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58 Pathex Motion Pictures
"A Pheasant Farm"
From Pathe Review No. B 38 One Reel $1.00
How this finest of game bird is bred by the State for the restocking of the woods, and freed when able to support itself. Many varieties are shown in the film, some actually hatching from the eggs.
"How Golf Balls Are Made"
From Pathe Review No. B 39 One Reel $1.75
Built to stand up under a lot of abuse, this combination of raw rubber and chemicals first faces the world's most nearly perfect golfer — the testing machine that never slices, misses or loses its temper.
**The Friction Fighters"
From Pathe Review No. B 40 One Reel $1.75
Manufacturing the ball bearings that ease the way of machinery's march, portraying the searching inspection each tiny bearing must undergo.
SCIENCE AND NATURE
"The Secret of Coal"
From Pathe Review No. S 1 One Reel $1.00
Tracing the history of our chief fuel. Under the microscope it shows plainly its vegetable origin. The grain of its ancestral wood and the imprint of prehistoric fern leaves are seen. Illustrating the difference between hard and soft coal in geological formation.
"Flameless Fires"
From Pathe Review No. S 2 One Reel $1.75
All of us know the adage that "where there is smoke there must be fire," but few have ever seen demonstrated the alliance of chemicals that produce fire without flame, and even burn under water.
"The Marvel of the Egg"
From Pathe Review No. S 3 One Reel $1.75
Tracing life from the transparent mass of the hen's egg to the emergence of the tiny, living bright-eyed, inquisitive "peep." The circulation system, an active stream in movement in the egg, is shown magnified 1000 diameters.
"The History of a Volcano"
From Pathe Review No. S 4 One Reel $1.75
An interesting bit of geology filmed partially from models of the earth and partially on the smoking sides of a scoria-clad volcano.