Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-05-06
PRICE OF PEACE
OFFICIALPICTURE,
AT POST TONIGHT
Patriotic Program Will be Given
at Outdoor Theatre in Interest
Of the Liberty Loan.
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED

"The Price of Peace" the $4,000, ,00O
government official picture which tells the
animated story of the great war, will be
shown free 20 the public at the outdoor
theatre near the " ~ G. A. at Fort Brown
at 8 o'clock tonight Thousands of Ameri-
can boys and at least one government pho
tographer were killed in the making Of this
great picture. The picture is being shown
i'm the interest of the Victory Liberty Loan.
Besides the 5000 feet of film there will
be other numbers on the program. There
will be music by the Sixteenth Cavalry
band, and sing song conducted by Jimmy
Henderson. The audience will be requested
to sing "The Battle Hymn of the Repub-
lic," There will be two short talks, by Judge
James A. Graham and Jimmmy Henderson.
The program will also include a tabIeau
representing America, England and France.
participated in by school children under the
direction of Miss Anita Kowalski.
"The Price of Peace" is the only war pic-
ture yet issued with the lid of censorship
off It shows the American soldier from
the time he enlists, his course of training
to be soldier; embarkation of 10000
soldiers for France, including the first pic
tures sever released showing the giant -.sIe-
Tor Brest, in all her war camouflage. and
again without her war paint, bringing home
the marines. IL contains the pictorial re-
cord OF the first American attack at Cha
teau Thierry; shows a German plane des-
troyed in the air coming down in flames !;
shows field piece with its crew being wip-
ed out by an exploding shell and registers
the American soldier keeping watch on the
Rhine.
'The Price of Peace" was filmed by the
United States Signal Corps photographers,
one of whom was killed while at work. The
photographers went where no commercial
photographer was permitted to go-right
into the thick of the fight There is no
make-belcve in single scene shown
1t will require good strong nerves to wit
ness this film and not go away shaken up
pretty much. 1t grips and fascinates, and
1t jars your nerves a bit. When a dough-
boy crumples up and falls or is blown to
bits there is no pretending. The trench life
with its mud and hardships, which these
doughboys gladly bore for peace is shown
as it actually was.
An American battery on a ridge caught
In hail Of German shells is shown seeking
new and safer position, eluding the enc
my guns. company of engineers is seen
at work laying tracks. a portion Of which
is blown up by an exploding she'll You sit
back in your chair to enjoy a comfortable
hour with the boys while they watch an
amateur vaudeville performance staged
back of the firing lines. Then along come
enemy airplanes to attack an American OBJ
servation balloon. flock of American
planes rise to meet them and make the at
tack and a terrific barrage is laid down
by the artillery to protect them by wall
of bursting she'll
The natter al this turmoil comes scenes
showing the American Army of Occupation
in Germany and the homecoming Of the
boys.
''The Price of Peace" will show the pub
iic why IL bought Liberty Bonds and why
i is going to buy more 1t will show that
though the war is won, the work of the
people at home is not done.
This great motion picture has never beer
publicly shown. The material it contains
has been held back by the war department
until now, and the treasury department has
exclusive use of it for the Victory Liberty
Loan campaign.