The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-13
Heroes .At se:Ihei1sesBes1t.,s. ,sss's.s .sss.ys
By. CURTIS DUNHAM11s. M1 <

ssids Hadsoa, wsshlRst9Wa, sssstiss Wa!R Y b.is: Philadelphia;& J. Johnspa, Los An geles; s. P. Sozio, Al Wetzel John Baritone. Henry De, Siena, in New York; Georges Ercoie. travelling in Europe; Leslie Wyand, London,
 England; A Glattli, Paris;. B. AL berini Italy; K Fasold, now in
 Ireland; and correspondents in Belg- ium, Germany, Russia, Spain, South America and the Orient.
 Of these men it would be difficult to pick the one longest connected with Pathe News. Albert Richard joined the organization early in it's career. Last February he went to Poland to get pictures of the Russian-P ofish
 ated to" daunt the most courageous
 soul, Richard succeeded, and Pathe
 News showed exclusive pictures of the war in Poland.
 Upon his arrival in Berlin, enroute
 for Warsaw, Richard literally walked into the revolution against the Ebert administration. The first indica- ton of the revolution came when he heard a noisy rendition of "Deutsch- land Uber A1les." His first thought was that the ex-Kaiser had returned, and in the dead of the night he went into the streets. Early next morn ing Richard and another Pathe man, whom he met by the merest coincidence, took pictures of the re- volt and Pathe News scored an ex- elusive story on the event
 After fighting and arguing his way past countless - customs officials, Richard finally arrived at Warsaw, where he joined Georges Ercole, of I the Pathe European staff. They were | all prepared to go to the; front when | the Polish military authorities inter
 fered. The military .. had photo i graphers of their own, also they had ideas of their, own, concerning the
 commercial value of the films. Since these cameramen were inexperienced, Richard was determined that he and
 Ercole should take them and after
 three weeks of tireless effort and the practice of some truly great states
 manship and diplomacy, finally got
 permission to make his pictures.
 The hardships suffered by Rich
 ard and Ercole may& be imagined
 Shelter, clothing, and food were as
 scarce as typhus arid other diseases
 were rampant. Many times Richard
 rode for seventytwof hours at a
 stretch in box. car in order to de
 liver his films to the ship sailing for
 the United States from Danzig, re.
 turning immediately to his ardous !. labors with the Polish forces. H. D. Blauvelt is news photo . grapher of thirty years experience . He took up motion picture worl 1 about ten years ago. He is the onl, 1 man to get pictures of the Panam; Canal from Coast to Coast in al |. aeroplane and has travelled all. owe ' the world taking news pictures. Jake Coolidge is another veteran = He took news pictures before tn organization of the Pathe Weekly , contributing to the news reel pu out in France as the Pathe Journa e Coolidge went to France to talk = scenes of the President on his frs S visit to Europe. He made the jour e ney on a destroyer and as they CT
 tered the harbor at Brest, Coolidg
 received the disheartening informs ' ton that the French Minister of Ms '' rine. issued orders forbidding ships t '- put passengers ashore until one hot n after President Wilson had put hi :. foot on French soil.