1938
| SORT DATE |
CONTENTS |
| 1/3/38 |
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE STORY. Los Angeles - State Unemployment Service - lineup of men waiting to fill out an application for insurance or a job - faces and types - Roy S. Stockton, Chief of State Service, makes a statement. Irene Tomilson, unemployed girl worker answers questions. Deaf and dumb have special department. Gwendelyn Richards, deaf candy packer, seeks a job. (Unreleased) |
| 1/3/38 |
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) |
| 1/5/38 |
KING CAROL NOW RUMANIA'S "STRONG MAN". Former easy-going monarch is latest royal patron of dictatorship. (HNR Vol.9-No.232) |
| 1/14/38 |
LEADERS OF INDUSTRY AND LABOR AT WHITE HOUSE. CIO's John L. Lewis, Owen D. Young and Thomas W. Lamont hold momentous conference with President. (HNR Vol.9-No.235) |
| 1/31/38 |
TELEVISION-SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. London - With original apparatus now in museum, we introduce John Baird, the inventor. Disastrous fire at Crystal Palace destroyed much valuable apparatus, but great strides have been made in 12 years in television pictures. (Unreleased) |
| 2/2/38 |
WOMEN'S MOBILISATION, BARCELONA. (Unreleased) |
| 2/12/38 |
THE WOMAN'S PAGE- Conducted by Adelaide Hawley. OUTSTANDING AMONG WOMEN IN UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS is Miss Maude Bennot, expert astronomer and director of Chicago's Adler Planetarium - She's America's No. 1 woman star gazer. (HNR Vol.9-No.245) |
| 2/17/38 |
JEWISH REFUGEES IN MERKPLAS CAMP, Belgium. Refugees watching bus - wearing badge - bringing soup - behind them are Belgian prisoners - refugees drinking soup. (Unreleased) |
| 3/2/38 |
FATHER OF RUSSIAN REVOLUTION SEES U.S. HOPE OF DEMOCRACY. Alexander Kerensky, exiled for twenty years, visits New York, calls conditions in Russia "terrible" and discusses Soviet purge - back in Moscow where scenes such as those attending the latest treason trial are shown - leaders in the drama - exciled Leon Trotsky accused of plotting against the Soviet regime and Dictator Stalin whose iron rule remains unbroken. (HNR Vol.9-No.248) |
| 3/7/38 |
SCHUSCHNIGG PROMISES TO UPHOLD AUSTRIA'S FREEDOM. Chancellor pledges his government, before a tense Diet meeting in Vienna, that nation will fight to keep its independence. (HNR Vol.9-No.249) |
| 3/7/38 |
Cuts and Outs. SCHUSCHNIGG PROMISES TO UPHOLD AUSTRIA'S FREEDOM. (Unreleased) |
| 3/9/38 |
BIGGER NAVY BATTLE STIRS CONGRESS! From Washington, D.C. come comments from the lawmakers for and against the billion dollar Navy issue as they line up for a battle of words. At San Pedro, California, far away from the seething Capitol, the fleet gets ready to leave on secret maneuvers. Loaded with supplies, 150 warships steam away in Uncle Sam's defense drama in the Pacific. (HNR Vol.9-No.250) |
| 3/11/38 |
ADOLF HITLER MAKES TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO VIENNA ON DAY BEFORE THE PLEBISCITE - SOLEMN PROCLAMATION OF GREATER GERMANY. 2 min. silence - sirens and chimes - 30,000 homing pigeons released to return to all towns in Germany. (Unreleased) |
| 3/12/38 |
CZECHS RALLY TO AVERT FATE OF AUSTRIA! The crisis in Europe presented in a comprehensive pictorial display - virtual prisoners, Austria's President Miklas and ex-Chancellor Schuschnigg - the strength of Germany that turned Austria into a Reich state and the power of Czechoslovakia whose President Benes has declared he is ready to resist invasion. Sub. 1 - In Washington D.C., Czechoslovakia's minister to the United States, Vladimir Hurban, warns that his country, if attacked, will fight. (HNR Vol.9-No.251) |
