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Hearst-Selig News Pictorial (No. 8)
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Coleman S. Blease [himself, Governor of South Carolina], Grace Darling [herself], Edna May [herself], John Purroy Mitchel [himself, Mayor of New York], Marty O’Toole [himself], Leonard Wood [himself]
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by William N. Selig. Film editor, Ray Hall. / Released 28 January 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Documentary: Newsreel.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Gov. Cole S. Blease of South Carolina, who emptied prisons and disbanded militia, poses for Hearst-Selig News Pictorial on day he resigns. U.S. Troops for first time since Spanish-American War parade through streets of New York. Are reviewed by Mayor and General Wood. Federal league leaders strive to have organized baseball declared monopoly in restraint of trade. Leaders of both sides pose especially for Hearst-Selig News Pictorial. Navy’s biggest submarine takes ways in Fore River yards, Quincy, Mass. Marty O’Toole, $22,500 hurler of the Pittsburgh National, bats .300 in the domestic league. He chops wood and takes in the washing to help Mrs. O’Toole, while Baby James directs his industries. U.S. Army cooks are given special course in bread baking at field kitchen at barracks at Washington. D.C. Grace Darling, Hearst-Selig reporter, goes down to New York Bay on revenue cutter, boards incoming liner Lapland with other ship news reporters, interviews Edna May and pays a visit to the steerage. Famous palace at Versailles, France, is transformed into Red Cross hospital by British troops and is thronged with wounded from the battlefront.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 5 January 2025.
References: Website-IMDb.
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