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Universal Newsreels, Release 848, February 7, 1940
in Universal Newsreels, Release 848 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1940, originally published 1940), 9 mins
This newsreel features commercial fishing on ships and parades.
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in Universal Newsreels, Release 848 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1940, originally published 1940), 9 mins
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This newsreel features commercial fishing on ships and parades.
UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL Release No 848
COVERING THE WORLD'S NEWS FOR YOUR SCREEN!
LAY KEEL OF NEW BATTLESHIP
PORTSMOUTH, VA.--High Government and Navy officials take part in the keel-laying ceremonies, at the Norfolk Navy Yard, of the new 35,000-ton battlewagon, U.S.S. Alabama--to be completed in 1944 at a cost of $70,000,000!
(illegible text)HIP TO STUDY OCEAN WEATHER
NEW YORK...
This newsreel features commercial fishing on ships and parades.
UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL Release No 848
COVERING THE WORLD'S NEWS FOR YOUR SCREEN!
LAY KEEL OF NEW BATTLESHIP
PORTSMOUTH, VA.--High Government and Navy officials take part in the keel-laying ceremonies, at the Norfolk Navy Yard, of the new 35,000-ton battlewagon, U.S.S. Alabama--to be completed in 1944 at a cost of $70,000,000!
(illegible text)HIP TO STUDY OCEAN WEATHER
NEW YORK, N. Y.--The Coast Guard cutter "Duane," under Capt. Cornell, sails from Staten Island to report on weather conditions in mid-Atlantic. Intricate equipment for meteorological studies is tested before leaving.
300,000 SEE MARDI GRAS PARADE
NEW ORLEANS, LA.--Southland's annual pre-Lenten carnival comes to a brilliant climax as hundreds of thousands line the route of the spectacular Rex Parade, a symphony of colorful floats and unending pageantry!
ICE-COATED FISHING BOATS LAND (Exclusive)
BOSTON, MASS.--Fish for Lent! Fishing trawlers, home after two weeks off the Grand Banks, and covered from stem to stern with ice, unload their finny cargo--a million pounds of "favorite dish" per day for Lenten tables.
ISLAND AS HONEYMOON PARADISE
TAMPA, FLA.--Nearing completion on a small island in the Gulf of Mexico is the ideal spot for honeymooners. Thatched "love nest" cottages are being built, and soon the spot will be a mecca of romance under tropical skies.
MODEL SPEED BOAT RACES HELD
CHICAGO, ILL.--It's down to sea in ships--detailed replicas with home-made gas motors that would thrill any boy from six to sixty! The Navy Pier is the launching spot for the speedboats--and boy, how they can skip!
PIRATE BAND "CAPTURES" CITY
TAMPA, FLA.--Yo Ho Ho! A barrel of fun! The Gulf metropolis surrenders without a shot to the colorful buccaneer band of Gasparilla, whose brigand ship is greeted by thousands as it arrives for the annual carnival parade!
DOG TEAMS IN THRILLING RACE
NORTH CONWAY, N. H.--Plenty of sub-zero thrills as thirty "mush" teams get away in the New England sled classics. Bill Sherer brings his barking cavalcade home first in 4 hrs., 18 sec., with Mrs. Milton Seeler second.
GIRLS IN POWDER PUFF DERBY
AGUA CALIENTE, MEXICO.--It's Ladies Day at the famous track, with a bevy of pretty jockeys "up" for the Coronado Town Plate running. Plenty of primping first, but then the gals go to town! Anna Lee Wiley wins in a walk!
DIVING STARS IN GALA REVIEW
CORAL GABLES, FLA.--Sensational high-board diving by U. S. champs, and colorful formation swimming by pretty mermaids highlight the Miami Biltmore aquatic pageant. A spectacle of beauty and thrills!
SKATING STARS SHINE IN SHOW
NEW YORK, N. Y.--15,000 fans jam Madison Square Garden for the annual Silver Skates carnival--a spectacular exhibition of speed racing by youngsters and grown-ups. Plenty of spills enroute--but new records set at the tape!
VOLUME XII -- 1940
with GRAHAM McNAMEE -- by courtesy N. B. C.
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Date Written / Recorded
1940
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
Graham McNamee, 1888-1942
Date Published / Released
1940-02-07, 1940
Publisher
Universal Pictures Company
Series
Universal Newsreels
Speaker / Narrator
Graham McNamee, 1888-1942
Topic / Theme
Fisheries, Community events, Parades, Ships, Trade and Commerce, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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