Italian Troops Open Drive (Universal Newsreel, Oct 1935)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. 20 DIE IN PAINT EXPLOSION: CHICAGO, IL - A terrific blast of mysterious origin wrecks a paint-manufacturing plant, killing twenty persons and causing injuries to forty others. A falling wall crushes an automobile flat against the pavement. 2. ITALIAN TROOPS OPEN DRIVE: ERITREA, ETHIOPIA - Aided by shouting black allies from Italy’s colonies, Il Duce’s war machine moves into Ethiopia without a formal declaration of hostilities. The advancing soldiers cross the wilderness stretching along Haile Selassie’s frontiers. 3. HOOVER OPENS ’36 CAMPAIGN: OAKLAND, CA - The former President makes his first strictly political speech since leaving the White House before a large gathering of Young Republicans, stating that the country is on a “joyride” to bankruptcy. 4. UTILITY WAR VICTIM BURIED: SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ - Hundreds of sympathetic neighbors attend last rites for Mrs. Sophie Crempa, shot down and killed by a deputy attempting to arrest her husband as the climax of a long dispute between the Crempas and an electric light company. 5. MAX BAER BACK ON THE FARM: FAIR OAKS, CA - The former heavyweight champion nurses the bruises he received from Joe Louis as he drives a tractor and milks cows on a ranch owned by his manager. 6. ORIENTALS SEE TIDAL BORE: HANGCHOW, CHINA - A great wall of water makes its annual, inspiring trip up the narrow estuary, a huge foaming wave travelling at high speed over the surface and tossing moored vessels about like chips of wood. 7. PRINCETON NOSES OUT PENN: PRINCETON, NJ - A fighting Tiger eleven marches down the gridiron in a brilliant last-quarter drive to snatch victory from a Red and Blue team by the score of 7 to 6, rousing 49,000 football fans to wild excitement. 8. PRESIDENT ASSERTS NATION INTENDS TO STAY AT PEACE: SAN DIEGO, CA - The Chief Executive warns a huge throng at the California Pacific International Exposition that threats of war abroad are increasing in gravity and announces his policy of keeping the United States, “unentangled and free” of any conflict. (SPECIAL – CHICAGO & DETROIT) TIGERS DOWN CHICAGO CUBS TO CAPTURE WORLD’S SERIES. (LOCAL – CANADA) WHARF FIRE.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library