The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-06
LARGE AUDIENCES
 CONTINUE ID ENJOY
 PICTURES 0F WAR
Story of the War Told in Sequence of Events That Gives One Complete
 Grasp of Situation

Large crowds attended The Age-Herald war pictures at the Jefferson theatre yesterday. The house was filled at all four performances
 The net proceeds Sunday were sioo and this will be divided equally between the Mercy Home and the Day Nursery Eight hundred people saw the pictures and the gross receipts were s2e0.ao.
 Daring photographers faced shot and shell, hunger, cold, disease. execution all the innumerable horrors and incon- veniences of war-to secure these moving pictures in the actual firing line The whole story of the war is given in a sequence of events which makes the en- tertainment liberal education and full news report of what is happening across the water
 While cavalry and infantry charges are shown, with desperate men storming trenches held by an enemy equally des- perate, artillery duels and opposing earth works peopled with soldiers, firing upon each other, there are lighter touches.
 For instance, in almost every picture illustrating the flight of noncom ba tants from the war-torn sections, the house. hold pets of the refugees impart touch of comedy. Such an instance is found in the action of the friendly and hospit- able Belgian dogs welcoming the invad- ing German hosts with tails awag and yelping in happy chorus. Again, the children contribute relief from the sombre and sordid tale of strife, for even in their pitlful plight the round and rud- dy Flemish youngsters cannot refrain from childish pranks that are the more amusing because of their ghastly back ground of waste and desolation.
 It would be impossible to recite all the scenes caught on this 5000 feet of film but some of the features are Zeppelins fly ing over the outskirts of Paris, the en- gagement of the British and German ships, civil panic in the form of run on a national bank at Brussels. artillery battle outside Louvain, Belgian German fight at Namur, German army entering Brussels. surrender of Brussels to the Germans, terror-stricken inhabitants flee ing from the city, field guns in action near Antwerp, the blowing up of bridge at Lys. the swift. mad dash of dog-drawn mitrailleuses into battle, the speeding armored motor cars. some of them turret- ed, whio'' have done so much damage to befindu uniaiS, the W1cKeQ. Delcn1nE long range field guns in action, the ar mored train at Arvin firing broadsides as it passes (the daring photographer was standing on the cab of the engine un- protected, while taking this picture), motor busses of all nations passing through Ypres on the way to Ronlers the bombardment of Ghent, and thou- sand other details of life and death A scene that is most extraordinary in view of the distance between the armies and the long range fighting in this war by telephonic orders, and automobile mes sengers is the Germans and allies &C., tually engaged in battle, both sides be- ing visible.
 Surely the enactment of such scenes before ones very eyes will interest all regardless of their sentiment on the sub ject of war or their sympathies in the present struggle It is a marvellous hu- man document that will be handed down for generations.