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| 12/24/1932 | Complete Newsreel. WETS WIN AT LAST! BEER BILL PASSES HOUSE BY BIG VOTE - Victory for 3.2% brew hailed by LaGuardia, New York, and Mrs. Kahn, Cal. DRY AGENTS STILL ON THE JOB - Thirsty New Yorkers find there's no Santa Claus as holiday supplies are destroyed. MEXICANS REJOICE AT CHURCH FETE - Great army of pilgrims celebrates picturesque Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe. U.S. JOINS EUROPE FOR WORLD PEACE - New 5 - power treaty signed at Geneva announced by Sir John Simon as British spokesmen. Sub. 1 - Representing America - Norman Davis. BABY SUBMARINE TAKES FIRST DIVE - Dr. Beebe, sea-bed explorer, tries out Simon Lake's underwater midget in Pelham Bay, NY. NEWS THRILLS OF 1932! Pictorial Highlights From Year's Outstanding Films - Sub. 1- Al Capone goes to prison. Sub. 2 - Amelia Earhart flies Atlantic. Sub. 3 - Kilauea volcano spreads terror. Sub. 4 - Roosevelt's triumph! Sub. 5 - Speed King in 500 mile race. Sub. 6 - Pres. Doumer of France slain! Sub. 7 - Eclipses of sun sees millions! Sub. 8 - Japan and China at war! (HNR Vol.4-No.226) |
| 02/18/1933 | Complete Newsreel. RESCUERS BRING AID TO MAROONED MEN ON ICEBOUND ISLE - Tug battles floes to help keepers of water "cribs" in Lake Michigan. NAZI ARMY HONORS SLAIN HITLERITE. 100,000 Berliners join new Chancellor of Germany in Government funeral for inaugural riot victim. MARINE SKYDEVILS KEEP BUSY. Between bandit hunts the Leatherneck fliers have some looping practice at Quantico, VA. JIMMY WALKER GETS TASTE OF OLD JOB. New York's ex-mayor does some police inspecting, but it's on the Riviera at Cannes, France. STRIKERS ABANDON THOUSANDS OF TAXIS - Vast fleet of cabs stalled in heart of Vienna as tax protest ties up Austrian capital. ELITE OF DOGDOM IN SPOTLIGHT AGAIN - Blue ribbon canines have their big day at show of Westminister Kennel Club in New York. WORLD'S SPEED KING STARTS WARMING UP FOR NEW RECORD - Sir Malcolm Campbell hits 212 miles an hour in first test at Daytona, FL. Sub 1 - Second run attains maximum of four miles a minute. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT-ELECT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. Assassin fires on Roosevelt! Five wounded! (HNR Vol.4-No.242) |
| 03/01/1933 | Complete Newsreel. CHINESE PREPARE FOR LAST STAND IN JEHOL DRIVE - Troops get ready to resist invasion of southern cities threatened by Japanese. Sub. 1 - Tientsin garrison is reviewed by General Chung. Sub. 2 - Marines hold maneuvers on Peiping Wall. SIX DAY PEDALLERS OFF TO NOWHERE - Jimmy "Schnozzle" Durante sends fifteen bike teams away in long grind on NY garden oval. WON'T BE LONG NOW! BASEBALL TRAINING STARTS FOR SPRING - National League teams gets ready for season under sunny western skies. Sub. 1 - Charley Grim puts Chicago Cubs through paces at Avalon, CA. Sub. 2 - Giants show pep on west coast in first practice. Sub. 3 - Old Hans Wagner trains with Pirates at Paso Robles, CA. ROOSEVELT PICKS MORE APPOINTEES - Incoming President names his Secretary of the Navy - He is Claude A. Swanson of Virginia. Sub. 1 - James A. Farley will be Postmaster General. Sub. 2 - Director of the Budget is Lewis W. Douglas, Arizona. LONDOS SQUASHES JAPANESE MENACE - Greek mat marvel defeats Oki Shikina, ju-jitsu expert, in slam bang Los Angeles bout. DIXIE GIRLS TAKE UP FLYING TEST THRILL - Old machine gives pilot aspirants real airplane whirl on the ground at New Orleans. STAR ATHLETES OF TRACK AND FIELD IN CLASH FOR TITLES - Ralph Metcalfe, Marquette flash, tops 60 meter mark in national meet at NY. Sub. 1 - Keith Brown, Yale, makes 13' 6" in pole vault. Sub. 2 - Venzke and Cunningham collapse in 1,500 meter race. (HNR Vol.4-No.245) |
| 03/08/1933 | Complete Newsreel. THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT - Franklin D. Roosevelt takes office as 32nd President, succeeding Herbert Hoover - Nation hails new Chief at historic inaugural in Washington. Sub. 1 - President Roosevelt stirs his hearers in inaugural address as he promises action in national crisis. Sub. 2 - Washington crowds bid farewell to ex-President and Mrs. Hoover as they depart for private life. Sub. 3 - From the White House, new President reviews great inaugural parade. (HNR Vol.4-No.247) |
| 03/13/1933 | Complete Newsreel. EARTHQUAKE DISASTER IN CALIFORNIA. Remarkable views of the Great Pacific Coast Upheaval. Sub. 1 - 200 mile area south of Los Angeles devastated by series of violent shocks - scores perish - thousands injured and homeless - Loss estimated at $45,000,000. Sub. 2 - Metrotone cameramen photograph scenes of desolation while shocks still continue in Long Beach, Compton and neighboring towns. Sub. 3 - Dramatic stories told by survivors camping out amid the ruins. Sub. 4 - Aerial survey shows appalling extent of calamity with thousands of business buildings and homes in ruins. Sub. 5 - Relief work begins as local and Federal Agencies rush help to the distressed. A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT. Mr. Roosevelt urges nation to have confidence. Sub. 1 - From the White House comes a talk of vital import made particularly for motion picture audiences and rushed to the screen by Metrotone to help rally the nation to the President's support in his great work of reconstruction. Sub. 2 - Mr. Roosevelt bids the nation to banish fear in an inspiring plea calling on all citizens for faith in America's stability and the soundness of our financial institutions. That the President of the United States should enlist the aid of the screen in a critical moment of the Nation's history is a recognition of which every film exhibitor may be justly proud. (HNR Vol.4-No.249) |
