Motion pictures for instruction (1926)

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264 MOTION PICTURES FOR INSTRUCTION Battle op Mud — Buick Motor Co., Flint, Mich. The struggles of an automobile through seas of mud ; an excellent plea for good roads. Carriso Gorge — Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, LaSaLle Street Station, Chicago, III. The constructing of a railroad through a gorge. vSan Diego, California, comes into the picture. Caterpillar Crowning the Summit of Pike's Peak — Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, III. An unusual way to reach the summit of Pike's Peak by a "caterpillar" tractor. Wonderful scenery all the way along. Crossing the Great Salt Desert — V. S. Ag. Overcoming the difficulties of the desert in building the Wendover road — the short-cut — unusual road engineering — mirages as seen by the motion picture camera. De Vargas Day in Santa Fe, New Mexico — U. S. Ag. A picturesque religious ceremony. Dude Ranches in Montana — Northern Pacific Railway, St. Paul, Minn. How a "tenderfoot" is broken in in the Absaroka Mountains near Red Lodge, Montana; also views of Beartooth and Sawtooth mountains. Electrical Travelogue — W. E. Another evolution-of-transportation reel, starting with the early Egyptians and ending with the electric locomotive; rich in the mountainous scenery of the West. Endurance — Dodge Bros., Detroit, Mich. W7onderful work of an automobile through almost impassable roads, with glimpses of the oil country and the drilling and shooting of an oil well. Fiery Lance, The — U. S. Ag. Across the Continental Divide to a forest fire — a lesson in the causes of forest fires. From a Car Window Along the Great Northern Railway — Great Northern Railway, St. Paul, Minn.