Italians March to Victory (Universal Newsreel, May 1936)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1A/B. ITALIANS MARCH TO VICTORY: NORTHERN ETHIOPIA – Il Duce’s legions bomb and occupy and important settlement on the strategic highway to their goal. The Abyssinian capital.—APRILIA, ITALY - Mussolini breaks ground for the fourth big city to rise on the Pontine Marshes. 2. OCULIST HAS GRIEF WITH APE: PHILADELPHIA, PA - The local zoo’s full-grown orangutan develops eye trouble and his antics in the oculist’s examination room give the doctor a rare old time trying to fit the primate with a pair of glasses. 3. LEFT SWEEPS FRENCH VOTING: PARIS, FRANCE - An overwhelming victory at the polls makes a Socialist Government probable as a coalition of radical parties scores a landslide in the election for members of the Chamber of Deputies. Fascist and monarchist candidates are snowed under. 4. HELEN WILLS TURNS ARTIST: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Queen Helen Wills Moody of the tennis courts tries her hand at painting. She creates pictures of flowers and still-life that indicate a fine appreciation of art. The tennis ace finds painting a relaxation good for the nerves. 5A/B. TRIPLET CUBS AMAZE SCIENCE: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A trio of tiny bears not only breaks all known records for multiple births among the bruins, but the father and mother are of species that normally aren’t on speaking terms.—WILMINGTON, OH - Quintuplet lambs add another case to the record of strange births (except Cincinnati). 6. BRITAIN GETS NEW SUBMARINE: BIRKENHEAD, ENGLAND - Gay ceremonies surround the launching of the Spearfish, first of three super-submarines to be built under a new naval construction program. The huge craft slides safely down the ways to the water. 7. BLIND SHOW EXPERT BOWLING: NEW YORK CITY - A group of blind bowlers exhibits remarkable prowess in the alleys, guided for position and aim at the far-away pins only by a hand-rail. The accuracy of the sightless players is such that many a clean strike is chalked up on the scoreboard. 8. COW WINS MAY QUEEN TITLE: SABETHA, KS - A highly unusual beauty contest finds rouged and powdered bovines competing for prizes. With polish on her hoofs and a curl in her tail, Princess Berylwood Pearl walks off with the honors of the strange contest. 9. NORTHWEST YACHTING STARTS: LAKE WASHINGTON, WA - The sunshine glints on yards and yards of shining white canvas as yachts of every size and type take the water for the first regatta of the season in the Pacific Northwest. The boats make a picture of beauty as they skim the surface of the lake. 10. FLOODS THREATEN HUGE DAM: BONNEVILLE, OR - Freak weather conditions send torrents of water rushing against the uncompleted structure of immense Bonneville Dam, hampering work and menacing the project’s destruction. Workmen risk life and limb in daring moves to protect the dam.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library