Evening star., 1937-10-31
MANN To TELL
OF JUNGLE TRIPS
Films Also to Be Shown at
First Of National Geo.
graphic Lectures.

An illustrated version of their nine
month trek through the tropical islands
Of the East Indies to collect rare ami
mails for the Washington Zoo will be
given November IL by DR.. and Mrs.
William M. Mann as the first of 19
lectures to be presented by the Ma
tional Geographic Society this fall
and winter.
The modern Noah" and his wife
Will be only two Of many noted scien-
fists, travellers and explorers who will
appear In the series to report with
words and pictures on their experiences
In distant lands and their discoveries
Of new wonders of nature.
DR.. Mann will relate his experiences
while leading the National Geographic
Smithsonian Expedition to Sumatra,
and his story will be accompanied by
motion pictures. The series of 10
lectures will be held at 8:15 o'clock
on Friday nights in Constitution Hall.
Forman to Speak.
Among lecturers will be Harrison
Forman, who is just back after filming
many war scenes during seven months
Of travel through China. Forman also
visited Mongolia and Tibet.
Japan under present war conditions
will be described by Pherbia Thomas,
a sister of Lowell Thomas, radio COM
mentator and author.
Sound motion pictures of Hawaii will
be presented by George T. Armitage
and Burton Holmes will tell of his
ll-week expedition through South
Africa, the Belgian Congo and NADIA
gascar.
Mrs. johnson Will Talk.
Mrs. Martin johnson, widow of the
famous explorer, who has recovered
from the airplane accident which
proved fatal to her husband, will ex-
hibit symposium of the best motion
pictures of wild life taken by herself
and her husband during q years of
exploration.
The adventures of the Geographic
United States Navy expedition to a
nid-Pacific island last June to Aim
an eclipse of the sun will be described
by Capt. J. F. Hellweg and DR.. S. A.
Mitchell.
Other subjects will be new pictures
Of the sun, moon and planets, travel
pictures of the Shetland Islands,
y Portugal, England, Scotland, and an
account of a stormy voyage around
Cape Horn. New miracles of science
will be shown, including slow-motion
moving pictures of the flight Of a
1at 1afo iott Of
wild birds and their songs and close
ups of native birds and animals of
the Northwest are other features.
Program outlined.
The program announced yesterday
follows:
November 12-"Playing Noah," by
William and Lucille Mann.
November 19-"Under Fire in
China" by Harrison Forman.
November 26-"Land of the Rising
Sum-" by Pherbia Thomas.
December 3-"Holiday in Hawaii"
by George T. Armitage.
December 10-"African Adventure"
by Burton Holmes.
December Jungles Calling" by
Mrs. Martin Johnson. -E
January THE Sun and Moon Be-
come Movie Stars" by Robert r.
/NdeNfath.
January 14-"Edge of the World"
q motion picture depicting life in the
Shetland Isles.
January 21-"Eclipse Adventures
on a Desert Isle" by Capt. j. F.
Hellweg and Dr. S. A. Mitchell.
January 28-"New Miracles in Ma
ture," by Arthur C. Pillsbury.
February "A Magic Carpet to
Portugal" by w. Robert Moore.
February 18-"By Way of Cape
Horn in Yacht" by Capt. Warwick
NJ Thompkins.
February 25-"See the Unseen In
High-speed Motion Pictures" by H.
e. Edgerton.
March l1-"Wanderers Of the
Wilds," by Wendall Chapman.
March 18-"By Canoe Across Eng