Glimpses of Washington Scenes: President bids envoys good-bye. International High Commission starts for Buenos Aires by warship. Subtitles: Secretary of Treasury McAdoo and wife; Col. House. President and Mrs. Wilson; Newton Baker, new Secretary of War, is youngest Cabinet officer; Gen. D.C. Kingman, U.S.A., retires as head of Engineer Corps; Fiske Jubilee Quartet serenading President. Oarsmen Train Amid Ice: University of Pennsylvania crew takes season’s first row, Philadelphia, Pa. Society “Summers” in Winter: Latest fashions in bathing suits at famous resort, Palm Beach, Fla. Subtitles: Fashionables on the sand; millionaires’ “kiddies” dance; egg race. Giants Ready for Battle: New York’s National Leaguers nearly fit for “play ball” order, Marlin Springs, Texas. Subtitles: “Warming up;” “Matty” umpiring, McGraw pitching. Prize Gown: Dress costing $21.50 wins thousand-dollar prize in “America First” dressmaking contest, Chicago, Ill. Subtitle: J.A. Pugh presents to Marguerite Johnson, designer. $1,000 in gold. Annual Mardi Gras: Thousands in gorgeous festivities under rule of Comus, King of Mirth, New Orleans, La. Compulsory Military Drill: Following President’s speeches on preparedness, school superintendent orders pupils to drill, Pittsburgh, Pa. Up-to-the-Minute War Scenes: Lord Mayor Reviews Riflemen. National volunteers inspected by city’s ruler at church parade, London, England. Wounded “Tommies” Playing: Fresh from hospital, soldiers “ride races” on three trunks, Epsom Race Course, England. Subtitles: 100-yard dash; “hand grenades” of earth from golf bunker “trenches.” Reporting the War: Correspondent has military escort to French firing line. Subtitles: Brush-screened road to trenches; captives escorted to rear. With the Kaiser on Battle Line: German ruler visits Crown Prince to direct assault on foe, “somewhere in France.” Subtitles: General von Haesler, Field Commander at Verdun, reviewing his troops. U.S. After Villa, “Dead or Alive:” Bandit chief whose raid on Columbus, New Mexico, sent American troops over border in pursuit. Subtitles: Mexican bandits; U. S. troops detrain at border; on way to front; entrenching; Ambulance Corps. Cartoons by Hy Mayer. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 0.0/10 | |
Released: | March 15, 1916 | |
Genres: | Documentary Short News | |
Cast: | Kaiser Wilhelm II Newton Baker Edward M. House Marguerite Johnson | |
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