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AMATEUR MOVIE MAKING 333
cedure will be followed in any race. As far as motion pictures are concerned the horses (running) and motorboats provide the best subjects. Automobile races look too much like a circus, and even cross country automobile racing is not very picturesque at the start and finish, and those are two events which must be secured in connection with any race film. A comparison of the two big classics at Indianapolis and Louisville will show the great difference in motion picture possibilities between the horses and the automobiles.
So throughout the sequence of sporting records we find that our films are straight records of the event itself, made for purposes of future entertainment ; slow motion analytical records made for the express purpose of providing a final answer to any question which may arise after the event has been completed; either normal or slow motion analytical records of a competitor made for the purpose of analysing and combating his tactics and the slow motion record made for the purpose of criticising and improving one's own errors.
There are of course, times when the films made exceed the limits laid down here. This is to be expected, for the classification used herein is arbitrary and used for convenience rather than as a strict, scientific classification. For example the yachtsman will use his camera not only for race records, but he will use it to supplement his log during cruises. This of course brings his work over the line of sports films into the field of travel films, but in this particular case the films will all have a touch of both characteristics.
In modern days it is quite usual for the college and university teams to have a motion picture camera taken along with the team to every game. The films of the event then go into the archives of the school and at the same time individual films are made available for the members of the teams and of the student body.
Exploration. — The greatest sporting event of recent years, Lindberghs flight, was recorded upon film, and most of you know how popular the prints were. Such events, exploring voyages, big game hunting, all events which,