Universal Current Events, No. 30
Help Wanted. U.S. Calls for Trained Workers for Aviation Branch of Signal Corps: Skilled mechanics liable in the draft are privileged up to Dec 15th to procure good positions in this branch of the service. The Government is badly in need of experienced draftsmen, blacksmiths, machinists, motor assemblers, gasoline engine experts, cabinet makers, aviators, machine gun repairmen, chauffeurs and motorcylists, cooks. Good food and plenty of it. Further particulars may be had at any recruiting station. Apply at once. Messages of Cheer to Folks Back Home: Our boys in the trenches use the phonograph to inform their loved ones they left behind that "All is well," Somewhere Over There. Subtitles: "It's Daddy;" her husband's voice. Auto Stalled on Track Causes Big Train Wreck: Many injured when locomotive and cars are overturned after truck balked at railway crossing, Mercer, California. Hooverizes Garbage Into Black Diamonds: French inventor shows Americans how a mixture of kitchen leavings and sawdust will break the present coal famine, Paris, France. Governors of Two States See Our Future Officers: Members of the Second Officers Reserve Corps are inspected by Governors Sleeper of Michigan and Capper of Kansas, Fort Sheridan, Ill. Manufacturing Muscle Aboard French Warship: Since the German fleet has been bottled up sailors under the Tricolor keep in trim by setting-up exercises aboard their ships, Somewhere on the High Seas. Aviators Sink Sailors' Football Hopes, 14 to 7: Pelham Bay Naval Reserves are defeated by the Aviation Corps' Eleven in close battle, Polo Grounds. New York City. Poles Bravely Fighting for Freedom of Country Held Under German Yoke: Gen. Archinard inspects the Polish Legion, now battling on the French Front, Somewhere Within Sound of the German Guns (Official French War Picture). Subtitles: Men of valor are decorated for their deeds; honoring one who has lost his eyesight so that the Eagle of Poland may fly triumphant; survivors of the battalion which left Bayonne, Poland, in 1914, are presented with a banner made by the women of that city; the Mass before the battle. Carranza Takes Oath as Mexican President: Ambassadors of all the warring countries attend inauguration of leader who is bringing internal peace to our Sister Republic, Mexico City, Mex. Subtitles: The Italian Ambassador; the Envoy of the Kaiser: the Austrian Minister; President Carranza and Edward Hay, leader of Mexican Congress; Mexican Generals who have fought throughout the revolution; Gen. Gonzalez, Commander-in-Chief of the army; the President's brother, Sebastian, with his wife and daughter; the French Minister; the English and Japanese Ambassadors; the Kaiser's Envoy who sought to drag Mexico into the war on the side of Germany; the American Minister to Mexico, Ambassador Fletcher, and attaches of the legation leave the Congressional Chamber. Cartoons from the World's Greatest Newspapers: Subtitles: "Close Harmony," by Thurby in the Seattle Daily Times; "Caught in the Act," by Morgan in the Philadelphia Inquirer; "Bying," by Carter in the Philadelphia Press.
- Released
- 1917
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Release year: 1917
Storyline
Help Wanted. U.S. Calls for Trained Workers for Aviation Branch of Signal Corps: Skilled mechanics liable in the draft are privileged up to Dec 15th to procure good positions in this branch of the service. The Government is badly in need of experienced draftsmen, blacksmiths, machinists, motor assemblers, gasoline engine experts, cabinet makers, aviators, machine gun repairmen, chauffeurs and motorcylists, cooks. Good food and plenty of it. Further particulars may be had at any recruiting station. Apply at once. Messages of Cheer to Folks Back Home: Our boys in the trenches use the phonograph to inform their loved ones they left behind that "All is well," Somewhere Over There. Subtitles: "It's Daddy;" her husband's voice. Auto Stalled on Track Causes Big Train Wreck: Many injured when locomotive and cars are overturned after truck balked at railway crossing, Mercer, California. Hooverizes Garbage Into Black Diamonds: French inventor shows Americans how a mixture of kitchen leavings and sawdust will break the present coal famine, Paris, France. Governors of Two States See Our Future Officers: Members of the Second Officers Reserve Corps are inspected by Governors Sleeper of Michigan and Capper of Kansas, Fort Sheridan, Ill. Manufacturing Muscle Aboard French Warship: Since the German fleet has been bottled up sailors under the Tricolor keep in trim by setting-up exercises aboard their ships, Somewhere on the High Seas. Aviators Sink Sailors' Football Hopes, 14 to 7: Pelham Bay Naval Reserves are defeated by the Aviation Corps' Eleven in close battle, Polo Grounds. New York City. Poles Bravely Fighting for Freedom of Country Held Under German Yoke: Gen. Archinard inspects the Polish Legion, now battling on the French Front, Somewhere Within Sound of the German Guns (Official French War Picture). Subtitles: Men of valor are decorated for their deeds; honoring one who has lost his eyesight so that the Eagle of Poland may fly triumphant; survivors of the battalion which left Bayonne, Poland, in 1914, are presented with a banner made by the women of that city; the Mass before the battle. Carranza Takes Oath as Mexican President: Ambassadors of all the warring countries attend inauguration of leader who is bringing internal peace to our Sister Republic, Mexico City, Mex. Subtitles: The Italian Ambassador; the Envoy of the Kaiser: the Austrian Minister; President Carranza and Edward Hay, leader of Mexican Congress; Mexican Generals who have fought throughout the revolution; Gen. Gonzalez, Commander-in-Chief of the army; the President's brother, Sebastian, with his wife and daughter; the French Minister; the English and Japanese Ambassadors; the Kaiser's Envoy who sought to drag Mexico into the war on the side of Germany; the American Minister to Mexico, Ambassador Fletcher, and attaches of the legation leave the Congressional Chamber. Cartoons from the World's Greatest Newspapers: Subtitles: "Close Harmony," by Thurby in the Seattle Daily Times; "Caught in the Act," by Morgan in the Philadelphia Inquirer; "Bying," by Carter in the Philadelphia Press.
Top credits
- Louis Archinard — Self
- Arthur Capper — Self, Governor of Kansas
- Sebastián Carranza — Self
- Venustiano Carranza — Self