Big Top Arrives in Gotham (Universal Newsreel, Apr 1936)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. BIG TOP ARRIVES IN GOTHAM: NEW YORK CITY - Bigger, better and noisier than ever the Circus opens its Spring engagement in Madison Square Garden. Clowns, acrobats, animals and freaks bring joy to young and old as a brilliant show unfolds in the arena of the huge building. 2. HOSTESS TELLS OF AIR CRASH: UNIONTOWN, PA - Still trembling from the shock of her horrible experience, Nellie Granger, heroine of the Trans-Continental ’plane crash that took eleven lives, describes the tragedy in a vivid, dramatic newsreel interview. 3. KITCHENWARE GOES TO HEAD: CORAL GABLES, FL - The flowery Springtime chapeaux of yesteryear give way to fantastic head-pieces trimmed with sugar scoops, sieves, knives and forks and other utensils usually associated with the culinary department. 4A/B. MEXICO EXILES GEN’L CALLES AS 9 DIE IN TRAIN BOMBING: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - Dynamite destroys a flyer running from Vera Cruz to the capital, leaving more than a score of dead and injured. Government agencies charge ex-President Calles and his associates with complicity in a plot, forcing the former “Strong Man” to leave the country.—LOS ANGELES, CA - Gen’l Calles and his party take refuge in the United States following their expulsion from the Latin-American Republic. 5. MYSTERY BLAST ROCKS SCHOOL: KANSAS CITY, MO - Eight sticks of dynamite explode with a roar at the main entrance to East High School, ripping a crater in the concrete floor, smashing bronze doors and shattering windows. There is no clue to the perpetrator of the outrage. 6. ROLL EGGS AT WHITE HOUSE: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Hundreds of youngsters, many in fancy costumes, enjoy the annual egg-rolling contest on the lawn of the Executive Mansion. The fete presents a riot of color surmounted by a babel of young voices. 7A/B/C/D. WORLD JOINS TO CELEBRATE JOYOUS EASTER-TIDE FEAST: IMPRESSIVE, STIRRING ceremonies at the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and in the Hollywood Bowl, California, mark the holy day. Universal Newsreel presents views of New York’s Easter Parades of 1905 and 1936, showing the startling contrasts in fashions worn by the bright streams of humanity that surge through Fifth Avenue. Greenpoint’s John Q. Dohp joins this year’s paraders and describes his reactions to the glad season in an exclusive interview. (LOCAL – CINCINNATI) 6 HURT AS BLAST RAZES HOME.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library