Under the Star Spangled Banner

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In this picture we open with a picture taken in a frontier fort, the always impressive ceremony of lowering the flag at sunset and the firing of the sunset gun. Then we go out to the prairie, where a pioneer with his "schooner" and cattle is slowly traversing toward the promised home. Evening comes and the emigrants halt and prepare for the night. Next we see a camp of United States troops on a scouting expedition after hostile Sioux. They, too, go into camp for the night. Following this we see the attack of the Indians, all on horseback, on the emigrants. The brave pioneers put up a spirited defense, but are rapidly being overwhelmed, when a brave youngster works his way through the Indian lines and gets word to the soldiers, who dash to the rescue and wind up the drama with a glorious scrimmage with the redskins. Throughout the film there are wonderful opportunities for effects, and the story is one to arouse all sorts of patriotic enthusiasm.