Reel and Slide (Jan-Sep 1919)

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32 REEL and SLIDE World Film Exchanges To Book U. S. A. Series WORLD FILM CO. exchanges are the distributing agents for the United States Government U. S. A. Series, of two reels each, one release ever} two weeks, covering the various phases of the war. Institutions wishing to secure copies of these pictures should get in touch with the nearest World exchange. The pictures released to date are as follows : 1 — "If Your Soldier's Hit" ; this picture shows the remarkable efficiency of the Medical Detachment and iField Hospital Corps, who rescue the wounded man from the place where he falls, rush him to the dressing station, then to the Field Hospital and finally to a Base Hospital where" his recuperation is assured. 2 — "Wings of Victory" ; this is the full story of the air program of the United States and of America's achievements in building planes and training aviators for the gigantic effort of defeating the Huns; the story of motor, plane and coming ace and how the three were aligned that America might fill the skies of France with swift fighters. 3 — "Making the Nation Fit" ; a picture of striking interest showing how America met the difficult problem of rendering millions of men of sedentary occupations into physical fitness for the labor of war. Walter Camp, Director of Physical Training in the Navy, solved the problem and in this picture tells, not only how the Army and Navy were made fit, but also how every man and woman can readily attain physical fitness. 4 — "Horses of War" ; a picture showing how the horse still holds his place of honor on the field of battle.. The vivid, sweeping, irresistible story of the horses of the cavalry and 'artillery, which, in spite of motor trucks, tractors and tanks, must still be relied upon to help win the day. 5 — "The Bath of Bullets" ; this picture shows in a striking way the sweeping fire that precedes the modern soldier in his advance. The Lewis Gun, the Browning and the French Chauchet are shown in all their destructive wonder. 6 — "The Storm of Steel" ; in this picture the Ordnance Department takes the Nation into its confidence and shows the inside of the great establishments that made $12,000,000,000 worth of guns and munitions with which to crush Prussianism out of the world. The Duhem Motion Picture Mfg. Co. of San Francisco is making a number of additions to its plant in the way of machinery for laboratorv work. Others say they make and color the best slide possible. We say the same and a little bit more — penny for penny we give the best colored slide. Scott & Van Altena 6 East 39th Street NEW YORK CITY Educational Announces Bruce Features ANNOUNCEMENT is made of the releases of the new Robert C. Bruce scenics for the winter and early spring. Of the new crop, the Educational Films Corporation has already released "The Tides of Yesterday," " 'Tis Tough to Be Tender," "Tales of the Tall Timber" and "A Wee Bit Odd." The next Bruce offering is called "The Wanderer and the Whoozitt." After it will come "The River Gray and the River Green," "The Restless Three." "Sundown," "Separate Trails," "Frozen Thrills," "The Lonesome Pup," "Scenic Succotash," "The Wolf of the Tetons," "Nature — Rest and Motion," "Horizon Hunters," "The High Horse," "The Pale Pack Train," "Nature — Hot and Cold," "Men Met in the Mountains" and "Before Breakfast." Dane and Buddy, the canine heroes of "The Wanderer and the Whoozitt," traveled 3,000 miles to be filmed in one of the pictures. Their winter home is Portland, Ore., whence they were summoned by telegram to the kennel owner to make the next stand of Jackson's Hole, Wyoming. They rode 1,500 miles in express car, met their master at the station, worked on location, and then returned with Bruce on the westbound train to the Coast. Harry Levey, manager of the Industrial Department of Universal Film Manufacturing Company, showed the labor picture and patriotic film, "Keep the Home Fires Burning," to the War Industries Board in convention at Atlantic Citv recentlv. -maybe Stone has it Here's a "Film Library" of Special Scenes When you want to "Flash In" a Fire, Explosion, Rough Water, Wreck, Collision, Submarine, Zeppelin, Sunset, Ship Arriving or Departing, Naval, Guns Firing, Shots Striking, War Stuff of Foreign or U. S. Action, Travel Scenes anywhere in the World, Scientific, Industrial, Insect, Animal or Bird Life, Magic, Colored or Non-Flam, "MAYBE STONE HAS IT" 146 W. 45th St. Bryant 2717 New York Expert Advice Expert experienced in all branches of moving picture production and screen advertising will give advice and time on installation of laboratory for large industrial firms, desiring to make their own moving pictures. 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