| 03/15/1933 | PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT - MAN OF THE HOUR. (Unreleased) |
| 03/25/1933 | Complete Newsreel. BROOKLANDS OPENS in blazing fashion. FIRST LADY gives capital a surprise. SKIING KIDS happy as winter lingers. DICTATOR OUSTED as 11 die in Greek election riots. GAY PAREE gets dance feast -- [TIGERS get ready for real fight--Cardinals set for another pennant]. HINDENBURG BACKS Hitler as German Republic ends. RISING FLOOD takes heavy toll in Ohio Valley. REAL THRILL ready for Chicago fair. ROOSEVELT SIGNS the Beer Bill as nation rejoices. (HNR Vol.4-No.252) |
| 05/24/1933 | Complete Newsreel. TOM MOONEY QUITS 17 YR. CELL TO FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. Noted prisoner goes to new trial in San Francisco asking liberty or death. TRACK STARS KEEP BREAKING RECORDS - "Big Ten" college meet at Evanston, Ill., sees more marks shattered with Keller in star role. BOY PRODIGY BIDS GOODBYE TO VIOLIN - Grisha Goluboff, famous 10-year-old genius, must return fare instrument loaned in Germany. SMART SET SEES CHASE THRILLER - Exciting card marks opening of new course for jumpers in United Hunts meet at Roslyn, N.Y. LONG HAIR SO RARE IT GOES TO THE FAIR - "Believe-it-or-not" Ripley puts crowning glory of women in "sideshow" at Chicago exposition. NAZIS BURN BOOKS OF NOTED WRITERS IN GREAT BONFIRE - Hitler's youthful legions give Berlin quite a show to promote "Nationalism." $3,300,000,000 PLAN TO AID RECOVERY - Senator Wagner, of N.Y., explains his bill giving President vast powers over U.S. industry. MUSCLE SHOALS OPEN NEW ERA - Senator Norris, father of bill, hails signing of measure by Roosevelt as benefit to entire nation. HUGE HERRING RUN AIDS UNEMPLOYED - Millions of fish, trapped at Demariscotta, Maine, provide needed funds for the jobless. HILL CLIMBING ACES MEET WATERLOO - Motorcycle daredevils try going up where ski demons go down, at Cary, ILL., but with no luck. (HNR Vol.4-No.269) |
| 12/22/1933 | THE NEWS PARADE OF 1933! Hearst Metrotone News presents an absorbing review of the year's thrills and high-lights. A spectacular panorama of history -making men and events of the last 12 months. POPE PROCLAIMS HOLY YEAR FOR WORLD - Vast throngs hail Holy Father in Rome at inauguration of twelve months' period of solemn prayer. JAPAN RENEWS CHINA WAR - Nipponese forces break through the famous Great Wall as fighting is resumed in conflict for mastery of the Orient. ATTEMPT ON ROOSEVELT'S LIFE SHOCKS NATION - Assassin fires on president-elect at Miami. Mayor Cermak of Chicago killed and others wounded. ROOSEVELT INAUGURATED IN NATIONAL CRISIS - President Hoover's successor takes office amid solemn scenes in nation's gravest peace-time emergency. AT LAST U.S. GETS LOOK AT BERNARD SHAW - Famous English writer leaves N.Y. after hectic stay. A GREAT AMERICAN PASSES - Nation mourns death of Calvin Coolidge as Ex-President is buried from home in Northampton, Massachusetts. GIANTS OF FINANCE UNDER FIRE - J. P. Morgan leads procession of bankers to the stand in Senate inquiry at Washington. U.S. OPENS WAR ON KIDNAPPERS - Life sentencing of gang in Urschel abduction at Oklahoma City climaxes campaign against criminals. THOUSAND(S) DIE IN CUBAN REVOLT - Havana turned into battle field as soldiers and civilians clash in continuous uprisings. EARTHQUAKE SPREADS RUIN ON PACIFIC COAST - Long Beach California suffers vast damage in devastating shocks. MIGHTY AKRON MEETS DISASTER - World's greatest airship and air queen of U.S. destroyed with heavy loss of life in storm off New Jersey Coast. NEW FISTIC CHAMPION CROWNED - Man mountain Primo Carnera takes the throne as heavyweight king of the world. HELEN WILLS DETHRONED AFTER SEVEN YEAR REIGN - Miss Helen Jacobs becomes queen of the tennis world at Forest Hills(,) New York. DEATH RIDES IN AUTO CLASSIC - Terrific accidents mark 500-mile race of world's ace drivers at Indianapolis. WORLD'S FAIR OPENS IN SPLENDOR - Enormous crowds flock to Chicago's great Century of Progress. BALBO AIR FLEET SPANS ATLANTIC - Italian sky armada makes greatest mass flight in history from Rome to Chicago and return. GLOBE CIRCLED IN SEVEN DAYS - Wiley Post makes amazing hop around the world breaking all records. LINDBERGH CONQUERS AIR HAZARDS OF 21 LANDS - With his wife Anne, the Colonel demonstrates anew his mastery of the skies in 28,000 mile flight. NOTED FLYER MEETS DEATH IN PLANE EXPLOSION - Most spectacular air disaster of the year costs life of Italy's famous air man, De Pinedo. UNCLE SAM RECOGNIZES RUSSIA - President Roosevelt's negotiations lead to friendly ties with Iron Man Stalin as Soviet Republic rejoices. PROSPERITY ON THE MARCH - Millions enlist in the NRA as all America moves forward to better times. NATION REJOICES OVER PROHIBITION'S END - Repeal hailed as augury of a Happy New Year - legalized liquor brings increased business activity and doom of bootleggers. (HNR Vol.5-No.226) |
