Clouds of War Grow Darker (Universal Newsreel, Sep 1935)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1A/B. CLOUDS OF WAR GROW DARKER: GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - League of Nations efforts to halt conflict between Italy and Ethiopia assume a hopeless aspect negotiations continue. —In Middleburg, VA, Gen. William Mitchell discusses the importance of Ethiopia as an air base. 2. CATWALKS SPAN GOLDEN GATE: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The first flimsy footways are laid between the towers of the huge new Golden Gate Bridge rising 750 feet above the picturesque spot. 3. U.S.—LITHUANIA FLIGHT FAILS: FLOYD BENNETT AIRPORT, NY - Felix Waitkus, 28-year-old airman, takes off on an attempted hop to Kaunas, Lithuania. Fog and failing gas bring him crashing to earth in a field near Ballinrobe, Ireland. 4. LION FETES THIRD BIRTHDAY: HOLLYWOOD, CA - A full-grown Jungle King joins the elite at the famous Brown Derby for a birthday party complete with all the frills, but almost causes a riot when he suspects a waiter of trying to take his cake. 5. SLIDE BLOCKS GORGE TRACKS: NIAGARA FALLS, NY - Thousands of tons of rock hurtle down over the scenic trolley route, halting traffic completely. Crashing fifty-ton boulders menace visiting tourists with instant destruction. 6. SETS MOTORBIKE SPEED MARK: LANGHORNE, PA - Woodsey Castonguay covers the hundred-mile course in a roaring seventy-four minutes, breaking the world’s record before twelve thousand excited motorcycle fans gathered for the National A.M.A. championships. 7. PUPILS IN SCHOOL WALK-OUT: PORTLAND, OR - Children in three city schools go on a joyous strike, protesting an economy measure closing three buildings and forcing them to attend institutions located far from their homes. 8. BLACKSHEEP OPEN GRID YEAR: OSSINING, NY - A crushing 38 to 0 victory over the Monroe Bull Dogs from the Bronx section of New York City starts the Sing Sing football team on a session which promises a new crop of convict stars. 9. SPOONERS’ TROUBLES AT END: KANSAS CITY, KS - A liberal Probate Judge seeks to have a park set aside for couples in love, hoping that bashful swains will have more time to propose with no “kid brothers” around to bother them. 10. GREENTREE WINS POLO TITLE: WESTBURY, NY - Jock Whitney’s fighting quartette smashes out a 7-6 victory over Aurora for the Polo Championship of the United States in a bitterly-contested game requiring a full extra period to decide the outcome. (LOCAL – OKLAHOMA) GALA JUBILEE MARKS 42nd ANNIVERSARY OF CHEROKEE STRIP.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library