Hearst-International News Pictorial, No. 93 - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

Reading, Mass: The newly-equipped fire department demonstrates the use of its new life-saving appliances. Firemen leap from dizzy heights into life-nets, to show citizens proper methods to follow in escaping from burning buildings. ...See moreReading, Mass: The newly-equipped fire department demonstrates the use of its new life-saving appliances. Firemen leap from dizzy heights into life-nets, to show citizens proper methods to follow in escaping from burning buildings. Philadelphia, Pa: Marguerite Walz, exponent of outdoor dancing, performs before the camera in a beautiful wooded setting to demonstrate health-conserving exercises. New York City: High school pupils of the Metropolis are being put through a rigid military course to increase their physical fitness. Boys of the Stuyvesant High School, and girls of the Washington Irving High School perform their military exercises under the watchful eye of physical instructors employed by the New York Board of Education. Waukegan, Ill: Thousands of lake trout are caught in the nets of Lake Michigan fishermen. The trout harvest of the season was exceptionally large. Exclusive pictures show how the fish are caught, killed and prepared for the market. Footlights and Fashions: Miss Mary Nash, star of "The Man Who Came Back," appearing at the Playhouse, New York City, poses exclusively for the Hearst International News Pictorial in gowns of her own creation. On the Somme Front: French engineers drill underground to plant the destructive land mine, using the same kind of pneumatic drill as that used when tunneling for the New York subways. Provisions are rushed to the fighting men in the front-line trenches on a peculiarly-constructed wire railroad track. San Francisco, Cal: Stanford and Santa Clara Universities clash in the annual championship rugby games of the 1916 season, Santa Clara winning by a score of 28 to 5. Palo Alto, Cal: Students of Stanford rally about a bonfire, the material for which required six weeks to gather. Philadelphia, Pa: University of Pennsylvania students, 2,000 of them, inspire their football team to defeat the University of Michigan eleven by doing a snake dance through the streets of Philadelphia. They also accompany the football players to the train about to depart for Ann Arbor. Princeton, N.J: Yale upsets all football dope and trounces Princeton by a score of 10 to 0 in the presence of more than 40,000 spectators who fill the Palmer Stadium. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less