| 3/21/38 |
Cuts and Outs. GERMAN TROOPS ENTERING AUSTRIA. Hitler Youth line up along streets - crowd and enthusiasm in Vienna - German troops entering Innsbruck - German troops in Salzburg and Vienna. (Unreleased) |
| 3/21/38 |
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) |
| 3/28/38 |
KING AND QUEEN VISIT WORKMEN'S FLATS, ENGLAND. Queen Elizabeth displays a keen and intimate interest in how the other half lives as she and the King see progress being made in providing better homes for the poor. (HNR Vol.9-No.255) |
| 4/1/38 |
FIRST FILMS OF BOMBING OF BARCELONA! Horrifying scenes of destruction in streets of Spanish Loyalists' capital, victim of worst aerial attack by Franco's "eagles" since beginning of the war - the cost, 1,300 civilians killed, 2,000 mangled. (HNR Vol.9-No.256) |
| 4/1/38 |
Cuts and Outs. FIRST FILMS OF BOMBING OF BARCELONA! (Unreleased) |
| 4/11/38 |
NEW SUBWAY IN RUSSIA. Various scenes on subway platforms. (Unreleased) |
| 4/13/38 |
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) |
| 5/16/38 |
ITALIAN NAVAL DISPLAY IN HONOR OF HITLER in Naples and reception in Rome - King Victor Emmanuel - Mussolini - Hitler - parade - youth - maneuvers - ships - Arabian cavalry. (HNR Vol.9-No.269) |
| 5/16/38 |
MARION FOLEY WORLD'S FAIR'S ONLY FEMALE ENGINEER. Flushing Meadows, Long Island. Marion Foley in talk. Miss Foley working at plants. Out on a site, Miss Foley confers with engineers. (Unreleased) |
| 5/18/38 |
CALIFORNIANS REVIVE OLD SPANISH CUSTOM. Cameramen from all over California assemble at Santa Barbara to revive old Spanish custom of Visitadores [Leo Carrillo; Lanny Ross; John Boles]. (HNR Vol.9-No.270) |
| 5/18/38 |
LEON TROTSKY, FORMER SOVIET WAR MINISTER, IS ORDERED INTO EXIL for opposing commissar Stalin. (Unreleased) |
| 5/25/38 |
Cuts and Outs. FIRST FILMS OF CHINA'S DESPERATE FIGHT TO HALT JAPANESE STEAMER! Photographed by famous "Newsreel" Wong for News of the Day on the Soochow front! Remarkable scenes as Chiang Kai-shek's "suicide squads" brave death to hold back invaders. (Unreleased) |
| 5/25/38 |
SOVIET'S REVEAL NEW WAR POWER. May Day display shows huge strides in mechanization of Russian army. (HNR Vol.9-No.272) |
| 5/25/38 |
FIRST FILMS OF CHINA'S DESPERATE FIGHT TO HALT JAPANESE STEAMER! Photographed by famous "Newsreel" Wong for News of the Day on the Soochow front! Remarkable scenes as Chiang Kai-shek's "suicide squads" brave death to hold back invaders! (HNR Vol.9-No.272) |
| 6/8/38 |
ADOLF HITLER IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA. (Unreleased) |
| 6/13/38 |
STALIN PHYSICAL CULTURE CLASS GRADUATION, Moscow. All future teachers - to develop perfect specimens of Soviet Youth - C.U.'s of Stalin. (Unreleased) |
| 6/15/38 |
Cuts and Outs. MRS. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN SEES GIRL PHYSICAL CULTURE DISPLAY. (HNR Vol.9-No.278) |
| 6/15/38 |
MRS. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN SEES GIRL PHYSICAL CULTURE DISPLAY AT WEMBLEY STADIUM, ENGLAND. (HNR Vol.9-No.278) |
| 6/20/38 |
SPECTACULAR FILMS OF LATEST CANTON BOMBINGS. News of the Day in this issue presents by far the most complete and absorbing picture yet brought to the screen of the Japanese air raids on China's important southern metropolis! Filmed by staff cameraman H. S. (Newsreel) Wong under fire as night and day attacks set great city ablaze. (HNR Vol.9-No.279) |
