Evening journal., 1916-03-15
EVENING JOURNAL TO
Show Views OF War
ArrangeS With W. H. Dur
borough TO Display German
Pictures at Queen Theatre
MOVIES" TAKEN BY A
FORMER DELAWAREAN

Under the auspices Of THE EVEN
ING JOURNAL. Wilbur II. Dur
borough's moving pictures. "On the
Firing Line With the Germans will
be exhibited at the Queen Theatre
next week. MIR. Durborough. who
risked his life to take the pictures on
German battlehelds. IS a former Della
warean. He was born at Lebanon.
near Dover. and lived there up to a
few years ago His father. Captain
DurborOugh. is an officer on one Of the
Wilson line boats. This daring photo
graphor was anxious 10 display his
remarkable and authentic pictures in
his home State and brought the matter
10 the attention of the management of
this newspaper. Il did not take long
for THE EVENING JOURNAL to ar
range with Mr.. Durborough and the
/ Queen Theatre management for the
showing Of the German war pictures
beginning Monday next.
The pictures are educational They
show the German preparations Tor
war, the march TO battle. etc, but
nothing in the way Of taking sides or
! that would provoke controversy is
shown in the sensational films They
/ have been viewed by hundreds of
/ thousands of persons in New York
/ Philadelphia and a few other large
cities.
40 other motion picture photogra
pliers who visited the battle fronts OF
I Europe were successful in getting a
film which told a complete story. The
great worth of the Durbrough pictures
is that the spectator follows each sue
cessivc movement in Won Ilindenhurg'
campaign as it developed II is rcal
war tale full Of thrills. II begins MI
Berlin and it ends amid the crashing OF
huge guns at the fall Of Novo Geor
| gievsk. II is complete.
Wilbur Durborough, who was under
fire many times, and whose camera wa'
hit by bullets, is both an editor and q
photomaphcr Tie edited his film az q
newspaper article might be edited IA,
cut out the sup,rinous and the unim
poriant. and he mt i'm his Cub cap
tions as copy editor would handle d
big story.
"On the Firing Line with the Ger
mans presents only the TeutoniC
side but il is not prO-German. Dur.
borough is pro-American only. HC
was fortunate i'm joining Won Hinden.
burg's army during the Russian drive
which took him first into East Prus
sia. then TO Warsaw and finally q
the grand climax at NovO GeOrgievsk
where 10000 Germans picked by Gen
eral Won Beseler, battled for nine day
and took a fortress held by. $500
[ Russians.
In this series a battle is pictures
, from the moment the troops ar
swung into position until the rocket
3 flashing in the air signal surrender
! The Durborough film shows not on
charge but half a dozen massed at
tacks with thousands Of men advanc
, ling under fire. AS far as the eye car
see are the rushing German lines
, Above them burst shrapnel ahead o
them can be seen the Russian
trenches, the pulfs Of smoke bein.
, easily noticeable. Won Hindenburl
fought in an open country. There wa'
/ little trench warfare. There is no
, much timber. Thus the very topog
raphy Of the land aided Durbor0ugl
lin securing views which mean some
thing For the first time since the
War of Nations opened. the Gamers
has caught battle scenes Of the frs
magnitude.
There are plenty OF incidents, bu
they are skillfully blended into The
whole picture; pictures Of famous
generals; pictures Of refugees; pic
lures OF ruined cities and wrecked
I homes; pictures of ten of thousand
prisoners and pictures Of the wound
cd. They are not presented as iso
lated views, but they help tell thu
: story OF a single campaign.