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Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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The Selig-Tribune,
No. 21
(1916) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Mike Doolan [himself], Gene Packard [himself], Marjorie Sampson [herself], Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher [himself], J.D. McDonald [himself], Governor Charles S. Whitman (New York) [himself], Brigadier General Wilson [himself], the Chicago Cubs baseball team, the Harvard University varsity crew team
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by [?] V-L-S-E, Incorporated, or The General Film Company, Incorporated? / Produced by William N. Selig. / Released [?] September? 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Documentary: Newsreel.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Cambridge, Mass: The Harvard Varsity crew work into proper physical condition by using the stationary rowing machines in the gymnasium tank. Montreal, Canada: Fire destroys the historic old Grand Trunk Railway station here, erected in 1886 at a cost of half a million dollars. At sea with the U.S. Fleet at Guantanamo Bay: Awaiting on the U.S.S. Louisiana, final preparations for spring target practice, the Selig-Tribune staff correspondent has a chance to show routine life aboard battleships. Berkeley, Cal: Thirty-three hundred University of California students celebrate their traditional “Labor Day” building a trail from the Greek theater to Charter Hill, six hundred feet above the main campus. Doiran, Greece: Just behind the French front, this little town is the hospital center for French soldiers, wounded in their efforts to reinforce the Serbian army against their invaders. Kraguyevatz, Serbia: Heroic Serbian soldiers and equally heroic non-combatants await the signal to abandon, possibly forever, their little homes to the mercy of the conqueror. Quincy, Mass: The U.S. torpedo boat destroyer “Sampson,” named after Admiral Sampson, is launched here in the presence of navy officials and distinguished guests. Montreal, Canada: The seventy-third battalion, which is on the eve of starting for the front, is reviewed by Governor Whitman of New York and Brigadier-General Wilson of Canada. En route to Tampa with the Cubs: Mordecai Brown pours oil on the troubled wheels; Gene Packard, Mike Doolan and other Cub stars indulge in a pie-eating contest, preliminary to the pennant-winning contest.
Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Battleships - Boat launches - Canada: Quebec: Montreal: Grand Trunk Railway Station - Contests: Pie-eating - Cuba: Guantanamo Bay - Education: Harvard University (Varsity crew team), University of California at Berkeley - Firemen - Greece: Doiran - Medical: Medics - Refugees - Serbia: Kraguyevatz - Soldiers - Sports: Baseball: Teams (Chicago Cubs) - Swimming: Diving - Transportation: Locomotives, Trains - USA: California (Berkeley), Massachusetts (Cambridge, Quincy) - US Navy: USS Louisiana, USS Sampson, USS Wyoming - Water - Weather: Ice, Snow
Listing updated: 9 August 2023.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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