The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-08-19
.,-,h,fnu Germans" at che Gem To-
morrow.
sber$an said it!

.F;ghting Germans" at che Gem 10
morrow.
sberMan said it!
WarRis all he said it was.
Won will agree with Sherman when
IN 4e The Fighting Germans"
yssl war pictures of actual strife,
~ will be shown at the Gem
,.hastre tomorrow.
these are the much commented
nan motion pictures Of the carnage
W. aarass seas which caused concentrat-
Il Effort to have the United States
= sarnress their showing. Forbidden
INES I'm held to have slipped past the
oansors are part and parcel OF this
a,aonificent pageantry of warfare.
'n1 THE Fighting Germans" will bring
~ warning nations before the vision
~ NE observers at the Gem in a
m.nner in which actual war has
nsver before been presented. These
authentic films were obtaine9 for the
lIutual Film Corporation by a daring
ramsraman who bra0ed death with
almost every scene he snapped.
Whatever has been written about
The fall of Warsaw, however graph
eally was described the Teutonic as
sauit 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 ut 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. Ex-
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
a more vivid impression of battle
than these Dawson films or more
comprehensive Installation of activi-
ties III the front. In full view of the
caNeras charge against their
foes in sections-some one or two
miles away from the lens can be plain
ly 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
conquering 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
md 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
anee he had their likeness on the
nun. From this peaceful and beauti-
ial city Dawson goes to the hotbed of
The strife, armed with the necessary
ereaentiais 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
wlthstood the brunt of the early days
" the battle are seen starting into
aeaon. Charges on Russian trenches
over battlefield in which thousands
" shrapnel shells are bursting, the
aerial fleet directing the gunners, the
Aeppelins hurting bombs on the
trenches and outer forts, the surren-
DER OF the Notifications bid the clear
ing UP of the battletield@p pre- some of
we events that make tAs picture q
sWskable historical chronicle.
Three Big Stars in by Whose
Hand?"