| 6/22/38 |
BROWN BOMBER TELLS HOW HE K.O'D MAX. Scenes before and after the big fight with intimate glimpses of Schmeling and Louis as they posed together on the eve of their sensational battle! Champion, smiling and unmarked, tells News of the Day all about it within a few minutes of his astounding victory over his challenger. (HNR Vol.9-No.280) |
| 7/7/38 |
Cuts and Outs. WITH ITALIAN TROOPS IN SPAIN. (Unreleased) |
| 7/7/38 |
WITH ITALIAN TROOPS IN SPAIN. First pictures from Barcelona front reveal Il Duce's followers fighting for Franco under own flag. (HNR Vol.9-No.284) |
| 7/20/38 |
BRITISH TROOPS LEAVE SPIKE ISLAND, Cork Harbor, Ireland. Last British troops stationed at Spike Island hand over custody of Islands and fortifications to troops of Eire. (HNR Vol.9-No.288) |
| 7/25/38 |
STRATEGIC VALUE OF CHANGKUFENG. The hill on Manchukuo Soviet border that has been illegally occupied by Soviet Frontier Guards in film, taken from banks of Tumen River, which separates Korea and Manchukuo. Slopes along the skyline are reportedly being fortified by Soviet troops. (Unreleased) |
| 8/1/38 |
HITLER LAYS CORNERSTONE OF PEOPLES' AUTO FACTORY, Fallersleben, Germany. It will be greatest industrial undertaking in Germany and city of Fallersleben will become Reich's most modern city with 80,000 residents. The new people's auto, which through light installment payments will be made available to workers and small employees, should cost 990 marks, and will be delivered in 3 different models. It is a four passenger car. (Volkswagen). (Unreleased) |
| 8/9/38 |
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) |
| 8/15/38 |
RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. Map showing USSR, China, Mongolia, Manchukuo, Korea and Japan. Changkufeng front with arrow appears. Artillery barrage, troops charging. Japanese hill with binoculars. Tracks across terrain. Map shows plane flying from Vladivostok to Tokyo, plane montage showing aircraft from camera overhead. (Unreleased) |
| 8/29/38 |
LIFE IN HANKOW JUST ONE RAID AFTER ANOTHER! Repeated Japanese bombing becomes deadly routine to China's temporary capital. Direct hits set railway station and oil tanks aflame. Parting blast smashes river colony of sampans. Death takes no holiday on the Yangtze. (HNR Vol.9-No.299) |
| 9/10/38 |
Cuts and Outs. FRENCH RUSH DEFENSE PLANS IN WAR CRISIS. (Unreleased) |
| 9/10/38 |
Complete Newsreel. FRENCH RUSH DEFENSE PLANS IN WAR CRISIS! -- Poilus hold battle maneuvers near Swiss border as Generals close unfortified gap below Maginot line with crack troops. Fast-firing guns and speed tanks at vital spots are Paris reply to Hitler. FINAL TRIBUTE TO CARDINAL OF CHARITY! -- Requiem for Patrick Cardinal Hayes at New York impressive farewell to Prince of Church. Religious leaders join reverent multitudes in colorful last rites. LATEST NEWS SNAPSHOTS. Sub. 1 - MOUNT VESUVIUS IN UNUSUAL ERUPTION! -- Famed Italian volcano grows menacing, arousing fears of nearby towns. Daring experts visit smoking summit to study latest upheaval. Sub. 2 - HINES MISTRIAL STIRS NEW YORK! Racket-busting District Attorney Dewey receives shock of life as Justice Pecora announces sensational decision. Boss Hines, with loyal wife, makes something like a triumphal exit from court. THE WOMAN'S PAGE. Edited by Adelaide Hawley. Sub. 1 - OHIO BEAUTY