Motion Picture Story Magazine (Feb-Jul 1911)

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A DROP OF WATER. 107 AN" OSTRACQDE. of some tropic seas and give the phosphorescent lights. The infusoria, of which the slippery, shapeless animalculae is a form, infest stagnant pools, and move about by means also of cillia; the larvae of mosquitoes, one or more varieties of which are the means of conveying malaria to the human being ; the eggs of cod, haddock, turbot and sole, which float on the water. This list could be continued indefinitely, and instructively. What a means the Motion Picture offers for the dissemination of knowledge among the people! What opportunities it offers for lectures, classroom instruction, and as a means of preserving for the future the minute organic life of today! The Moving Pictures entitled "A Drop of Water," are particularly valuable in this respect and the manufacturer responsible for this idea is to be congratulated. <r**s®&j> MOVING PICTURES By L. Case Russell. First Film. Little Willie, Gasoline, Box of matches, Change of scene. Third Film. Cavalieri, Chanler gold, Sheriff Bobby, Very cold. Second Film. Aviator, Aeroplane, Busted gearing, Sad refrain. Fourth Film. Meteoric, Brilliant Ted, Shoot, shoot, talk, talk, Awful dead. Fifth Film. Ten-inch hat pin, Passing by, Man in subway Buys glass eye.