Catalog of Pathex Motion Pictures for the Home (1927)

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52 Pathex Motion Pictures "Salt in Vendee, France" No. B 8 One Reel $1.00 A strange occupation of a foreign people. The most elemental manner of retrieving salt from the sea — a method probably dating back to early civilization. "The Cider Apple Harvest in Britanny" No. B 9 One Reel $1.00 Every ex-member of the A. E. F. will want this film — it will take him back to those days when he helped M'sieur and Madame with the apple crop. "The Japanese Potter's Art" No. B 10 One Reel $1.00 Does not the very title of this reel call up visions of Eastern splendor? And when you consider that connoisseurs pay as high as $100,000 for a tea jar of brown clay no larger than a hen's egg, you will want to see for yourself the secret of its fashioning. "The Preparation of Sardines" No. B 11 One Reel $1.00 Carrying all the romance of old-world working methods and old-world types, shown at close range. Remarkably interesting — truly a feast of information and a temptation to palates which will send some one to the kitchen. "How Corks Are Made" From Pathe Review No. B 12 One Reel $1.00 Yes, there's still a vast demand for corks. And you'll see that it is no mere mechanical operation — it is a most entertaining process which will cause you to wonder at the remarkable versatility of man. "Mountain Slicers" From Pathe Review No. B 13 One Reel $1.00 Geography made intensely interesting. See the potential skyscrapers — tons of beautiful stone actually sliced like bread from the quarries of Vermont! "Timber Thrills" From Pathe Review No. B 14 One Reel $1.75 A thrilling picture of life as led by the lumberjacks! Logs floating down the river to pile up into a jam which must be broken at risk of life and limb. "Breaking Point Strength of Wood and Metals" From Pathe Review No. B 15 One Reel $1.75 These are the sort of films which will cause that growing youngster to think. And he'll gain a new conception of the relative strength of woods and metals, as shown by the massive testing machines.