BECOMES MISS AMERICA 1938! Marilyn Meseke, 21, of Marion wins coveted crown after 45 hopefuls parade in climax of Atlantic City Pageant. Sub. 2 - NETHERLANDS SALUTES BELOVED QUEEN! -- Wilhemina, 40 years a ruler, receives amazing demonstration of loyalty from her subjects as she attends Jubilee fete at The Hague. THE SPORTING PAGE. ITALY WINS INTERNATIONAL LIFEBOAT RACE! Half million see salts of six nations row over choppy two mile course in New York harbor to decide merchant marine championship. OLD WESTBURY RETAINS U.S. POLO TITLE! -- Hard-riding society aces beat Greentree four, 16-, in thrill-packed final at Westbury, LI, as 36,000 cheer turf battle royal. (HNR Vol.9-No.303) |
| 9/18/38 |
HOLLAND'S QUEEN PRAYS FOR PEACE. Wilhelmina, observing 40th anniversary of coronation by attending services in Amsterdam church where she was crowned in 1898. (HNR Vol.10-No.201) |
| 9/18/38 |
VANISHING REDMEN NET VANISHING SALMON! Indians of five tribes make what may be their last haul at historic Celilo Falls, OR, due to construction of Bonneville Dam. (HNR Vol.10-No.201) |
| 9/18/38 |
EUROPE AWAITS CZECH DECISION ON SURRENDER! Latest developments in overseas crisis! Dramatic plea by Czech President Benes for peace - Premier Daladier and French cabinet are backing Britain - Gigantic Nuremberg rally where Hitler hurled ultimatum - Animated map showing Czechoslovakia's peril - all the highlights of history-making epoch. (HNR Vol.10-No.201) |
| 9/27/38 |
DAYS OF TENSION OVER CZECHOSLOVAKIA. 10 Downing St. - London - Another cabinet meeting bring Sir Samuel Hoare, Winston Churchill and Mr. Atlee to 10 Downing St. From Fleet St. comes records of each changing hour while the world waits to learn if it is to be plunged into war. Focus of world's attention is the rally at Nuremburg..., Mr. Benes, who has worked untiringly on the side of peace and democracy... In a world of would be enemies we remember example of our King and Pres. of France..., French fleet is ready to sail. Britain has adopted precautionary measures and her navy is prepared. (Unreleased) |
| 9/27/38 |
CHAMBERLAIN BACK IN ENGLAND. Crowds assembled in neighborhood of Downing St. to see him, still there was tension, was it war or peace? The only guide was the apparent confidence of (Chamberlain). At this time a party of 800 German ex-servicemen visiting England marched together with British ex-servicemen, men who fought on opposite sides in the last war. They don't look as if they want war any more than Britain does. So now, trust Chamberlain. (Unreleased) |
| 10/9/38 |
Cuts and Outs. MUNICH PACT SIGNED. Neville Chamberlain of England arriving - driving through streets to greet Hitler - involved in meeting with Hitler, Mussolini and Daladier. (Unreleased) |
| 10/9/38 |
Complete Newsreel. FIRST FILMS OF CZECH SURRENDER OF SUDETENLAND! Including also first pictures of actual signing of the Big Four treaty at Munich by Hitler, Chamberlain, Mussolini and Daladier! Striking scenes of the march into Sudetenland by the Nazi legions and the homecoming of French Premier and Britain's Prime Minister. LATEST NEWS SNAPSHOTS. GARBO RETURNS TO AMERICA! -- Greta, the Glamorous, back in New York after European holiday, gets rousing reception for one who wants to be alone. 11th CAVALRY IN STIRRING MANEUVERS! -- Dashing across sand dunes near Monterey, California, Uncle Sam's hard-riding troops stage sensational charge. THE SPORTING PAGE. YANKS SWEEP WORLD SERIES! -- Highlights of final game as New York's American League champs rout Chicago Cubs despite last stand of "Dizzy" Dean. COLUMBIA BEATS ARMY, 20-18, IN THRILLER. UCLA BRUINS DOWN HUSKIES, 13-0! TROJANS TROUNCE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES! NOTRE DAME IRISH TAME GEORGIA TECH TORNADO! PENN QUAKERS BITE YALE BULLDOG, 21-0. (HNR Vol.10-No.207) |
