‘Twin Bill’ a Huge Success (Universal Newsreel, Aug 1936)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. LOYAL ARMY OPENS OFFENSIVE: SPANISH WAR ZONE - Determined Loyalist Militiamen bound “over the top” amid whistling bullets and screeching shells in a daybreak attack on the rebel lines. The U.S. Destroyer Kane, bombed in Spanish waters, is seen in latest pictures made of the craft. 2. ‘TWIN BILL’ A HUGE SUCCESS: FORT WAYNE, IN - Nearly a thousand sets of twins gather for their Fifth annual convention at Trier’s Park. Both sexes and all ages are represented at the strange gathering, from the youngest, one month old, to the oldest pair, eighty-one years. 3. HOLD RIGHTS FOR SEC. DERN: WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Exclusive) Cabinet members and detachments of troops offer final honors for War Secretary George H. Dern in impressive obsequies following the statesman’s sudden death. 4. DUCE THRESHES NOVEL WHEAT: PONTINIA, ITALY - Mussolini turns farm-hand for a day to thresh part of the first wheat grown on the reclaimed land that turns the ancient malaria-breeding Pontine Marshes into a healthful new Province for the nation. 5. BABIES PARADE THEIR CHARMS: OCEAN CITY, NJ - (Exclusive) All kinds of babies with all kinds of dispositions show their wares to the judges in a championship contest. Spectators applaud in approval as officials choose Shirley Black of Lansdowne, Pa., as the winner. 6. TREASURY GUARDS TAKE AIM: CAMP SIMS, D.C. - White House police and guardians of the Treasury Department brush up on their revolver-shooting technique under the expert guidance of Coast Guard instructors. Treasury watch-dogs also rip off a tattoo on Tommy-guns. 7. STAR READIES HOP TO LONDON: FLOYD BENNETT FIELD, NY - Harry Richman, noted musical comedy actor, and pilot Dick Merrill tune up their big plane for a trans-Atlantic two-way crossing. The aeronauts intend to pop into the British capital for dinner and return to New York for breakfast. 8. GRANVILLE BEATS DISCOVERY: SARATOGA, NY - The famed steeds fight it out for the Saratoga Cup, a feature of the final day’s events at the Spa, with Granville leading the way home by six lengths. Maedic captures the Hopeful Stakes in another thrilling dash through the mud.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library