Summary

Universal Newsreel

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Title: Universal Newsreel
File Number: DN-LB-525 Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 01/01/1938
Description: 21:59:41:00 - 21:59:57:00 B W 1938 Main title Universal Newsreel 21:59:58:00 B W 1938 Hialeah Park, Miami, Florida. VS race course and spectators. Race begins, VS horses running, kicking up dust. Lavengro wins 22:00:47:00 B W 1938 Detroit, Il. Marching unemployed with banners. Police line in front of building. Massive crowd. Release sheet, "More than 100,000 members of the United Automobile Workers' Union mass in Cadillac Square for a tremendous demonstration. The men ask a moratorium for jobless and extension of WPA in their protest against the recession." VS massive rally, including aerials. Banners, "Single Men's Unemployed League of Fisher Lodge" Placard, "Extend WPA 22:01:19:00 B W 1938 La Fleche, France. LS of French valley, ruins of farm smouldering. Police and troops search along road, in ditch. MCU peasants, men, some raking ground in ruins. Police look at rifle and bullet holes in stone wall. VS burned out cottage. Release sheet, "A tax bill for $6.60 results in the deaths of four persons and the burning of a farm and livestock as farmers attack authorities sent to collect the money. The house is fired to drive the taxpayers into a volley of bullets 22:01:55:00 B W 1938 Hotel Stevens, Chicago, Il. Women model coats and gowns. Walk down wide staircase, CU smiling and twirling to show off new designs. Spring fashions 22:02:41:00 B W 1938 Rome, Italy. VS of Fascist Academy cadets doing marching drills around stadium surrounded by large white statues. Release sheet, "The Forum is the striking background for a mass drill presented by a big group of cadets from the Fascist Academy of Physical Culture. As a bow to the Rome-Berlin axis, the lads practice the goose-step 22:03:16:00 B W 1938 Boston, MA. VS of dogs and their owners who have dressed up in costumes representing the countries from where the breed of dog comes. CU of dogs with owners. English mastiff, French poodles, Pekingees, chihuahau, retrievers, blood hounds, afghan hound, husky, Scotch terrier 22:04:08:00 B W 1938 Tampa, Florida. Stuntman poses in bat-man parachute. Plane flies over with smoke streaming from it. Batman free falling through air with smoke trail, looks like he's on fire. Pulls chute at last mintue. Plane flown into building and pilot, Capt. Frakes, carried away on stretcher. VS spectators 22:05:01:00 B W 1938 Madison Square Garden, New York City. WS grandstands. VS hurdle race. Ben Johnson wins 60-yard dash and breaks world record. CU Johnson smiling. Glenn Cunningham wins the mile race, finishes with sprint. Release sheet, "Glenn Cunningham equals the Millrose mark of 4:11 as he captures the Wanamaker Mile at the big indoor track meet. Ben Johnson of Columbia breaks the world's record for the 60-yard dash." Brief shots of spectators 22:06:06:00 B W 1938 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Skiers, mostly young men, prepare their equipment. Man starts race by breaking ribbon, skiers take off, vigorously using ski poles. VS ski races, women and men. VS spectators. (nice old-fashioned skiing gear 22:07:23:00 B W 1938 New York City. MCU of Dr. James West, Chief Scout executive, speaking. He thanks people for supporting the Boy Scouts and throught that support preserving democracy by working with youth. 