| 10/24/38 |
CHINA'S FIRST LADY URGES NATION ON! In a Hankow about to fall, Madame Chiang Kai-shek visits wounded - supervises exodus of mothers and babes - inspires recruits to make last stand. (HNR Vol.10-No.211) |
| 10/24/38 |
ANNUAL MERRY-GO-ROUND OF CZECHOSLOVAKIAN FILM WORLD. Interview about Urania. (Unreleased) |
| 10/26/38 |
Complete Newsreel. JAPAN COMPLETES CONQUEST OF CHINA'S MAIN CITIES WINNING VAST EMPIRE! Latest pictures of irresistible drive on Hankow - seasoned troops storming only stronghold barring path to China's capital - complete resume of Nippon's startling gains in 16 months of fighting - the trail of the invader from Peiping to Canton - from Shanghai to Hankow. LATEST NEWS SNAPSHOTS. AMAZING MACHINE HARVESTS SUGAR CANE! -- Mechanical marvel that enables three men to do work of 60 is demonstrated at Louisianna plantation. HEROES OF FLAMING AIR CRASH HONORED -- As one of 11 passengers saved, Joseph V. Connolly, famed newspaper chief, awards medals of valor to intrepid crew at New York. ANTI-AIRCRAFT TANK NEWEST SENSATION -- High speed, heavily armed machine, which can make better than mile a minute, is tested at Rahway, New Jersey. CHIMPS THROW WEIRD HALLOWEEN PARTY -- Snooks, Annie and Little Joe turn Philadelphia Zoo fete topsy-turvy with their side-splitting antics. JITTERBUGS SWING FOR SWEET CHARITY -- Jam-packed jam session, staged by Boston Evening American for Christmas Basket Fund, brings out New England champs. THOSE JOYOUS SWEEPS WINNERS ARE IN AGAIN -- Modest New Jersey schoolmarm and smiling Bronx colleen wear $75,000 smiles while Mr. And Mrs. Albert Rothe, of New York, cop $150,000. THE SPORTING PAGE. PRINCTON BATTLES NAVY TO 13 - 13 TIE. Tigers put up remarkable offensive game against Midshipmen as 40,000 fans see exciting grid thriller. (HNR Vol.10-No.212) |
| 10/31/38 |
RADIO BROADCAST CAUSES WAR SCARE. Orson Welles, man whose description of mythical attack on U.S.A. by Martian monsters frightened thousands of listeners, is all regrets. (HNR Vol.10-No.213) |
| 11/2/38 |
HUNGARIAN TROOPS ENTER REGION CEDED BY CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Town of Cameron - regent, Admiral Horthy de Nagybanys - met by members of Hungarian government including Premier Bela Imredy - population discloses their joy. (Unreleased) |
| 11/11/38 |
BRITISH FIGHT TERROR IN HOLY LAND! Arab suspects rounded up - heavily armed patrols guard recaptured Jerusalem against surprise attack. (HNR Vol.10-No.216) |
| 11/14/38 |
MUSSOLINI INAUGURATES HIS 20th CENTURY MASS COLONIZATION PLAN FOR NORTH AFRICA WITH 1800 CHAMPION FAMILIES. Naples and on Tirreno Sea - families picked for prolificness and hardiness - 20,000 people of whom 18,000 are potential farm hands - each man has number pinned on him telling to which colony he is going. (HNR Vol.10-No.217) |
| 11/16/38 |
