The Dog Police (1927)

No title (decomposed). Introductory intertitle reads: “In the “quiet“ City of Chicago they have a lot to put up with, and the Police are so busy they’ve started taking dogs with them.“ C/U of a policeman and his dog - an Alsatian. Policeman and dog pose for the camera. M/S of policemen riding motorcycles. One of the policeman has a dog sitting on his handlebars. He suddenly takes a gun out and pretends to shoot an imaginary suspect. The police stunt man stands on the back of his bike as it speeds along. The Alsatian sits on the very back of the bike. The policeman rides along with the dog standing on the back of the bike with his front paws on his master’s shoulders. Pretty cute. The policeman steers the bike, a colleague sits on the back of the bike, and the dog sits on his shoulders! Pretty weird! Was an item in Pathe Pictorial issue number 494. Safety print only. Original decomposed and destroyed. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.