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Hearst-Selig News Pictorial (No. 2)
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Tasker H. Bliss [himself], Kaiser Wilhelm II [himself], Hugh L. Scott [himself], Harry Thaw [himself]
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by William N. Selig. Film editor, Ray Hall. / Released 7 January 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Documentary: Newsreel.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? First heavy snow of season draws great crowd to Boston park where they glide down the great toboggan slide with the speed of express trains. Harry K. Thaw, just ordered back to Matteawan by the Supreme Court of the United States, poses for the Hearst-Selig News Pictorial on the steps of the New Hampshire home he has occupied since his sensational escape from the New York asylum. Great shipments of cotton are stowed aboard vessels in New York Harbor for shipment to Germany. Gen. Scott, chief of staff of the U.S. Army, with Gen. Bliss, commander along the Mexican border, confer with Gen. Hill and other representatives of the warring Mexicans whose shells have killed and wounded Americans at Naco, Ariz. The arrival of the generals of U.S. Infantry to reinforce the border patrol, and of Gen. Hill are shown. Blind girls at Perkins Institute, Watertown, Mass., knit sweaters, mittens and mufflers for soldiers in the snowy trenches in Belgium. A wonderful war section: German prisoners are led through the streets of London under armed guard and are put aboard a prison ship anchored in the Thames to wait the end of the war. More of A.E. Wallace’s pictures from interior Germany, show the arrival of Christmas gifts for the German soldiers. German soldiers are seen loading captured Belgian cannon on cars to be shipped to Berlin. Kaiser Wilhelm himself visits the Belgian front and poses for the Hearst-Selig cameraman as he reviews the crack Prussian troops and just as he enters his automobile to be whirled away by his military chauffeur. With him are seen the officers of the famous German general staff.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 5 January 2025.
References: Website-IMDb.
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