Gar Wood Wins Trophy Dash (Universal Newsreel, Jul 1937)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. GAR WOOD WINS TROPHY DASH: LONG BEACH, CA - Roaring hydroplanes slither and skid as they hurtle over the treacherous water in an annual gold cup race. Gar Wood, Jr., puts out the additional power needed to win the fast and furious contest. 2. PRINT BOOKS IN GLASS HOUSE: COLUMBUS, OH - (Exclusive) The American Education Press, publishers of technical volumes, boasts a fine, new home in the first house of glass to be used for commercial purposes. The big building has walls of glass blocks and room partitions of the same material. 3. HUGE PLOW TAKES BIG BITES: SANTA ANA, CA - An enormous plow, especially constructed to bite a furrow six feet deep, reaches down under sandy topsoil to the fertile earth beneath. Three 90-h.p. tractors are required to pull the big machine. 4. ELEPHANT GETS BIKE PERMIT: ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - Officials vote to permit bicycling along the famous Boardwalk at certain hours, but are a little perturbed when a full-grown elephant appears on a tricycle. The pachyderm also takes a plunge after its cycling is done. 5. FOLDING PLANE TRIES ROADS: LONG BEACH, CA - (Exclusive) A new flying machine gives a good performance in the air, then descends to the highway where its wings are folded back, permitting the queer craft to join the lines of automobiles running along the road. 6. KIDDIES ENLIST IN CAVALRY: ROME, ITALY - The Fascist youth organization starts ’em young, with both boys and girls of tender age learning to ride. The course is intended to raise both sexes as efficient members of the cavalry when they grow up. 7. FIRE-FIGHTERS FED BY PLANE: VANCOUVER, WA - The United States Forestry Service tests a novel method of landing food and supplies to men fighting forest fires in isolated areas. Even a short-wave radio is dropped safely to the ground to keep the men in touch with the world. 8. MOVIE STARS SHOW LIVE FURS: HOLLYWOOD, CA - (Exclusive) When it comes to putting on a fur-style show, leave it to the leading residents of the motion picture capital to think up a novel method of presentation. New designs for autumn and winter are shown—with live specimens of the animals the furs came from. 9. AMATEURS TRADE WILD SWINGS: NEW YORK CITY - Greenwich Village plays host to a scrappy bunch of youngsters who take part in boxing bout under the auspices of the Police Athletic League. The erratic battlers land some good, hard socks—when the socks land at all.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library