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EIGHTY REEL LIBRARY
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another, "On the Eve of the Revolution," in the 120 Reel Library, wherever more time and money can be afforded by the school, we strongly recommend the inclusion of as many of the rest of the series as possible. The fifteen photoplays which have been so far completed are included in the Comprehensive List in Part II. Thirty-three plays are planned in the complete series. Some of these plays are not free from theatrical effects, but theatrical presentation had to be considered along with the school showings in order to get some sort of financial aid for the immense outlay involved.
131. Evolution of Travel — $5.00 — General Vision Co., 104 W. 42nd St., New York City.
A bird's-eye view of the long road the race has traveled in reaching the modern transportation facilities of today.
132. Bailroads in United States History — Society of Visual Education, 327 S. LaSalle St., Chicago, III.
The development of our railway systems, and the part they played in our economic growth.
133. The Call to Arms — 2 reels, $5.00 per reel — Lincoln Cycle — American Motion Picture Corp., 1260 W. 46th St., New York City.
One of the pioneer attempts to produce a series of motion pictures of a serious educational purpose, suitable for classroom and assembly room presentation, was the series known as "The Son of Democracy" or sometimes called "The Lincoln Cycle," written, directed, and produced by Benjamin Chapin, who takes the leading role. Mr. Chapin had for years enacted the life of Lincoln from the lecture platform, and his remarkable likeness to the Great Emancipator made him manifestly fitted to undertake this task. The series is variously edited in from eight to ten chapters of two reels, each chapter forming an episode complete in itself. Only one of the Lincoln Cycle is selected for the Libraries in order to acquaint the schools with the general character of the series. The equally remarkable First National Picture "Abraham Lincoln" is used in the