Bathing Beauties Parade, Oakland, Cal: Exhibit fashionable bathing costumes in mermaids’ unique pageant. Winning Golf Championship: Record throng sees star capture amateur title. Merion Links, Philadelphia, Pa. Subtitle: Crowds following players. Winner, “Chick” Evans, right; loser, R. A. Gardner. “Flivvers” Are Fast, Too: Victor has to make 62-mlle speed to win, Chicago, Ill. Subtitle: “Demon” Harvy, winner. Starting Alaskan City: Lots sold at auction by Uncle Sam soon will be populous town on new United States Railroad line. Subtitle: Summer time in Alaska. Historic “Death God:” Rare pottery vessel used by natives of Santo Domingo many centuries ago, in religious ceremonies, is brought to United States by Theodoor de Booy, of the Museum of the American Indian, New York City. N.Y. Singer Enters Lions’ Den: Madame Schumann-Heink sings at the movie metropolis, Universal City, Cal. Subtitle: Voice calms the savage beasts. Training for War: U.S. field artillery in battle maneuvers, Fort Sill, Okla. Subtitle: Mountain batteries fire. America’s Best Athletes: Stars of track and field winning senior Amateur Athletic Union championships, Newark. N.J. Subtitles: Five mile race. 100-yard dash. Simpson breaks hurdle record. High jump. Broad jump. Pole vault. Monkey Acts for Movies: 150 pound simian walks slack rope and rides bicycle, Denver, Colo. Girls’ Marathon Swim: Misses brave choppy water and heavy current in hard-fought contest on the Ohio River, Cincinnati, Ohio. Subtitle: Miss Farrell, of Dayton, Ky., the winner. Parade of Protest: 8,000 car strikers march to enlist sympathy against traction magnates, New York City, N.Y. Subtitle: Wire nettings protect motormen from strike sympathizers, jitneys come in handy. $17,000,000 Bridge Span Falls: Scores saved, some die, when largest bridge in world collapses while being lifted into position, Quebec, Canada. Booming Deep Waterways: Secretary of Navy, Josephus Daniels, greets delegates at Atlantic Deeper Waterway Association at ninth annual convention, Philadelphia. Pa. Subtitle: Submarines give diving exhibition. The deadly torpedo in action. Coney Island Mardi Gras: Thousands witness parade and jollification at famous beaches’ resort, Coney Island. N.Y. Cartoons by Hy Mayer. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 0.0/10 | |
Released: | September 20, 1916 | |
Genres: | Documentary Short News | |
Cast: | Josephus Daniels Chick Evans Theodoor de Booy Robert A. Gardner | |
Xsile : S1 and so far S2