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December, 1926
AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER
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Air Is Dared to «, £. «»r/™ *««, ThrJ^ otSS'
Get Bombing Shot A.S.C. jn Bomber for" Wings"
Harry Perry, J.S.C., (at ca/nera), chief cinematographer, and William J I7 ell man
(left), director, on "II "inr/s," being produced by Paramount on an elaborate
cinematographic scale at Sun Antonio, Texas.
In 1()21 I was in Berlin and photographed, while there, an air picture the scenes of which were laid during the World War, and concerned Germany's supposed supremacy in the air at that time. The picture was intended for national release only and was not shown in any other country than Germany and her possessions. I was making a trip through Central Europe, and by the merest chance signed up with the concern organized to make the picture, which took but five weeks in the making. I did all the aerial work. The big thrill of the picture was a scene showing a large French ship brought down in flames, and until that time the most thrilling shot 1 had ever made from the air, although I have been flying since 1912 and have worked with Lincoln Beachy, Art Smith, General Chas. F. Lee. R. A. F. and many others. Beachy was killed at the S. F. fair in 1915 and Art Smith was killed at Weston-Super-Mere, England.
after he had gone through the war. His ship fell 200 feet while taking a ride one calm and peaceful afternoon.
Great Thrill Comes
The greatest thrill of my life, however, has been while doing my present work with Paramount's "Wings." Akeley cameras are always given the most difficult "set ups" when anything big is to be done. Not content with airplanes and balloons being crashed to the earth, a whole French village is wiped out by bombs released from a giant Martin bomber, painted and revamped to simulate an enormous Gotha bomber. Chief Cinematographer Harry Perry, A.S.C., assigned me and my Akeley to the bomb compartment containing twelve 100-pound bombs of T.N.T. 1 was hoisted and squeezed in the remaining space in the "bombay" as the bomb compartment is called. My camera was mounted in such a position that