4 Die as Train Hits Truck (Universal Newsreel, Nov 1937)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. PUNCH TAKES CESAREWITCH STAKES — OH! OH!: NEWMARKET, ENGLAND. 2. 4 DIE AS TRAIN HITS TRUCK: LOVEJOY, GA - The speeding Southland crashes into a heavy truck at a highway crossing, destroying the vehicle and hurling the train from the rails. Three persons riding in the truck are killed and the engineer fatally injured. 3C/A/B. PERSONALITIES IN THE NEWS: NEW YORK CITY - Magda de Fontanges, who shot the Count de Chambrun for “breaking up her romance with Mussolini,” is held by U.S. Immigration authorities. / CASTEL GANDOLFO, ITALY - Pope Pius XI returns to Vatican City at the end of his annual stay in the country. / EYSTON HITS 310 BUT FAILS: BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, UT - Capt. George Eyston hurtles across the course at over 310 miles an hour in his roaring Thunderbolt for a new unofficial land speed record. Clutch trouble robs the gallant English racer of official recognition for his feat. 4. FROST FORMS ICY ‘FEATHERS’: MT. WASHINGTON, NH - Up in the arctic temperature at the summit of Mt. Washington, frozen fog turns trees and buildings into the setting for a fairyland play. Flimsy crystals put a delicate tracery of glittering while over the entire landscape. 5. FASCISTS MARK ANNIVERSARY: ROME, ITALY - A hundred thousand leaders of Fascism from all over the country gather in the Roman Stadium for a noisy celebration of the fifteenth anniversary of their march on the Eternal City. Thousands of flags wave over the multitude. 6/8/7. OLD SCORES EVENED ON GRID: SOUTH BEND, IN - A scrappy Pittsburgh eleven rides roughshod over Notre Dame for a 21 to 6 victory. / PRINCETON, NJ - Dartmouth conquers the wavering Tiger, 33 to 9, in a thriller on Princeton’s home grounds. / CAMBRIDGE, MA - Army ekes out a one-point victory over a stubborn Harvard combination, 7 to 6. (LOCAL – MINNESOTA) 100,000 WATCH CORNHUSKING. (LOCAL – SEATTLE) NAVY AIR CRASH KILLS FIVE. (LOCAL – BERKLEY) OLD SCORES EVENED ON GRID / BERKLEY, CA. (LOCAL – CANADA) 45,000 DEFY COLD TO VIEW TRACTORS IN PLOWING MATCH.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library