The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-11
CD. F. IN
NEW YORK
Moving Picture Ready
for Gotham in
October.

Captain Sam johnson g crack Com
pany F., National Guard of Hawaii,
will be seen in New York citsin about
eight weeks, and pleasure seeking
Gotham, at least, viii have an oppor-
tunity of judging whether or not the
company is a crackerjack.
New Workers win see Company f
projected upon a screen by moving
picture machine, the film having been
taken yesterday afternoon on the
grounds before the drill-shed by Rob
ert BONNIE, Edison s moving picture ex-
pert. The company showed itself to
the best advantage in its silent bayo-
net drill in which it has become ex-
pert.
Four double sets of tours with file
closers were utilized for the purposes of
the moving picture. The men wore
campaign hats, blue shirts, khaki trous-
ers, regulation leggings, web cart
ridge belts about their waists. They
used the Krag rife. Captain Sam John
son wore a uniform of drab.
Mr.. BONNIE selected place for his
camera at the Eva end of the drill
ground so that the company had for
background the old Royal Household
Guards barracks, now used by the L.
S. army quartermasters department. Mr..
BONNIE considered this a very pictures
que background, just suited for the
martial picture to be taken.
After practicing the march and drill
three times, Captain Johnson consid-
cred the men about perfect. The cam
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the field by column of tours and then
faced company about toward the cam
era, marking time, while every fourth
man stepped to the front, so that when
the company came to halt it was
deployed in open order. Not a com
mand was given. The instant they
came to a halt the silent bayonet drill
was begun and came to an end with
out hitch. The whole time of march
ing and drilling was one minute and
forty-five seconds. Mr.. BONNIE was so
pleased with the prospect of picture
of Captain Sam company that he
changed the film, using twice as much
as he had originally planned for.
This film will be personally developed
at Orange, n. J., by Mr.. Bonine, and
will then be supplied to the best vau-
deville circuits. The film viii first be
presented at Keith IS and Proctor's in
New York, and viii then travel around
the circuit and eventually all over the
United States. Moving pictures are de-
manded every week by patrons of the
vaudeville theaters and those prepared
by Bonnie of subjects in the islands will
certainly be of much interest. Some of
the films taken here have been for
warded to Orange and some may al
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New York audiences.
Mr.. Bonnie has taken series of
about forty moving pictures. These in
clude pictures of the taking on of cat |
tie at Kawaihae, Hawaii, aboard the
S. S. Kinau; the steamers boats land |
ing at Mahukona; the arrival of the |
train at Mahukona; scenes at Humuula |
sheep ranch; the crowds leaving the
Kohala Ditch opening ceremony for the |
luau; cane trains passing through cane |
fields; caneloaders at work; oxen drag |
ging loads of sugar cane; poi pound |
ing at Lahainaluna by native Hawai- |
ians; loading sugar onto lighters and |
then into steamers at kahulul; scenes |
in the crater of Haleakala; street |
scenes in Honolulu; forty water buff |
falo in the rice-fields of Palama, views |
in the harbog the day the Mongolia and |
Manchuria were in port; pau riders; |
scenes along the Oahu railroad; CON
Gliding with Captain Johnson's compa- |
ny.
Tomorrow afternoon at 3 o clock Mr.. |
BONNIE plans to get a canoeing and |
surfboard scene off Waikiki beach in |
front of the Moana and Seaside hotels. |
Then a view of the crowd on shore will |
be taken. Mr. BONNIE hopes that every |
canoe at Waikiki will be out He wish
es to have them start in all at the
same time, and when they are in motion
toward him he viii take film. Those |
who can ride surf boards standing will |
also be looked for by Mr.. BONNIE.
The expert s concluding picture viii
be of the crowds returning to town from
the baseball game on the Rapid Tran
sit ears and Manager Ballentyne will I
personally arrange mis- cars that Mr..
BONNIE VIII got the best results.