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March 5, 1913.
THE CINEMA.
CINEMATOGRAPHING WILD ANIMALS IN THEIR NATURAL HAUNTS.
AN INTERESTING SERIES OF PICTURES SECURED 18 DEGREES FROM THE
NORTH POLE.
Captain Kleinschmidt and the "Lord of the Forest "
Quite a unique series of animal pictures by Capt. F. E. Kleinschmidt. photographer, big game hunter and naturalist, secured iS degrees from the North Pole, were shown at the New Gallery Kinema before a crowded audience, which included the Premier and Mrs. Asquith. on Monday afternoon, and elicited loud applause.
A few particulars as to how these pictures were obtained may not be out of place.
The Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh, under the directorship of \V. H. Holland. LL.D.. wishing to obtain scientific specimens of the Arctic Region. Alaska and Siberia, commissioned Capt. F. E. Kleinschmidt to outfit an expedition and secure specimens of the fauna of these regions. Especially was it desirable to collect series of the birds and a group of the big game animals of these unexplored regions. The expedition was a gigantic success, and new and hitherto unknown features are added to the result of the enterprise. One of these new departures in science was to collect data of the animal life with the cinematograph or moving picture machine.
Hunting with a rifle is comparatively child's play to hunting with a camera or moving picture machine. One may shoot successfully at a distance of three hundred yards iVom cover that conceals the hunter. A
photographer of wild game must operate from within fifty to one hundred feet. The motion, while operating the crank, will scare away any wild animal, and often days were spent in fruitless hunts with the cinematograph.
The Polar bear and the brown or cinnamon bear also are no gentle playmates, and after their photographs had been taken at close range the captain had to hastily transfer his activities from camera shooting to rifle practice. As a result of this, Bruin has a place of honour in the Carnegie Museum, stuffed, but not with the photographer a la natural.
The expedition left Seattle on June 14th, going to Alaska via the " Inside Passage," and was fortunate to penetrate as far into the Arctic as Wrangel Island, situated in 72 degrees north, only 18 degrees from the North Pole, and very seldom ever reached by any explorer.
Twenty thousand feet of film were taken on this trip, and of these, six thousand feet were made up into six reels for the study of wild animal life, adventure and amusement for the public. These will, we have no doubt, prove a very great attraction wherever shown, and should fill the New Gallery Kinema for a long time to come. They are as beautiful as they are remarkable. The exhibition was preceded by a recherche luncheon.
Specimens S:cired for the Carnegie Mi