28th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America 22:07:51:00 B W 1938 Cranwell, England. Two-engine airplane parks, King George of England salutes and then reviews troops. He climbs back aboard small plane and takes off 22:08:24:00 B W 1938 Sync sound. New York City. Braddock speaks, crowd is shushed. He says he enjoys being a referee since his retirement. Kids and young men watch boxing match between two boys. MCU of boys watching from balcony. Braddock raises winner's hand and tosses his hair 22:09:32:00 B W 1938 Rodessa, LA. VS of damage with fallen trees, overturned cars, flattened houses. Soliders, or National Guard, carry rifles as they sort through rubble. Man searches through ruins of house 22:10:06:00 B W 1938 Chicago, Il. Zoo keeper (woman) plays with large panda. Smaller panda is introduced to panda by second zoo keeper and pandas get along. (very cute) CU of children with curious, happy faces, mostly girls, wearing hats, nice shot. Release sheet, "Mrs. W.H. Harkness brings a new baby Panda to Brookfield Zoo as companion for the original Su-Lin 22:10:40:00 B W 1938 Rome, Italy. VS of Coliseum and men walking around ancient Roman monument and working on annual inspection and repair, nice angles. Constantine Arch. Workers dangle from ropes. LS of man scaling side of building 22:11:11:00 B W 1938 Hialeah Park, Miami, Florida. HA of spectators as they watch horses making way through crowd. VS of race. Release sheet, "Hialeah Park's record throng of turf fans sees War Admiral win his first 1938 race by a length and a half, galloping in championship style against stiff opposition in the Heather Stakes 22:12:15:00 B W 1938 Brooklyn, New York. HA of large steel bridge span. Men paint underneath. Span is launched sideways, woman smashes bottle of champagne. Span floats on water with tugs 22:12:46:00 B W 1938 Lower Manhattan, New York City. Protest march comes toward CAM with banners, "PUT AMERICA BACK TO WORK" "STOP CRIME" VS of huge demonstration. Marchers use umbrellas. Labor unions and relief recipients. Depression 22:13:20:00 B W 1938 Grand Central Palace, New York. Sportman's show recreates sporting practices. Africans knock on igloo, eskimo emerges and they are joined by Canadian Mounty and Scots man wearing kilt. Jousting in canoes. Log rolling. CU closing loaded shotgun. Deer jumping through hoops and lifting front paw for trainer. Man fishing by fake water wheel, nets trout 22:14:16:00 B W 1938 Miami Beach, Florida. Bathing Beauties are painted in mud from head to toe, CU of mud being spread on woman's face. VS of women covered in mud hanging from poles to dry. Mud hosed off women. Outdoor fashion show - same women model evening gowns, lots of lace. Release sheets, "Floridian Cabana Sun Club Mud put onto models over bathing suits with brushes as promo for Mrs. Grace Doherty's charity ball in support of the Milk Fund 22:15:30:00 B W 1938 New York City, Bruins beat Rangers in extra time. VS hockey game with goals, falls, and fighting. Several players wear helmets. Boston Bruins 3, Rangers 2 22:16:29:00 B W 1938 Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Men cutting ice with motorized sawing machine. Separating cut block of ice, men stand on floating block of ice. Man saws through ice. Ice blocks moved up slide ramp and laoded onto truck. Trucks leaving with large ice blocks 22:17:29:00 B W 1938 Robert Wadlow celebrates his 20th birthday with his parents and young brother. Wadlow is 8 feet and 8 1 2 inches tall. Blows out candles on birthday cake. Bends to clear door into room and sits in oversized rocking chair. Picks up brother and sits him in lap, both are smiling 22:18:01:00 B W 1938 New York City. Liner docks. Three princess sisters of King Zog of Albania have questions for eligible American husbands. Lots of flashing CAMS 22:18:26:00 B W 1938 Washington, DC. Dr. Francis Townsend, crusader for old age pensions of $200 a month, still fights a 30-day jail sentence for contempt. Lots of hand shaking and posing for CAM. CU Townsend, good 22:18:45:00 B W 1938 Gezira, Egypt. Egypt's young king, wearing fez, visits museum, surrounded by men 22:19:05:00 B W 1938 Isabel MacDonald, daughter of former Prime Minister, Ramsey MacDonald, marries unemployed house painter, Norman Ridgley. Couple chat and laugh. He lights up pipe and smokes. Sync Sound 22:19:22:00 B W 1938 CUs Deanna Durbin, surrounded by police officers and men in suits. She's holding flowers, laughs. Sync sound 22:19:47:00 B W 1938 New York. Starting gun sounds and runners sprint. VS