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Hearst-Selig News Pictorial (No. 14)
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Grace Darling [herself], Baron Admiral Dewa Shigeto [himself]
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by William N. Selig. Film editor, Ray Hall. / Released 18 February 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Documentary: Newsreel.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? San Francisco: Seven Japanese girls, who have won beauty contests in own country, arrive for Panama fair. Upper Newton Falls, Mass: Ice in Charles River is dynamited in search for child’s body. Washington: Baron Admiral Dewa, of Japan commissioner to Panama Fair is received in Washington by high officials. New York: Grace Darling starts on voyage to San Francisco via Panama Canal. She is entrusted with letters from Mayor Mitchell and Gov. Whitman to be delivered to Mayor Rolph of San Francisco and Gov. Johnson of California. Chicago: Members of Merchant Tailors’ Association, to display spring styles for men, slide on ice on Michigan Avenue while dressed In July flannels and straw hats. Sussin Prison Camp, Germany: More pictures from staff photographer Wallace show how prisoners in camps are forced by Germans to take daily exercises so that they may keep in good physical condition. Other interesting scenes. Sora, Italy: Ariel Varges, staff photographer of the Hearst-Selig News Pictorial is first American camera operator to reach scene of great Italian earthquake. Scenes made at Sora and Avezzano bring home vividly the great catastrophe that cost the lives of 88,000 persons and left hundreds of towns and villages in ruins.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 5 January 2025.
References: Website-IMDb.
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