Uncle Hiram, a countryman, makes his first visit to the national capital. He arrives at the station, visits the equestrian statue of General Wm. Teeumseh Sherman, sees the Washington ... See full summary
Uncle Hiram Visits Washington (1912) Online
- Original Title :
- Uncle Hiram Visits Washington
- Genre :
- Movie / Documentary / Short / Comedy
- Year :
- 1912
- Cast :
- George Dewey,Walter L. Fisher,Rudolph Foster
- Type :
- Movie
- Rating :
- 6.7/10
Uncle Hiram, a countryman, makes his first visit to the national capital. He arrives at the station, visits the equestrian statue of General Wm. Teeumseh Sherman, sees the Washington Monument, and is surprised at its height of 555 feet. He sees the Capitol from the top of this monument. He goes into the treasury, where he meets Lee McClung, treasurer of the United States who shows him $10,000 in gold, then forty million dollars in ten thousand-dollar gold certificates. He is shown a receipt for the largest single money transaction in the world. Leaving the treasury he sees the White House: the statue of Andrew Jackson; takes a walk along Pennsylvania Avenue and sees the Library of Congress. Coming to the White House, Uncle Hiram sees the members of the president's cabinet leaving, and recognizes Secretary Meyer of the Navy, Secretary Wilson of Agriculture, Secretary Stimson of War, Secretary Hitchcock, Postmaster-General, Secretary Nagel of Commerce and Labor, Secretary Fisher of the ...
| Credited cast: | |||
 | George Dewey | - | Himself |
| Walter L. Fisher | - | Himself |
| Rudolph Foster | - | Himself |
| Frank H. Hitchcock | - | Himself |
| George von Lengerke Meyer | - | Himself |
| Charles Nagel | - | Himself |
| W.M. Pennell | - | Himself |
| Thomas L. Rhodes | - | Himself |
| Henry L. Stimson | - | Himself |
 | William Howard Taft | - | Himself |
| George W. Wickersham | - | Himself |
| James Wilson | - | Himself |
| Leonard Wood | - | Himself |