Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-03-08
Or "With Won Hindenburg's Army
at the 'front.' is Title of Film
Coming to the Lyric for Two
.-a @s9Nis and Matinee,
ssSa NJ 13 and 14th.
GREATEST PICTURES
= EVER SHOWN
Great Scenes SIN II the TeutOnIc
Assault Against q russians in
Poland That En1 18th the
Fall of the Las 'sh
b Stronghold.

Daring photographer retires only
when bayonet charge is ordered
Berlin Gayety Depicted.
Jane Adams when abroad snapped
in remarkable view presented by
whatever has been written about the
evacuation of Warsaw by the Rus
SLAMS, however graphically was des-
cribed the Teutonic assault against
the Russians in Poland that ended
with the fall OF the last Polish
stronghold, Fort Novo Georgievsk
nothing can begin to reveal the con-
ditions in that devastated country
like the films which w. II. Durbor-
ough took at the risk of his life
The reproductions of what this intre-
pid newspaper correspondent saw at
the front, under cover of Gen. Won
Hindenburg's big guns, opens an en-
gagement at the Lyric Theatre, two
days commencing Monday night.
March ! 3th Matinee Tuesday at 2:3o
p. NJ.
ION the Firing Line with the Ger
Army at the Front" is the title Of
the film and it comes by it honestly,
for Mr.. Durborough's presence ev-
erywhere on the battlefield is evil
dent. If he doesn't examine a fresh
ly made wound on a soldiers face.
he chats pleasantly with some of the
officers, eats with them and borrows
their best horses.
Once on the battlefield evidences
of var appear everywhere. There
are no stage scenes, nor does the pic
ture contain an eternal parade Of
soldiers marching from nowhere to
nowhere with artillery and cavalry
in the procession. listlessly advanc-
ing with the consciousness that they
are having their pictures taken. Here
the men proceed, unmindful of the
cameras grind, with determination
written over their countenances,
their Jaws set and their keen and
alert faces seemingly eager to get a
view of their enemy. OF course, the
lighter phases of life with the fight
ing men shows them in a different
mood. Except for their uniforms and
surroundings, an observer, seeing
! these men at play. might forget that
he is viewing the stern realities of
war and think he sees a happy lot
of campers. Never have motion pic
lures given a more vivid impression
of a battle than these Durborough
films or more comprehensive visu-
alization of activities at the front.
In full view of the camera the men
some, one or two miles away from
the lens, can be plainly seen by their
outlines. Columns of men dash for
ward over the hills and plains, thru
bitches and across pools of water.
knee deep, under cover OF the biz
guns, to get closer to their goal.
W0llS Ine eutHly puiot 81.
around the advancing soldiers, leav-
ing trails of smoke in midair like
giant sky rockets and tearing up the
earth wherever they strike. When the
soldiers neared their destination anc
fixed their bayonets for the final as
sault, the camera man sagely with
drew to the rear. View of many towns
and villages depict the destruction
of peaceful communities. Warsaw
after it's evacuation and Fort Novo
Georgievsk after its fall are shown.
The destruction wrought by the hea-
Wy Teutonic guns is seen. AS the con-
ouering army enters the Polish cap
ital the citizens can be observed gaz-
ing on the invaders with curiosity
and awe and later in friendly chat
with them. The plight of the refu-
gees who leave their homes with the
retreating Russians only to return
and find their former abodes IN
ruins is shown. Babies gaze curious
ly into the cameras eye, possibly at
tracted to it by the grinding OF the
handle. while proud mothers urge
their offspring to look pleasant as
their pictures are being taken. But
before the firing line is reached MI
Durborough takes his spectators
with him from Chicago to England
and from Great Britain to Holland
On this journey he spies British pa
troll through the portfolio OF the