Justice Black Comes Home (Universal Newsreel, Sep 1937)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. JUSTICE BLACK COMES HOME: NORFOLK, VA - The Supreme Court’s newest appointee, Hugo Black of Alabama, returns from a European trip to face a gigantic controversy raging over allegations that the former Senator is a life member of the Ku Klux Klan. 2. NELSON CROWNED GOLF CHAMP: BELMONT, MA - Byron Nelson displays a sterling brand of golf as he fights it out Henry Picard in a $12,000 open golf contest. Picard is forced to concede when Nelson makes a brilliant finish to win 5 up and 4 to play. 3. CHINATOWN BURIES A MAYOR: CHICAGO, IL - The Windy City’s Oriental section turns out en masse to pay its last respects to Frank Moy, unofficial Mayor of the district and head of the On Leong tong. Solemn service for the dead leader is held in a Christian church. 4. CAR HURTLES FROM RACETRACK: HAMMOND, IN - (Exclusive) Hard luck clamps a grim hand on a speeding automobile racer when his machine turns over and catapults from the track during the last lap of a race on a new speedway. The unhappy driver is hurled far in the air by the accident. 5. BLAST, FIRE HIT MEAT PLANT: CHICAGO, IL - (Exclusive) Terrific explosions rapidly spread a blaze through Swift and Company’s main building in the famed stockyards. Seventy-five companies of fire-fighters rush to battle the dangerous blaze as damages mount toward hundreds of thousands. 6. COAST FETES WINE VINTAGE: LODI, CA - (Exclusive) With American wine consumption growing by leaps and bounds, the San Joaquin Valley dons festive attire to celebrate the picking of grapes enough to produce millions of gallons of the luscious beverage. 7. POLICE, VAMPS IN MASS DRILL: NEW YORK CITY - (Exclusive) Police Academy rookies and “youngsters” from the Fire Department show a huge crowd in Madison Square Garden what a few short weeks of training can do. The patrolmen demonstrate mass calisthenics and the firemen put on a real comedy act. 8. ACROBAT GIVES WONDER SHOW: BELAIR, CA - (Exclusive) Blindfolded or not, Georges Suzanne can do stunts around a barrel that take your breath away. The great tumbler bounces in and out of barrels with daring matched only by the accuracy with which he lands just where he wants to. 9. HELL DRIVERS SCARE THRONG: TRENTON, NJ - (Exclusive) State Fair crowds gasp with fear and astonishment as Lucky Teeter and his Hell Drivers crash automobiles with reckless and dare-devil abandon. One brave member of the troupe permits a truck to run over his chest. 10. 60,000 WATCH PEPPY RODEO: PENDLETON, OR - It’s Pendleton Round-up time again and broncho-busting, steer-wrangling cowhands show their prowess in the Northwest’s big show. Vicious animals trample their would-be riders at the Round-up’s twenty-eighth annual revival.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library