F.D.R., Landon Seen at Home (Universal Newsreel, Oct 1936)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1A/B. F.D.R., LANDON SEEN AT HOME: With the Roosevelts: HYDE PARK, NY - The camera catches intimate scenes of the President and various members of his family in and around the Democratic nominee’s Hudson Valley home. With the Landons: TOPEKA, KS - Gov. Landon, his wife and children are seen as they go about the business of their daily lives at home during a breathing-sell in the Republican nominee’s campaign. 2. 19 DEAD IN LAKE DISASTER: CLEVELAND, OH - (Exclusive) Eighteen men and a woman are plunged to a watery grave when a 250-foot sand barge overturns suddenly in a gale and hurtles to the bottom. Seven survivors are finally rescued after they cling for hours to two lifeboats. 3. RANK TYRO WINS BIKE RACE: CHICAGO, IL - (Exclusive) Twenty-year-old Armin Massin captures the sixty-mile Elgin to Chicago bicycle classic over a field of veterans. Massin has had a “wheel” for only three months, but made good his boast of victory before the race started. 4. 1,000-POUND PIE FEES MOB: TALENT, OR - (Exclusive) An enormous pear cobbler weighing 1,020 lbs. is 9½ by 12 feet in size and contains 30 bushels of pears and 150 lbs. of flour. Over three thousand people get generous helpings at a pear festival. 5. NEW ENGINE BURNS GAS, OIL: TOLEDO, OH - (Exclusive) An amazing new motor which runs on vaporized gasoline, crude oil or alcohol is demonstrated by its inventor. The mechanism can be operated at a cost of 20 cents a hundred miles and so completely utilizes the fuel there is virtually no exhaust. 6. FETE DEFEAT OF CORNWALLIS: YORKTOWN, VA - (Exclusive) Impressive ceremonies mark the surrender of Lord Cornwallis before the determination of the Continental Army a hundred and fifty-five years ago. Revolutionary monuments are gaily decked with flags and bunting in honor of the occasion. 7. WINS LONDON TO CAPE DASH: RAND AIRPORT, SOUTH AFRICA - C.W.A. Scott and his co-pilot Giles Guthrie, get a fine welcome as they complete the dangerous flight over Africa from Portsmouth, England, a distance of 6,500 miles in less than 53 hours. 8. N.Y.U. FROSH ALL WASHED UP: NEW YORK CITY - Members of the Class of ’Forty at New York University get the worst of it in a battle with the Sophomores. Despite chilly weather, the freshmen are ducked in the fountain to teach ’em humility—or something. 9. HARVEST CALLS FARMERETTES: NEW HEBRON, ME - Attractive young local girls bring in the ripened crops as autumn sounds anticipation of Hallowe’en and Thanksgiving Day. Luscious apples go from tree to cider press on the start of their journey that will end gliding over thirsty palates. 10. REVIVE ANCIENT DUNKING ART: NEW YORK CITY - East Side boys line up under the guidance of radio’s “Baron Munchausen” for a course and contest in dunking doughnuts. The Baron tells ’em how, and then starts ’em off on a fast and furious dunk-and-bit race that leaves the lads breathless.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library