Pathe News Part 1

Description

This film's silent footage is accompanied with the following captions: (1) THOMAS EDISON GIVES INTERVIEW ON RADIO. Thomas Alva Edison broadcasts from West Orange, New Jersey. (2) COLONEL LINDBERGH ENDS NATIONAL TOUR. Charles Augustus Lindbergh is welcomed with a parade at the end of three-month tour in his airplane, "Spirit of St. Louis," in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; his last tour stop is Mitchel Field, New York. (3) AT OLD ORCHARD, ME. Frances Grayson is forced back to land in twin-engine seaplane on third attempt to fly to Denmark. (4) PORTUGUESE CAPITAL LAUDS RUTH ELDER. American pilot, Ruth Elder, is honored in Lisbon, Portugal, after her ocean flight ended with her rescue at the Azore Islands. (5) SQUAWS AND BRAVES SEE HEAP BIG TOWN. In New York City, New York, Blackfoot Indians sight-see, dance and meet New York City Mayor James John Walker. (6) NEW YORK CITY. Charles S. Hart, head of the Division of Films under the Committee on Public Information, addresses Pathe Exchange managers on distribution of "Official War Review" motion pictures. (7) WILBUR URGES MORE VESSELS FOR TRADE. Secretary of the Navy, Curtis Dwight Wilbur, pleads cause of the Merchant Marine in speech at Washington, DC; while Spanish-American War veterans gather at the mast from the U.S. battleship, "Maine", for memorial service. (8) SWEDEN'S MONARCH TAKES A HOLIDAY. Gustavus V, King of Sweden, hunts on his royal game preserve near Stockholm, Sweden. (9) SEN. CURTIS ENTERS PRESIDENTIAL RACE. Sen. Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes candidate for 1928 Republican party presidential nomination. (10) PILGRIM ARMIES JOURNEY TO HIMALAYAN SHRINE. Thousands of devotees of Hinduism make their way on foot and horseback across the Himalaya Mountains to sacred Amarnath Cave near Pahlgam, in Kashmir, India. (11) U.S. STEEL CORPORATION NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE. James Augustine Farrell is congratulated on his election by Charles M. Schwab of the United States Steel Corporation in New York City, New York. (12) BUDDHISTSOF JAPAN HOLD VAST ASSEMBLY. Thousands honor native saint and beat drums during ceremonies at Ikegami Temple in Tokyo, Japan.

Collection

American Film Institute Collection

Series

Assorted Films