| 10/01/1934 | Complete Newsreel. PRESIDENT DEMANDS INDUSTRIAL TRUCE. "Fireside Chat" broadcast to nation defends New Deal in defiance of critics. Sub. 1 - Mr. Roosevelt announces call for conference to end strikes in vitally important statement making clear his stand on Recovery Politics. LINDBERGH CASE REACHES CLIMAX -- Dramatic scene in New York Court as Hauptmann is arraigned - murder charge ready. Sub. 1 - Scenes at Trenton Jail as Attorney General Wilentz announces preparations for trial. WAR ON COLLEGE GRIDIRON OPENS! Happy days are here for football fans of land as season gets under way. Sub. 1 - Exciting runs mark battle between Navy and William and Mary at Annapolis. A CALL FOR HELP FROM SING-SING. Warden Lawes sees flood of youth to prison cells as menace to nation. Sub. 1- A graphic film document of interest to every father and mother in the land. METROTONE SNAPSHOTS. SLUM CLEARING BEGINS IN DIXIE - Secretary of the Interior Ickes inaugurates program for improved housing at Atlanta, Georgia. STRANGE SPECTACLE ON THE PACIFIC - British warship Norfolk meets replica of historic mutiny ship, the Bounty, while cruising off California coast. BABE RUTH'S FAREWELL TO DIAMOND - Baseball's outstanding slugger is honored by fans, including the President, and plays his last game as a regular in Washington, DC. CARDINALS CELEBRATE PENNANT VICTORY - The famous Dean brothers, Dizzy and Daffy, hailed as heroes of St. Louis victory over New York Giants. HUMAN FORT DEFIES CANNON FIRE - Frank A. Richards performs remarkable feat in scientific experiment in Los Angeles, California. EDWIN C. HILL JOIN METROTONE - An Announcement: We take pride in introducing to motion picture audiences famous newspaperman Edwin C. Hill, commentator, who with our next issue becomes the Globetrotter of Hearst Metrotone News. (HNR Vol.6-No.203) |
| 12/19/1934 | THE NEWS PARADE OF 1934! EUROPE'S TRAGIC YEAR -- Albert of Belgium heads 1934's toll of rulers called by death - His son takes on the throne. -- Chancellor Dollfuss victim of assassins amid tumultuous scenes in Austria. -- Turmoil in Paris arouses populace and unseats Cabinet ministers. -- President Von Hindenburg passes. -- King Alexander, of Yugoslavia, assassinated as mob battles with slayers in memorable films. -- Pope Pius, undismayed by world unrest, spreads gospel of peace; proclaims New Holy Year. HISTORY-MAKING FLIGHTS --Scott and Black win 12,000-mile London to Melbourne race - New records mark progress of aviation. OUTSTANDING DISASTERS -- Record drought turns Mid-west into a Sahara - 10,000,000 cattle suffer. -- Chicago stockyards destroyed in worst fire since 1871. --India Earthquake kills 15,000 and does $40,000,000 damage. --Fire and storm wreck Japan's industrial centers - thousands die. -- Liner Morro Castle burns in 1934's most appalling sea horror. THE WAR ON CRIME -- Lindbergh baby kidnapping sensation! -- Arrest of Bruno Hauptmann is startling climax to two-year hunt. -- June Robles abduction has happy ending. Child is returned after 19 days in desert tomb. -- John Dillinger, Public Enemy No. 1, trapped at last and killed by Federal agents. -- Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly and forty others go to Alcatraz, America's Devil's Island. Baby Face Nelson, Dillinger aide, killed in Government's relentless hunt. STRIKE EPIDEMIC PASSES -- Great textile strike hits 13 states. -- Terror grips New England towns. -- General strike paralyzes San Francisco. -- Rioters bombed with tear gas by police. A YEAR OF SPEED AND THRILLS -- New streamlined express makes coast-to-coast in 57 hours. -- Sea and land planes set new records. Fatal crashes mark speed attempts. -- Russia thrills world with biggest mass parachute jump ever made. -- Cavalcade's great victory in the Kentucky Derby. -- The thrilling Indianapolis auto race. AMERICA MARCHES ON -- Franklin Roosevelt first President to visit Hawaii. -- Reviews mightiest navy spectacle since war time. New Deal spurs industry. Nation marches on with President! (HNR Vol.6-No.226) |
| 03/25/1935 | PRES. ROOSEVELT CERTIFIES CONSTITUTION OF PHILLIPPINE ISLANDS, WASHINGTON DC. Roosevelt signing constitution while State Dept. officials from Philippine Islands look on. President signing and handing constitution to Governor General of Philippines, Frank Murphy and duplicate to President of Philippine Senate, Manuel L. Queen - Statement by Roosevelt, Sec. of War George H Derry and Queen. (HNR Vol.6-No.252) |
| 10/02/1935 | PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DEDICATES BOULDER DAM, NEVADA. Roosevelt talking - crowd shots - dam, showing whole project - diversion tunnel - crowd and President - young admirers - President and party - President addresses dedication. (HNR Vol.7-No.204) |
