The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-10-16
MOVING PICTURES

EplIeptlc Fits Photographed for the
Use Of Medical students--Have
Been Used in Law suits-Corpora.
tions Utilize Them to Show Work.
ings Of the Plant.
The united States Government is
trying to get recruits for the army
and navy by exhibiting in interior
towns and cities moving picture
representations of the daily life of the
sailor and soldier. AS far back as
1899 moving pictures were used to
record an eclipse in South America.
Another government use of moving
pictures is to make records of the
daily life of many tribes of Indians
which are rapidly becoming extinct.
The same thing has been done with
some of the remaining herds of wild
animals in the West which also will
soon have disappeared, such as the
buffalo, elk, etc.
DR.. Walter G.. Chase, of Boston,
took moving picture machine some
time ago to the Craig colony of epilep-
tics at Sonyea, N. Y. He remained
there for two months watching his
chances. He succeeded from time to
time in getting many moving pictures
showing patients in epileptic fits.
The value, of these photographs as
a means of demonstration to students
is very great, for in no other way
could an accurate illustration of the
various forms of epilepsy be present
ed at moments notice.
Not long ago man had moving
pictures taken of the working of a
car seat of his invention side by side
with that of another car seat which
he alleged infringed upon his patent.
BY means of thumb book of pictures
showing the workings of the two
seats he clearly proved his conten-
tion to be true in court and won his
case.
found the other day by a rowing
coach. His crew had been photo
graphed while going at full speed by
a moving picture machine. Afterward
in looking slowly over the photo
graphs he discovered one of his oars
men right in the act of a faulty
movement. He declared that never
had he been satisfied with that par
ticular oarsman's stroke, yet could
never tell exactly where the trouble
lay. But, the mistake having been
made clear in this manner, it was
soon remedied:
The United States army has had
pictures taken of soldier going
through the manual of arms Thumb
books with these pictures are made
up and furnished to the recruit, who
by looking carefully through them
can easily trace every minute move
ment that goes to make up the COM
plete action.
Football coaches use similar means
to show new men the best methods
of kicking the ball. A crack punter
goes through the form of kicking
the ball, and every movement is faith
fully recorded by the machine, which
furnishes the beginner with better In
sight of the art of kicking than all
the coaching in the world.
Nowadays many of the big corpora
tions have moving pictures taken or
the workings of the various depart
ments of their plants.
The costliest negative ever taken
by one moving picture concern shows
the occupation of Pekin by the for
eign soldiers during the Boxer re-
bellion. A photographer took pictures
of the allied troops as they scaled the
walls of the city. That film cost
$1,000.
Many of the films taken of the Boer
and Japanese wars were almost as
costly. On one occasion the vessel
bearing film to the United States
was not moving fast enough and the
agent of the moving picture company
demanded more speed. This was
furnished, but as result the COM
pany received an additional bill of
$500 for forced draught,