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Hearst-Selig News Pictorial (No. 10)
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: William Jennings Bryan [himself], Grace Darling [himself], Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones [himself], John D. Rockefeller Jr. [himself]
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by William N. Selig. Film editor, Ray Hall. / Released 4 February 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Documentary: Newsreel.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Under supervision of British Consul, cotton bales being loaded aboard steamer in Boston are searched by X-ray for hidden contraband. Broadway theatrical stars who frequently visit Chicago, but never get outside the Loop district, make a trip of discovery on an elevated train with an actress acting as conductor and another as motorman. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Mother Jones, both of whom appeared before the Federal Industrial Relations Commission in New York, pose for Hearst-Selig. Battleship Oregon reaches San Francisco on its way to lead the warship parade through the Panama Canal. It is coaled to the music of the ship’s band. Grace Darling, the Hearst-Selig reporter, visits Washington and interviews Secretary of State Bryan, and other prominent persons. Chicago experiments with specially fitted steam roller designed to melt snow from the streets. Indian troops near Arras wrestle to keep in condition for battle. Other pictures show them in their camp and illustrate how the Gurkha fighters use their big half-moon knives. Pictures from staff photographer A.E. Wallace in Germany show how the thousands of military prisoners held in the internment camps that dot the empire are cared for. Women of the British Women’s First Aid Corps on the battlefields near Dixmude and Nieuport remove wounded Belgians from the trenches and load them in ambulances to be taken to the field hospitals.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 5 January 2025.
References: Website-IMDb.
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