Situation Tense as Troops Mass in Abyssinian Hills (Universal Newsreel, Oct 1935)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. SITUATION TENSE AS TROOPS MASS IN ABYSSINIAN HILLS: ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - Trackless mountain region forms a barrier to invasion by Mussolini’s soldiers.—At Asmara, Eritera, new contingents of fighting men arrive to swell the thousands lining the frontier as military authorities push preparations for war. 2. HURRICANE SWEEPS CARIBBEAN: CIENFUEGOS, CUBA - A terrific blow hurtles across the Island Republic, killing fifty persons and causing injuries to hundreds more. Homes are crushed like matchboxes and brick business buildings torn by the force of the wind. 3. WINTER HAIR STYLES SHOWN: NEW YORK, NY - Charming models exhibit new arrangements of the coiffure to be worn by milady during the social whirl of the coming season. The designs are a feature of the NY State Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Associations meeting. 4. GIRL DOES BUTTERFLY TWIST: NEW YORK, NY - A husky fourteen-year-old Miss is the only feminine acrobat to execute the difficult butterfly twist. The slow-motion camera shows the stunt’s intricacy and the grace of its performer. 5. BACKYARD GRID YEAR OPENS: MAMARONECK, NY - Embryo football stars meet in the season’s first clash, exhibiting a brand of playing full of scrambled maneuvers. The losing team is forced to submit to the indignity of a paddling by the winners. 6. F.D.R. DEDICATES BOULDER DAM: BOULDER CITY, NV - Twenty-thousand look on as the President leads ceremonies at the Government’s huge power project. The spectators jam seven miles of roads leading into the center of the great dam site. 7. GERMAN WINS IN ROAD TEST: SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN - Italian and German drivers speed over hills and valleys, taking hairpin turns in narrow city streets at an average speed of nearly a hundred miles-an-hour in the Spanish Grand Prix. A German driver emerges victorious. 8. WRESTLER GETS A BOOTING: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - An English challenger matches groans and grunts with the Dutch champion of Europe, but the referee puts his foot in the Briton’s face to stop his use of weird mat tactics and the Hollander wins. (SPECIAL) “CHICAGO CUBS” TAKE FIRST GAME IN WORLD SERIES.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library