| 12/25/1935 | THE NEWS PARADE OF 1935! VIVID SCENES of storms in Florida. DRAMATIC RESCUES in the Mohawk, Havana, Dixie and Rotterdam epics of the sea. THE HAUPTMANN CASE -- a clear, concise review of the greatest trial of the century. G-MEN'S RECORD in 1935 showing how the famous department dealt with public enemies during the year. THE EARTHQUAKE at Helena, Montana. GRAPHIC VIEWS of the mid-West's great dust storms. FOREST FIRES in California. THE PASSING of Huey Long. THE GREATEST TRAGEDY OF THE YEAR - the tragic end of Will Rogers and Wiley Post. THE THRILLING LAST FLIGHT of the giant Macon which ended in disaster. WORLD'S SPEED RECORDS shattered by Sir Malcolm Campbell. NORMANDIE CROWNED new Queen of the Seas. STRATOSPHERE EXPLORERS break the world's high climbing mark. PACIFIC CONQUERED as China Clipper opens new era with first America to Philippines air mail. ROME-NEW YORK FLIGHT holds its hoodoo as aviators barely escape death on hop off. CONCISE, GRAPHIC SUMMARY of the Italo-Ethiopian war. SPECTACULAR SCENES from Britain's Royal Jubilee. PREVIEW OF the forthcoming Presidential battle and glimpses of the Roosevelt 1935 activities. HAPPY NEW YEAR greeting from Hearst Metrotone News. (HNR Vol.7-No.228) |
| 07/11/1936 | Complete Newsreel. WITH ROOSEVELT AND LANDON! Metrotone's cameramen film latest activities of rival standard-bearers. PRESIDENT OPENS NEWEST STATE PARK -- dedicates 176,000 acres of beautiful Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, in stirring speech on Blue Ridge mountain top. GOV. LANDON ENDS VACATION -- Republican candidate leaves Estes Park, Colorado, for Kansas after mountain climb, fishing trip and seeing a rodeo winding up his holiday. SELASSIE STARS IN GENEVA DRAMA -- Ex-King pleads in vain for League help. GAY PAREE FORGETS CRISIS FOR BIG RACE -- Famous Grand Prix banishes thoughts of political turmoil. SCHMELING GETS BIG HOMECOMING -- Conqueror of Joe Louis is hailed as national hero and gets biggest reception of his life at Frankfurt, Germany. METROTONE SNAPSHOTS. Sub. 1 - STORM THREATENS BALLOON RACE -- Colorado blow nearly wrecks gas bags in national contest but finally get away at Denver. Winner flies 385 miles. Sub. 2 - BOYS AND GIRLS BATTLE FOR MARBLE CROWN -- Forty-seven expert knucklers fight it out at Ocean City, New Jersey. Leonard Tyner, of Chicago, wins U.S. title. Sub. 3 - ROYAL BABY IN SCREEN DEBUT -- Eight-month-old Prince Edward poses for movies with parents, Duke and Duchess of Kent, at Iver, England. ROYAL AIR FORCE SHOWS PREPARDNESS -- British bombers put on spectacular display at Hendon as nation rushes its air defenses. Sub. 5 - FLEET SALUTES GREASTEST BRIDGE -- Dreadnaughts pass for first time under mighty San Francisco-Oakland Bay span as they anchor in harbor. U.S. OLYMPIC STARS GOING STRONG! -- Remarkable performances in Princton, New Jersey, meet leave many records broken. (HNR Vol.7-No.283) |
| 12/07/1936 | PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IN SOUTH AMERICA. First films of the President on his history-making mission of peace. (HNR Vol.8-No.223) |
| 12/30/1936 | THE NEWS PARADE OF 1936! WORLD'S GREATEST LOVE STORY -- The empire shaking romance of Edward VIII and Mrs. Wallis Simpson from its beginning before the death of his beloved father, George V, to the crisis that ended in Britain's first abdication, with intimate studies of the principal actors in a drama that stunned the world. CONQUEST OF AIR AND SEA -- Giant Hindenburg inaugurates regular transatlantic service - Queen Mary is new blue ribbon ocean greyhound. ITALY BECOMES EMPIRE -- Ethiopia crushed, King Victor Emmanuel is hailed as first Roman Emperor in 1,500 years - Haile Selassie pleads to League in vain. HAUPTMANN DIES IN CHAIR -- Final chapter of famous Lindbergh baby kidnapping is written in Trenton, New Jersey, jail. STORM AND FLOODS TAKE RECORD TOLL! HURRICANE DEVASTATES EAST COAST -- from Virginia to New England tropical storm sweeps shore line for 1,000 miles - Norfolk inundated - fishing fleets struck. TORNADO FLATTENS GEORGIA CITY -- 100 mile-an-hour wind wipes out most of Gainesville in three minutes of fury - fires add to terror. RAGING RIVERS SWEEP WIDE AREAS -- Worst floods in east in thirty-three years paralyze Pittsburgh, Johnstown and scores of other cities and villages. A YEAR OF TURMOIL IN EUROPE -- Paris sees turbulent rioting - France elects first Socialist Premier in swing to Left. GERMANY SCRAPS PEACE TREATIES -- Berlin puts the finishing touches to Versailles agreements and resumes watch on Rhine. CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN -- Graphic resume of fratricidal conflict that has so far cost 500,000 lives. AMERICA GOES FORWARD -- Democracy triumphs - Roosevelt's landslide re-election ends campaign bitterness - in South America, Western Hemisphere echoes his prayer for a world without war. (HNR Vol.8-No.230) |