pole vaulting, good. Hurdles race, two runners drop out. Mile race with seven contestants. (band playing in background). CU of winner, smiling 22:21:06:00 B W 1938 VS of basketball game with lay up scores and good shooting from outside of zone. Spectators cheer and applaud. Notre Dame versus New York 22:22:00:00 B W 1938 MS Flamingos running on infield of horse track running. Horses and jockeys walk out onto track. VS horse race and finish with winner, Lawrin, coming from behind. VS spectators in stands 22:23:09:00 B W 1938 Baton Rouge, LA. VS New York Giants spring training. Team posing for CAM. Leapfrog. Throwing and catching. CU shots of some players. Hitting and fielding 22:23:47:00 B W 1938 Lake Charles, LA. VS Philadelphia Athletics during spring training. Players exercising, throwing 22:24:00:00 B W 1938 VS six wrestlers in ring, throwing, punching, wrestling. Throwing each other over ropes and out of ring. One wrestler dressed in black with balaclava - mystery man. Has "Secret" on back of his wrestling suit with skull and cross bones. VS spectator (women and men) reactions, shouting, cheering, laughing 22:24:46:00 B W 1938 Ecker Hill, Salt Lake City, UT. VS international Ski jumping competition. Jumps, falls, some great angles 22:25:30:00 B W 1938 Los Angeles, CA. Muddy flood water running down street, over fallen trees and houses. Traffic stopped as men hitch boat to car. Cars drive through flooded roads, collapsed roads. VS damage and rushing water. Debris washing down river. Rescue team, man carries girl from boat. Woman sweeps water from deck. House ripped asunder reveals room inside with furniture and mirror. AVs of devasted area. Business area flooded, cars parked in water up to roof. Car half-buried in silt. VS houses on edge of bluff, earth from underneath falling away 22:27:12:00 B W 1938 Washington, DC. VS of President Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt outside of St. John's Church. CU FDR. Motorcade from church. On 5th anniversary of his presidency 22:27:30:00 B W 1938 Washington, DC. Cavalry line road as US government welcomes the Sultans of Muscat and Oman. They emerge from Union Station with the Secretary of State. Cavalry leads motorcade down Pennsylvania Avenue 22:27:54:00 B W 1938 White House, Washington, DC. French Ambassador, Rene Saint-Quentin, puts on hat with plume as he leaves the White House with the French delegation. He stops to pose for CAM 22:28:10:00 B W 1938 Paris, France. Man lifts roof of tiny car with one cyclinder motor, gets in and drives through traffic. He gets out of car and pulls it into small space between two parked cars 22:28:46:00 B W 1938 New York City. VS fire fighters hosing down wreckage of brewery after explosion and fire. Adjoining building with windows blown out. Firemen searching through rubble and removing body. Doctors in operating room and treating burn victim 22:29:19:00 B W 1938 Miami, FL. Irmgard Dietel, age 17, wins the Miss Florida competition. Contestants in swim suits modeling before large group of people and judges. VS as women parade about. Miss Florida holds trophy and poses for CAM 22:29:52:00 B W 1938 St. Petersburg, FL. Pitching and catching exercises. People watch training including CU two boys with freckles. Release sheet mentions "the Dean boys and Joe Medwick 22:30:30:00 B W 1938 Good bowling. Chicago, IL. HA shot of bowling on multiple lanes. VS strikes. Pinboys working to replace pins, balls returned up gutter, CU popping back into rack. POV from behind pins 22:31:11:00 B W 1938 Santa Anita, CA. Seabiscuit and Stagehand are neck and neck at finish - photo finish. Horses get ready on track, race begins, VS of race. Horse pulls up from behind, great finish. Santa Anita Handicap 22:32:18:00 B W 1938 Tampa, FL. Players pose for CAM. CU players. Throwing medicine ball in circle. Pulling man back and forth over medicine ball (bizarre). Throwing practice. Catcher in MCU. MCU Manager Cincinnati Reds
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