Ma Ja II Speedboat Victor (Universal Newsreel, Sep 1936)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. MA JA II SPEEDBOAT VICTOR: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Brilliant seamanship and a roaring, bouncing speedboat win the famed President’s Cup race for Long Island sportsman John M.L. Rutherford in a breath-taking race on the rough, choppy waters of the Potomac. 2. FRENCH TRY OUT NEW BOMBER: ORLY, FRANCE - A huge new bombing plane of up-to-the-second design is given a long test flight around the country. Making Marseilles in quick time, the great machine continues on, skirting the towering Alps on its journey to Grenoble. 3. GRAVITY ADDLES FREAK PLANE: BALTIMORE, MD - Another home-made ’plane lays an egg as the runway collapses during an attempted take off by one of a couple of inventors who’ve spent two years building a queer-looking machine of hand-made parts, with bicycle pedals as motive power. 4. BLACK DIAMONDS GET RESPECT: CHICAGO, IL - An enterprising coal company finally decides to give its fuel the respect rising prices command, pressing its product into briquettes which are wrapped individually for delivery to the consumer. It keeps dainty digits clean, too. 5. HOLD YEAR’S BIGGEST WEDDING: LOS ANGELES, CA - Bashful Burma Rangoona and Jumbo II, several tons of amorous pachyderm, are united in wedlock in a glittering nuptial ceremony held at the Cole Bros.-Beatty Circus. And the wedding breakfast is a riot. 6. COMMEMORATE FIGHTING SAINT: NOLA, ITALY - Famed for his prowess in battles against the Turks, Saint Paolino leaves a colorful festival in his memory. Townspeople carry huge towers through the streets, in token of the lilies that greeted the Saint on his return home. 7. FARMERS SHARPEN HATCHETS: CORVALLIS, OR - (Exclusive) Signs of a frosty holiday make their appearance on the Autumn horizon as turkey breeders herd hundreds of prize birds into fattening pens where they’ll be induced to eat their fill before Thanksgiving orders cause their wholesale annihilation. 8. SEEKING THE ‘MODEL’ MODEL: NEW YORK CITY - (Exclusive) The gals whose ankles, calves, backs, teeth and other component parts decorate Gotham’s advertising copy compare notes in an effort to find the “triple-threat” mannequin who can lay claim to being the model. 9. ARGENTINE 4 TROUNCES U.S.A.: WESTBURY, NY - The dashing play of the Argentine polo quartette proves too much for the Greentree team representing the United States. In a bitter battle, the South American’s win the title with a score of eight goals to four.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library