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UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS
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Newsreel
1940 - 1941
18:01:19 V12 #937, 1940 Canadian Lcls Si. US pays tribe to Lord Lothian USS Hornet launched Martin B-26 tested Army builds pontoon bridge Friday 13th Club OK 32, CCNY 24 Byron Nelson wins golf British practice invasion tactics Gloria Jean helps Santa Claus RAF hero gets V.C. for downing foe w plane on fire. 18:12:09 V12 #941, 1940 Si. US stars in swim meet Fordham 52, Kansas 42 Yankee Dandy wins Santa Anita opener. 18:15:12 V13 #942, 1941 Kentucky Derby winner Gallahadion & Santa Anita Handicap winner Sea Biscuit become biggest money winners Stanford tops Nebraska in Rose Bowl. 18:19:25 V13 #942, 1941 Canandian Local Si. Football Golf Tennis Rowing World Series Track Trotting Diving America's Dare-devils Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Sugar Bowl ?? 18:30:24 V13 #942, 1941 Sports - THE SPORT OF KINGS: DRAMATIC MOMENTS IN HORSE-RACING! GALLAHADION WINS THE KENTUCKY DERBY! SEABISCUIT WINS THE SANTA ANITA HANDICAP AND BECOMES THE GREATEST MONEY- WINNER OF ALL TIMES! FOOTBALL: Gridiron "Greats"! Cornell bows to Dartmouth after the now-famous "Fifth Down" victory!--The Chi. Bears trounce the Wash. Redskins in the year's most amazing upset! GOLF: Highlight of a "big" year is Byron Nelson's thrilling victory in the P.G.A. tourney at Hershey, Pa. ROWING: The Poughkeepsie Regatta. Thrills afloat, as the Washington U. "Huskies" pull to victory on a choppy Hudson, with Cornell second. SPEED DEMONS: Wilbur Shaw repeats in the 500-mi. Indianapolis classic, his third victory. He averages almost 119 M.P.H. FORM: Beauty and precision personified by crack US diving stars. Pretty Marjorie Gestring and a male cast in a 1940 exhibition deluxe. BASEBALL: The World Series! The National League "Reds" earn a thrilling victory over the Detroit "Tigers." America's favorite game in a colorful wind-up. TENNIS: A "Queen" retains her title and keeps her throne! Alice Marble wins the singles championships, beating Helen Jacobs. She then turns "pro." TRACK: "Chuck" Fenske upsets Glenn Cunningham in the "mile," and the Kansan "hangs up his shoes." TROTTING: A time-honored sport! The famous trotting meeting at Goshen with spills to mark the annual round of steed and sulky. FOOTBALL WIND-UP: Nineteen-forty gridiron season comes to a spectacular finale! Highlight of the nation's "Bowl" classic, an exciting wind-up of the US football cavalcade! 18:33:40 V13 #943, 1941 Si. West 20, Eastern All-Stars 14 Golf gags Ski-jumping Governor General inspects ?? for Army services. 18:37:14 V13 #944, 1941 Si. England defense preparations Refugeee diamond cutters working in London US-Argentine trade pact signed Worcester, Mass. machine gun manufacturing Greek Orthodox bless Atlantic City, NJ water New York City reducing salon Dog as life-guard Oregon State co-eds w military hats Alice Marble & Bill Tilden win over Don Budge & Hardwick in tennis Mt. Hood, OR first-aid for skiers Bulla beats Craig Wood in golf's Los Angeles Open. 18:45:57 V13 #946, 1941 Si. London firebomb aftermath 3 New York City firemen return from London study British capture thousands of Italians at Sidi Barrani Axis attack British ships in Mediterranean GIs leave Brooklyn for Newfoundland SS Manhattan aground off FL Military helps March of Dimes drive & Eleanor Roosevelt visits polio patients New York City cat show LA, CA 100-mile stock car race Golden Glove bouts March of Dimes special. 18:55:33 V13 #951, 1941 Si. St. Paul Winter Carnival Mehl wins mile at New York City Millrose Games Ping pong champs NH horse racing on ice Betty Hicks wins Miami Open at Biltmore Muddy race opens Golden Gate Turf Club track National Peanut festival 5,000 boxes of food sent by Canadian Red Cross to captive British. 19:03:36 V13 #953, 1941 Si. Deanna Durbin meets journalists in Miami, FL Robert Taylor (with wife Barbara Stanwyck), Dick Powell, Shirley Temple, and Clark Gable with wife Carole Lombard at Grauman's Chinese Theater for Greek war relief Baseball stars play golf State of Seabiscuit unveiled at Santa Anita Lipton Cup regatta off Miami Beach, FL New York ski-jumping Ski train brings Americans to Canada. 19:09:24 V13 #953, 1941 Newark anniversary 19:10:20 V13 #954, 1941 Si. Summer beachwear modeled for war aid New York City indoor soccer Baseball players lose weight in sweat boxes Chicago Polar Bear club swims in Lake Michigan New York City 65th Westminster Kennel Club dog show Ohio governor & Maj. Gen. Beighler greet Boy Scouts Dartmouth Winter Carnival. 19:16:38 V13 #955, 1941 Sd Si Hopkins returns from England saying British can beat Hitler 750 navy reserves sworn in Employees of Curtiss & Bell in Buffalo see finished planes Flying Fortresses & 14 smaller planes past Mt. Rainier Spring at fashions Santa Anita Derby VP Henry Wallace exercising Notre Dame 41, NYU 38 Willie Hoppe retains billiard crown. 19:24:05 V13 #956, 1941 Si. Haile Selassie returns to fight England Air Marshall visits Boeing factory Army camouflages planes Coins tested at Philadelphia mint 10 Irish Setter pups born FL underwater show Tampa Pirate Festival Dodgers begin Spring Training in Cuba Joe DiMaggio gets in shape Pancake eating contest WI ice boat racing WA ski jumping LA bowling tournament.
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