Huey Puts a Stick in It (Universal Newsreel, Jul 1935)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. HUEY PUTS A STICK IN IT: NEW YORK, NY - The Louisiana Senator “imports” his own bartender from New Orleans to show Manhattanites how a Ramos Gin Fizz should properly be made. He tests the product although he explains he’s “on the wagon.” 2. JUNIOR AVIATORS TURN OUT: BUFFALO, NY - Jimmy Doolittle, famous flier, reviews a parade of boys who aspire to achievement in the air at a demonstration indicating the remarkable interest in aeronautics on the part of American youth. 3. REVIVE ANCIENT AZTEC RITES: SAN JUAN TEOTIHUACAN, MEXICO - War dances and other brilliant rituals of the Toltec and Aztec races are performed by hundreds of Indians in front of faithful reproduction of old temples. 4. TEST UNSINKABLE LIFE RAFT: CARDIFF, WALES - The unusual design of a new life raft prevents the contraption from sinking beneath the surface of the water. Swimmers in distress can grasp the edge or mount the raft itself. 5. MOTORISTS SEEK SAINT’S AID: BALDWIN, NY - A long line of automobiles passes before the Shrine Church of St. Christopher, patron of travelers, where the machines are blessed and their drivers pray for the saint’s protection. 6. HUGE YOUTH VISITS DANUBE: VIENNA, AUSTRIA - A twenty-one-year-old Finn, standing eight feet two in his socks, towers above the crowd as he goes on a sight-seeing tour around the historical Central European capital and joins a holiday throng on a river boat. 7. REIS TAKES GOLD CUP AGAIN: BOLTON LANDING, NY - The Leaping Lizard of Lake George captures the country’s leading speedboat trophy for the third time, using the same old engine in its thirteen-year-old hull. 8. SWIMMING PARTY GLIDES IN: AMBLER, PA - A novel bathing party is arranged with the guests arriving in gliders and airplanes for a cooling dip in the pool at the Philadelphia Aviation Country Club. 9. FALL STYLES IN FURS SHOWN: NEW YORK, NY - A leading Gotham furrier gives comfort during a heat wave by displaying fashions for cool weather modeled by attractive mannequins. 10. DISCOVERY WINS BIG H’CAP: ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL - The Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt entry spurns an import of 135 pounds to carry off top honors in the $10,000 added Arlington Handicap, breaking Omaha’s track record for the mile and a quarter in a flashing race. (LOCAL – CANADA) HENLEY REGATTA.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library