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Newsreels 1931 April 16
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keywords: king alfonso of spain, end of bourbon dynasty, chicago drainage canal explosion, nyc spca, be kind to animals, prince takamatsu of japan, flour sack fight, holy saturday, st. mary, steeplechase competition, menominee michigan, wildfire, pro baseball, president herbert hoover
Synopsis: King Alfonso Flees As Nation Declares Itself A Republic, Death And Destruction In Chicago Drainage Canal Blast, New York City SPCA Prepares For Be Kind To Animals Week, Japanese Prince Takamatsu Pays Respects To Unknown Soldier At Arlington VA., Annual Hijinks As College Students Bash Fellows With Bags Of Flour, Florence Italy Celebrates Holy Saturday In Tribute To Saint Mary, Steeplechase In Aqueduct New York, Residents Fight To Save Home In Michigan Wildfire, President Herbert Hoover Watches Baseball Game...(read more)
- Date: 1931
- Duration: 00:08:05
- Sound: No
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States, Spain, Italy








































































King Alfonso Flees As Nation Declares Itself A Republic
Madrid Spain: Last of the Bourbons (Bourbon dynasty) is forced to seek refuge in Paris after popular vote indicates people's desire for end of monarchy. King Alfonso is seen with his crack troops and Dictator General Berenguer, whose iron rule is believed responsible for the monarch's plight. Revolutionary leaders and scenes show temper of populace.
Death And Destruction In Chicago Drainage Canal Blast
11 dead, 54 injured in fatal blaze 35 feet underground in the Drainage Canal Tunnel in Chicago ILL. Firemen and workers, trapped by flame, gases and smoke after blast in Drainage Canal Tunnel, perish even as rescue workers risk own lives to try and bring them out. Victims are hauled to surface and fresh air by means of bucket similar to that used in mine shafts. Vast crowds hamper relief efforts.
New York City SPCA Prepares For Be Kind To Animals Week
Dedicated to "Be-kind-to Animals-Week," unusual camera shots show youngsters bringing maimed and ailing pets, stray dogs and cats, to hospital where the dogs and cats are accorded kindly and scientific treatment. Hordes of other children profit by lesson in humane aid.
Japanese Prince Takamatsu Pays Respects To Unknown Soldier At Arlington VA.
Japan honors Unknown Soldier at Arlington, VA. Japanese Prince Takamatsu lays wreath on national shrine.
Annual Hijinks As College Students Bash Fellows With Bags Of Flour
Frosh (Freshmen) at Long Island University "say it with flour"! Sophomores white-washed in yearly Long Island University Class Rush.
Florence Italy Celebrates Holy Saturday In Tribute To Saint Mary
Ancient Rite before Easter in Italy. Florence Italy stages annual celebration and tribute to Saint Mary with Archbishop of community heading sacred pageant. Ox drawn "blessed relic", preceded by company of priests, guards and trumpeters, is conveyed through streets between lanes of devout worshippers of St Mary.
Steeplechase In Aqueduct New York And East Coast Circuit
A long shot victory ushers in the 1931 racing on the Eastern Circuit. United Hunts meet, curtain raiser to regular meeting on half a dozen tracks in Metropolitan district, brings out large crowds of society leaders to watch steeplechases and runnings on the flat. Princess Clovelly, backed down from 20 to 1 to 7 to 1, takes feature jumping event after several rivals and jockeys fall at hurdles.
Residents Fight To Save Homes In Michigan Wildfire
Menominee Michigan. With flames raging in various towns near Menominee and across the state line in Wisconsin, citizens make common cause against them and join forces to resist raging forest fire. Large areas enveloped in smoke and blazing embers menace many homes.
President Herbert Hoover Watches Baseball Game
President Herbert Hoover and family at baseball game between the Philadelphia Athletics (Mackmen) and the Washington Senators in 1931. President Hoover and wife with son Allen and Mrs. Herbert Hoover Jr. President Hoover throws out first baseball of game.