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Hearst-Selig News Pictorial (No. 12)
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Grace Darling [herself]
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by William N. Selig. Film editor, Ray Hall. / Released 11 February 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Documentary: Newsreel.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Testing new fire escape: Man slides down rope from top of Munsey Building, Washington, to street, eleven stories below. Mid-winter Carnival at Saranac Lake, N.Y: Picturesque parade. Twenty children are injured in Orphanage wrecked by wind in New Orleans, La. Grace Darling visits bide-a-wee, home for abandoned animals, in New York City, and has interesting experience. First pictures of Italian earthquake: Avezzano, where 10,000 persons perished, a leveled waste. Maimed and destitute survivors are cared for by militia and volunteer aid corps. Searching for victims. Houses demolished at Yarmouth, England, in daring aerial invasion by Zeppelins. Mounted infantry and motor guards patrol English coast. International bridge across St. Croix River at Vanceboro, Maine, is damaged in dynamite blast.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 5 January 2025.
References: Website-IMDb.
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