The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-12
PRESS CLUB SHOWN AT b|G EXPOSITION Al Blum Explains Plans for
 Alabama Displays SUCCESS IS ASSURED Moving Pictures of Some of Alabama's Most Prominent Industries Will
 Be Displayed Daily at
 San Francisco
SUCCESS IS ASSURED

A contract has been signed between the Birmingham Newspaper club and Al Rlum, representing the Alabama Pan- anna Exposition commission. for 3ss feet Of film at the San Francisco exposition showing the various floors of the club The film, which will be made by the Bon Ray Film company of New York will De shown for 10 minutes on the screen at the Alabama building in San Fran cisco. The exposition will last for 10 months or BOG days. The club views will be shown QUO times at the exposition.
 MT. Blum said yeste Aday that the pie lures of the club which will go to make up the film will be made under the SUI pervision of Roy Hunt of the Bon Ray Film company. MT. Hunt is well known in Birmingham as skillful moving pie ture photographer. He is the superintend- ent of the film company to make the pictures in Birmingham.
 MT. Blum is of the opinion that no more attractive scenes will be shown en the screens at the exposition than the views which will be made of the rress club. He said that he had visited Fi iattiCaiiJ SfttS press tiup LII dily pi Oiii- thence in this country and that none exceeded and few equaled the magnifi- cence of the local institution.
 T am very much gratifed," said MT. Blum last night that the press club has consented to take 333 feet of film to be shown at the exposition. The club floors. the cafe. the promenades and the ladies floor of the press club will make film which I am willing to predict will at tract wide attention at the exposition This will greatly advertise Birmingham and it will receive such attention from the newspaper boys from all parts of the country at the big exposition as to secure wide publicity.
 In connection with the work of the commission to build the Alabama build ing, which commission was appointed by the governor of Alabama, MT. Blum said yesterday that he intended to cover the entire state, raising money with which to build for the state of Alabama struc- ture which the sons of the state will be proud tc see at the exposition.
 ''rhe methods to be pursued in this campaign" MT. Blum explained yester- day, "are to secure contracts from large interests in the state for views of their operations, to be paid for by the various companies Then we expect to show all the business streets of Birmingham, the residential sections and other attractive views. The pictures will be run while a lecturer tells of the growth of the city l expect to ask the Chamber of Commerce to undertake this work from al. advertising standpoint. The money secured from the contracts will be pay able to the president of Montgomery bank, who is treasurer of the commits sion. For every foot of film sold two- thirds of the price paid goes to the build ing and the remainder to the expense of making the picture. I believe the work here will be entered into enthusi- astically by the public-spirited men of this city. I recall no way which would excel this plan of showing a city and all it's resources and in a better way than by the motion picture films. This work is to be undertaken by committee. one of whom is George Gordon Crawford of Birmingham, while prominent men in other cities are members of the board Ny work is simply as special agent"
 MT. Blum was very successful in a like proposition for the states of Virginia and South Carolina. He will be here several daya