No du document (ISN):
43686
Fonds/collection:
DAWSON CITY MUSEUM & HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Conditions d'accès générales à la collection
Reproduction:
- No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions
Remarques:
- 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.
No d'acquisition:
1979-0191
Nom de la série:
Universal Animated Weekly
Date de diffusion:
1918-05-08
Compagnie de production :
- Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Nom du distributeur:
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Description:
- New York City: Long Distance Runners Compete in Marathon. Willie Kyronen romps home to victory against a field of several hundred in 12 1/2 mile event sponsored by the N.Y. Evening Mail.
- Ottawa, Canada: Canadians Celebrate First Hun Gas Attack. General Mewburn, Minister of Militia, reviews veterans who, at Ypres, with hankerchiefs over their faces, fought off the Germans in the first use of poisonous vapors known to civilized warfare.
- Canton, New Jersey: America Breaks Record in Anti U-Boat War. Built in 27 days, the fastest construction in history, the 5,000 tonne steel collier "Tuckahoe" amind the well wishes of the nation. A warning to the Kaiser of what the Yankee can do.
- How Women Stand Behind the Men Behind the Guns. Fair sex of America and England are firmly determined to win the war, and to this end are doing everything possible to aid at home.
- Roughing It Is Part of a Red Cross Job. Volunteer drivers are given bad road tests before being allowed to leave for "over there" to pilot ambulance and motor trucks bearing the emblem of mercy.
- New York City: Extra - Shock Troops Take "Tin Can Hill". Picked infantry brigades of young Americans rout Huns and capture position of great strategic importance in face of counterattacks with gas.
- Oakland, California: Mermaids Splash For Aquatic Championship. Miss Charlotte Boyle, eastern swimming star, wins fifty yard championship in national meet for girls.
- Washington, D.C.: President Wilson Helps Hoover. Beautiful lawns of the White House are converted into sheep range to set an example before the county and emphasize the importance of raising food animals in every available bit of space.
- San Francisco, California: Fulton Expects to "Cop the Championship". Giant plasterer, working hard to condition himself for coming bout, is confident he will relieve champion Jess Willard of the World's Heavyweight title.
- London, England: British King and Queen Meet War's Victims. Their majesties George and Mary, offer their sympathy to widow and little son of officer killed in action in France.
- The Growth of an Infant Industry by Hy Mayer.
Langue:
- Silent with English intertitles
État du droit d'auteur:
Copyright expired.
Restrictions à la consultation:
~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions
Restrictions du donateur:
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.
