Girl Finishes World Flight (Universal Newsreel, Oct 1936)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. GIRL FINISHES WORLD FLIGHT: NEW YORK CITY - Dorothy Kilgallen, newspaper woman, completes a dash around the globe in twenty-five days, covering more than 25,000 miles in her modern Odyssey of speed in which she used a zeppelin, ’planes and steamers as transportation. 2. SHOW $50,000 MODEL RAILWAY: NEW YORK CITY - (Exclusive) Crowds flock to inspect a reproduction of sections of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad which is complete with 600 feet of track and exact scale models of the line’s stations in Washington, D.C., Richmond and St. Louis. 3. DISCOVER TINY PERFECT COW: KANSAS CITY, KS - (Exclusive) Although her legs are only twelve inches long, a full grown cow is perfect in every detail. A cow of normal size weighs two and a half times as much as this miniature barnyard phenomenon. 4. PAPAL AIDE STARTS AIR TOUR: ROOSEVELT FIELD, NY - Cardinal Pacelli, Papal Secretary of State, takes off in a chartered ‘plane for an aerial tour of the United States which is to include many stops where high honors will be bestowed on the visiting Church dignitary. 5. CHANNEL NOW SLEEPER JUMP: DOVER, ENGLAND - A bright new ship for service across the English Channel loads whole trains aboard, making it possible for First and Second Class passengers to enter the train at London and remain in it until Paris is reached eleven hours later. 6. SLUICER USED TO BUILD ROAD: WEAVERVILLE, CA - (Exclusive) Old hydraulic mining equipment is pressed into service by an ingenious highway department to cut a road through a mountain. The tremendous pressure of the water hurls earth and huge boulders aside, removing 8,000 cubic yards a day. 7. FARMERS WRESTLE WITH FISH: ADEL, GA - (Exclusive) A 300-acre mill pond is drained for cleaning for the first time in 22 years and local agriculturists have a whale of a time catching a multitude of bass, bream, perch and other fish. Angling methods range from grabbing by hand to pitchforks and nets. 8A/C/B. INTERSECTIONAL FOES CLASH: NEW YORK CITY - Fordham’s fight Rams come from behind a six-point lead piled up by St. Mary’s on two field goal to win, 7 to 6.—PRINCETON, NJ - Tiger stubbornness triumphs over a gallant Navy team, 7 to 0.—PITTSBURGH, PA - The Panthers give the touted Notre Dame eleven one of its worst beatings in history, 26 to 0. (LOCAL – LOS ANGELES & SAN FRANCISCO) U.S.C. TOPS STANFORD, 14-7. (LOCAL – ATLANTA) AUBURN BEATS GEORGIA, 20-13. (LOCAL – CANADA) GOLF PLAYING PUTS LEATS IN SHAPE FOR RINK.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library