Moving Picture Age (Jan-Dec 1921)

20 MOVING PICTURE AGE May, 1921 ■□ Instructional Productions of the Month Contents of News Weeklies, Screen Magazines, Industrials and Scenic Reels, Which Have a Regular Release Date, Will Be Reviewed in This Department. □ How Grand Canyon Was Formed — Ford AX animated diagram showing how the Colorado River formed the Grand Canyon is one of the many interesting and informative features of the Ford Educational Library film, "Colorado Plateau," released through the Federated Film Exchanges of America. There are many views of this great natural wonder, showing the rock layers 8,000 to 10,000 feet above the sea ; scenes looking across the great gorge and along the trails which wind their way back and forth down the steep sides of the canyon, a distance of almost one mile straight down, but a half day's ride by the trails to the bottom of the canyon where the Colorado River flows. The great layers of sedimentary rocks on a granite base which form the Colorado Plateau are pages in the long history of the earth. The winds, frost and rain which have attacked these rocks for ages have formed wonderful fantastic shapes and in the film we visit Thor's Hammer and Cheops' Pyramid, masterpieces of erosion ; the Tower of Set, rising 2,000 feet above the edge of the Granite Gorge ; Zoroaster Temple, carved in the manycolored rock layers, and Isis Temple, 3,000 feet high. All the grandeur, beauty and inspiration of this, the world's greatest wonder, which has inspired writers and artists, has been caught by the camera and is given to us on the screen in this film. Visiting Jerusalem with Burton Holmes ANOTHER Burton Holmes travel pictures relating to "Jerusalem" is released. This time he invites you to visit portions of this ancient city which are comparatively modern and where you can see up-to-date Jerusalem and see what is going on in the daily life of its citizens at the present time. You are asked to attend an afternoon tea party being given by United States Consul Glazebrook, in the midst of the American colony ; at this party you will mingle with the high officials of Palestine and Jerusalem — you will see "His Beatitudes." the head of the Greek and the Armenian church. You will meet the present mayor of Jerusalem and also meet his predecessor. The tea will be served from a gigantic samovar in which it has been made by Christian women of Bethlehem ; they serve Mohammedans and Christians with equal courtesy. Then you visit the section of the city in which the Zionist organization is conducting its schools, in which the children of the most conservative Jews mingle with other children, all being taught in the most up-to-date way. There are kindergartens and normal schools and agricultural schools; there are games and drills given by countless children. This newer town just outside the walls of the ancient city of Jerusalem is. indeed, an eye-opener. Funeral of Cardinal Gibbons in International VAST throngs braving the rain to pay tribute to Cardinal Gibbons are shown in International News No. 26, released by Universal. The highest church dignitaries in America, including two Cardinals, Cardinal Begin of Canada and Cardinal O'Connell of Boston, Apostolic Delegate John Bonzano, 10 Archbishops and 50 Bishops, take part in the solemn ceremonies within the cathedral. A touch of spring on a rarely photographed marvel of nature, Taughannock Falls at Watkins Glen, N. Y., 55 feet higher than Niagara, brings out another of the little known beauty spots in America. Two additions to our navy are also shown ; close-ups of the 12 big guns with a range of 25 miles going on the new dreadnaught California at the Mare Island Navy Yard. At Tacoma, Wash., the scout cruiser Milwaukee, the longest and fastest of its kind in the world, is christened. The recent explosion in Chicago is shown with the destruction and the homeless survivors. Oil is struck in El Dorado, Ark. An unusual picture shows the actual burst of a huge gusher, a 1,000 barrels an hour. Views at Langley Field, Va., show our air fleet practicing bombing tests on imaginary battleships outlined on the ground far below. Mobilization for maneuvers, combat formation, and one of the 1,100-pound bombs are pictured also. Uncle Sam buys the world's biggest "blimp" airship, the Roma, from Italy for $200,000. Views of the inspection and preparation of the trial flight are given. Scenes from California to Russia in Kinograms NEW YORK observes the anniversary of entry into war in Kinogram No. 2031, released by Educational. At the Soldiers' and Sailors' monument in New York City, veterans of the Civil, Spanish-American and Great Wars gather to mark U. S. participation in the late conflict. The Prince of Monaco holds international yacht race, with picturesque Monte Carlo as background of beautiful scenes of racing by sloops from six nations. Yaqui Indian religious dances, extraordinary ceremonies, blending pagan and Christian rites, with which the red exiles from Mexico celebrate Holy Week, are photographed for first time. The burning of Pontius Pilate and the weird dancing of the good and evil spirits: Striking scenes taken near Tucson, Ariz. John Drinkwater, the famous playwright, author of "Abraham Lincoln" and "Mary Stuart," sails from New York for England. Thousands of Lithuanians, driven into exile in Russia by German offensive of 1916, now have first chance to return to their native land. The celebration of Lithuanian independence at the capital. The president decorates the wounded. The White Russian Battalion, fighting for Lithuania as volunteers against the Poles. Mr. Harding and three of his senatorial golfing pals go out to public links at Washington and have a democratic game of golf. The sturdy championship eight of the Syracuse University has thrilling race with the freshmen and sophomores. Cameraman in boat alongside racing shells gets fine picture of the contest. Luther Burbank, the famous horticulturist, plants the first tree along California's new state highway, near Santa Rosa. The American Legion plants one also. Few people probably know that the Maori territory of New Zealand rivals the geyser basin of Yellowstone Park, yet miles of these smoking, spouting fumaroles are shown in "Hitting the Hot Spots," a Chester Outing soon to be shown by Educational. Now there is to come the "super scenic," according to announcement by Educational Films Corporation. They are to be made by Robert C. Bruce, who made the first pictures of the sort in this country at a time when picturegoers were getting their subjects of this sort from colored prints — mainly from France. Bruce has left for the west with the promise that in six months he will return with something that will prove a novelty in the film world and will revolutionize this class of single reelers which have become so popular.