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(read more) Information: 1931 BW 8 min Show All Newsreels 1930s Titles Newsreels: 1931 - September 7 United States Norwegian Life-Boat Crew Victorious In International Boating Race The fifth annual renewal of the event again goes to a Scandinavian ship, as the oarsmen from the S.S. Bergensfjord sweep through the Narrows and over the two-mile course to the finish line in 24 minutes and 12 seconds to win the Gold Cup of the Neptune Association. The banks of the harbor are lined with 100,000 spectators as the twelve skiffs slide past the starter’s mark and pull into the choppy bay waters. Mexico Hundreds Perish After Massive Mud Slide In Coscomaepec, Mexico An avalanche of black doom moves down the valley after Tiamapa Mountain disappears and leaves ruin and havoc in its wake. Rescuers, digging into the devastated wreckage, discover an entire village obliterated in the mysterious catastrophe, the origin of which still baffles natives and officials. United States Canadian Wins 50,000 Meter Hell-'N'-Toe Classic Hank Cieman, world’s champion, leads a field of 91 in the 31-mile walk in Atlantic City New Jersey from Egg Harbor to the noted seashore resort. The Toronto athlete completes the hike in 5 hours, 24 minutes and 10 seconds. He sets a swift swinging pace from the start and is never headed. Ernest Crosbie, of Baltimore, Md., valiantly tries to overtake the leader, but his best efforts get only second money. United States Matadors Lose In Bull Fight In San Pablo, CA Matadors lose in annual synthetic bull-fight! No hits, no runs, but lots of errors. United States Army Demonstrates Massive Searchlights Fort Humphreys, Virginia the Army mobilizes anti-aircraft batteries! Observers thrilled by monster 800-millior candle-power sleuths. United States The Folly Of Alcohol Makes Anybody A Chimp Anti-Volstead disciple receives just desserts! Folly of alcohol demonstrated in graphic scenes. United States Wine-Brick Makers Turn To Fruit Juice For Profit Workers continue the manufacture of precious pressed fruit juice concentrate cubes, which, if the purchaser is not careful, may ferment and become beverages that will give the arid forces evidence for the impending court tilts. Shipments far exceeding 50,000 gallons are daily being sent to the eager eastern markets, as factory hands rush process to meet the heavy demands. United States Empress Eugenie Fashions Takes Milady By Storm The styles that upset the third Napoleonic era are revived and the hat that set an empire dizzy delivers a telling blow to the tastes of milady’s millinery of this generation. The fad takes such a hold that even the poor old horse’s sun-bonnet goes the way of all out-moded fashions and the Old Gray Mare succumbs to the edict of the day and dons one, like the others of all classes and colors. United States Thrilling Motorboat Race In Detroit, Michigan Driving Miss England II at a grueling pace, the English sportsman flashes across the finish line a mile ahead of his American rivals in the first heat of the speedboat classic. The daredevil Briton forces his powerful craft around the dangerous course at an average rate of 89,913 miles per hour, leaving George and Gar Wood in his wake. 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