The Washington times., 1914-08-13
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OOine Pictures Put
Ban on Tales Of
MunchduSenS of
the Future

ne moving picture is likely to
u- the retailer of fish stories and
nontrous tales OF strange things
no strange sights entirely out of
HUS iress. This is a phase of the
no ing picture usefulness that has
boz been much dwelt upon in view of
he many other phases that are be-
ms discussed. But there is no doubt
h will be of untold value in the
uture. The authorization of trav-
ler's tales through the showing of
In actual picture Of the thing about
Which the tale Is told, is a brand
bew field of usefulness. Colonel
R"osevelts explorations into big
ne territory in Africa. and lately
n the wilds of South America have
brought these things prominently
10 the fore. In all sorts of strange
blaces the camera has been carried
b bring back curious sights for the
Entertainment and instruction of
The public. The Rainey hunt pic
lures, the various news pictures and
the thousand and one details of for
/ lus trated emphasize them. These
81 bjects, of course, deal. with new
things or new scenes, and as such
bring the various parts of the earth
II closer touch. and give an idea
kof the manners and customs of
4 s. aIge peoples which could not be
ol aimed by merely reading books.
There has been little showing, how
z, er, of actual pictures of elements
IL NLaA
I've been known, heretofore, only
rough stories written about them,
bit which have been seen only by
Ine few writers who have had the
rare opportunities for observation
1 occasions for the stories call
r~th.
'robablv one of the most conspic-
I Us examples of this, aside from
me of the Rainey pictures, is TO
l., found in the unusal bit of film
r.tde by Capt. F. Z. Kleinschmidt,
1 Alaska during the period he was in
I = Far North collecting data for
tFe Carnegie Museum. The Klein
umidt films were of a very val
Die character both scientifically
q for mere entertainment pur-
ses, but there is among them one
.Ich shows more clearly than any
Dry could possibly tell, the mother
J ve of a polar bear for her cub.
1ere is probably no person who
Law the pictures when they were
shown here-and who may again see
them when they return to the Be-
l. SEQ Theater for week beginning
next Sunday afternoon-on whom
mis- part of the film did not make a
lTOfound impression. In fact, so
perfectly is the mother love depicted
that the audiences burst into fire.
Ient applause during the run of
mis- one section Of the film. A large
female bear is discovered in the
water with her cub. She sights the
boat containing the camera and en-
deavors TO get away, towing the
cub as she swims, the youngster
having a firm grip on its mothers
tail. The bear turns and doubles
with the boat bearing down on her.
set away very plainly, the light con-
1itions being unusually good for the
ITpose. Finally the cub is lassoed
rom the deck of the ship. The
mother bear tries to break the rope
nd when the cub is hauled away
rom her, makes frantic dashes at
ne side of the boat, being as keen,
now, TO get into the vessel as she
was but A few minutes before to get
away from il. She splashes water
into the camera such a commotion
IS kicked up. So great were the
ears efforts to regain her cub that
me people on the boat haven't the
heart TO keep their captive, and
they loosen the ropes that hold it
90 that the mother again takes it in
tow and speeds to safety.
There have been many stories
written around this theme, but this
the first time that an actual pic
IRE of such a struggle has been
made and the exhibition never fails
to make a keen impression on the
a audiences that see it. 1t is doubt
less that Colonel Roosevelt on his
recent trip to South America secured