West Wins Over East: Pacific Coast Champion defeats New York Athletic Club swimming star, Travers Island, N.Y. Subtitles: Ludy Langer, the victor. Vollmer, Eastern Champion. West Greets Hughes: Candidate gets warm reception on start of Coast Tour, Detroit, Mich. Subtitles: Mrs. Hughes shares greeting. Crowds for handshake, Chicago, Ill. A “Gallon” of Gasoline: City Weight and Measure official traps cheating dealer, New York City. Subtitles: “23 Cents” draws trade. Inspector is suspicious. Only a pint short. On the blacklist. Japanese Training Ship: Cadets entertaining visitors on board the Tasei Maru, San Pedro, Cal. Subtitles: Old fashioned fencing match. A bit of Jiu Jitsu. “Katy” Train Wreck: “Making up time” costs lives of three and injures forty, Dallas, Texas. Subtitle: Locomotive buried under tender. Foiling the Sharks: Steel wire nets to protect bathers from man-eaters, Coney Island, New York. Five Million Dollar Pier: Improved water front for public welfare, Chicago, Ill. Subtitles: New giant “Jack Knife” bridge. 100,000-ton counterbalance. Dry Land Swimming: Fair co-eds get mermaid lessons before going in the water, Berkeley, Cal. Subtitles: Teaching the stroke. The kick. In the water. Floating. British Mail for the Front: Letters for boys in trenches sorted near firing line, Pozieres, France. Subtitles: Censor on the job. Suspicious! Fish for his supper. Letters off to trenches. Liner that Fought Submarines: Re d’ltalia and gun that drove off three U-boats, Hoboken, N.J. U.S. Warships Cool Off: Up from California’s heat to snow-capped peaks of North, on training cruise, Sitka, Alaska. American Scientist Performs Daring Feat: Lowered to depths of crater, he risks life to ignite gases, which menace surrounding country, Sardinia, Italy. Ambassador Page Returns: American Envoy here from London, on first vacation in three years, New York City. Subtitle: Jos. Smith, Commissioner of American Irish Fund, and Thos. Hughes Kelly, treasurer, who were not permitted to land by the English authorities. Getting Ready for the Submarine Bremen: Rushing work on big shed to store her cargo, New London, Conn. Cartoons by Hy Mayer. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 0.0/10 | |
Released: | August 16, 1916 | |
Genres: | Documentary Short News | |
Cast: | Charles Evans Hughes Antoinette Carter Hughes Thomas Hughes Kelly Ludy Langer | |
Noamen : I was able to sit through it all, so it wasn't horrible. I'd give it 2.5 if I was able - ...