Plasterer Gets Sweep Gold (Universal Newsreel, Oct 1937)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. JAPAN PUSHES CHINA ATTACK: SHANGHAI, CHINA - (Exclusive) Launching an offensive designed to shatter Chinese defense lines around the city, Nipponese forces meet with varying success in their invasion of the Oriental republic. Squads of Japanese soldiers seek deadly snipers in captured areas. 2. GIRLS PICK RICH GRAPE CROP: GUASTI, CA - (Exclusive) Some of the West Coast’s most bewitching Lovelies are called on to harvest a bumper crop of grapes from famous vineyards. Men and girls wade right into the vintage, starting the grapes on their way to America’s tables as superior wine. 3. GOBBLER ARMY FATTENING UP: CORVALLIS, OR - (Exclusive) Thousands of white Holland Turkeys strut proudly, but autumn leaves are turning red, and it won’t be long now. Western turkey farms prepare to supply the big annual demand for Thanksgiving Day’s piece de resistance. 4. HUNTERS, HOUNDS IN ‘DRAG’: AURORA, ONT., CANADA - (Exclusive) The Toronto and North York and the Eglinton Hunts hold a joint meet, with the hounds dashing through the Fall woods and the hunters in full chase during a thrilling miniature drag hunt. 5. HUGE CROWD SEES HUSKING BEE: TARKIO, MO - (Exclusive) A big throng turns out to watch twenty-seven experts compete in the Missouri State Cornhusking contest. Layton Roberts wins the bee for the fifth time, husking nearly thirty bushels of corn in eighty minutes. 6. RECORD BONFIRE TOASTS GRID: EUGENE, OR - (Exclusive) King Football is feted at the world’s biggest bonfire, built by students at the University of Oregon in a noisy ceremony intended to put plenty of fight into their gridiron heroes for the rest of the season. 7. AUTOS PUT ‘WORLD ON WHEELS’: NEW YORK CITY - The 1938 Automobile Show sets out to make the world spin—along the highways. Bright new models catch the eye with their glitter of finish and the excellence of their mechanical construction. 8. PLASTERER GETS SWEEP GOLD: BROOKLYN, NY - Mike di Pietro pulls $75,000 out of the Irish Sweepstakes and the plasterer’s way is smoothed for the future. Lifting a jug di Pietro plans a gay trip to the other side to pick up his lucky money.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library