17 Persons Die in Airliner Crash (Universal Newsreel, Jan 1936)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. 17 PERSONS DIE IN AIRLINER CRASH: GOODWIN, ARKANSAS - A giant luxury liner, hurtling into the swamplands sixty miles west of Memphis carries fourteen passengers and the crew of three to a horrible death in America’s worst airplane disaster. These first pictures to be brought from the scene of the catastrophe reveal views of indescribable wreckage. 2. 34 DIE IN GALE-STRUCK SHIP: ASTORIA, OR - The entire crew of the freighter Iowa perish as a 75-mile wind hurls the vessel on treacherous Peacock Spit, “the graveyard of shipping.” Mountainous waves pound the craft to pieces with rescue parties unable to reach the victims. 3. CLOSED BANK CAN’T PAY OFF: CHICAGO, IL - When a bank decides to close up, pay back all deposits, plus a seven percent dividend to its customers, and then can’t get them to call for the dough—that’s news. 4. GOVERNOR’S YARD YIELDS OIL: OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - A maze of derricks rises six hundred feet from the Executive Mansion, occupied by former oil millionaire Governor Marland, following a rich petroleum strike. 5. SENATOR GIVES BONUS PLAN: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Chairman Pat Harrison of the Senate Finance Committee puts forward the scheme devised by the Upper House to pay off Adjusted Compensation certificates immediately. 6. TRY BIGGEST STRIP SHOVEL: SEELYVILLE, IN - The largest stripping scoop in the world shows its prowess by picking up a huge fully-loaded truck. The gigantic machine easily handles a load of nearly 90,000 pounds. 7. OHIO RIVER TRAFFIC HALTED: LOUISVILLE, KY - Huge ice jams lock boats of all sizes in their frozen grip as winter drops its paralyzing hand on the Ohio River. Engineers struggle to break up the floes and safeguard boats from destruction. 8. CHIMP TAKES BLIMP ALOFT: HOLLYWOOD, CA - Jacqueline Gentry’s Jiggs, famed chimpanzee, takes over the controls of a blimp in a rather wild flight over the film capital. 9. SNOW BLANKETS HIGH SIERRA: SODA SPRINGS, CA - Up near the summit of the big range, enormous snow-ploughs work day and night to keep traffic communications open. 10. SKATERS IN NEW GOOF DERBY: CHICAGO, IL - ‘Round and around go sixteen girls and nineteen men in a 3,000-mile roller-skating whirl around the board saucer of the Coliseum. Frequent spills and pile-ups mark the latest squirrel-cage race. (LOCAL – CHICAGO) BOTTLE SAVES BABY BABOON.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library