Alaska Farm Pioneers Sail (Universal Newsreel, Apr 1935)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. ALASKA FARM PIONEERS SAIL: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Over a hundred bachelor farmers from dust-ridden areas in the Middle West and elsewhere board the S.S. North Star to establish an experimental agricultural base in Northern territory. 2. 2,200 STRIKE AT CAR PLANT: TOLEDO, OH - Huge crowds of pickets patrol the approaches to an automobile factory when negotiations between workers and owners fail. Francis J. Dillon explains the American Federation of Labor’s position in the industry. 3. NEW STRATO FLIGHT PLANNED: DAYTON, OH - Capt. A.W. Stevens prepares costly equipment for a perilous ascent into the upper air from Wright Field. The world’s largest parachute is tested and put on board. 4. SKATERS SHOW FORM ON ICE: ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - Beautiful figure skating mingles with a comedy turn at a late Carnival. Balance, speed and poise mark the exhibition. 5. WOMAN FLIES UPSIDE DOWN: BURBANK, CA - Bernadine King establishes a new feminine record for inverted flight by keeping her ’plane in heels-over-head position for an hour. 6. CADETS BATTLE IN BARRELS: WAYNE, PA - Students at Valley Forge Military Academy engage in a free-for-all dressed in the cartoon costume of “John Q. Taxpayer.” The winner staves off defeat by fast keg-work. 7. HOUND DOGS HAVE THEIR DAY: OCEAN CITY, NJ - A “Mutt Parade” brings out pet mongrels of every shape and description in a contest to determine the King of them all. 8. HUSKY GIRLS OUT FOR CREW: WELLESLEY, MA - Several shells take the water for Spring training “manned” by fair oarsmen. The feminine athletes show exceptional early-season form. 9. NEW CRIER UPSETS OLD PORT: PROVINCETOWN, MA - The brassy voice of this historic village’s recently-appointed Town Crier forces attention to his recital of community news delivered in time-honored manner. 10. BRONCO BUSTERS BITE DUST: RED BLUFF, CA - Bucking ponies and vicious cows give would-be riders a lesson in aeronautics at the year’s first rodeo. The contestants’ short flights end in nose-dives. 11. ’CHUTE JUMPERS PASS EXAMS: LAKEHURST, NJ - Twenty men, trained at the Naval Air Station, leap from a blimp 2,250 feet above the ground as a part of the final examination for their course.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library