India ’Quake Kills 20,000 (Universal Newsreel, Jun 1935)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1A. NEW NRA BOARD TAKES OVER: WASHINGTON, D.C. - James L. O’Neill, newly-appointed head of the reorganized National Recovery Board, explains his plans in a newsreel interview as he confers for the first time with his assistants, Prentiss L. Coonley and L.C. Marshall. 1B. JOB AND AGE SECURITY SEEN: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Wagner of NY hails the passage of his Social Security measure in a timely newsreel interview in which he explains the bill’s provisions for wiping out hardships resulting from unemployment and old age. 1C. LONG DISCUSSES F.D.R. PLAN: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Huey Long reviews the President’s announcement in favor of taxation leading to a redistribution of wealth. The Louisiana Senator offers to resign if the plan meets with his approval. 2. INDIA ’QUAKE KILLS 20,000: QUETTA, BRITISH BALUCHISTAN, INDIA - First authentic motion pictures show the terrific devastation caused by the earthquake which destroyed this city, razing homes and wrecking a British air base as it buried the largest part of the terror-stricken population in the ruins. 3. BEAUTIES MAN FIRE ENGINE: OCEAN CITY, NJ - A bevy of bathing girls take the places of regular members of the Fire Department during a vamps convention, answering alarms and handling the apparatus like veterans. 4. ATLANTIC FLIERS CRACK UP: FLOYD BENNETT FIELD, NY - Weighted down with gasoline, a big Rome-bound ’plane piloted by two Portuguese noblemen crashes a wing tip into the earth while attempting a takeoff. A miracle saves the aviators from injury, but their craft is seriously damaged. 5. VANDERBILT COLT SETS MARK: AQUEDUCT, NY - Discovery runs the mile and one-eighth of the historic Brooklyn handicap in world’s record time of 1:48-1/5, taking the event from King Saxon and Omaha. Twenty thousand cheer the winner as he captures a stake of $10,200. (LOCAL – NEW YORK) BOY SCOUTS GREET DAN BEARD ON HIS 85th BIRTHDAY. (LOCAL – TEXAS) STATE OFFICIALS DAM FLOW OF HOT OIL IN TEXAS.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library