The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07
FAIR SCENES PRESERVED
ON M0T|0NP|CTUREF| FILMS
"Nioyie" Mon Point Their Camera
Into Every Nook and Corner
OF Grounds.
ALVIN SMITH TAKES CHARGE
Record to Be Made in Preparing
Pictures, Which Will BE Thrown
on Screen In Richmond Tonight.
Fair Officials Are Posed.

Conspicuous among the features OF
the Fair yesterday, was the spectacle.
rarely seen In Richmond. OF the NOV
Ing picture man busily turning tho
crank OF his machine and transferring
to hundreds Of feet Of highly sensitized
films groups scenes, incidents, acts and
activities Of tho Kaleidoscope show.
The movie man was hero In conse-
quence of some deep thinking on the
part or local theatrical manager Il.
L. Jlllson, of the Regent Theatre. see
ing the hundreds of visitors and home
people. crowdlng the cars OH their way
10 the grounds. wondered how he could
get IN on IT,. Realizing that he
couldn't take his show out TO the Fair
ne decided to bring the Fair to his
show. so he wired to the nearest movie
supply station. Washington. yesterday
morning. and on the first train down
came the first act, complete In the per-
son or 5. Harris, representative OF
the Industrial Motion Picture Company
an operator and one of the cameras that
have helped to disable the two-doliar
houses. f..' "a
INSTANTANEOUS ARTIST
TAKES PICTURES OF RICHMOND
By way of leading up to tho Fair. the
instantaneous artist took a lot OF mic
lures OF Richmond, both as a city Of
historical interest and rs a thriving,
busting modern town. Then the group
shot out to the grounds, put Itself and
Its principal actor. the camera, under
the charge OF Alvin NJ. Smith. n veteran
Snowman md a member of the execu-
tive committee of the Fair Association.
and proceeded to take In and take the
Fair. Up and down the Midway. into
the paddock, the infield. in front OF
the grand stand. by the side OF tho
platforms on which the vaudeville acts
were displayed, just to one side OF tho
81 M oil
nuttering, restless, joyful place they
went. while the operator steadily
turned his crank.
DIR. Smith called for the Kilties, who
lined up across the infeld and came
steadily o.. toward the .urnera. yeerint.
OFF sharply to tie left in order that
they might be caught In more extended
order. while the operator turned his
crank. Somebody shouted. Here they
come" and into the home stretch
dashed the flying horses. finishing un-
der whip and spur the 1--WE furlong
squirt. Instantly the camera man
whirled his machine toward the track
and an instant later the strainng
horses flashed by. and the operator
turned his crank ,Schreycr yelled "All
ready and shot down his murderouH
iT&ine. leaving his wheel somewhere
infnidair and flying all spraddlcd out
tSward his shallow pool--the camera
was pointed at him, and all the time
the operator turned his crank
FAIR OFFICIALS TO BE
SEEN OR SCREEN Tonight
Opponents OF modern dances tan.
coed, maxixed. twisted and fox-trcttcd
on the rough boards OF their stage
while the grand stand--the. younger
part OF it--wat6hed with envy and 6d-
miration, and tho operator turned his
crank. Finally. when the program for
the day was over--7to the last hot
sausa ge-the crowds poured out of the
grand stand gate on their way to au-
tomobilcs and street ears, and tho
camera stared them In the face, whilo
the operator turned his crank
Then Stage Manager Smith got to-
Eether MS many officers Of the associa-
ton as he could find. persuaded them to
group Themselves under the big State
Fair sign at the entrance to the
grounds asked them TO talk and move
about-"act natural"--gave the signal
to the movie man, and the operator
turned his crank
AZ last the operator stopped turning
his crank, carefully took several miles
OF film out OF his machine, and II was
rushed to Washington late in the at
ternoon, where the home Office took
charge with the, purpose OF making a
record. For while the pictures wcro
only taken yesterday afternoon, both
house manager and movie experts vow,
aver and strongly asseverate that the
whole thing will be completed. and
that the fair will see itself as Others
see 1t, at the Regent Theatre--to- night!