The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-08-19
German" at che Gem To-
morrow.
sherl Jan said it!

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a morrow.
sber&an said it!
WARTS all he said it was.
Von will agree with Sherman when
.o,, IL 1.-The Fighting Germans"
yo w., war pictures of actual strife,
t which will be shown at the Gem
Thsatre tomorrow, v
these are the much commented
,.aan motion pictures of the carnage
sfross seas which caused concentrat-
y stfort to have the United States
sannress their showing. Forbidden
sapps held to have slipped past the
sansors are part and parcel of this
s.sagofcent pageantry of warfare.
' sSThe Fighting Germans" will bring
No warning nations before the vision
4 NE observers at the Gem in
manner in which actual war has
as a before been presented. These
anthentic films were obtainc4 for the
lIutual Film Corporation by daring
esmaraman who braeed death with
almost every scene he snapped.
whatever has been written about
the fall of Warsaw, however graph
eaIy was described the Teutonic as
sault against the Russians in Poland,
nothing can begin to reveal the con-
ditions in that devastated country
ike the films which A. K. Dawson
took at the risk of his life. The re-
nroductions of what this intrepid
newspaper correspondent saw at the
front, under cover of Gen. Won Hin
denburg's big guns, will be shown.
Once on the battlefield, evidences
Of war 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 advancing
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
laws 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 fighting men
show them in a different mood. Elk
eept for their uniforms and surround
ings, an observer, seeing these men at
play, might forget that he is viewing
the stern realities of war and think
he sees happy lot of campers.
Never have motion pictures given
more vivid impression of battle
than these Dawson films or more
comprehensive Installation Of activi-
ties at the front. In full view Of the
assaara. khe4lsae naseh aEsse AGAINST their
foes in sections-some one or two
miles away from the lens can be plain
~ seen by their outlines.
Columns of men dash forward over
the hills and plains, through bitches
and across pools of water, knee deep,
under cover of the big guns, to get
closer to their goal, while the enemy's
shells burst all around the advancing
soldiers, leaving trails of smoke in
midair like giant sky rockets and
tearing up the earth wherever they
strike. When the soldiers neared
their destination and fixed their bay
onets for the final assault, the camera
man sagely withdrew to the rear.
The destruction wrought by the
heavy Teutonic guns is seen. AS the
eonquering army enters the Polish vii
lage 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 refugees
who leave their homes with the re-
treating Russians only to return and
ind their abodes in ruins is shown.
Babies gaze curiously into the cam
era's eye, possibly attracted to it by
The grinding of the handle, while
proud mothers urge their offspring to
look pleasant as their pictures are be-
Ing taken.
The kaiser and the crown prince
emerge from the palace just as the
camera man appears on the scene,
and before they enter their convey
ance he had their likeness on the
MN. From this peaceful and beauti-
iul city Dawson goes to the hotbed of
the strife, armed with the necessary
sfeuehtials and With American pluck
and perseverance. Along the way he
snaps Russia prisoners at work on the
roads, piling up hay and engaged in
other employment under the supervi-
SION OF their German captors. They
seem contented.
The Austro-Hungarian troops who
Withstood the brunt of the early days
VI the battle are seen starting into
aetlon. Charges on Russian trenches
oyer battlefield in which thousands
oi shrapnel shells are bursting, the
aerial feet directing the gunners, the
Aeppelins hurting bombs on the
fenehes~and outer FORTS the surren-
DER of the Notifications aspd the clear
,ag up OF the battletieldV are some of
NE events that make tMs picture a
ismqSkable historical chronicle.
Three Big Stars in by Whose
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