Motion Picture News (Jan-Feb 1922)

The BATTLE of JUTLAND No Longer Shrouded in Mystery WHO won the Battle of Jutland? This was a question of international dispute even among naval experts until this motion picture was finished. Now audiences everywhere can form their own judgment as to who won. The immense task of comparing all the logs kept by the gunnery officers of both the British and German fleets throughout every stage of the conflict, and then of re-enacting with models every move of every battleship, cruiser, destroyer and torpedo boat engaged, was done by Major General Sir George Aston, K.C.B., for thirty-eight years a British naval officer. It took three years’ preparation and over 3,000,000 moves of the model ships to reproduce faithfully every course steered, every sinking, torpedo attack and broadside, and every other recorded incident. Each model could be moved but a sixteenth of an inch at a time. It is this fidelity to facts which makes The Battle of Jutland the greatest historical drama ever screened. Audiences realize they are seeing unbiased history, that every ship they watch sink beneath the surface of the North Sea represents an actual incident in this world’s greatest sea battle. The reactions are unlike any aroused by imaginative screen drama. They prove that truth is more thrilling than fiction, even on the screen. AMERICAN PREMIERE AROUSED INTENSE INTEREST What Unbiased New York Newspapers Said! NEW YORK MAIL: “ ‘The Battle of Jutland,’ a picturization of the famous sea fight of the World War — the only clash between the grand fleets of Great Britain and Germany, is a film of unusual interest. It gives a most vivid picture of the epoch-making battle.” NEW YORK HERALD: “ ‘The Battle of Jutland,’ produced under the supervision of Major General Sir George Aston, K.C.B., from official records, shows in a clear-cut and engrossing way the whole progress of the fight, though it glosses over the finish and leaves unexplained why Jellicoe didn’t smear the Germans more.” NEW YORK TELEGRAM : “ ‘The Battle of Jutland’ marvelous reproduction of the battle between the British and German fleets in the North Sea ... So realistically has it been done, so dramatically has the fight been laid out . . . that the spectator believes he is upon some high vantage point overlooking the historic conflict. Torpedoes worm their fatal white line toward enemy ships, fire flashes from the ships’ sides, there are great flashes, whirling of waters and ships disappear below the surface.” NEWYORK EVENING JOURNAL : “ ‘The Battle of Jutland’ is a fascinating moving picture compiled under the direction of Major General Sir George Aston, following careful preparation. It tells of the great naval maneuvers between the English and German fleets in . . . the affair that many consider the turning point of the war intensely interesting.” NEW YORK WORLD: ‘‘A reproduction . . . that sets before us the actual maneuvering of the various opposing craft of the Battle of Jutland, wherein Admiral Beatty outthought and out-fought the Germans in the World War’s great sea engagement. The minutest detail of the attacks is shown — submarines launching torpedoes, battleships sinking, gun-fire from the giant warships, and all. An invaluable animated chapter of the Great War.” THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND (Re3els) Is a Super Special Short-Reel Subject, and Will Carry Off Feature Honors on Any Program— Anywhere! Build a Short-Subject Program Around This Special ITS ONE OF EDUCATIONAL’S NATIONALLY ADVERTISED SHORT SUBJECTS See Your See Your Nearest Branch Immediately 'THE SPICE OF THE PROGRAM Nearest Branch Immediately EDUCATIONAL FILM EXCHANGES, Inc.