Fonds/collection:
DAWSON CITY MUSEUM & HISTORICAL SOCIETY
General access conditions for collection
Reproduction access:
- No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions
Remarks:
- 1. Material was received from Dawson City in 2 shipments - 506 reels in 1978 and 26 reels in 1980. Of these 389 reels, primarily of American fiction, were transferred to Library of Congress for conversion. Reference copies of some of these reels were returned to NFTSA.
Accession number:
1979-0191
Series title:
Hearst-Selig News Pictorial
Country of production:
us
Name of distributor:
General Film Company
Description:
- Santa Rosa, California: Wizards of Invention and Plant Science Swap Stories. Thomas Edison, Wizard of Electricity, is conducted through experimental gardens by Luther Burbank, Plant Wizard. They sample Burbank's plant freaks.
- London, England: Endeavor By Recruiting March To Avoid Conscription. In a last effort to avoid conscription, a full brigade is sent on four days march to point of embarkation to stimulate recruiting.
- San Francisco: Brick Laying Contest Feature of Builders Annual Parade. Builders parade and then witness brick laying contest between Senator William S. Scott (with silk hat) and Mr. Rascus, City Counsel of Oakland.
- Hindu Riding Costume For Women Latest in War Fashion. Return of British Officers and their wives from India introduces jhapore riding breeches for women to England and America. Posed especially for the Hearst-Selig News Pictoral.
- East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan Aggies Lose to Oregon 20 to 0 in Gridiron Battle. Overconfidence as result of recent victory over University of Michigan lends to downfall of Michigan Aggies.
Language:
- Silent with English intertitles
Copyright Status:
Copyright expired.
Restrictions on Consultation:
~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions
Donor Restrictions:
Use requires credit be given to the Dawson City Museum and Historical Society Collection, National Archives of Canada.
Notes:
- 1. Still available for Story 5. See DPSS.
- 2. Actuality footage over 50 years - copyright expired.
