Eleven Perish as Airliner Crashes Upside-Down in Bay (Universal Newsreel, Feb 1937)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. ELEVEN PERISH AS AIRLINER CRASHES UPSIDE-DOWN IN BAY (Except San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York): SAN FRANCISCO, CA - A luxurious air transport hurtles into San Francisco Bay, carrying eight passengers and its crew of three to tragic deaths. Coast Guards locate the capsized craft and begin the difficult task of removing the bodies of the victims. Almost the entire right side of the ’plane is sheared off by the impact. 2. LONG AUTO STRIKE IS ENDED IN SUDDEN COMPROMISE MOVE: FLINT, MI - Gov. Frank Murphy and Federal Conciliator Dewey bring peace on the General Motors strike front as they secure the signatures of employers and union representatives to a settlement. Tremendous enthusiasm greets the accord as the sit-downers file jubilantly from plants they have occupied for forty-four days. 3. ARMY TRIES FAST NEW TANKS: FORT MEADE, MD - The 66th Infantry, U.S. Army, goes for a thrilling joyride in Uncle Sam’s latest defensive weapons, extra-speed tanks. The new combat machines are capable of doing more than forty miles an hour over the roughest territory. 4A/B/C/D/E. PERSONALITIES IN THE NEWS: WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Roosevelt joins other Government officials in a tribute to Abraham Lincoln. / MOSCOW, U.S.S.R. - Ambassador Davies, new American envoy to the Soviets, presents his credentials to Russian officials. / LOS ANGELES, CA - President Manuel Quezon of the Philippine Commonwealth arrives in the United States for conferences. / MIAMI, FL - W.K. Vanderbilt docks his $170,000 luxury ’plane as he returns from a 15,000-mile trip over the Andes. / NEW YORK CITY - Antoine of Paris presents his new coiffures which make a big feature of lacquered tresses. 5. 26 SAVED FROM BEACHED SHIP: PORT ORFORD, OR - The lumber-freighter Cottoneva runs on treacherous rocks during a storm on her first trip out since the end of the seamen’s strike. Her crew is brought ashore by breeches-buoy as mountainous seas batter the vessel. 6. 1-BLADE PROP MADE TO WORK: LITIZ, PA - Pilot Jesse Jones takes up a ’plane with a single-bladed propeller in a demonstration which proves that the queer contraption won’t shake the machine to pieces. The innovation is expected to provide greater lifting power. 7. SPEEDSTERS RACE IN ICY BAY: WILLIAMS BAY, WI - Those daredevil mariners, the ice-boat enthusiasts, put on a thrilling exhibition of their craft. Using boats of the Skeeter type, they dash over the frozen surface at terrific speeds, skirting constant threats of disaster. 8. BIGEY WINS NURSERY IN MUD: MIAMI, FL - (Exclusive) Townsend B. Martin’s Bigey romps along a gummy track, avoiding swerves and early jamming to capture the Nursery Stakes No. 1 at Hialeah from a fine field of Juvenile colts and geldings. Fifteen thousand fans attend despite the rain. (LOCAL – CANADA) BOSTON BRUINS BLANK ‘LEAFS’ IN RINK CLASH.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library