| 05/10/1937 | Complete Newsreel. AMERICA LISTENS IN AS BRITAIN CROWNS KING GEORGE VI -- for first time in history ceremonies of a British Monarch's Coronation are flashed across sea - millions hear voice of ruler. THEIR MAJESTIES MAKE LAST APPEARANCE BEFORE CROWNING -- King reviews Sandhurst Cadets at England's West Point and gets a mighty cheer. WINDSOR AND WALLIS RE-UNITED AT LAST -- Duke rushes to Mrs. Warfield in French Castle as woman for whom he forsook throne gets divorce. SPAIN'S HOLY CITY LAID IN RUINS -- first films of war's worst destruction as 800 killed in push on Bilbao. SPORT WORLD THRILLS! BROWN BOMBER GETS READY FOR TITLE BOUT -- Joe Louis begins training at Kenosha, Wisconsin, and is mobbed by autograph hunters. BRADDOCK CONFIDENT HE'LL KEEP CROWN -- heavyweight champion looks fit as he treats fans to a fast workout at Grand Beach, Michigan. A FISH STORY BY THE PRESIDENT -- Mr. Roosevelt, on way home, stops to tell Texans in Galveston a new one. LATEST NEWS SNAPSHOTS. Sub. 1 - RODEO SEASON'S GOING FULL BLAST -- wholesale steer riding is introduced for first time at Sonora, California. Sub. 2 - HERE'S THE LATEST! A DRIVE-IN BANK FOR AUTOS -- pay roll bandits foiled as motorists make deposits behind burglar proof gates at Vernon, California. Sub. 3 - LIBERTY BELL RINGS OUT AGAIN -- history's pages are turned back as Philadelphia begins celebrating 150th birthday of signing of the Constitution. NEW MELLON INSTITUTE OPENED -- Pittsburgh dedicates great $10,000,000 structure devoted to industrial research and service of mankind. (HNR Vol.8-No.268) |
| 05/10/1937 | Complete Newsreel. COMPLETE FILMS OF THE HINDENBURG DISASTER! One of the greatest catastrophes in aviation history pictured from start to finish in the most dramatic newsreel subject ever brought to the screen. GOVERNMENT STARTS PROBE FOR CAUSE OF EXPLOSION -- Navy also joins in inquiry as its aviation experts examine wreckage -- Commander Rosendahl called as eye-witness before Commerce Board but has no explanation as to origin of blast. DICK MERRILL HOPS OCEAN IN 21 HOURS, FROM N.Y. TO LONDON --undismayed by dirigible disaster, famous flyer and co-pilot John Lambie, break record in good-will coronation flight. 60,000 SEE FAVORITE WAR ADMIRAL WIN THE KENTUCKY DERBY -- second son of Man O' War to capture great classic leads all the way - Last Dollar Dan greets Washington notables. LATEST NEWS SNAPSHOTS. Sub. 1 - DANGEROUS AUTOS ROLL THEIR LAST MILE -- Indianapolis starts drive on old, worn out gas buggies and burns them up in huge bonfire. Sub. - 2 PRESIDENT HAS REAL FISH STORY TO TELL -- Mr. Roosevelt catches tarpon weighing 78 pounds in Port Aransas, Texas, and he is happy. Sub. 3 - IT'S APPLE BLOSSOM TIME IN VIRGINIA --famous Shenandoah festival crowns Gretchen Thomson Queen and holds a big pageant at Winchester. (HNR Vol.8-No.267) |
| 09/15/1937 | Complete Newsreel. LATEST FILMS OF WAR TERROR IN SHANGHAI! News of the Day brings another installment of remarkable pictures of the conflict in China made by staff cameramen at risk of life. The bombing of the great South Station, the attempted "Hobson" blockade of the Whangpoo, the destruction of the Nantao drydock, the sinking of gunboats, new air raids and other spectacular scenes. LEGION GATHERS FIRM FOR PEACE! -- Great New York convention recalls World War days as city dolls up to welcome again the boys of 1917. SPORT WORLD THRILLS! FOOTBALL FEVER HITS THE WEST -- Trojans hit the field 70 strong and find Coach Howard Jones has mapped out some strenuous practice for them. MUDDERS HAVE THEIR DAY ON EASTERN TRACK -- $25,000 Narragansett Special is run in rain at Pawtucket, Rhode Island - Calumet Dick, rank outsider, wins. PRESIDENT TELLS ON HIMSELF -- Famous Roosevelt sense of humor is very much in evidence as he addresses graduate nurses at Poughkeepsie, New York. THE WOMAN'S PAGE - Conducted by Adelaide Hawley. Bette Cooper, first girl ever to spurn the crown of Miss America, is found by The Woman's Page at her home in Hackettstown, New Jersey. The elusive Bette says she would rather go to school than seek a career. LATEST NEWS SNAPSHOTS. Sub. 1 - SPECTACULAR BLAZE SEEN FROM SKYSCRAPER -- Huge chemical plant blows up at Weehawken, New Jersey, facing New York's skyline across the Hudson. Sub. 2 - "LUCKY" TEETER OUTDOES HIMSELF -- Famous auto daredevil gives crowd at Brockton, Massachusetts, a thrill a minute. (HNR Vol.9-No.200) |
| 12/22/1937 | THE NEWS PARADE OF 1937! Outstanding highlights of a year packed with great events-an engrossing review of epochal history in the making. CORONATION! -- King George Sixth and Queen Elizabeth are crowned new rulers of the British Empire - Filmed for the first time are actual scenes of the ceremony in all its splendor. ROMANCE! The world's greatest love story reaches its culmination as former King Edward "at long last" weds the woman for whom he renounced a throne - American born Wallis Warfield, of Baltimore. HINDENBURG! -- 1937 records the most appalling airship disaster ever filmed as the great luxury air-liner bursts into flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey, and 36 out of 97 aboard perish in the flaming inferno. PERSONALITIES! -- The year marks the passing of J. D. Rockefeller at 97. Greatest philanthropist of all time, he gave away millions - In Rome the remarkable recovery of Pope Pius is hailed as a modern miracle. AVIATION! -- The vanishing of Amelia Earhart Putnam in the Pacific shocks the world. Her loss removes America's foremost woman flyer - but progress in the air continues as great sky liners link New York and London. FLOODS! -- 1937 witnesses the worst floods in American history as the raging Ohio and Mississippi rivers leave in their wake a thousand dead, a million homeless and do $500 million damage. WAR! -- Crisis in the Far East as China's drama of death involves America - The bombing of defenseless Shanghai and destruction of city after city - To women 1937 brings home the fruitlessness of war both in China and Spain, where the slaughter of innocents still goes on. AMERICA! -- President Roosevelt is sworn in as nation's leader for four more years - The President re-pledges America to the cause of peace and preparedness as the fleet masses in the Pacific - The Legion's big parade brings echoes of 1917 but America marches on hopeful for peace in 1938. (HNR Vol.9-No.228) |
