The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-05
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Films to Be Shown for War
Relief Fund Show Thrill
ing Pictures.

Many strange things have come to
pass since the great war began. and
not the least remarkable IL the fact
that Great Britain, always rigidiy Sc
crestive as 10 her war operations. Has
motion pictures 81 the Bat
tie or the Somme, and the great fleet
In the North sea.
More than this, she has consented to
send uncensored films Of these pic
lures to America, for exhibition for
war relief purposes, Charles Urban.
the man for whom the British navy
posed, is now in this country acting
as one of the directors Of Official War
Films, Inc, the corporation controlling
the American rights for the pictures
This corporation, Of which William
X. Vanderbilt is president, will devote
all its gross profits to deserving war
relief funds. It controls, in addition to
the pictures named above, those Of the
American ambulance corps in France
and the American aviation corps. All
these pictures are now being arranged
ana captoncd. and win shortly be re-
leased through the distrfbutive chan
nels of the General Film company.
Mr.. Urban relates many interesting
Incidents connected with his visit to
the Grand fleet" ana the photograph
ing Of the great variety Of units com
posing it.
II believe am warranted" he says
lin stating that with the exception
of brief visits to the fleet by that emf
ncnt war correspondent, Mr.. Frederick
Palmer. and several FRENCH ministers)
my camera men and myself occupied
the unique position Of being the only
civilians permitted to sojourn on a
British battleship under war condi-
tons. up to that time. Our expert
ences were highly Interesting and
many times exciting, especially during
d three days cruise for a possible en-
counter with the enemy, under stony,
cold and misty weather conditions.
Life on the fast dcstroycrs, and the
new light cruisers, with speed Of 40
knots an hour: a day and a night on
a mfne sweeper in dirty weather: on
the deck Of submarine during
maneuvers, and inside Of the ship
when submerged. are, experiences with
anyone SO privileged does not soon
forget
while we were on the gigantic II.
NJ. S. Queen Elizabeth. l was particu-
larry anxious to secure good series
Of pictures of the firing Of broadside
salvos of her big 1o-ipch guns, but
found that it was impossible to get the
flash of the guns. owing to the ter.
I rifle blasts. The conclusion lifted
the camera and tripod several inches
from the deck, and stopped the action
Of the operators hand at the crucial
moment.
"a destroyer was placed ut our dis
posal, to which we We're transferred
which raced along within the proper
distance of the big ships. We sue
ceeded, from the point of vantage, in
/ securing WOnQefIul pictures OF SalNO
gun firing while under full headway.
especially the records taken with my
| new process Of natural color photog-
| raphy.
1.-THE actual color of the flashes. the
cordite smoke clearing from the guns.
the crest of the waves on the blue sea.
the steel gray of the battleships with
the colored ensigns against an over
cast and beclouded sky, forms such
a picture as has never before been
| portrayed. 1t is a grand sight to see
a fleet of 40 majestic warships under
full Roadway. and one which very few
lreople not connected with the navy
ever witnessed"