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...Bullets were still whining past at the rate of five or six a minute. "Suddenly I saw a mangy dog ambling down the avenue. Quickly I pulled out my lunch to tempt him to come closer so I could shield my head behind his flea-bitten body...
...make-believe. The principals are trapped in a sandstorm, in a burning thatched village, in a gurgling underground crater which erupts upon their entrance. Majestically pictured is Paul Robeson, scaling peak and precipice, chanting Mighty Mountain-I'm Going to Climb You. For some spirited shield-whacking and spear-hurling filmed in South Africa, Director Robert Stevenson hired 5,000 native Impingi. who were reluctant to act because they thought they were being drafted for a new European war. Good shot: Robeson digging for water in the sand which the parched party gulps in a frenzy...
Died. Count Francis Harrach, 67, aide-de-camp to the late Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand; in Vienna. At Sarajevo, June 28, 1914, Count Harrach stood on the left running-board of the Archduke's automobile, unsuccessfully attempted to shield him from Gavrilo Princip's fatal bullet...
...count up what they have gained and lost in the largest course in the college. Always the target of a shower of slings and arrows, the course has rarely been pricked so hard and so often as this year. The instructors are tempted to hide behind an old shield, their lack of time to give to the students due to the painful crimping of the Department budget, but a large missile marked "disorganization" cannot be thus dodged...
Turkish marriage processions, in which the bride rides to her husband's home on horseback, with servants carrying a large, tent-shaped veil, to shield both the lady and her mount from public view, are also shown...