| 01/03/1938 | ROOSEVELT SPEAKS TO CONGRESS. President, at opening session for 1938, delivers stirring message on international affairs and the much discussed problem of big business in America. (HNR Vol.9-No.231) |
| 03/21/1938 | Complete Newsreel. FIRST FILMS OF AUSTRIA'S SEIZURE IN EPOCH-MAKING EUROPEAN UPHEAVAL! The death of a nation portrayed in remarkable pictures as Austria surrenders to invaders and wild jubilation hides reign of terror soon to follow. Sub. 1 - Crisis brings new Cabinet in France! Sub. 2 - Czechoslovakia's President keeps cool! Sub. 3 - Anti-Nazi riot stirs Britain! Sub. 4 - King George speeds up Britain's air defenses! Sub. 5 - Insurgents smash forward in Spain! THE WOMAN'S PAGE - Conducted by Adelaide Hawley. Sub. 1 - Florida holds a spring parade of things intimate at Coral Gables. The stays of grandma's days to the latest streamlines bask in the Miami-Biltmore spotlight. Sub. 2 - down to the sea on snow in Venice, California. It's real snow, too, put on a toboggan slide and for once those beach beauties really get wet. LATEST NEWS SNAPSHOTS. Sub. 1 - "FIRST LADY" AIDS GOLDEN GATE FAIR -- Mrs. Roosevelt rides in tractor to break ground for Federal Building at San Francisco's $50,000,000 exposition. Sub. 2 - TORNADO BRINGS TRAGEDY OF SPRING -- Roaring up the Mississippi, twister cuts wide swath of destruction and wrecks town of Belleville, Illinois. Sub. 3 - GIANT SUBMARINE ADDED TO NAVY -- Splash goes the champagne over the sponsor and splash goes Uncle Sam's newest fighting fish -- the 1,450 ton "Sturgeon" at Marc Island, California. THE SPORTING PAGE. FOOTBALL? YEP! YOU CAN'T GET AWAY FROM IT -- Notre Dame's 1938 grid hopefuls get into early Spring training, at South Bend, Indiana. GENTLEMEN JOCKEYS THRILL BRITISH FANS -- Amateur riders in steeplechase "curtain raiser" to Grand National get many a bump at Cheltenham, England. (HNR Vol.9-No.253) |
| 04/13/1938 | Complete Newsreel. FRANCO PRESSES GREATEST DRIVE TO END SPANISH WAR. Latest films of the struggle show capture of Fraga and Lerida by the insurgents, key cities to their goal - Barcelona. Over the border into France flee thousands of refugees, civilians and troops but the soldiers find no haven there. 4,000 Loyalist militiamen are sent back into Spain. LATEST NEWS SNAPSHOTS. Sub. 1 - SING SING'S GATES CLOSE ON RICHARD WHITNEY -- former Wall Street financier begins serving five to ten year sentence for grand larceny and becomes just No. 94,835. Sub. 2 - STORK SURPRISES BLUE BLOOD POODLE -- dog goes through all the anxieties of a waiting father, in New York canine maternity hospital, and is presented with sextuplets. Sub. 3 - THRILLING RESCUE DRAMA IN NORTH SEA -- Lifeboat crews from liner "Wilhelm Gustloff" battle through mountainous waves and save whole crew of British steamer "Pecaway." HOLY LAND STILL IN TERROR'S GRIP AS EASTER DAWNS -- British patrols are everywhere in Jerusalem, searching all Arabs at Jaffa Gate and even guarding the famous Wailing Wall. Trains are wrecked by desert outlaws, incendiary fires are commonplace as troops strive to stamp out terrorism. Tel-Aviv, typical of the Jewish cities built on sand, flourishes as the youth of an ancient faith march on to build a new nation. THE WOMAN'S PAGE. Conducted by Adelaide Hawley. Sub. 1 - THE FIRST LADY'S EASTER FASHION SELECTIONS MAKE WOMAN'S PAGE HEADLINE NEWS. Mrs. Roosevelt obliges a horde of cameramen to pose in her spring outfits in New York and looks very smart. THE SPORTING PAGE. OXFORD WINS ENGLAND'S ROWING CLASSIC -- Dark Blues repeat last year's victory over Cambridge in grueling rough water struggle in River Thames. BANGTAILS OPEN FIRST SPRING MEET IN EAST -- Race fans head for Bowie, Maryland, as thoroughbreds furnish thrills galore. (HNR Vol.9-No.260) |
| 08/09/1938 | Complete Newsreel. ARMISTICE IN SOVIET-JAPAN BORDER WAR! Russian army in action on disputed front! Realistic maneuvers that forecast battle of Changkufeng Hill! Animated map marks high spots of frontier drama. Creation on Manchukuo and installing of Kang Teh as puppet ruler recalled as start of trouble! Tokyo on edge - taking air raid precautions against nightmare temporarily dispelled by armistice! PRESIDENT GETS HARLEM "ANGELS" AS NEIGHBORS! -- Father Divine's dusky disciples disembark to occupy new "Heaven" directly across Hudson from F.D.R ancestral home. LATEST NEWS SNAPSHOTS. Sub. 1 - ROOSEVELT HOME AGAIN, TANNED AND FIT -- President picture of health as he lands at Pensacola, Florida, and inspects naval aviation cadets before heading for political battlegrounds. Sub. 2 - MANMADE NIAGARA OF WEST AMAZES REDMEN! -- Kootenai and Flathead tribesmen, on whose land rears mighty Kerr Dam at Polson, Montana, see mighty torrent harnessed for paleface power. THE WOMAN'S PAGE. Conducted by Adelaide Hawley. Sub. 1 - News of the Day visits model feminine prison at Niantic, Connecticut, famed for 21-year record of human salvage. Inside scenes of training system that saves inmates instead of punishing them. THE SPORTING PAGE. McLIN CAPTURES RICH HAMBLETONIAN -- 40,000 fans see Lawrence Sheppard's great by colt wrest double straight victory over formidable field in Kentucky Derby of harness racing at Goshen, New York. INTERNATIONAL YACHTING REGATTA -- Tiny fleet puts out from Marblehead, Massachusetts, for most colorful race of 3 day meet. (HNR Vol.9-No.294) |
