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Universal Newsreels, Release 320, January 16, 1935
in Universal Newsreels, Release 320 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1935, originally published 1935), 9 mins
This newsreel features the monetary policy of the US.
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in Universal Newsreels, Release 320 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1935, originally published 1935), 9 mins
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This newsreel features the monetary policy of the US.
UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL Volume VII Number 320
DOOLITTLE HOPS CONTINENT IN RECORD TIME FOR FLIGHT
NEWARK, N. J.--Major "Jimmie" Doolittle spans the United States from Glendale, Calif., in a big transport 'plane in twelve hours. The speed flier is accompanied by his wife on his remarkable journey.
COUGHLIN WARNS ON MONEY
WASHINGTON, D. C.--The famous "radio priest" states that act...
This newsreel features the monetary policy of the US.
UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL Volume VII Number 320
DOOLITTLE HOPS CONTINENT IN RECORD TIME FOR FLIGHT
NEWARK, N. J.--Major "Jimmie" Doolittle spans the United States from Glendale, Calif., in a big transport 'plane in twelve hours. The speed flier is accompanied by his wife on his remarkable journey.
COUGHLIN WARNS ON MONEY
WASHINGTON, D. C.--The famous "radio priest" states that active Government control of the national currency is vital to continued recovery and the elimination of financial ills.
INVADERS WIN PIE CONTEST
NEW YORK, N. Y.--East Side boys lose a fast pastry-eating race with all holds barred to a determined group of visitors from the other side of town.
VINTAGE CARS TEST TRAFFIC
PHILADELPHIA, PA.--Automobiles of ancient model brave 1935 conditions in a "dash" through the city streets. Police and modern drivers surrender when the rattle-traps stall.
BEAUTIES BASK IN SUNSHINE
MIAMI BEACH, FLA.--Lovely girls on sun-warmed sands disport themselves with glee, reminding ice-bound Northerners that's where they ought to be.
RELATIVES OF FISCH ARRIVE TO "CLEAR" DEAD MAN'S NAME
FLEMINGTON, N. J.--Kin of the man Hauptmann claims left the Lindbergh ransom-money with him reach the United States from Germany.--Jury "widowers" struggle to keep the home fires burning as their wives hear testimony.
PACT HOLDS HOPE FOR PEACE
ROME, ITALY.--Mussolini signs significant agreements with France, through Foreign Minister Pierre Laval, which promise to improve the international situation in Europe and Africa.
GUARDSMEN ARREST STRIKERS
ROSSVILLE, GA.--Clashes between troops and workers follow a walk-out at a hosiery mill. Faces are made and bricks tossed across the State line from Tennessee.
YOUTH ENJOYS COAST FLOODS
LONG BEACH, CALIF.--Oars splash over Main Street as a seasonal downpour puts the region under several feet of water. Boys and girls take to boats or pump along on bicycles.
GIANT SKI-RUN INAUGURATED
MARIAZELL, AUSTRIA.--Champions gather for thrills and spills on a new course built among big trees on the steep slopes of a picturesque winter sports district.
"THE TALK OF THE WORLD"
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Date Written / Recorded
1935
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Date Published / Released
1935-01-16, 1935
Publisher
Universal Pictures Company
Series
Universal Newsreels
Topic / Theme
Monetary policy, Great Depression, 1929-1941, Charles Lindbergh, Jr., Kidnapped and Killed, East Amwell, NJ, March 1-May 12, 1932, Trade and Commerce, War and Violence, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1935 Universal Pictures Company Inc.
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Universal Newsreels, Release 329, February 18, 1935
in Universal Newsreels, Release 329 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1935, originally published 1935), 9 mins
This newsreel, produced by Universal Pictures Company, is about gold and monetary policy.
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in Universal Newsreels, Release 329 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1935, originally published 1935), 9 mins
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This newsreel, produced by Universal Pictures Company, is about gold and monetary policy.
UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL Volume VII Number 329
SUPREME COURT BACKS F.D.R. BY VOIDING CLAUSE ON GOLD
WASHINGTON, D. C.--The highest Tribunal declares New Deal financial measures constitutional, upholding the right of Congress to regulate the currency and strengthening the President's position.
FETE "REMEMBERS THE MAINE"
HAVANA, CUBA.--Stirring c...
This newsreel, produced by Universal Pictures Company, is about gold and monetary policy.
UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL Volume VII Number 329
SUPREME COURT BACKS F.D.R. BY VOIDING CLAUSE ON GOLD
WASHINGTON, D. C.--The highest Tribunal declares New Deal financial measures constitutional, upholding the right of Congress to regulate the currency and strengthening the President's position.
FETE "REMEMBERS THE MAINE"
HAVANA, CUBA.--Stirring ceremonies draw hundreds of Cubans and Americans to services commemorating the thirty-seventh anniversary of the sinking of the Battleship Maine.
IRISH PRIMATE VISITS U. S.
NEW YORK CITY.--Cardinal MacRory, head of the Church in Ireland, passes through the metropolis on his way to Rome where he will report on the Eucharistic Congress in Australia.
FRENCH AND BRITONS AGREE
LONDON, ENGLAND.--Diplomats of Channel neighbors engage in momentous discussions, reaching an accord to promote the security of their respective nations.
DOWN TO THE SEA IN TANKS
VENICE, CALIF.--Old hot-water boilers make first-class diving helmets. With fair bathers at the pumps, boys salvage "treasure" from the ocean floor.
YOUTHS DRILL FOR IL DUCE
ROME, ITALY.--Boys of seventeen form the latest military unit in Mussolini's drive to put the entire able-bodied population under arms in one great fighting force.
BRUNO TAKEN TO DEATH CELL TO AWAIT DAY OF EXECUTION
TRENTON, N. J.--Hauptmann is removed to the State Penitentiary under heavy guard, beginning his "Last Mile" under sentence to the electric chair for the murder of the Lindbergh baby.
BLUEBIRD CAR SET FOR TEST
DAYTONA BEACH, FLA.--Sir Malcolm Campbell puts the finishing touches to his powerful racer in a trial spin at whirlwind speed before an assault on his own record.
NEW HOUDINI MOCKS CHAINS
WASHINGTON, D. C.--Jack Houdini, cousin of the great magician, frees himself in 58 seconds from forty-feet of chain and twenty-five padlocks while standing at the bottom of a swimming-pool.
CRASH WRECKS RACING AUTO
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.--Skids and lost wheels while going at tremendous speed, brings racers to grief during a thrilling contest on the Legion Ascot Speedway.
FIRE SWEEPS VESSEL AT SEA
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND.--Flames gut the freighter Bretwalda, endangering the lives of her officers and crew. The blazing hulk is brought into port by fire-fighting tugs.
"THE TALK OF THE WORLD"
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Date Written / Recorded
1935
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Date Published / Released
1935-02-18, 1935
Publisher
Universal Pictures Company
Series
Universal Newsreels
Topic / Theme
Gold, Monetary policy, Great Depression, 1929-1941, Charles Lindbergh, Jr., Kidnapped and Killed, East Amwell, NJ, March 1-May 12, 1932, Trade and Commerce, War and Violence, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Universal Newsreels, Release 395, October 7, 1935
in Universal Newsreels, Release 395 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1935, originally published 1935), 11 mins
This newsreel features election campaigns and government policies.
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in Universal Newsreels, Release 395 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1935, originally published 1935), 11 mins
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This newsreel features election campaigns and government policies.
UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL Volume VII Number 395
TIGERS DOWN CHICAGO CUBS TO CAPTURE WORLD'S SERIES
DETROIT, MICH.--The home team comes into its own at Navin Field, defeating the Windy City nine by 4 to 3 in the sixth game of the baseball championship. Immense crowds thrill as the changing fortunes of the opponents keep the issue in doubt.
HOOVER OPENS '36 CAMPAIGN
OAK...
This newsreel features election campaigns and government policies.
UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL Volume VII Number 395
TIGERS DOWN CHICAGO CUBS TO CAPTURE WORLD'S SERIES
DETROIT, MICH.--The home team comes into its own at Navin Field, defeating the Windy City nine by 4 to 3 in the sixth game of the baseball championship. Immense crowds thrill as the changing fortunes of the opponents keep the issue in doubt.
HOOVER OPENS '36 CAMPAIGN
OAKLAND, CALIF.--The former President makes his first strictly political speech since leaving the White House before a large gathering of Young Republicans, stating that the country is on a "joyride" to bankruptcy.
UTILITY WAR VICTIM BURIED
SCOTCH PLAINS, N. J.--Hundreds of sympathetic neighbors attend last rites for Mrs. Sophie Crempa, shot down and killed by a deputy attempting to arrest her husband as the climax of a long dispute between the Crempas and an electric light company.
