET IN SAFETY: SEATTLE, WA - Ray Woods leaps from the dizzy height of the George Washington Memorial Bridge in a demonstration before 50,000 persons. He is taken from the water numbed but uninjured. 8. PIRATES MAN NIGHT RESORT: MIAMI BEACH, FL - Buccaneers in the flashing rig of harsher days welcome the patrons and wait on tables at the Southland’s latest after-dinner rendezvous. 9. SKIDS IMPERIL AUTO RACERS: LOS ANGELES , CA - Sideslips and lost wheels interrupt the terrific pace of racing drivers, threatening death at every turn on the Legion Ascot Speedway. 10. PRESENTING MR. CECIL DILL: TRAVERSE CITY, MI - (Exclusive) Using no other instrument than his own bare hands, Prof. Dill gives a program of musical selections chosen among popular favorites. Then he explains how he discovered and developed his talent.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library