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TEE EUROPEAN WAR— IN GRANTWOOD, N. J.
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PUTTING OUT THE FIRE AFTER THE PICTURE WAS MADE
— French, German, English and Belgian troopers were to be met walking down the roadway, arm in arm, in the greatest good humor, showing no evidence whatever of national prejudice. They were to be seen drinking milk at the roadside while the driver of the milk-wagon plied a rushing business with all of those not engaged at the moment in simulating battle. They were to be found in informal picnic parties at noonday, combining business with pleasure by eating their luncheon while the camera man turned his crank and took a picture which would afterward be shown under the title, "Getting their rations while on the march/' or something similar. Never before was there such excitement among the schoolboys who happened to live along the Palisades. They came from every direction, from miles around, to stand in open-mouthed awe and admiration as the "movie" soldiers strutted about upon the edge of the mimic battleground.
The busiest man of all was the director of the war pictures. Clad in a peasant costume, in which he appeared for a moment in one of the
scenes, he stood in the center of the field, calling, out his orders: "Hi! Send that French general down there!" or "Spread out, boys, spread out, and when you see the Germans coming, run like the devil — but be sure to run past the camera." Sometimes things did not suit him, and then it would all have to be done over again, but the soldiers were enjoying the game almost as much as the small boys in the audience, and they made no complaint, even when they had to charge up a hill for the fourth or fifth time. In the course of a day's work these soldiers got plenty of exercise, especially those who had to ' ' fall dead" in a charge. One of the cavalrymen engaged in a battle some distance south of Grantwood made a specialty of falling off his horse with his drawn sword and rolling down to the foot of the hill. This scene was tried many times before it was done to please the director, and apparently the cavalryman suffered no ill effects from his numerous and spectacular deaths.
The pictures are not taken in the order they are to be shown on the screen, but in such a way as to bring all scenes with the same setting together. This makes it quite impos
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