Speed Aces in Big Contest (Universal Newsreel, Sep 1935)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. RED RAIN CAPTURES HOPEFUL: SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY - The local racing season goes out in a blaze of glory as record crowds cheer the bangtails in a thrilling last day’s feature. The favorite comes home ahead in a gripping drive down the stretch. 2. PRISONERS GO HOME NIGHTS: PHOENIX CITY, AL - Minor offenders report at the Jail every morning to work out their sentences but return to their families at the end of the day. Lunches are brought from home and the community saves the expense of feeding the men. 3. LAST WORLD FAIR RELIC GOES: CHICAGO, IL - A huge Sky-Ride tower, final remaining landmark of A Century of Progress Exposition, crashes thunderously to earth as a large charge of thermite burns its way through the sky scraper’s supports. 4. TWINS MEET IN CONVENTION: WARSAW, IN - Four hundred sets of human doubles, ranging in age from three weeks to eighty-six years, engage in parades and other festivities in connection with their fourth annual meeting. 5. CANARY DOES CIRCUS TRICKS: NEW YORK, NY - A little yellow bird shows the results of marvelous training as it climbs a ladder, clings to a rope and stunts on a swing. 6. LIFEBOATS RACE ON HUDSON: NEW YORK, NY - Americans take the first three places as husky crews from Transatlantic liners pit strength and skill against each other in a popular international contest. 7. SCIENCE AIDS BEAUTY HUNT: DALLAS, TX - Last-minute inventions give a perfect check on the degree of pulchritude possessed by lovely models seeking jobs with a Texas Centennial Committee. In one test, the girls are fitted into life-sized cutouts of the perfect figure. 8. SPEED ACES IN BIG CONTEST: CLEVELAND, OH - The country’s foremost flying men engage in a transcontinental dash in which one contestant dies in a crack-up at Burbank, CA. Thousands gather for the thrilling spectacle of numerous other speed and trick-flying events. (LOCAL – CINCINNATI) GOLFERS VIE IN HOLE IN ONE TOURNAMENT.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library