| 12/26/1938 | THE NEWS PARADE OF 1938! Screen saga supreme - the outstanding events of an epochal year-an absorbing review of the headlines of history. AVIATION! -- Howard Hughes, No. 1 annihilator of time and space streaks around the world in 91 hours - Britain's famed pick-a-back plane, launched in mid-air, spans Atlantic - Doug Corrigan lands in Dublin, completing greatest wrong-way flight of all time. DISASTERS! -- Nature's fury sweeps nation - Southern California suffers terrific flood as record rainfall sends raging torrents roaring down mountain canyons to Pacific - New England is raked by hurricane run wild - 682 die - $500 million damage is done by worst catastrophe of 1938 - Year's most spectacular fire sends 20 huge oil tanks skyward in flames - inferno in New Jersey! DRAMA! - In moment of madness, John Warde crawls out on narrow hotel ledge 17 floors above street in midtown Manhattan - defies rescue for hours - finally plunges to his death. WAR! -- Japan completes ruthless conquest, taking last of China's great cities - seizing 575,000 square miles of the "Good Earth" - countless thousands die as shot and shell, bomb and bullet, blast Asia! CRISIS! In Europe, Hitler seizes Austria as Il Duce abandons Schuschnigg - Britain's rulers pay imposing state visit to France in peaceful interlude to reaffirm "entente cordiale" between democracies - storm breaks over Sudetenland - Continent goes mad with fear - nations mobilize in panic - last minute "Peace Pact" is signed in Munich - dictators carve up Czechoslovakia! AMERICA! -- President Roosevelt steers ship of state to keep clear of Europe's hatreds - nation rallies for tolerance - Uncle Sam re-arms on land, sea and in air against tyranny. (HNR Vol.10-No.229) |
| 01/11/1939 | ELEANOR ROOSEVELT TALKS ON INFANTILE PARALYSIS. (Unreleased) |
| 01/12/1939 | Complete Newsreel. NEWS OF THE DAY. THE FRONT PAGE. THE TOM MOONEY DRAMA! FAMOUS PRISONER FREED AFTER 22 YEARS! San Quentin - Grim penitentiary releases its most noted inmate for fateful pardon hearing - touching family reunion takes place on steps of prison! Sacrament - Governor Olson presents full and unconditional pardon amid scenes of great excitement and jubilation - Mooney voices gratitude. San Francisco - Gigantic parade welcomes freed labor hero in home town. Climaxing celebration, Mooney speaks to admirers at Civic Center. SKY DAREDEVILS THRILL CROWD AT AIR RACES! America's crack pilots perform acrobatics de luxe over Miami - top fliers weaving smoke patterns in sea of clouds - ace-high art! ROOSEVELT GIVES DEMOCRATS SOME IRISH ADVICE! President is life of party at Washington's Jackson Day dinner urging harmony with inimitable brogue as Vice-President Garner and $100 a plate diners cheer him on. HEADLINE PERSONALITIES! FELIX FRANKFURTER NAMED TO COURT! Latest nominee for nation's highest tribunal poses at Cambridge, Massachusetts, home with his wife. HULL HOME FORM PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE! Secretary of State returns to New York from Lima, Peru, confident of success of parley. He outlines principles offered for world peace. THE SPORTING PAGE. DOG MUSHERS HIT ICY TRAIL -- New England Sled Dog Association holds 14-mile trek across frozen Lake Chocurua, New Hampshire. TOBOGGON THRILLS FOR CITY KIDS -- Weehawken, New Jersey, builds giant slide to keep youngsters from dangers of sledding on streets - and how they love it! 1939's FIRST BIG SKI MEET -- Central Association stars stage exciting carnival at Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, with breath-taking spills enlivening the show. (HNR Vol.10-No.233) |
| 08/28/1939 | Complete Newsreel. EUROPE IN SHADOW OF WAR! -- Latest films of great drama overseas as European nations make frantic preparations for war amid desperate last minute maneuverings for peace. BRITAIN! -- London rings itself with anti-aircraft guns - air raid warnings are posted - Tommies go to training depots as England's Army is expanded to war strength - tense crowds gather around 10 Downing Street as Prime Minister Chamberlain confers at special Cabinet meetings - Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary, broadcasts fateful message. FRANCE! Paris speeds mobilization - reservists fill stations - Premier Daladier and ministers meet on rejection of appeal - Public eagerly follows developments - Evacuation of French capital starts - American tourists in danger zones begin homeward rush. DANZIG-POLISH BORDER! Danzig builds barricades - parades Nazi defense force - Alleged refugees stream into Free City from corridor. GERMANY! -- Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop's mystery missions intensify "war of nerves" - General von Brauchitch, Army chief, stiffens morale of munitions workers at Dusseldorf, and demands guns, more guns. AMERICA! -- In Washington, President Roosevelt holds history-making press conference and discusses untiring peace efforts. In New York, travelers returning from Europe happily hail Miss Liberty! Congressman Dies and Acting Secretary of War Johnson make stirring pleas for peace and neutrality. THE SPORTING PAGE. U.S. WINS WIGHTMAN TENNIS CUP! -- Thrilling court battles at famous Forest Hills, New York, as American team led by Alice Marble and Sarah Palfrey Fabyan defeat England's beautiful Kay Stammers and Freda Hammersley to take trophy for 9th successive year. (HNR Vol.10-No.299) |
