Hits ‘House’ with Speedboat (Universal Newsreel, Sep 1936)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. RICHMAN HOPS FOR ENGLAND: FLOYD BENNETT FIELD, NY - The musical comedy star and Pilot Dick Merrill take off from the haze-bound airport on a projected two-day round-trip flight to London. They hope to dine in the British capital and return to New York for Breakfast. 2. HITS ‘HOUSE’ WITH SPEEDBOAT: CHICAGO, IL - A speed demon drives his 600 h.p. boat smack through a miniature house built over Burnham Park Lake in the Chicago Park District, scattering planks in all directions as his craft rips through the wall. 3. FLOWERS DECK KIDS’ FLOATS: OCEAN PARK, CA - Vacation goes out in a blaze of glory for the local children who hold a gorgeous floral parade with scores of floats smothered in natural flowers. The Valentine motif wins first prize. 4. COTTON PICKERS’ TOIL ENDS: STONEWALL, MS - The Rust brothers demonstrate their remarkable new machine for picking cotton which will banish the backbreaking labor of field hands, but which they insist will not be released to the public unless continued employment is guaranteed the men. 5. CALF LIVES WITH TWO HEADS: SACRAMENTO, CA - (Exclusive) One of twins, a calf has a second head grotesquely growing out of the side of its normal cranium. The beast has four eyes and four nostrils that function in unison, and a queer trio of horns. 6. F.D.R. UNVEILS HUGE MEMORIAL: MT. RUSHMORE, SD - The President attends ceremonies during which a gigantic head of Jefferson, carved in the side of the mountain, is officially dedicated. Sculptors continue their work on the monument to America’s historical heroes. 7. BLAST LAKE FOR NEW TROUT: CISCO, CA - Hundreds of dynamite blasts are set off in Loch Leven, high in the Sierras, to kill fish occupying the body of water. State Fisheries officials then re-stock the lake with large quantities of young trout. 8. BIRDMEN STUNT FOR JUNIORS: BUFFALO, NY - (Exclusive) A group of the nation’s premier stunt pilots put on a thrilling show for Fifty thousand youngsters and grownups in a series of events while the Junior aviators try out model ’planes of startling flying powers. 9. NUPTIALS IGNORE COLD FEET: STOCKTON, CA - (Exclusive) The groom’s frigid tootsies fail to silence wedding bells as Charles Aster and Marie Buitrago chime “I do” while both are frozen solid in big cakes of ice in a weird ceremony at the San Joaquin County Fair. 10. STUNT DIZZILY ON AQUAPLANE: AMITYVILLE, NY - Trapeze and ladder acts on zipping aquaplanes provide a new thrill for spectators and lovers of the sport. A stiff Easterly breeze churns the waters of Great South Bay into a dangerous, choppy playground for the acrobats.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library