Universal Newsreel Volume 8, Release 442

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. IRISH HONOR PATRON SAINT: NEW YORK CITY - Forty thousand sons and daughters of Erin march up Fifth Avenue in a stirring revival of the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade. Half a million Gothamites watch the tremendous spectacle from packed curbstones and vantage-points in high buildings. 2. JAFSIE BACK HOME FOR QUIZ: NEW YORK CITY - Dr. Condon, famous Lindbergh case witness, returns from a sudden Central American vacation to face further questioning by Governor Hoffman, in the Executive’s struggle to sift Hauptmann’s actual part in the horrible crime. OTHER BIG NEWS PICTURES INCLUDE: 3. Boy Finds Piece of Meteor that Startled New York, at Malaga, NJ / 4. Hibbing, MN, Pupils Go to School in Glass House / 5. Il Duce Puts Italian Children through Vivid Gas-Attack Drill, at Turin, Italy / 6. Ice Jams Threaten Country Towns and Bangor, ME / 7. “Iron-Headed Man” Makes Little Impression on New Safety Glass tested in New York City / 8. Air-Line Hostesses Pass Rigid Tests at San Francisco, CA / 9. Champion Trotting Horses Limber Up for New Season at Seminole Park, FL / 10. Fantastic Wrestling Bout Rouses Fans at Seattle, WA. (SPECIAL RELEASE) TERRIFIC FLOODS SWEEP CITIES IN WESTERN PENNA.: PITTSBURGH, PA - Rapidly-rising water covers fifty blocks in the heart of the city, causing damages mounting to $10,000,000 as the menace of inundation hits a wide area. Communication lines are broken, isolating Lewiston and Johnstown where a repetition of the horrible disaster of 1889 becomes a terrifying possibility to 66,000 residents. Scenes of horror multiply as swirling water crushes all barriers, leaving untold thousands homeless or unable to resume their jobs. (LOCAL – CLEVELAND) SKILLFUL PILOT SAVES 12 IN BLINDING SNOWSTORM AT WEST CLARKSFIELD, OH.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library