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  • Hearst-Pathé News, No. 18 (1917)
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Hearst-Pathé News, No. 18 (1917)
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New Orleans, La: A gorgeous array of floats, depicting Nature's bounteous gifts to the State, is a feature of the Carnival. Subtitle: His Majesty Rex, King of joy and mirth, bids success to the fair visitors. New York City: The four-masted...See moreNew Orleans, La: A gorgeous array of floats, depicting Nature's bounteous gifts to the State, is a feature of the Carnival. Subtitle: His Majesty Rex, King of joy and mirth, bids success to the fair visitors. New York City: The four-masted schooner Dustin G. Cressy is overturned in the busy harbor by collision with a freighter. Subtitle: Wrecking crews soon set to work to right the vessel. In the Balkans: The Entente powers organize for a strong counter-offensive against the Teutons, whose advance has been halted. Subtitles: The men are now accustomed to the precipitous mountain passes. A large contingent of British troops recently arrived to augment the ever-increasing armies. Salonica, Greece: The Allied Fleet maintains a vigilant watch over the armies ashore to prevent any secret attack that may be plotted. Subtitles: Wig-wagging instructions from the flagship. The destroyers often plow through heavy seas in the performance of their scout duties. San Antonio, Tex: The body of Major-General Frederick Funston, whose untimely death is a sad loss to the country, is taken for internment at Presidio. Subtitles: His favorite charger follows the caisson. A military guard meets the funeral train as it passes through El Paso on its way to the coast. Generals Pershing (left). Bell and Martin, who attended the services in honor of the departed hero. Boston, Mass: A new type of torpedo calculated to outdo the havoc of the U-boat weapon, is completed for the U.S. Navy. Subtitles: Vibrator discs are fitted to the head to direct the deadly missile towards the ship. New York City: Threatened with starvation in the midst of plenty and prosperity, thousands of families unite their efforts to stop the bounding cost of foodstuffs. Subtitles: Types of the famine-stricken people who find it difficult to make both ends meet. Large numbers of freight cars made idle in western terminals by the U-boat campaign, are being rushed east. Governor Charles S. Whitman, who promises relief from the greedy food speculators. Egg cartoon. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Feb 28, 1917
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Feb 28, 1917 (United States)

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