Pathé News, No. 67 - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)
El Paso, Texas: Tents are blown over and much damage caused when a severe storm hits the National Guard camps as the "rainy season" begins. Subtitles: The men have to wring out their clothes. After dark. London, England: Wives and children...See moreEl Paso, Texas: Tents are blown over and much damage caused when a severe storm hits the National Guard camps as the "rainy season" begins. Subtitles: The men have to wring out their clothes. After dark. London, England: Wives and children of the British soldiers decorate their house fronts in honor of their daddies who are fighting at the front. Leicester, England: The Duke and Duchess of Rutland inspect a corps of army nurses who are about to leave for their heroic duties on the French battlefields. Subtitle: A demonstration in giving "Aid to the wounded." Medera, N.D: Cowpunchers give Governor Hughes a real western reception when he arrives at Col. Roosevelt's old home for a short stop in his nation-wide campaign. Subtitle: At Butte, Montana, he halts his trip long enough to pay a visit with his wife to the Leonard copper mine, one of the largest in the world. New York City: Honorable Abram I. Elkus, recently appointed Ambassador to Turkey, sails with his family on the Oscar II, to take up the strenuous duties of his new post. Subtitle: Former Ambassador Henry L. Morgenthau sees the family off and bids god-speed to his successor. New York City: The navy also adopts the Plattsburg idea of citizen training and many don Jackie's garb for a civilian cruise aboard Uncle Sam's ships. Subtitles: Junius Spencer Morgan, son of the wealthy financier, learns how to pipe bedding. All of the citizen sailors are gathered for roll call before the ships sail. They're off: these true sons of America to learn how to defend our rights and our honor when the Nation calls. Jersey City, N.J: Freaks may come and freaks may go, but when a healthy six-legged cow calmly marches into a local stock yard, the curiosity of even hardened cattle dealers is aroused. Girard, Ala: For a whole week the gutters run as a million dollars' worth of confiscated liquors are destroyed. Subtitles: Whiskey by the barrelful runs to waste. Bottles of liquor and even measuring cans come under the axe. Cabin Creek, W.Va: Immense ruin is caused and scores of lives are lost as a cloudburst sweeps along the valley coal fields. Subtitle: The railroads suffer severely. Washington, D.C: The presidents of the Grand Lodges of the Railroad Brotherhood leave the White House after telling President Wilson the grievances of railroad employees. Subtitles: President Garretson is interviewed by the newspaper men. After the failure of the first conference the six hundred chairmen of all the Grand Lodges are called to the White House. Washington, D.C: The Democratic Campaign Committee is entertained at the White House by the President and Mrs. Wilson. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less