The Cordova daily times., 1917-02-08
CH|LDS GLACIER 4 b|G SCREEN
 ATTRACTION

One of the best Alaskan films ever shown in the states was taken by Mir and Mrs. Al l. Smith. during an exten. ded trip to the territory last year The wonders of the northland are de picted on the screen in the Strand theatre. New York city. also In Tal. ly's Broadway theatre. Los Angeles, with great success, and this star flea. ture is being staterighted and will soon appear simultaneously in all parts of the country.
 What especially appeals to the pub. lie is the scene revealing the action of Child's glacier, one of Cordova 8 overlapping attractions. The picture is one of really absorbing interest. From time to time great masses of ice break away from the main body and go crashing down into the water below, blocking the course of the riv. CT and raising tidal wave that sweeps up against the rushing current with all the force of an avalanche.
 It is the sensation of thrill filmdom, md nothing like it has even been shown before. Then there is the great Kodiak bear, in which the bear is shot and falls within a short distance of the camera after making a head-on 3harge of about one hundred yards: he bore on Turnagain arm, which is | sight worth seeing. some exception ally good Eskimo stuff, depicting the life of the natives and scores of other scenes, representing the new phase of the effects wrought by Mother Ma ture in this great northland, that for beauty and swesome grandeur have never been eqnalled.
 MT. and Mrs. Smith will be back in Alaska early in the spring. It is their intention to stop at Cordova and get the "ice breaking up in the Copper river" In lengthy article, descrip- tive of his trip to Alaska last summer Mir, Smith xivss the following inter. esting account of his stop at "Cordova one of the greatest copper producing sections of Alaska. It was our inten- tion to take the train to Miles and Childs glaciers which during that time of the year stuff off immense quantities of ice into the river, af, fording wonderful sight.
 The railroad runs. from Coriova to the famous Kennecott copper mines on the Copper river. This railroad Is mentioned by Rex Beach as being the Iron Trail of the north. The million dollar steel bridge which crosses the river between the two glaciers is featured in his novel by that name, The Iron Trail
 When we arrived at the glaciers the sun was shining brightly and il was fairly warm, in fact it was prac tically the first sunshine we had seen during our trip in the north. After making our camp, we located our ma chine on the opposite bank from Child's glacier and awaited the ice falls. which could be heard for miles when they fell with their terrific thunder. In order to obtain the pic lures of the ice falling, one must watch closely for the small pieces tC begin to break off. then begin to crank with the hopes of getting { big slide. The glacier is seventy-fivt miles in length, over four hundred l feet in height and the face measuring three miles across. During the few weeks of summer when the glacieri stuff off, it is claimed that 1t stuff. off and moves forward forty feet pel day. In the pictures that I have tt offer l show some tremendous slides although one can not realize the i'm mensity of this body of ice or heal the deafening thunder or feel tn, shock which goes with each fall iron just looking at the pictures.
 "I was fortunate in securing a small sas-beatE cad made anyway througl the ice fields to the face of Mile glacier. This was the first time tha a moving picture camera had beel face to face with this gigantic wal of ice. It was no small undertakin. to photograph the falling ice iron a small boat. as each and every Der, which falls into the water (which i over 1,5O0 feet in depth) causes huge swell Or wave, which we wer, compelled to pull away from at full speed in order to keep from beinl swamped. have pictured a berl about the size of small mountain which falls over and presents a mag nificent sight. One that perhaps yo' will never have an opportunity of see ing again. In order to get this pic ture. l kept my camera focused ol this berg for an hour and half il g zero wind which blows from off tn glacier.
 Flight days were spent at the slac Hers to obtain the pictures which