| 09/03/1939 | FROM WHITE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON DC, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT BROADCASTS MOMENTOUS MESSAGE TO NATION ON NEUTRALITY. (HNR Vol.10-No.301) |
| 12/02/1939 | BOMBARDMENT OF HELSINGFORS, FINLAND. This is the official answer on note from President Roosevelt that only airports are being attacked - from pictures you will see something different - bombardments were repeated several times - bombardment [encompassed] whole town - civil population which had looked for guard in open places were fired upon by Russian fliers - German steamer arrived for evacuation of Germans living in Finland. (Unreleased) |
| 10/16/1940 | 16 MILLION SIGN WITH THE UNCLE SAM. Drama of democracy in the first peacetime registration of military might in the nation's history - Pershing, Roosevelt and Rockefeller enroll with fellow citizens of all colors and creeds. New York's Chinatown shows the (same?) spirit as Native Americans of the oldest stock. From Washington D.C. the President addresses those answering the call. (HNR Vol.12-No.210) |
| 04/15/1941 | Complete Newsreel. THE FRONT PAGE. STRIKE ON LABOR FRONT! -- STRIKES PERIL DEFENSE! Police and CIO pickets clash at Allis-Chalmers near Milwaukee. Governor Heil's plea fails and disorders increase - three ton riot car is bombarded with bottles, eggs and stones - tear gas and fire house rout mob rushing factory gate. CALIFORNIA LABOR SIGNS MODEL PACT! -- At Solar Aircraft company of San Diego, management and workers agree to industrial peace for defense - no strikes, no lockout. UNCLE SAM TESTS ARMY'S NEW MECHANIZED MIGHT! -- America's first armored division at Fort Knox, Kentucky, takes field for intensive training - assault boats and barges move troops and tanks across stream - charging 4-man juggernauts - crash through all obstacles in their path in spectacular cross-country charge. ROOSEVELT SEES STREAMLINED FORCES! -- President looks over mass demonstration of modern military training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. BRITISH MOP UP Il DUCE'S DWINDLING AFRICAN EMPIRE! -- First films of occupation of Benghazi! Union Jack is hoisted in triumph - Greeks, released from internment, celebrate Allies' victory - harbor is dotted with sunken Italian ships. THE WOMAN'S PAGE. Edited by Adelaide Hawley. LACE TAKES EASTER STYLE SPOTLIGHT! -- Gossamer glamour is displayed at preview in New York Museum of Modern Art - ultra-modern creations that are All-American products. THE SPORTING PAGE. JUMPERS TOPPLE IN MEXICAN STEEPLECHASE! -- Barriers take heavy toll as Napoleon survives 2-mile dash to win Agua Caliente classic before record throng of turf fans. (HNR Vol.12-No.258) |
| 10/01/1941 | Complete Newsreel. WASHINGTON D.C. - FIRST LADY TAKES UP DEFENSE JOB! [Eleanor Roosevelt; Fiorello La Guardia] (HNR Vol.13-No.206) |
| 11/30/1941 | Complete Newsreel. ROOSEVELT WARNS NATION SHOOTING HAS STARTED! Rallying Americans to "battle stations," in an address to the Navy League in Washington, D.C., and broadcast to all the world, the President reveals possession of a secret, official German map disclosing Nazi plans for remaking South and Central America and taking over the Panama Canal! WAR TENSION IN ASIA! SINGAPORE GETS AID! Japan establishes air and naval bases at Saigon, Indo-China, as new Pro-Axis Cabinet takes over in Tokyo. US Ambassador Grew reaffirms policy of "no appeasement," as British rush troops to reinforce garrison in Straits Settlement. THE SPORTING PAGE. GRIDIRON THRILLERS FROM COAST TO COAST! NORTHWESTERN TRIPS OHIO STATE, 14-7! 72,000 fans at Columbus see Waldorf's Wildcats dim Buckeye hopes in classic of season. ALABAMA BEATS GEORGIA, 27-14! MINNESOTA DOWNS MICHIGAN, 7-0! CALIFORNIA TRIMS TROJANS, 14-0! MISSISSIPPI UPSETS TULANE, 20-13! (HNR Vol.13-No.213) |
| 12/08/1941 | Complete Newsreel. THE FRONT PAGE. WAR EXTRA! JAPS' TREACHEROUS ATTACK UNITES ALL AMERICA! -- Vivid highlights of situation in Far Easts Nippon strikes without warning - Scenes at nation's capital in final critical hours, films from Honolulu, Singapore and the Pacific! JAPANESE ROUND UP, BATTERY, NEW YORK CITY --Japanese Nationals arriving at ferry for Ellis Island - a group of new selectees and enlisted men waiting at the Governors Island Ferry. PRESIDENT'S EPOCHAL WAR CALL TO THE NATION -- Dramatic scenes in joint session of Congress as Mr. Roosevelt denounces Nippon perfidy and defies Yellow Terror - Congress acts quickly to place U.S. officially in the war. Roosevelt asks for declaration of war on Japan. Congress declares war on Japan, Washington D.C.. Vote being taken - Speaker Rayburn announces final vote. (HNR Vol.13-No.225) |