PRESIDENT VOICES WORLD'S HORROR AT NAZI TERROR! Shocking glimpses of story of intolerance and oppression being written by Reich - scenes that escaped the censor showing pitiful plight of refugees in "No-Man's land" on Czech-German border. America, stirred by Nazi outrages, rallies behind President in condemning barbarism - Ambassador Wilson called home from Berlin - Senator Connally of Texas tells Washington's reaction - former President Hoover, ex-Governor Alfred E. Smith and District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey, New York's racket smatter, express emphatic protests! (HNR Vol.10-No.218) |
| 11/16/38 |
Cuts and Outs. REFUGEES IN NO-MAN'S LAND. South Moravia - Citizens, especially Jews, from the occupied territory who have not been accepted by either Germany or Czechoslovakia. They remained in the neutral zone between the Czech and German Tomies (sic). They live in the open air and their furniture stands on the roads. (Unreleased) |
| 12/8/38 |
ON GUARD IN PALESTINE! British armored car patrols fight terrorism in Holy Land - Outposts protect Jewish settlements from threatened raids. (HNR Vol.10-No.223) |
| 12/13/38 |
INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE RETURNS FROM SPAIN, LONDON. (Unreleased) |
| 12/13/38 |
ARRIVAL OF REFUGEES AS HARWICH, ENGLAND. More than 500 Jewish children. (Unreleased) |
| 12/21/38 |
Complete Newsreel. FLAMING END FOR OLD YEAR IN CHINA AS JAPAN PRESSES CONQUEST! Nippon intensifies mop-up drive - bombers roar on endless raids and cameraman gets startling pictures as he flies along while friend and foe "scorch" earth of hapless land. HOLY LAND PRAYS FOR PEACE AT CHRISTMAS TIME! Though British round up prisoners in courtyard of the Church of the Nativity - though terror stalks the desert - Bethlehem, cradle of Christianity, stands serene - its sacred shrines untouched! LATEST NEWS SNAPSHOTS. MOVIE MINUTE MEN SOUND 1939 WATCHWORD! -- Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney speak for industry as screen stars line up for Americanism at Los Angeles, California. FIRST AUSTRIAN REFUGEES REACH FRANCE! -- Exiles, mostly children, fleeing Nazi persecution, find temporary haven at Chelle where pitiful groups receive food and shelter. OH, FOR THE LIFE OF A RADIO SAILOR! -- Inventor F. Wellington Morse, of Oakland, California, demonstrates amazing model boat run by short wave so crew doesn't have to go to sea. THE WOMAN'S PAGE. Edited by Adelaide Hawley. NEW YEAR SWIM STYLES MAKE BIG SPLASH! -- Something new under California sun - a bathing fashion revue under water at Palm Springs and infra-red hoods for sun-tan without sunburn. REDUCING TIPS FOR TIRED HOUSEWIVES! -- Latest system for dropping poundage while you work is demonstrated by disciples of Veronica Dengel in New York and the results are amazing. THE SPORTING PAGE. RACING ROOSTERS NEWEST FAD -- Streamlined leghorns, built for speed, run 50 yards in 8 seconds flat in New York demonstration. FRENCH TROOPS HOLD MEET IN SNOW -- This army moves on its skis - staging spectacular show high in Alps. FLORIDA LAUNCHES WINTER TURF SEASON. Inaugural Handicap features colorful Tropical Park opening as Galapas romps home the winner in Coral Gables classic. (HNR Vol.10-No.228) |
| 12/23/38 |
ARRIVAL OF GERMAN JEWISH REFUGEES IN PARIS. Jews of Paris have made a home for homeless Jews of Germany - refugees taught French - meal time - men and women refugees making flowers and radios and sewing - babies. (Unreleased) |
| 12/24/38 |
PROLIFIC MOTHERS, Rome. 1000 large families receiving awards - mothers - children - race to 60,000,000 ordered by Il Duce by 1950 - increase of 2,000,000 yearly. (Unreleased) |
| 12/26/38 |
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) |
