The Moving Picture Weekly (1916-1917)

-THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY IS CURRENT EVENTS No. 6. Henry Ford's Latest Gift To Humanity.— His famous tractor, the patents on which he gave to the British government, which is now making 100 per day. — Dearboi-n, Mich. Collides With Monitor. — Is Beached In Harbor. — S. S. Manchuria hits monitor Amphitrite and is rushed to mud flats for safety. — New York Harbor. "Little Henrys" Carry the Quieting Punch. — Ford cars equipped for riot and war service to be used by police and militia. — New York City. "Sea Sleds" Latest Thing In Naval Aids. — Aero rescue work and submarine hunting in open sea at fortyfive miles an hour. — Boston Mass. Western States Lose Lives and Millions by Rains and Floods. — Illinois dam bursts, ruining 10,000 acres of wheat and flooding farm lands for miles around. — Quincy, III. Practical Training of Our Women Fits Them For War Service. — In drills and classes they show form and skill equalled only by thoroughly trained troops. — Washington, D. C. New York State Buys Sheep for Farmers to Fight Food Prices. — Six thousand head brought from west coast to be distributed in move to reduce high cost of living. — Buffalo, New York. Even French Orphans Are Not Exempt From Enemy Gas Attacks. — Little tots drilled in uses of latest gas mask that they may survive this inhuman method of slaughter. Other Scenes From French War Zones In France. — Even before they master their A, B, C's, France's tots are being taught the art of self-defense against a ruthless enemy. In the orphan asylums the children near the front are instructed in the use of the new quickly attached gas mask and are proficient in its use. We TRUST You, Mr. President! Sub-Title. — "For us there is but one choice. We have made it. Woe be to the man or group of men that seeks to stand in our way in this day of high resolution, when every princiole we hold dearest is to be vindicated and made secure for the salvation of the nations. We are ready to plead at the bar of history, and our flag shall wear a new lustre. Once more we shall make good with our lives and fortunes the great faith to which we were born, and a new glory shall shine in the face of our people." — WOODROW WILSON. FLAG DAY, 1917. PREFERS MOVIES TO ICE-CREAM. B. BUCHANAN, cameraman for the Animated Weekly in the Pittsburgh district, rushed up to Braddock, Pa., last week to take pictures of the flood which laid waste that city and a lot of the surrounding country. He sent a boy to get him an ice-cream cone, at the same time giving him a nickel to get one for himself. When the lad returned he had only one cone and when questioned about his failure to provide for himself the boy stated he was going to save the nickel to see Ben Wilson in "The Voice On the Wire" at the Colonial that night. Buchanan told the story to Mr. Wilson in the Independent oflBce and "Big Ben" was perceptibly pleased, for there is one thing he likes and that is to please the children. SCREEN MAGAZINE. ISSUE No. 25. 'J'HE cut is taken from the first subject of Issue No. 25 of the Universal Screen Magazine, and shows part of the process of the making of ice-cream. Inspectors detailed by the Department of Health, supervise the manufacture of the dainty, and rigidly examine every ingredient before it is placed in the freezers. In this picture . the sugar is being weighed from the bins into a huge can. The bins which contain it are perfectly sanitary. The milk which is used is also subjected to tests for quality and purity. We see the inspector using a lactometer. All the utensils are sterilized in water heated to two hundred and fifty degrees. All the work of the Health Department is directed to the maintenance of a low count of bacteria in the manufacture of the product. A great battery of freezers turns the mixture of milk, eggs, sugar and flavoring into ice-cream. Even the ice is examined by the inspectors before it is mixed with salt in the proper freezing proportions. The testing of corn used for planting as it is carried on at the New York College of Agriculture at Cornell Scene from the making of ice-cream in the Screen Magazine. University, is an interesting part of this issue. The ears are selected and put into marked racks. The seeds are allowed to germinate, and are carefully watched to see which show the most vigorous germination. Only the ears which show a strong and healthy tendency are selected for planting, and thus a loss of millions of bushels of corn every year is avoided by the use of tested seed grains. How armor plate is made for our battleships is a subject of much interest at the present time. We see a big steel ingot being taken from the furnace, and a giant crane which carries it to the rolling table. A mechanical knife cuts through the armor and shapes it into a square. Another ingot is rolled into oblong shape. Finally we see the fitting of the plates to protect the vitals of the. ship. Hearing with the eyes is the title of the next subject which was taken in the Institution for the Improved Instruction of the Deaf in New York City. We see the children learning to read the lips, with teachers who are models of kindness and patience. Sounds of words are learned through the sense of touch, and also through the aid of a mirror. We see the class saluting the flag, and repeating together "I love the name of Washington." Even music can be enjoyed by the deaf through the proper cultivation of the sense of touch. At last we see a pupil singing "America." The reel closes with an animated clay cartoon, called "The Spirit of '76 In Every One," modelled in clay by the Screen Magazine's sculptor, Willie Hopkins, a timely and patriotic subject done in this artist's unique manner, which illustrates the readiness of men, women and children to respond to the country's call as readily in 1917 as they did in 1776.