MAX BAER BACK ON THE FARM
FAIR OAKS, CALIF.--The former heavyweight champion nurses the bruises he received from Joe Louis as he drives a tractor and milks cows on a ranch owned by his manager.
ORIENTALS SEE TIDAL BORE
HANGCHOW, CHINA.--A great wall of water makes its annual, inspiring trip up the narrow estuary, a huge foaming wave travelling at high speed over the surface and tossing moored vessels about like chips of wood.
PRESIDENT ASSERTS NATION INTENDS TO STAY AT PEACE
SAN DIEGO, CALIF.--The Chief Executive warns a huge throng at the California Pacific International Exposition that threats of war abroad are increasing in gravity and announces his policy of keeping the United States, "unentangled and free" of any conflict.
20 DIE IN PAINT EXPLOSION
CHICAGO, ILL.--A terrific blast of mysterious origin wrecks a paint-manufacturing plant, killing twenty persons and causing injuries to forty others. A falling wall crushes an automobile flat against the pavement.
ITALIAN TROOPS OPEN DRIVE
ERITREA.--Aided by shouting black allies from Italy's colonies, Il Duce's war machine moves into Ethiopia without a formal declaration of hostilities. The advancing soldiers cross the wilderness stretching along Haile Selassie's frontiers.
PRINCETON NOSES OUT PENN
PRINCETON, N. J. -- A fighting Tiger eleven marches down the gridiron in an brilliant last-quarter drive to snatch victory from a Red and Blue team by the score of 7 to 6, rousing 49,000 football fans to wild excitement.
"THE TALK OF THE WORLD"
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Date Written / Recorded
1935
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Date Published / Released
1935-10-07, 1935
Publisher
Universal Pictures Company
Series
Universal Newsreels
Speaker / Narrator
Herbert Hoover, 1874-1964
Person Discussed
Herbert Hoover, 1874-1964
Topic / Theme
Election campaigns, Government policy, Great Depression, 1929-1941, Italian Invasion of Ethiopia, 1935-1941, Trade and Commerce, War and Violence, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1935 Universal Pictures Company Inc.
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Universal Newsreels, Release 449, November 8, 1945
in Universal Newsreels, Release 449 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1945, originally published 1945), 4 mins
This video, produced by Universal Newsreels, is about labor relations in the US, the "Little David" 36 inch cannon, and the 75th birthday celebration for Danish King Christian.
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in Universal Newsreels, Release 449 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1945, originally published 1945), 4 mins
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This video, produced by Universal Newsreels, is about labor relations in the US, the "Little David" 36 inch cannon, and the 75th birthday celebration for Danish King Christian.
UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL
'TOPS THE FIELD'
'COVERS WORLD-WIDE EVENTS'
Helps Build a Newsreel Following for Your Theatre
LABOR-MANAGEMENT SEEK AGREEMENT
WASHINGTON, D.C.--Representatives of both industry and labor continue in conference as they seek to iron out industria...
This video, produced by Universal Newsreels, is about labor relations in the US, the "Little David" 36 inch cannon, and the 75th birthday celebration for Danish King Christian.
UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL
'TOPS THE FIELD'
'COVERS WORLD-WIDE EVENTS'
Helps Build a Newsreel Following for Your Theatre
LABOR-MANAGEMENT SEEK AGREEMENT
WASHINGTON, D.C.--Representatives of both industry and labor continue in conference as they seek to iron out industrial strife. William Green, AFL head, says labor must respect the employers' rights while at the same time retain the privilege to strike. Eric Johnston, head of the United States Chamber of Commerce, in a plea for unity, calls for both groups to meet more often around the council table and not in newspaper headlines.
BOND SALES ZOOMING
The Victory Loan -- the eighth war loan -- is rapidly going over the top as people demonstrate their thanks for victory. Six trains carrying combat equipment start a tour of the country as the V-Bond is queen is crowned in Washington.
BERLIN PREPARES FOR WINTER
The capital of Germany presents a desolate sight as the people clean up debris the best they can and lay in firewood for what is expected to be a cold and hungry winter.
ARMY UNVEILS "LITTLE DAVID"
The largest calibre mortar ever built, the "Little David" is capable of hurling a two-ton explosive eight miles with suprising accuracy. Designed for the Jap invasion it was perfected too late for use in combat.
