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Hearst-Selig News Pictorial (No. 7)
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Josephus Daniels [himself], A.P. Gardner (Augustus P. Gardner) [himself], Harry Johansen [himself]
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by William N. Selig. Film editor, Ray Hall. / Released 25 January 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Documentary: Newsreel.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Weather Bureau at Washington is preparing book of rules to insure uniformity of forecasting by the two hundred observation stations throughout the country. Officials at Washington show the instruments used and the methods followed. Mrs. Harry Johansen of St. Louis, society leader, wins championship for woman auto racing drivers of America. She poses in interesting pictures. Recruits for the British army in England are given realistic schooling in modern war. Under the eyes of officers they work with shovels digging trenches after the pattern of those adopted by the allies in Belgium and France. Other scenes show them learning to lift field cannon over obstructions. Canadian contingent of recruits to the British army get order to strike camp on Salisbury Plain ready to move to the front. Pictures showing them tramping through mud, driving cars over roads that are veritable quagmires and wading through water give vividly a new insight into some of the unpleasant sides of soldiering. Rep. A.P. Gardner of Massachusetts has instituted an agitation for a bigger navy. Sec. Daniels has come forward with a program of not less than two new battleships per year. Both men pose for the Hearst-Selig News Pictorial in a novel series of pictures that give the ideas of both men of the needs of the service, and the present standing of the navy. Some unusual pictures of submarines and the dreadnaughts at battle practice are included.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 5 January 2025.
References: Website-IMDb.
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