3,500,0000 Get Bonus Bonds Costing U.S. $2,000,000,000 (Universal Newsreel, Jun 1936)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. 3,500,0000 GET BONUS BONDS COSTING U.S. $2,000,000,000: NEW YORK CITY - Grinning cheerfully as the bearers of good fortune, mail carriers spread along their routes handing out Uncle Sam’s payment of Adjusted Service Compensation. Elated veterans eagerly grasp the golden envelopes, to cash their bonds or hold them for a rainy day. 2. JUNE BRINGS BIG ROSE FETE: PORTLAND, OR - Thousands of glorious roses cover beautiful huge floats of striking design as a pageant marks the return of June. The glittering parade makes its way through streets lined with hundreds of delighted spectators. 3. THRONGS ACCLAIM BADOGLIO: NAPLES, ITALY - Returning victorious from conquered Ethiopia as Viceroy of the new Italian colony, Marshal Badoglio receives the wild homage of the multitude. Tremendous crowds hail the national hero as he returns to the mainland from Africa. 4. SELASSIE LANDS IN BRITAIN: SOUTHAMTON, ENGLAND - Fleeing before the military occupation of his homeland, the Emperor of Ethiopia arrives in the British Isles. Taking the train to London, the King of Kings faces a campaign to interest foreign powers in the plight of his country. 5. A MILLION FRENCHMEN STRIKE: PARIS, FRANCE - As Leon Blum forms the nation’s first Socialist cabinet, a million workmen lay down their tools and sit at their benches with folded arms, demanding pay increases and a forty-hour week. The men display enthusiasm and great good nature as their leaders urge them on. 6. RADIOED PHOTOS HONOR MORSE: NEW YORK CITY - A hundred years after S.F.B. Morse sent his epoch-making first message by telegraph, his original machine holds the place of honor at a celebration, next to a new, ultra-short wave apparatus that sends pictures through the air. 7. ARMY GRADUATES 276 CADETS: WEST POINT, NY - General Pershing presides at the Military Academy’s fiftieth commencement since his own graduation. The World War leader distributes diplomas to 276 new officers amid impressive military ceremonies at the base of the Battle Monument. 8. GREAT FLYING RECORD FETED: CHICAGO, IL - Reaching a total of 100,000,000 miles of commercial flights, United Airlines sets a mark for the world to shoot at and holds a colorful celebration of its ten-year record. Old transport ships take part, side by side with the latest models. 9. DEAN CRUSHES MAT OPPONENT: LOS ANGELES, CA - Man Mountain Dean drops his incredible expanse of quivering flesh on the prostrate body of Gentleman George Zaharias, putting an end to another of those hilarious fantasies known as heavyweight “wrestling” matches. (SPECIAL) LANDON NOMINATED ON FIRST AS CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT (Pre-Released: Shipped Air Express to All Accounts): CLEVELAND, OH - Amid scenes of wild jubilation, Governor Alfred M. Landon of Kansas is designated as the Republican Party’s candidate for the Presidency of the United States. The poll of each succeeding delegation swells the enormous total of the Kansan’s votes. (LOCAL – CANADA) 700 ASSORTED PETS DELIGHT JOYOUS KIDDIES.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library