Animated Weekly, No. 91
100 Miles in 54 Minutes, 10 Seconds: Louis Chevrolet wins $10,000 Harkness Gold Trophy and makes new record, Sheepshead Bay, N.Y. Subtitles: They're off, 21 of 'em. The winner, Louis Chevrolet, in a Frontenac, receives the trophy from Mr. Harkness. It was dare-devils' day. In the air DeLloyd Thompson showed the birds how to fly. A Regular Daddy Fixes the Kids Up in Great Style: Builds world's largest "teeter board" for his son and neighbors' kiddies, Norfolk, Va. Subtitles: 80 feet long, 26 feet high. "See-saw, see-saw, going up and down." No man wastes time who can produce a crop of smiles like these. Spanish Revolutionists Yield to Machine Gun From Argument: Catalonians, threatening great seaport, are overawed by government, Barcelona, Spain. Subtitles: From Garciavilla the men start to attend revolt meeting. Sympathizers give them food. Jollity prevails as they await their train, but in Barcelona machine guns changed their minds. Colonel Harts, President's Aide, Granted Fighting Leave: Asks permission to go "over there" and fight, so Mr. Wilson assigns him to service which takes him to France, Washington, D.C. French Veteran Instructors with Our Student Officers in the South: Tricks that will make the enemy realize that we mean business being mastered in America, Camp Warden McLean, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Subtitles: Capt. Pierre Lirios (with beard), Lieut. G. Delaroche-Vernet and Major T.M. Anderson, Senior Instructor, visit student-made trenches. Capt. E.A. Bethel demonstrates method of using rifle grenades. The "mop gang" trench cleaners. They clean the trenches with hand grenades and bayonets. Sure cure for stomach ache. President Wilson Honored as Worlds Great Humanitarian: Receives medal of the Humanitarian Cult in recognition of his work for world's betterment, Washington, D.C. Subtitle: Committee on presentation: Christian H. Reisner, Misha Appelbaum, and Mr. Ingersoll. Here Are More of 'Em: Selected men, now Uncle Sam's pet nephews, are busy getting ready for "The Day," Governor's Island, N.Y. (Passed by Bureau of Public Information.) Subtitles: Like a good Uncle, Samuel cares for the boys' teeth. With the emblem of humanity looming up o'er all they drill so that Liberty shall not perish. Quebec Bridge Completed After Much Trouble: Fourteen years building, delayed by disaster last year, huge structure is a success, Quebec, Canada. Subtitles: One of huge hydraulic pumps used in placing span. 640-foot, weighing 7,000 tons, is hoisted 160 feet, at 6 feet per hour, above St. Lawrence River. 27,000 "Rainbows" from Every State in Our Union Ready for the Word "Go:" Secretary Baker. Major-General Tasker H. Bliss and many thousand others review one of the wedges which will pry autocracy loose from Democracy's throat. Camp Mills, Mineola, L.I. Subtitles: "Here comes Secretary Baker and General Bliss." Our Secretary of War doffs his derby in salute. "Rainbows" in name, but bulldogs for fighting. Cartoons by Hy Mayer.
- Released
- 1917
Details
Release year: 1917
Storyline
100 Miles in 54 Minutes, 10 Seconds: Louis Chevrolet wins $10,000 Harkness Gold Trophy and makes new record, Sheepshead Bay, N.Y. Subtitles: They're off, 21 of 'em. The winner, Louis Chevrolet, in a Frontenac, receives the trophy from Mr. Harkness. It was dare-devils' day. In the air DeLloyd Thompson showed the birds how to fly. A Regular Daddy Fixes the Kids Up in Great Style: Builds world's largest "teeter board" for his son and neighbors' kiddies, Norfolk, Va. Subtitles: 80 feet long, 26 feet high. "See-saw, see-saw, going up and down." No man wastes time who can produce a crop of smiles like these. Spanish Revolutionists Yield to Machine Gun From Argument: Catalonians, threatening great seaport, are overawed by government, Barcelona, Spain. Subtitles: From Garciavilla the men start to attend revolt meeting. Sympathizers give them food. Jollity prevails as they await their train, but in Barcelona machine guns changed their minds. Colonel Harts, President's Aide, Granted Fighting Leave: Asks permission to go "over there" and fight, so Mr. Wilson assigns him to service which takes him to France, Washington, D.C. French Veteran Instructors with Our Student Officers in the South: Tricks that will make the enemy realize that we mean business being mastered in America, Camp Warden McLean, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Subtitles: Capt. Pierre Lirios (with beard), Lieut. G. Delaroche-Vernet and Major T.M. Anderson, Senior Instructor, visit student-made trenches. Capt. E.A. Bethel demonstrates method of using rifle grenades. The "mop gang" trench cleaners. They clean the trenches with hand grenades and bayonets. Sure cure for stomach ache. President Wilson Honored as Worlds Great Humanitarian: Receives medal of the Humanitarian Cult in recognition of his work for world's betterment, Washington, D.C. Subtitle: Committee on presentation: Christian H. Reisner, Misha Appelbaum, and Mr. Ingersoll. Here Are More of 'Em: Selected men, now Uncle Sam's pet nephews, are busy getting ready for "The Day," Governor's Island, N.Y. (Passed by Bureau of Public Information.) Subtitles: Like a good Uncle, Samuel cares for the boys' teeth. With the emblem of humanity looming up o'er all they drill so that Liberty shall not perish. Quebec Bridge Completed After Much Trouble: Fourteen years building, delayed by disaster last year, huge structure is a success, Quebec, Canada. Subtitles: One of huge hydraulic pumps used in placing span. 640-foot, weighing 7,000 tons, is hoisted 160 feet, at 6 feet per hour, above St. Lawrence River. 27,000 "Rainbows" from Every State in Our Union Ready for the Word "Go:" Secretary Baker. Major-General Tasker H. Bliss and many thousand others review one of the wedges which will pry autocracy loose from Democracy's throat. Camp Mills, Mineola, L.I. Subtitles: "Here comes Secretary Baker and General Bliss." Our Secretary of War doffs his derby in salute. "Rainbows" in name, but bulldogs for fighting. Cartoons by Hy Mayer.
Top credits
- T.M. Anderson — Self
- Misha Appelbaum — Self
- Newton Baker — Self
- E.A. Bethel — Self