Exciting New Miniature Electric Train Sets Put on Christmas Display… (Universal Newsreel, Dec 1935)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. SUPREME COURT DOOMS HAUPTMANN, REJECTING RE-TRIAL PLEA: FLEMINGTON, NJ - Bruno Richard Hauptmann begins the “Last Mile,” thrust closer to the electric chair as the United States Supreme Court denies a request for a review of his conviction for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh infant. The decision reached in the old Court House after the most sensational trial in the history of America, is confirmed by the Highest Tribunal. Little more than a year after his arrest in New York City, the silent German carpenter is left with the faintest of hopes. OTHER BIG NEWS PICTURES INCLUDE: 2. EXCITING NEW MINIATURE ELECTRIC TRAIN SETS PUT ON CHRISTMAS DISPLAY IN NEW YORK CITY. 3. SCORES OF PERFECTED BOMBING ’PLANES BEING BUILT FOR THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AT BROUGH, ENGLAND. 4. WORKMEN REMOVING THE WORLD’S LARGEST TELESCOPE MIRROR FROM ITS COOLING APPARATUS AT CORNING, NY. 5. TABLES AND DRINK-MIXERS THAT LIGHT UP MIRACULOUSLY IN A NEW YORK CITY RESTAURANT. 6. REMARKABLE EXPLOITS BY TINY TRAINED DOGS AT VENICE, CA. 7. ROOSEVELT HITS FOOD PROFITEERS: CHICAGO, IL - The Chief Executive flays “personal advantage seekers,” asserting that they are playing city against farm in an effort to discredit the agricultural policies of his Administration. Speaking before 18,000 members of the American Farm Bureau Federation, the President lashes at his critics. (LOCAL – SAN FRANCISCO) RETURN OF THE CHINA CLIPPER TO ALAMEDA, CA, AFTER ITS LONG TRANS-PACIFIC FLIGHT TO MANILA, PI, AS ITS SISTER SHIP, THE PHILIPPINE CLIPPER, TAKES OFF. (LOCAL – PHILADELPHIA) CADETS OF THE VALLEY FORGE MILITARY ACADEMY TAKING PART IN AN ARCHERY CONTEST ON HORSEBACK AT WAYNE, PA. (LOCAL – CINCINNATI) AN IMPRESSIVE BIBLE PAGEANT AT HUNTINGTON, WV. (LOCAL – LOS ANGELES) WASHINGTON’S VICTORY OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES, CA (Pre-Released: Los Angeles and Seattle).

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library