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:
Universal Animated Weekly
Production company:
- Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Country of production:
us
Name of distributor:
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Description:
- Berkley, California: West Coast Comes Through With Early Football. University of California freshmen and sophmore open season with lively game.
- Fort McPherson, Georgia: If All War Prison Camps Are Like This, Prisoners Are Lucky. German crew of Kron Prinz Wilhelm live, work and play under model conditions.
- New York City: They're Off! First of selected New Yorkers for new national army start for Camp Upton, Yaphank, Long Island.
- Galveston, Texas: " Maybe Ponce De Leon Sought This. "Fountain of Youth", goal of famous explorer, located by Universal camerman in Galveston, Texas.
- Ploughkeepsie, New York: Famous Stallion Smashes Record in Grand Circuit Races. "St. Frisco", with veteran "Pop" Geers holding "the ribbons" sets new mark for his class.
- Atlanta, Georgia: Civilian Speed Boys Set Records in building Cantonment For Uncle Sam. At Camp Gordon, 8,000 workmen handle half million feet of lumber daily.
- Ossining, New York: Girl Scouts Will Substitute For Farmhands Called to War. Society buds on Nicoll Estate make khaki the favoured gown as they work in the open.
- Los Angeles, California: Soldiers of Liberty Army Honoured on West Coast. Thousands cheer a part of those who will carry old glory into Berlin.
- Chicago, Illinois: Little Miss Chicago Enjoys Season's Last Open Air Dance. On the new municipal pier, art, with commerce as a backdrop, is shown by pretty youngsters.
- New York City: Escorted By Its Veterans, New York's Famous "Seventh" Leaves For South. Largest unit 2,000 officers and men, to join the 27th Division at Spartanburg, South Carolina.
- Oyster Bay, Long Island: Roosevelt For Women Suffrage Where Duty is Done. Tells National League of Women Suffragists right to vote should be reward for loyalty.
- Cartoons by Hy Mayer, world famous caricaturist.
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. The majority of material in this newsreel is actuality footage over 50 years - copyright expired.
- 2. Hy Mayer, the creator of the cartoon segement of this film, died in 1954 - copyright expired.
