New London, Conn: Count von Bernstorff, German Ambassador to the United States, and his wife arrive to congratulate Captain Koenig on the achievement of the Deutschland. Subtitle: A welcome reunion. Medfield, Mass: Extclusive New England ...See moreNew London, Conn: Count von Bernstorff, German Ambassador to the United States, and his wife arrive to congratulate Captain Koenig on the achievement of the Deutschland. Subtitle: A welcome reunion. Medfield, Mass: Extclusive New England society people take part in the equestrian games of the Norfolk Hunt Club in celebration of Farmers' Day. Subtitles: The club's famous hunting pack. Some of the fair entries. Altoona, Pa: Sixty steel cars are smashed to pieces when a runaway freight train crashes into several stalled locomotives, killing seven and injuring scores. Subtitle: The cars are so tightly telescoped that acetylene torches are used to cut them apart. Aldershot, England: -Before leaving for the front the Royal Engineers are given a taste of actual warfare conditions to better prepare them to meet their stubborn foe. Subtitles: Beating off an infantry attack with hand bombs. Exploding a mine in the enemy's trenches. A regiment of trained Australian volunteers starts on its journey to "somewhere" in France. On the Somme: The eyes of the Allied armies, the French aerial squadron which directs the great offensive by scouting over the enemy's lines to learn its weak positions: One of the aerial heroes who has brought down six German machines. Somewhere in America (Magazine section): .An animated cartoon by John C. Terry, process patented by J.R. Bray. Mt. Wilson, Cal: The task of climbing the steep and tortuous Mt. Wilson grade with a ten-ton load of casting for the huge telescope of the Carnegie Observatory encounters many difficulties. Subtitles: At one point the car with its heavy load almost careens over the precipitous side. The Observatory, which will be one of the largest in the world when completed. Chicago, Ill: Illinois women vote for the first time in a Presidential election, and even aged inmates of the Hospital for Incurables turn out to share in this great honor. Subtitle: Losers of election bets are now facing the merry music of the winners. Now York City: The great super-dreadnought Arizona, recently put in commission at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, leaves on her maiden voyage to undergo trial tests. Subtitle: The 32,000-ton warship, passing out under the shadow of New York's skyscrapers. Written by
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