Pathé News, No. 31 - Production & Contact Info

Pathé News, No. 31 (1916)
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Pathé News, No. 31 (1916)

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Philadelphia, Pa: King Baseball makes his bow to the American public and immense crowd forget the National crisis to watch the opening game between the Giants and Phillies. Subtitles: Alexander the Great, of the Phillies, Bennie Kauff and ...See morePhiladelphia, Pa: King Baseball makes his bow to the American public and immense crowd forget the National crisis to watch the opening game between the Giants and Phillies. Subtitles: Alexander the Great, of the Phillies, Bennie Kauff and Christy Mathewson, of the Giants, are the idols of the day. At New York the Yankees open the season with the strong Washington team. "Home Run" Baker, hero of 1915, promises to duplicate his wonderful record, and Walter Johnson, star pitcher of the Washington team, limbers up for the season. The Brooklyn Dodgers open up with the Boston Braves with a gala parade across the field. At Boston the Red Sox raise Old Glory to usher in their pennant hunt. Columbus, N.M: Troops from interior forts are arriving daily at the base of operations to reinforce the American columns. Subtitles: Constant streams of ammunition, provisions and reinforcements pour through the border gate. Every kind of fast vehicle is pressed into service to insure a safe supply to the men at the front. The sturdy American troopers, knowing no hardships, are still in the saddle as night falls on the barren desert trail. San Diego, Cal: Marines of the 4th U.S. regiment guarding the Mexican border, demonstrate the serviceability of elephants for desert warfare as vantage points for machine guns. Subtitle: 1. The immense size of the animal offers good shelter. Boston, Mass: Ex-President Roosevelt attends a meeting of Harvard's Overseers, of which he is a member. Sydney, Australia: The large crowds who witnessed the launching H.M.A.S. Brisbane, shows the interest the citizens of the Commonwealth take in their strong navy programme. Oakland, Cal: Gorgeous costumes are seen in the Faculty Glade when the University of California stages a Parthenia Masque. Gibson's Ranch, Mexico: A convoy of transport wagons, en route to General Pershing's advanced base, rests up for the night. Subtitles: A mule that cast a shoe on the rough trail is fitted with a new one. Supper time. Columbus, N.M: Twenty Apache Indians, who were in the party that trailed Geronimo in 1886, are employed to act as scouts in Mexico. Subtitles: They receive their arms and ammunition before leading cavalry squadrons on the Villa trail. Chief Sharley, who captured Geronimo. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Grover Cleveland Alexander Self (as Alexander the Great) Self (as Alexander the Great) See fewer	The Baseball Revue of 1917 (1917)
Frank Baker Self (as Home Run Baker) Self (as Home Run Baker) See fewer	Home Run Baker's Double (1914)
Walter Johnson Self Self See fewer	The Baseball Revue of 1917 (1917)
Benny Kauff Self Self See fewer	The Baseball Revue of 1917 (1917)
Christy Mathewson Self Self See fewer	Love and Baseball (1914)
Theodore Roosevelt Self Self See fewer	Simple Gifts (1978)