REASON FOR THANKSGIVING
JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLO.--Enough turkeys to grace tens of thousands of holiday tables are rounded up for Thanksgiving. More than forty thousand of them take their last gobble and their last strut. Boy, the cranberry sauce.
HONOR KING CHRISTIAN
COPENHAGEN -- Venerable King Christian X celebrates his 75th birthday and his subjects jam the city's streets to do him honor. The King rides about the city to acknowledge the heartfelt tribute.
VOL. 18--449
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Date Written / Recorded
1945
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
Ed Herlihy, 1909-1999
Date Published / Released
1945
Publisher
Universal Pictures Company
Series
Universal Newsreels
Speaker / Narrator
Ed Herlihy, 1909-1999
Topic / Theme
Labor and unions, Weapons and ordnance, Trade and Commerce, War and Violence, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Universal Newsreels, Release 491, September 8, 1936
in Universal Newsreels, Release 491 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1936, originally published 1936), 8 mins
This newsreel, produced by Universal Pictures Company, is about pilots and international travel.
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in Universal Newsreels, Release 491 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1936, originally published 1936), 8 mins
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This newsreel, produced by Universal Pictures Company, is about pilots and international travel.
UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL Volume VIII Number 491
WOMAN HOPS ATLANTIC IN RECORD TIME
BALEINE COVE, N. S.--Exclusive pictures show the landing, in a dangerous bog, made by Mrs. Beryl Markham at the end of the blonde English mother's record-breaking flight Westward across the Atlantic from Great Britain. -- FLOYD BENNETT FIELD, N. Y.--Thousands...
This newsreel, produced by Universal Pictures Company, is about pilots and international travel.
UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL Volume VIII Number 491
WOMAN HOPS ATLANTIC IN RECORD TIME
BALEINE COVE, N. S.--Exclusive pictures show the landing, in a dangerous bog, made by Mrs. Beryl Markham at the end of the blonde English mother's record-breaking flight Westward across the Atlantic from Great Britain. -- FLOYD BENNETT FIELD, N. Y.--Thousands give the bird-woman a tumultuous greeting as she reaches Gotham. In a dramatic newsreel interview, the flier shows evidence of the strain her amazing escape from death had upon her. A police escort whisks her to her New York hotel where she tells her plans for the immediate future.
CANDIDATES DISCUSS DROUGHT
DES MOINES, IA.--President Roosevelt meets Gov. Landon and the Executives of other drought-stricken States in a conference to determine measures to relieve the sufferings of the affected populations.
FRANCE IN PACT WITH POLAND
RHEIMS, FRANCE.--General Rydz-Smigly, of Poland, reviews French military forces as a pact for closest cooperation between the armies of France and Poland is revived by diplomats of both nations.
DRAWS POWER FROM 'OLD SOL'
WASHINGTON, D. C.--Dr. C. G. Abbot creates a solar heater that draws power from the sun's rays with the greatest efficiency yet achieved by similar means, operating a half-horsepower engine with the energy produced.
10 DIE ON $1 PLANE FLIGHT
PITTSBURGH, PA.--Only one woman escapes as a "tourist" plane, carrying eleven persons at a dollar a head crashes in flames from unknown causes. A roaring blaze all but consumes the machine and the bodies of its occupants.
BRITISH GOLFERS SHUT OUT
PINE VALLEY, N. J.--American links champions capture the Walker Cup for the ninth time, without losing a single game to their opponents from England who suffer the worst defeat in the history of the famed trophy.
ACE PILOTS IN THRILL SHOW
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.--Scores of American and foreign airmen engage in a startling series of stunting events during the Los Angeles air races, in a glorious field day for aviation and its enthusiasts.
LOYALISTS OFFER BITTER DEFENSE
SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN--Government Militia stubbornly contest every inch of ground before the rebel onslaught. Shore batteries send screaming shells into an insurgent warship bombarding the Maternity Hospital. On the Zaragoza front, Workers Militiamen continue their victorious advance toward the key city.
"THE TALK OF THE WORLD"
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Date Written / Recorded
1936
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
Graham McNamee, 1888-1942
Date Published / Released
1936-09-08, 1936
Publisher
Universal Pictures Company
Series
Universal Newsreels
Speaker / Narrator
Graham McNamee, 1888-1942
Topic / Theme
Airplane pilots, International travel, Great Depression, 1929-1941, Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, Trade and Commerce, War and Violence, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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